diff --git a/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js b/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
index 865ccb2..a50c6f6 100644
--- a/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
+++ b/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @name         Manga Bookmark Sync
 // @namespace    mangabm
-// @version      1.1.0
+// @version      1.2.0
 // @description  Track read progress on Asura & Demonic and sync to a self-hosted backend. Bromite-compatible (no GM_* APIs).
 // @author       you
 // @match        https://asuracomic.net/*
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
   // Safe in Bromite's isolated world: the page's own JS cannot read these.
   const CACHE_KEY = "mangabm:cache";
 
+  // Per-device record of when each series was last checked for new chapters.
+  // Deliberately not synced: each device does its own checking.
+  const LASTCHECKED_KEY = "mangabm:lastchecked";
+  const LATEST_CHECK_THROTTLE_MS = 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  const LATEST_CHECK_BATCH = 1; // series fetched per navigation
+
   // ============================================================
   // Site adapters
   //
@@ -36,9 +42,36 @@
     return el ? el.getAttribute("content") : null;
   }
 
+  // Chapter lists are read from two places: the page we are standing on, and
+  // series pages fetched in the background. Both are reduced to {href, text}
+  // pairs so each adapter needs only one rule for picking the latest chapter.
+
+  function anchorsFromDocument(doc) {
+    return Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll("a[href]")).map((a) => ({
+      href: a.getAttribute("href") || "",
+      text: a.textContent || "",
+    }));
+  }
+
+  // A fetched page is raw text; DOMParser would run against markup we do not
+  // control, so anchors are pulled out directly instead.
+  function anchorsFromHTML(html) {
+    const re = /<a\b[^>]*\shref\s*=\s*["']([^"']*)["'][^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/a>/gi;
+    const out = [];
+    let m;
+    while ((m = re.exec(html))) {
+      out.push({ href: m[1], text: m[2].replace(/<[^>]*>/g, " ") });
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
   const asura = {
     site: "asura",
-    // asuracomic.net currently 301s to asurascans.com; match both.
+    // asuracomic.net deep links 301 to the asurascans.com *root*, dropping the
+    // path, and that happens at the edge before this script gets a document —
+    // so those URLs cannot be handled here at all (checked 2026-07-25). It stays
+    // matched in case the redirect starts preserving paths again; until then,
+    // reach series through asurascans.com.
     matches: (loc) => /(^|\.)asurascans\.com$|(^|\.)asuracomic\.net$/.test(loc.hostname),
     detect(loc) {
       const path = loc.pathname;
@@ -84,6 +117,20 @@
           .trim();
       }
     },
+    // Series pages link every chapter. The link text check skips the
+    // "First Chapter" shortcut, which points at a chapter but is not one
+    // of the list entries.
+    latestChapterFromAnchors(anchors) {
+      let best = null;
+      for (const a of anchors) {
+        const m = a.href.match(/\/chapter\/([\d.]+)$/);
+        if (!m || !/Chapter\s+[\d.]+/i.test(a.text)) continue;
+        const num = parseFloat(m[1]);
+        if (isNaN(num)) continue;
+        if (!best || num > best.num) best = { num, label: "Chapter " + m[1] };
+      }
+      return best;
+    },
   };
 
   const demonic = {
@@ -131,6 +178,19 @@
         return t.replace(/\s*Chapter\s+[\d.]+\s*$/i, "").trim();
       }
     },
+    // Series pages still link chapters through the pre-redirect chaptered.php
+    // form. Their order is not dependable, so take the highest number.
+    latestChapterFromAnchors(anchors) {
+      let best = null;
+      for (const a of anchors) {
+        const m = a.href.match(/chaptered\.php\?manga=\d+&(?:amp;)?chapter=([\d.]+)/);
+        if (!m) continue;
+        const num = parseFloat(m[1]);
+        if (isNaN(num)) continue;
+        if (!best || num > best.num) best = { num, label: "Chapter " + m[1] };
+      }
+      return best;
+    },
   };
 
   const ADAPTERS = [asura, demonic];
@@ -147,6 +207,21 @@
     return page.site + ":" + page.seriesId;
   }
 
+  function adapterFor(site) {
+    return ADAPTERS.find((a) => a.site === site) || null;
+  }
+
+  // Highest chapter the site lists, or null when the markup yields nothing.
+  function computeLatestChapter(site, anchors) {
+    const a = adapterFor(site);
+    return a ? a.latestChapterFromAnchors(anchors) : null;
+  }
+
+  function currentSite() {
+    for (const a of ADAPTERS) if (a.matches(window.location)) return a.site;
+    return null;
+  }
+
   // ============================================================
   // API client + local cache
   // ============================================================
@@ -168,6 +243,23 @@
     }
   }
 
+  function loadLastChecked() {
+    try {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem(LASTCHECKED_KEY);
+      return raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : {};
+    } catch (e) {
+      return {};
+    }
+  }
+
+  function saveLastChecked(map) {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(LASTCHECKED_KEY, JSON.stringify(map));
+    } catch (e) {
+      /* quota / private mode — ignore */
+    }
+  }
+
   function authHeaders(extra) {
     return Object.assign({ Authorization: "Bearer " + API_TOKEN }, extra || {});
   }
@@ -305,6 +397,93 @@
     }
   }
 
+  async function toggleFavorite(key) {
+    const existing = state.byKey[key];
+    if (!existing) return;
+    const bm = Object.assign({}, existing, {
+      favorite: !existing.favorite,
+      updated_at: Date.now(), // candidate only; the server keeps the stored one
+    });
+    upsertLocal(bm); // optimistic
+    render();
+    try {
+      const saved = await apiPut(bm.key, bm);
+      upsertLocal(saved);
+      render();
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast("Offline — saved locally, will retry", true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Records the newest chapter a site has published. Silent: this fires from
+  // page visits and background checks the user did not ask for, and it never
+  // reorders the list — updated_at is a candidate the server discards unless
+  // reading progress moved.
+  async function applyLatestChapterIfChanged(existing, latest) {
+    if (!existing || !latest) return;
+    if (existing.latest_chapter_num === latest.num) return;
+    const bm = Object.assign({}, existing, {
+      latest_chapter: latest.label,
+      latest_chapter_num: latest.num,
+      updated_at: Date.now(),
+    });
+    upsertLocal(bm);
+    render();
+    try {
+      const saved = await apiPut(bm.key, bm);
+      upsertLocal(saved);
+      render();
+    } catch (e) {
+      /* offline — the local cache still shows it, retried on a later visit */
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Standing on a bookmarked series page: its chapter list is already here.
+  function maybeCaptureLatestOnSeriesPage() {
+    const p = state.page;
+    if (p.type !== "series") return;
+    const existing = state.byKey[keyOf(p)];
+    if (!existing) return;
+    applyLatestChapterIfChanged(
+      existing,
+      computeLatestChapter(p.site, anchorsFromDocument(document))
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Everything else is only learned by fetching a series page. Same-origin
+  // only: these requests carry the session that gets us past the site's bot
+  // checks, which a request to the other site (or from a server) would not.
+  // One series per navigation keeps it indistinguishable from browsing.
+  async function backgroundRefreshLatest() {
+    const site = currentSite();
+    if (!site) return;
+
+    const checked = loadLastChecked();
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const due = state.list
+      .filter((b) => b.site === site && b.series_url)
+      .filter((b) => now - (checked[b.key] || 0) >= LATEST_CHECK_THROTTLE_MS)
+      .sort((a, b) => (checked[a.key] || 0) - (checked[b.key] || 0))
+      .slice(0, LATEST_CHECK_BATCH);
+    if (due.length === 0) return;
+
+    for (const bm of due) {
+      // Recorded even when the fetch fails, so a broken series is retried on
+      // the next throttle window rather than on every single page load.
+      checked[bm.key] = Date.now();
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(bm.series_url, { credentials: "same-origin" });
+        if (!res.ok) continue;
+        const html = await res.text();
+        const latest = computeLatestChapter(bm.site, anchorsFromHTML(html));
+        await applyLatestChapterIfChanged(state.byKey[bm.key] || bm, latest);
+      } catch (e) {
+        /* offline or blocked — try again after the throttle window */
+      }
+    }
+    saveLastChecked(checked);
+  }
+
   async function removeBookmark(key) {
     removeLocal(key); // optimistic
     render();
@@ -372,6 +551,7 @@
   // ============================================================
 
   let root, panelOpen = false;
+  let activeTab = "all"; // "all" | "favorites"; resets each page, by design
 
   function buildUI() {
     const host = document.createElement("div");
@@ -400,6 +580,13 @@
     root.getElementById("backdrop").addEventListener("click", togglePanel);
     root.getElementById("closeBtn").addEventListener("click", togglePanel);
 
+    for (const [id, tab] of [["tabAll", "all"], ["tabFav", "favorites"]]) {
+      root.getElementById(id).addEventListener("click", () => {
+        activeTab = tab;
+        render();
+      });
+    }
+
     placeFab(fab);
     makeDraggable(fab);
     window.addEventListener("resize", () => placeFab(fab)); // re-clamp on rotation
@@ -565,27 +752,52 @@
       ctx.appendChild(el("div", { class: "ctx-sub", text: "Open a series or chapter to bookmark it." }));
     }
 
-    // Bookmark list.
+    // Bookmark list. Favorites only narrows what is drawn — state.list keeps
+    // every bookmark, so favouriting one never removes it from "All".
+    const favorites = activeTab === "favorites";
+    root.getElementById("tabAll").classList.toggle("active", !favorites);
+    root.getElementById("tabFav").classList.toggle("active", favorites);
+
     const listEl = root.getElementById("list");
     listEl.innerHTML = "";
-    if (state.list.length === 0) {
-      listEl.appendChild(el("div", { class: "empty", text: "No bookmarks yet." }));
+    const items = favorites ? state.list.filter((b) => b.favorite) : state.list;
+    if (items.length === 0) {
+      listEl.appendChild(
+        el("div", {
+          class: "empty",
+          text: favorites ? "No favourites yet." : "No bookmarks yet.",
+        })
+      );
     }
-    for (const b of state.list) {
+    for (const b of items) {
       listEl.appendChild(renderItem(b));
     }
   }
 
   function renderItem(b) {
     const cont = b.last_chapter_url || b.series_url || "#";
+    // Only worth naming the latest chapter while it is ahead of the read one.
+    const behind =
+      b.latest_chapter &&
+      b.latest_chapter_num != null &&
+      (b.last_chapter_num == null || b.latest_chapter_num > b.last_chapter_num);
+    const sub = behind
+      ? "Read: " + (b.last_chapter || "—") + " · Latest: " + b.latest_chapter
+      : (b.last_chapter || "—") + " · " + b.site;
     const row = el("div", { class: "item" }, [
       b.cover
         ? el("img", { class: "cover", src: b.cover, loading: "lazy", alt: "" })
         : el("div", { class: "cover ph" }),
       el("div", { class: "meta" }, [
         el("div", { class: "t", text: b.title || b.series_id }),
-        el("div", { class: "c", text: (b.last_chapter || "—") + " · " + b.site }),
+        el("div", { class: "c" + (behind ? " behind" : ""), text: sub }),
         el("div", { class: "actions" }, [
+          el("button", {
+            class: "btn small star" + (b.favorite ? " on" : ""),
+            text: b.favorite ? "★" : "☆",
+            title: b.favorite ? "Remove from favourites" : "Add to favourites",
+            onclick: () => toggleFavorite(b.key),
+          }),
           el("a", { class: "btn small", href: cont, text: "Continue" }),
           el("button", { class: "btn small", text: "Edit", onclick: () => editChapter(b) }),
           el("button", { class: "btn small danger", text: "Remove", onclick: () => removeBookmark(b.key) }),
@@ -634,6 +846,10 @@
     state.page = detect();
     render();
     maybeAutoUpdate();
+    maybeCaptureLatestOnSeriesPage();
+    // Asura is client-routed, so full loads are rare — checking here too is
+    // what keeps its bookmarks current. The throttle still caps the rate.
+    backgroundRefreshLatest();
   }
 
   // Framework-agnostic URL-change watcher: patch history + poll as a fallback,
@@ -669,7 +885,13 @@
     state.page = detect();
     render();
     installNavWatcher();
-    refresh().then(() => maybeAutoUpdate()); // sync, then auto-record this page
+    // Sync first: both auto-record and the latest-chapter checks below need to
+    // know which series are bookmarked and how fresh they are.
+    refresh().then(() => {
+      maybeAutoUpdate();
+      maybeCaptureLatestOnSeriesPage();
+      backgroundRefreshLatest();
+    });
   }
 
   // ============================================================
@@ -688,6 +910,10 @@
         <button id="closeBtn" aria-label="Close">✕</button>
       </header>
       <section id="context"></section>
+      <div id="tabs" role="tablist">
+        <button id="tabAll" class="tab active" role="tab">All</button>
+        <button id="tabFav" class="tab" role="tab">★ Favourites</button>
+      </div>
       <div id="list"></div>
     </aside>
     <div id="toasts"></div>
@@ -740,6 +966,13 @@
     }
     .ctx-title { font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; }
     .ctx-sub { color: #9a9aa5; font-size: 13px; }
+    #tabs { display: flex; gap: 14px; padding: 10px 16px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #33333d; }
+    .tab {
+      background: none; border: none; color: #9a9aa5; cursor: pointer;
+      font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; padding: 4px 0 9px;
+      border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; margin-bottom: -1px;
+    }
+    .tab.active { color: #eee; border-bottom-color: #6d28d9; }
     #list { overflow-y: auto; flex: 1; padding: 8px 0; }
     .empty { color: #9a9aa5; text-align: center; padding: 30px 16px; font-size: 14px; }
     .item { display: flex; gap: 10px; padding: 10px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #2a2a33; }
@@ -748,6 +981,7 @@
     .meta { min-width: 0; flex: 1; }
     .t { font-weight: 600; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
     .c { color: #9a9aa5; font-size: 12px; margin: 2px 0 8px; }
+    .c.behind { color: #c4b5fd; }
     .actions { display: flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
     .btn {
       background: #33333d; color: #eee; border: none; border-radius: 6px;
@@ -757,6 +991,8 @@
     .btn.primary { background: #6d28d9; color: #fff; }
     .btn.small { padding: 6px 10px; font-size: 12px; }
     .btn.danger { background: #7f1d1d; }
+    .btn.star { line-height: 1; }
+    .btn.star.on { background: #6d28d9; color: #fff; }
     #toasts {
       position: fixed; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%);
       bottom: calc(80px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px));