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Nov 25, 2022 2:10 PM
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Is it just me or is chainsaw manga art style very poor like very very poor
I'm not a big fan of manga but I just decided to try and check out the manga of CSM since I saw a colored version and even with it being colored trying to make out what's going especially in fight scenes panels is super hard
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Nov 25, 2022 2:13 PM
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man im not a big fan of Chainsaw man but i can at least agree that CSM manga art is splendid, not the best but its great.


maybe you just never read any manga or you are used to the anime version
Nov 25, 2022 2:13 PM
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It's just you. Fujimoto has his own art style and you probably just didn't happen to like it. And don't forget that he also improves.

I mean we got awesome panels like this: (spoiler for the next anime arc)


Hard to say this is bad
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Nov 25, 2022 2:18 PM
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for me it was one of the easiest fight scenes to understand, his panelling is exceptional, works like boku no hero are imo so hard to understand fights in
Nov 25, 2022 2:28 PM
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KingSlowDown said:
It's just you. Fujimoto has his own art style and you probably just didn't happen to like it. And don't forget that he also improves.

I mean we got awesome panels like this: (spoiler for the next anime arc)


Hard to say this is bad

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better
Nov 25, 2022 2:36 PM
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jooohnny_j said:
KingSlowDown said:
It's just you. Fujimoto has his own art style and you probably just didn't happen to like it. And don't forget that he also improves.

I mean we got awesome panels like this: (spoiler for the next anime arc)


Hard to say this is bad

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better

I don’t see any issue with the art here and it looks good honestly. It’s not the greatest art, and there are definitely better panels in the manga, but it’s not that bad. You might just not like it due to the coloring, and it fits a lot better in its original black and white version.
Nov 25, 2022 2:37 PM
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jooohnny_j said:
KingSlowDown said:
It's just you. Fujimoto has his own art style and you probably just didn't happen to like it. And don't forget that he also improves.

I mean we got awesome panels like this: (spoiler for the next anime arc)


Hard to say this is bad

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better


here's the original:

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Nov 25, 2022 2:40 PM
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It's not bad, just Fujimoto's style is just kinda rough. It works well with the themes of CSM. But yh it's not my cup of tea


𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶



Nov 25, 2022 2:40 PM
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lol you have not read enough manga then to know that there are more manga that have bad art or drawings like even Hunter x Hunter and Jujutsu Kaisen with its scribbles is bad too
Nov 25, 2022 2:40 PM
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isn't the manga like a plan sort of thing?
Nov 25, 2022 2:41 PM
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ftvdeadmark said:
jooohnny_j said:

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better

I don’t see any issue with the art here and it looks good honestly. It’s not the greatest art, and there are definitely better panels in the manga, but it’s not that bad. You might just not like it due to the coloring, and it fits a lot better in its original black and white version.

hmmm... I guess all the webtoons I've been reading might have corrupted me
cause even if webtoons were made in black and white when someone gets punched or kicked it still looks way neater, sharper, better and not rushed
Nov 25, 2022 2:43 PM

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isn't the manga like a plan sort of thing?


lol what makes you think any manga are only storyboards? when the point of anime adaptation is to boost the sales of those said source material like manga
Nov 25, 2022 2:46 PM
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Mate I can tell u dont read manga at all. Fckn troll, opinion invalid.
Nov 25, 2022 2:46 PM
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It's not bad, just Fujimoto's style is just kinda rough. It works well with the themes of CSM. But yh it's not my cup of tea

exactly!!! rough is word that I've been looking for
his style of showing movement is rough
cause I've seen some other mangas and movement isn't as rough as this
Nov 25, 2022 2:46 PM
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jooohnny_j said:
ftvdeadmark said:

I don’t see any issue with the art here and it looks good honestly. It’s not the greatest art, and there are definitely better panels in the manga, but it’s not that bad. You might just not like it due to the coloring, and it fits a lot better in its original black and white version.

hmmm... I guess all the webtoons I've been reading might have corrupted me
cause even if webtoons were made in black and white when someone gets punched or kicked it still looks way neater, sharper, better and not rushed


well I mean the "rushed" thing is just to show that something is moving lol
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Nov 25, 2022 2:48 PM
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Mate I can tell u dont read manga at all. Fckn troll, opinion invalid.

I'd be funny if you couldn't tell seeing as how I clearly stated I'm not a fan of manga
Nov 25, 2022 2:54 PM
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jooohnny_j said:
ftvdeadmark said:

I don’t see any issue with the art here and it looks good honestly. It’s not the greatest art, and there are definitely better panels in the manga, but it’s not that bad. You might just not like it due to the coloring, and it fits a lot better in its original black and white version.

hmmm... I guess all the webtoons I've been reading might have corrupted me
cause even if webtoons were made in black and white when someone gets punched or kicked it still looks way neater, sharper, better and not rushed

The rough artwork is to the story’s benefit as it represents the chaotic and fast paced nature of Chainsaw Man. I don’t know exactly what you’d have for comparison but this is kind of artwork is pretty common in manga with giving weight and motion to the blows. Plus this was released in a weekly manga, and I haven’t read too many webtoons, but I think their release schedules are usually more lax in comparison to the heavy workload of a mangaka.
Nov 25, 2022 2:56 PM

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Tbh it depends on the reader as well. Some people who like the manga in general will defend it by saying that its just Fujimoto's style. Personally I dont feel like its that great either but its not bad as well.
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

Nov 25, 2022 2:58 PM
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deg said:
ThisDice said:
isn't the manga like a plan sort of thing?


lol what makes you think any manga are only storyboards? when the point of anime adaptation is to boost the sales of those said source material like manga

i don't really have much knowledge in this field just to clarify but that I am saying is that manga to me is like a plan that's not fully set in motion because not every thing in the manga is in the anime and visa versa, soo some artists out extra effort in their manga work while others out together something that's not the best but does the same planning process structure base of the anime, the final product chainsaw man was good and shows that 3D is taking over rhe anime industry
Nov 25, 2022 3:01 PM

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ThisDice said:
deg said:


lol what makes you think any manga are only storyboards? when the point of anime adaptation is to boost the sales of those said source material like manga

i don't really have much knowledge in this field just to clarify but that I am saying is that manga to me is like a plan that's not fully set in motion because not every thing in the manga is in the anime and visa versa, soo some artists out extra effort in their manga work while others out together something that's not the best but does the same planning process structure base of the anime, the final product chainsaw man was good and shows that 3D is taking over rhe anime industry


90% of anime adaptations is to promote the source material like manga
Nov 25, 2022 3:05 PM
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Tbh it depends on the reader as well. Some people who like the manga in general will defend it by saying that its just Fujimoto's style. Personally I dont feel like its that great either but its not bad as well.
That’s a fair argument. I do think it’s a matter of subjectivity since the paneling and framing are well thought out. But the rough sketch like quality of the art can be a turn off from Jump’s usual clean and crisp artwork.
Nov 25, 2022 3:10 PM

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it's just you lmao csm by no means has the best art style but i find it very fitting for csm, it just works
Nov 25, 2022 3:11 PM
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lol no his art style is one of my favourite, maybe its hard for you to read because you dont read much manga by chance?
Nov 25, 2022 3:13 PM
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ThisDice said:
deg said:


lol what makes you think any manga are only storyboards? when the point of anime adaptation is to boost the sales of those said source material like manga

i don't really have much knowledge in this field just to clarify but that I am saying is that manga to me is like a plan that's not fully set in motion because not every thing in the manga is in the anime and visa versa, soo some artists out extra effort in their manga work while others out together something that's not the best but does the same planning process structure base of the anime, the final product chainsaw man was good and shows that 3D is taking over rhe anime industry

I’m sorry but that just isn’t the case when a Mangaka is writing their manga they may want an anime adaptation but as previously stated they are looking for it to boost their volume sales they don’t write it with the specific intention of getting one. When it comes to the production most Mangaka aren’t actually involved in the making process they may be asked about a couple things but most aren’t actually involved.

You also have Mangaka like Ino Asano who have been on record saying that they don’t want their stories to be adapted into anime and on some cases even write stories that are hard to adapt for this reason.

A comparison for this in the west would be saying that a author only writes a book or a comic in the hopes they get a tv show or movie made with it. That may be the case for some but for the vast majority it isn’t the case they are making something they love in the medium the love and that’s it. If it gets picked up by some other form of media then great but it’s not the be all and end all.
Nov 25, 2022 3:13 PM
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The art is pretty normal, not the best and not the worst either, it works well for the type of manga it is, but yes compared to other works it's kinda "ugly"
Nov 25, 2022 3:19 PM

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You think it's bad because you're not used to it, It happened a lot to me in the past, some artstyles looks bad to me when i'm new to it.
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It's maybe 6.5-7. There are a couple cool double page spreads but the character models in general are pretty plain looking.

If you want bad then take a look at Demon Slayer. Subpar art that looks like it was drawn in the 90s. 5/10 art. Only UFOTable elevated it to best selling manga.
Nov 25, 2022 3:29 PM
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Oh god this is a bad take
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art is subjective but yes compared to the best art in manga it doesn’t hold a candle to it
Nov 25, 2022 3:47 PM
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If you find that the fight scene of csm are messy while it's easy top 10 best manga of these last 10 years then your tastes are just null you can not like messy dynamic fight but it's clearly not the case in csm the manga is 10 times better than the anime
Nov 25, 2022 3:57 PM
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Beside one piece demon slayer hxh boku no hiro academia or many other have their fight scene much lower in quality
Nov 25, 2022 4:02 PM
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Nah fam. CSM art is great. It's definitely not as bad as like JJK is. I just could not enjoy that manga because of the art. Love JJK anime tho.
Nov 25, 2022 4:23 PM
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art is subjective but yes compared to the best art in manga it doesn’t hold a candle to it

wrong sadly (wrong sadly)
Nov 25, 2022 4:42 PM
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i bet youre the same type of person who says ping pong looks bad
Nov 25, 2022 6:02 PM
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Jesus bro can I have whatever you’re smoking?
Nov 25, 2022 6:11 PM

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hm. Since you read like 0 Volumes and 0 Chapters of anything, ever, I trust your well researched and knowledgable opinion on that.
I also like how you just dismissed the Art of another person....a succesful one, least we forget.....as "poor" , simple as that. Props!
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not.


You just don't like it. So what?
Want a pat on the shoulder now?^^
Alright. You don't like this, person who's likely not an artist and/or is unknown to us.
Thanks. Keep me updated on this one.



Just...don't read it and let us enjoy it, kay?^^ That would be nice.
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KingSlowDown said:
jooohnny_j said:

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better


here's the original:


Top one is okay but the bottom two are really pretty poor.
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I don't buy the "it's his style" excuse. CSM manga's art is pretty weak for a professional product. You can tell it's still a pro, but it's kinda bad.
Shaky lines, always the same expressions, a lot of characters look-alike, and at some point I was just like "I don't care who is who".

The doodle-like panels with lots of details are not that impressive. They're just... doodles. The only memorable composition is the one with the astronauts.

The sequential art is surprisingly poor for a published manga, and hard to understand. As if multiple characters looking the same was not confusing enough.

Sorry, no offense, but it looks ridiculously bad compared to a manga like Tongari Boushi no Atelier
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jooohnny_j said:
KingSlowDown said:
It's just you. Fujimoto has his own art style and you probably just didn't happen to like it. And don't forget that he also improves.

I mean we got awesome panels like this: (spoiler for the next anime arc)


Hard to say this is bad

I guess it really is just me
but take a look at this manga panel, in my honest opinion this is bad drawing or maybe it's just the colored version that's at fault and the black and white might look better

I actually don’t even think that looks less than average at all tbh
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jooohnny_j said:
Is it just me or is chainsaw manga art style very poor like very very poor
I'm not a big fan of manga but I just decided to try and check out the manga of CSM since I saw a colored version and even with it being colored trying to make out what's going especially in fight scenes panels is super hard

Fujimoto is really good at drawing action sequences, but no matter how hard he tries he cannot draw faces
Nov 25, 2022 11:35 PM

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Lol. You should check out the action panels. Top tier artwork
Nov 25, 2022 11:38 PM
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Another troll thread lmao
Nov 25, 2022 11:50 PM
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could be better? yes
could be worst? yes

Just is personal opinions!


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Nov 25, 2022 11:52 PM
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You can call it ‘his own art style’ all you want - it still is very scribbled and messy. I’ve read the manga before the anime and it was hard for me to stay focused.
Nov 26, 2022 1:02 AM

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It’s only you, but that’s a given since you know nothing about manga.

Fujimoto’s art is actually one of the best in the manga industry and his paneling is unparalleled. He’s such an important figure that 3 of his assistants went off to make some bug manga, Dandadan’s, Spy x Family’s and Hell’s Paradise’s mangakas were all his assistants.
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The artwork is inferior to the artist's previous effort but the layout makes up for it. It's very good.
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Nov 26, 2022 3:25 AM
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jooohnny_j said:
Is it just me or is chainsaw manga art style very poor like very very poor
I'm not a big fan of manga but I just decided to try and check out the manga of CSM since I saw a colored version and even with it being colored trying to make out what's going especially in fight scenes panels is super hard

This actually makes sense coming from a person who liked Akame which is equivalent to diluted piss in terms of anime. Get a CT scan to find out if there's something dysfunctional about either your eyes or brain.
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keikei-chan96 said:
jooohnny_j said:
Is it just me or is chainsaw manga art style very poor like very very poor
I'm not a big fan of manga but I just decided to try and check out the manga of CSM since I saw a colored version and even with it being colored trying to make out what's going especially in fight scenes panels is super hard

This actually makes sense coming from a person who liked Akame which is equivalent to diluted piss in terms of anime. Get a CT scan to find out if there's something dysfunctional about either your eyes or brain.

y'all will just go check out someone's list look for any anime and the person liked but you didn't then use that as point to insult the person instead of actually talking about the argument😂😂
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It"s below mid IMO, but it's not bad
Nov 26, 2022 5:22 AM
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jooohnny_j said:
Is it just me or is chainsaw manga art style very poor like very very poor
I'm not a big fan of manga but I just decided to try and check out the manga of CSM since I saw a colored version and even with it being colored trying to make out what's going especially in fight scenes panels is super hard

thats just you, theres manga like berserk that are really detailed with just about every panel being a work of art on its own but most manga aren't like that.
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