Currently Reading is the reading status for the manga you’re actively following — the series you’ve started and are working through right now. It’s the busiest, most important section of any manga library, because it’s where tracking does the most work.
Why It’s the Core Status
A reader might have hundreds of planned and completed titles, but the Currently Reading list is the one they touch constantly. Each title here has live reading progress, an unread-chapter count, and a release schedule to keep up with. This is exactly where a chapter tracker and new chapter alerts earn their place.
Managing Many Active Series
The challenge isn’t reading one ongoing series — it’s reading twenty, each updating on a different day. Without a tracker, readers forget which chapter they’re on and miss releases. A manga tracker keeps every Currently Reading title’s progress separate and surfaces exactly what’s new.
Where Titles Go Next
Currently Reading is a transitional state. When you catch up and finish, a title becomes Completed; when you pause, it goes On Hold; when you give up, it’s Dropped. In MangaTime, your Currently Reading shelf is the default home screen — the series you actually care about keeping up with, front and center.