bakasort.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Baka-Updates List Chapter Sorter
// @namespace    https://gist.github.com/q00u
// @version      0.1
// @description  Sorts titles on your lists ignoring leading articles (a, an, the)
// @author       Phoenix G
// @match        https://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=mangaupdates.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Your code here...
    const removeArticles = (str) => {
        const words = str.toLowerCase().split(' ');
        if (words.length <= 1) return str;
        if (words[0] === 'a' || words[0] === 'an' || words[0] === 'the') {
            return words.splice(1).join(' ');
        }
        return str.toLowerCase();
    }

    const setSort = (el) => {
        const elText = el.children[1]?.children[0]?.innerText;
        const elSort = removeArticles(elText);
        el.setAttribute('sort', elSort);
        //console.log(elSort);
        return elSort;
    }

    // Get list
    console.log('Baka-Updates List Sorter');
    const listTable = document.getElementById('list_table');
    [...listTable.children]
    .sort((a, b) => {
        let asort = a.getAttribute('sort') || setSort(a);
        let bsort = b.getAttribute('sort') || setSort(b);
        if (asort > bsort) return 1;
        if (asort < bsort) return -1;
        return 0;
    })
    .forEach((node) => listTable.appendChild(node));
})();