diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d33f97021fd8e..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/memento/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  qt6,
-  wrapQtAppsHook,
-
-  # before that => zeal
-  sqlite,
-  json_c,
-  mecab,
-  libzip,
-  mpv,
-  yt-dlp,
-  # optional
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "memento";
-  version = "1.6.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ripose-jp";
-    repo = "Memento";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-IvzvlToSyA20FWU0x+wgE3rT0dYbuY6xyaGgz1D1f6Q=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    makeWrapper
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qt6.qtbase
-    qt6.qtsvg
-    qt6.qtwayland
-    sqlite
-    json_c
-    libzip
-    mecab
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpv ];
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/memento" \
-      --prefix PATH : "${yt-dlp}/bin" \
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Mpv-based video player for studying Japanese";
-    homepage = "https://ripose-jp.github.io/Memento/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ teto ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "memento";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/memento/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/memento/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d36c21ac3bcaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/memento/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  qt6Packages,
+
+  sqlite,
+  json_c,
+  libzip,
+  mpv,
+  yt-dlp,
+  makeWrapper,
+  withOcr ? false,
+  python3,
+}:
+let
+  libmocr = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "libmocr";
+    version = "0-unstable-2023-11-15";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "ripose-jp";
+      repo = "libmocr";
+      rev = "24ec081102208d0ff6954c3003df2fb691713bd5";
+      hash = "sha256-58W/LBJ+wIxQtutoXqq6TzpExbUBV3NfAfXTIl43ARg=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+    buildInputs = [
+      qt6Packages.qtbase
+      python3
+    ];
+    dontWrapQtApps = true;
+    meta = {
+      description = "A library for Manga OCR";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/ripose-jp/libmocr";
+      license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "memento";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ripose-jp";
+    repo = "Memento";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6ipzorykt9GoGTHTTLCyDf7vXx9mT5AITKA9pyQ3GwI=";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "SYSTEM_QCORO" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "SYSTEM_MOCR" true)
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withOcr [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OCR_SUPPORT" true)
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    makeWrapper
+    qt6Packages.wrapQtAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    qt6Packages.qtbase
+    qt6Packages.qtsvg
+    qt6Packages.qtwayland
+    sqlite
+    json_c
+    libzip
+    qt6Packages.qcoro
+  ]
+
+  ++ lib.optionals withOcr [ libmocr ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpv ];
+
+  preFixup =
+    let
+      pyEnv = python3.withPackages (p: [
+        p.manga-ocr
+        p.jaconv
+      ]);
+    in
+    ''
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/memento" \
+        --prefix PATH : "${yt-dlp}/bin" ${lib.optionalString withOcr "--suffix PYTHONPATH : \"${pyEnv}/${python3.sitePackages}\""}
+    '';
+
+  passthru.libmocr = libmocr;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Mpv-based video player for studying Japanese";
+    homepage = "https://ripose-jp.github.io/Memento/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ teto ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    mainProgram = "memento";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e641a167e4230..cf38b22b13ab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11337,9 +11337,6 @@ with pkgs;
     withConplay = false;
   };
 
-  # a somewhat more maintained fork of ympd
-  memento = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/video/memento { };
-
   mplayer = callPackage ../applications/video/mplayer (
     {
       libdvdnav = libdvdnav_4_2_1;