--- ohara.py	2026-07-11 14:33:25
+++ scrape_catalog.py	2026-07-11 14:33:25
@@ -2089,18 +2089,40 @@
     Print a summary of the local (and optionally Blob) library:
     each novel, its chapter count, last-updated date, and any
     pending failed chapters. Also shows the failed-chapter count.
+
+    FIX: previously this only consulted Vercel Blob when the local
+    index.json's novel list was completely empty. That meant any
+    novel scraped with --cloud-only (which never writes a local
+    index.json entry) was invisible here whenever *any* novel had
+    ever been scraped locally, since the local list was non-empty
+    and the Blob branch was skipped entirely.
+
+    Now: always read the local index.json (if present), and — when
+    --cloud is passed — always also fetch the Blob index.json and
+    merge the two by slug, so novels that exist in either place show
+    up exactly once, and the counts match what your site (which reads
+    straight from Blob) actually shows.
     """
     index_path = os.path.join(SITE_DIR, "data", "index.json")
-    novels: list[dict] = []
+    local_novels: list[dict] = []
 
     if os.path.exists(index_path):
         with open(index_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            novels = json.load(f).get("novels", [])
+            local_novels = json.load(f).get("novels", [])
 
-    if cloud and not novels:
+    novels = local_novels
+
+    if cloud:
         blob_index = cloud_download_json("data/index.json")
         if blob_index:
-            novels = blob_index.get("novels", [])
+            blob_novels = blob_index.get("novels", [])
+            # Merge by slug. Blob is treated as the source of truth for any
+            # novel it knows about (it's what the live site reads), but we
+            # keep local-only entries too in case they haven't synced yet.
+            merged: dict[str, dict] = {n["slug"]: n for n in local_novels}
+            for n in blob_novels:
+                merged[n["slug"]] = n
+            novels = list(merged.values())
 
     failed = load_failed_chapters()
     failed_by_slug: dict[str, int] = {}