diff --git a/src/ComicInfoBuilder.py b/src/ComicInfoBuilder.py
index 9f03eb4..a87d237 100644
--- a/src/ComicInfoBuilder.py
+++ b/src/ComicInfoBuilder.py
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ class ComicInfoBuilder:
             if favs    is not None: rows.append(f"<tr><td {_TD}>Favorites</td><td>{favs:,}</td></tr>")
 
             if rows:
-                link = f'<a href="{url}">MyAnimeList</a>' if url else "MyAnimeList"
+                link = f'<a href="{url}" target="_blank">MyAnimeList</a>' if url else "MyAnimeList"
                 parts.append(f"<p>{link} stats as of {as_of}:</p><table>{''.join(rows)}</table>")
 
         # 2. Description — Markdown → HTML (middle) -----------------------
diff --git a/src/KavitaPersonUpdater.py b/src/KavitaPersonUpdater.py
index cb5c8ef..0bd93cf 100644
--- a/src/KavitaPersonUpdater.py
+++ b/src/KavitaPersonUpdater.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def _build_character_description(details: dict) -> str:
     url = details.get("url") or ""
     favorites = details.get("favorites")
     if url and favorites is not None:
-        parts.append(f'<p><a href="{url}">Favorites: {favorites:,}</a></p>')
+        parts.append(f'<p><a href="{url}" target="_blank">Favorites: {favorites:,}</a></p>')
     about = (details.get("about") or "").strip()
     if about:
         parts.append(_plain_to_html(about))
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def _build_person_description(details: dict) -> str:
             f'<td><a href="{website}">{website}</a></td></tr>'
         )
     if favorites is not None:
-        fav_cell = (f'<a href="{url}">{favorites:,}</a>' if url
+        fav_cell = (f'<a href="{url}" target="_blank">{favorites:,}</a>' if url
                     else f"{favorites:,}")
         rows.append(
             f"<tr><td {_TD}>Member Favorites</td><td>{fav_cell}</td></tr>")
diff --git a/src/SuwayomiMover.py b/src/SuwayomiMover.py
index ab29468..644b86f 100644
--- a/src/SuwayomiMover.py
+++ b/src/SuwayomiMover.py
@@ -69,12 +69,30 @@ _SOURCE_LABEL_RE = re.compile(
     re.IGNORECASE,
 )
 
+# Characters that Windows (and SMB shares) forbid in path components.
+_WIN_ILLEGAL_RE = re.compile(r'[\\/*?"<>|]')
+
 
 def _natural_key(name: str) -> list:
     return [int(p) if p.isdigit() else p.lower()
             for p in re.split(r"(\d+)", name)]
 
 
+def _sanitize_dirname(name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Makes a string safe to use as a Windows (or SMB) directory name.
+
+    Rules applied:
+      - ": " or ":" surrounded by optional spaces -> " - "
+        ("Call of the Night: Paradise Arc" -> "Call of the Night - Paradise Arc")
+      - Remaining Windows-illegal chars (\\ / * ? " < > |) are stripped.
+      - Leading/trailing dots and spaces are removed (Windows restriction).
+    """
+    name = re.sub(r"\s*:\s*", " - ", name)
+    name = _WIN_ILLEGAL_RE.sub("", name)
+    return name.strip(". ")
+
+
 _SUWAYOMI_WANTED = {"Title", "Series", "Number", "Summary",
                     "Writer", "Penciller", "Genre", "Web",
                     "Year", "Month", "Day"}
@@ -326,8 +344,9 @@ class SuwayomiMover:
         except Exception as exc:
             print(f"  [warn] metadata fetch failed: {exc}")
 
-        # Destination folder uses the MangaBaka canonical title.
-        dest_series = self._dst / mangabaka_title
+        # Destination folder uses the MangaBaka canonical title, sanitized for
+        # Windows / SMB paths (no colons, illegal chars, leading/trailing dots).
+        dest_series = self._dst / _sanitize_dirname(mangabaka_title)
         dest_series.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         chapter_results: list[dict] = []
@@ -403,7 +422,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     )
 
     # Process a single series
-    result = mover.process_series("Yofukashi no Uta")
+    result = mover.process_series("Yofukashi no Uta_ Rakuen-hen")
     ok     = sum(1 for c in result["chapters"] if c["ok"])
     failed = sum(1 for c in result["chapters"] if not c["ok"])
     print(f"\nDone: {ok} ok, {failed} failed")