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+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+#  manga-translator + manga-renderer
+#  Python >= 3.9 recommended
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# Computer vision + image processing
+opencv-python>=4.8.0
+numpy>=1.24.0
+Pillow>=10.0.0
+
+# OCR engine (manga-translator)
+manga-ocr>=0.1.8
+
+# Translation (manga-translator)
+deep-translator>=1.11.0
+
+# HTTP / file handling used internally by manga-ocr
+requests>=2.31.0
+