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Worst writer out of Kubo, Kishimoto and Mashima?
Tite Kubo
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Masashi Kishimoto
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Hiro Mashima
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Aug 17, 2016 5:38 AM
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Stole this question from Gamefaqs. Bleach, Naruto and Fairy Tail have deserving received flak for brain numbing bad writing at times, but which of the 3 has been the worst offender?
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Aug 17, 2016 5:52 AM
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I thought I have already seen this haha, and I am pretty sure Kubo won the gamefaqs poll by a landslide.
All opinions at the end of the day, never read fairy tail so wouldn't have a fair assumption on it
Aug 17, 2016 6:16 AM
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Always Hiro Mashima
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Aug 17, 2016 6:27 AM
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They are all cancerous but Bleach is really fucking boring. Fuck, I can't even bear to read it till the end because I just couldn't make myself care about any of it.

Aug 18, 2016 4:35 AM
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Kishimoto isn't THAT bad tbh

My vote goes to Kubo
Aug 18, 2016 4:46 AM
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Mashima. Fairy Tail is the very definition of cancer, I don't even know how it's remotely popular.
Aug 18, 2016 4:51 AM
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Kubo and I'm saying this as a Bleach fan.Ever since the Fullbringer arc it's gone downhill, and with the Quincy Blood War arc it reached a record low, it became a pile of schlock at that point.
(Though apparently he was kinda forced into it by JUMP and that's why he brought it back with the Fullbringer arc as far as I know but still, Bleach became absolute shit since then.)
Aug 18, 2016 4:54 AM
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Haven't read Bleach for a long time, so can't give my say on that matter.
My vote would probably go to Mashima, because of Fairy Tail. His sense of humour is awful, and some of the FT battle scenes are the most disappointing in all of the shounen series I've read.
Aug 18, 2016 4:58 AM
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Tite Kubo just because of how ridiculously slow the pacing is, but i still enjoyed Bleach manga a lot despite its rush and open ending
Aug 18, 2016 5:26 AM

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Mashima is easily the worst of the three. Fairy Tail started off nice, but very quickly degenerated into pure garbage. Not to mention, he's the only one of the 3 that has to depend so much on using cheap, sexual fanservice to keep the fanbase happy. Not to mention, it has more asspulls than Naruto and Bleach put together.
Aug 18, 2016 8:25 AM

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I really wanna say Mashima, but I feel like Fairy Tail has always been traveling in a straight line. Like it's always been so ordinary and average I can't notice dips in writing quality easily.

Meanwhile I can find countless asspulls and twists that make you unintentionally laugh so hard in Bleach, so my vote goes to Kubo.
Aug 18, 2016 9:38 AM

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Kishimoto, you can see the story going to sht when he didn't have hxh to inspire him anymore.

Mashima is whatever.

Kubo is 2deep for most people.
Aug 18, 2016 12:06 PM

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Why do people love to hate on Kishimoto? His writing isn't bad at all.

Kubo has huge pacing problems, but I do like most of his dialogue.

Mashima wins, because he has to use fanservice as a crutch to distract from repetitive stories.
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Aug 18, 2016 3:23 PM
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Kubo but that might be because he was rushed and lol I like how people say that mashima resorts to tits and shit when his manga has an ecchi tag to it.
Aug 18, 2016 3:26 PM

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I don't have much experience with Fairy Tail, but we all know the crap Mashima does. Between Kishi and Kubo, I'd definitely say Kubo.
Sep 2, 2016 8:22 AM

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probably kubo sad to say but the manga is dull this days
Sep 2, 2016 9:06 AM

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Definitely Kubo. He's the very definition of Style over Substance, for me. I loved Bleach, a lot. Until Kubo decided to troll everyone and make Aizen the big bad guy out of nowhere and make everything go downhill from there. Sometimes, even he can't keep up with his own rules. And if me, being pretty dumb, can see that... that's telling a lot about his writting skills.

Kishimoto has some issues, but he's pretty armless on the writting side compared to Kubo and Mashima. I don't really care much for Naruto, but it's not as bad as everyone says it is. My main issue with him (and most mangaka tbh) is that they don't know how the hell to write good female characters.

Mishima... is a bit all over the place. Some of his decisions are clearly BS and he pulls off random deus ex machina out of nowhere, but I wouldn't call him the worst writter, again. He also is very clearly on both end of the spectrum between each of his mangas ; like for exemple, we have Fairy Tail, the happy comedic nakame power manga where almost nobody dies, and then there is Rave who is far more serious and literally everybody dies, and I mean literaly. Honestly, he's more annoying in his writting than particularily bad, if that make sense.
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Definitely Kubo. He's the very definition of Style over Substance, for me. I loved Bleach, a lot. Until Kubo decided to troll everyone and make Aizen the big bad guy out of nowhere and make everything go downhill from there. Sometimes, even he can't keep up with his own rules. And if me, being pretty dumb, can see that... that's telling a lot about his writting skills.

Kishimoto has some issues, but he's pretty armless on the writting side compared to Kubo and Mashima. I don't really care much for Naruto, but it's not as bad as everyone says it is. My main issue with him (and most mangaka tbh) is that they don't know how the hell to write good female characters.

Mishima... is a bit all over the place. Some of his decisions are clearly BS and he pulls off random deus ex machina out of nowhere, but I wouldn't call him the worst writter, again. He also is very clearly on both end of the spectrum between each of his mangas ; like for exemple, we have Fairy Tail, the happy comedic nakame power manga where almost nobody dies, and then there is Rave who is far more serious and literally everybody dies, and I mean literaly. Honestly, he's more annoying in his writting than particularily bad, if that make sense.


I have to disagree here, making Aizen the bad guy was actually very good, in fact it was the best way I could think he ended the Soul Society arc. The problem is everything that happened after Soul Society, the author had no idea how to handle everything from there.
Sep 2, 2016 10:04 AM

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Tite Kubo rushed ending and like during the ending he added so much random powers and characters.
Sep 2, 2016 11:38 AM

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Hiro Mashima lol. This guy flopped big time.

Sep 3, 2016 7:54 AM

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Hiro Mashima, all he can do is draw busty sluts.
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Sep 3, 2016 8:37 AM

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You can't put trash against trash.


It's similar comparison, of course you can.

Hard to say between Kubo or Mashima. But I'd say the latter because at the very least bleach was started quite good until they started "fullbring arc" while Fairy Tail on the other hand, shit since beginning.
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Kishimoto, you can see the story going to sht when he didn't have hxh to inspire him anymore.

Mashima is whatever.

Kubo is 2deep for most people.
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Sep 3, 2016 9:50 AM
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Kubo..........you ROYALLY fucked up.

Kishimoto is the man!

Mashima, I'm not really a fan of your work, but I don't have anything against you.
Sep 3, 2016 9:54 AM

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Kishimoto is pretty good. The ending sucked, but overall, it has a nice story with good twists and dialogues. I don't see why he's even on this list

between Kubo and Mashima, it's kinda hard to pick one. I like Mashimas dedication to drawing. He used to draw like 5 chapters per month. And as for Kubo, his style is awesome. Both have a pretty unique and consistent way of writing their chapters.
So, I guess I'm just choose Eichiro Oda as the worst writer. :P
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ichii_1 said:
Kishimoto, you can see the story going to sht when he didn't have hxh to inspire him anymore.

Mashima is whatever.

Kubo is 2deep for most people.
yes ichii let the butthurt flow through you


>actually defending that hack kishimoto

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ichii_1 said:
ultravigo said:
yes ichii let the butthurt flow through you


>actually defending that hack kishimoto


i'm not defending anyone here man,i'm just saying the truth.
Sep 3, 2016 1:36 PM
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Don't have experience with bleach that much so mashima. I don't even know how it's so popular with that many asspulls but I guess fanservice goes all the way.
Sep 5, 2016 1:36 PM
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I say i easily goes to Mashima. haven't read Naruto but fairy has bad comedy imo and i heard it has a bunch of buttpulls
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Hiro Mashima. I just get bored of fairy tail easily

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Sep 10, 2016 2:05 PM
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Bleach was really good at the beginning. The author should have ended it a lot sooner, but I guess the editors press them to keep the story going.

I didnt read much Fairy Tail but it didnt pull me in like the others.
Sep 26, 2016 9:02 AM
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Tough one between Kubo and Mashima...the first is slow and "writing" is hardly a word he ever used...while the latter is predictable and repetitive...

Bottom line, they make Kishimoto look like a good writer..
Oct 5, 2016 1:41 AM

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At least Kubo came up with something respectable, unlike that mage strip club manga, and back in the early days it wasnt bad at all.
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Bleach is the worst of the three, so Kubo.
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Oct 5, 2016 7:15 AM
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mashima, i didn't update but i saw 15 episodes of FT,someone give me my brain cells back
Mar 16, 2017 3:35 PM

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after reading the latest chapters of FT, Mashima no doubt..... the August, and Irene fights have bullshit levels over 9000.....

seriously the fuck, i can't a find a single thing more bullshit than the August fight, the guy stomped his opponent hard, and tanked his opponent's strongest with literally 0 damage then decides to go for a last resort suicide move? bullshit writing at its absolute finest.
Mar 16, 2017 4:48 PM

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Tite Kubo obviously.

Kishimoto is a very good author, whose naruto is ruined in the anime via fillers.
Mashima is a good author too. Definitely enjoyed Rave Master, not Fairy Tail though.
Kubo on the other hand, is a terrible author. When he made Bleach, it was very good. But, it was until he ran out of ideas but kept publishing new chapter that tarnishes his reputation. Honestly, due to his silly conviction to keep Bleach publishing, he made a lot of Bleach fans go away.
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This is a tough one. I red Bleach, Naruto and Fairy Tail for a very long time. And I dropped all three of them. Soooooo boring. But Mashima´s Rave master was actually interesting and I really enjoyed it. So it´s pretty much a tie between Kubo and Kishimoto for me.
Mar 21, 2017 6:44 AM
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Kubo, without a doubt. He took a great series and then wiped his rear end with it.
Mar 23, 2017 4:41 PM

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Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail started off as good but it went downhill real fast. Lots of disappointing fights, super cheesy lines and characters.
Mar 23, 2017 5:12 PM

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This thread is a damn disgrace.
Mar 23, 2017 7:32 PM

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Hiro Mashima. The only thing that's consistent in Fairy Tail is the fanservice.
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since alot of people knows them i Don't think there that bad
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Kubo is worst? Why? Because Ichigo didn't end up with Rukia? I can't see any other reasons.

I think Masashi is pretty bad in terms of making female characters.
Naruto has not a single female who is nearly as good as Yoruichi.

Haven't read Fairy Tail, so can't say anything about it. (I read two chapters and it was boring)
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Kubo is worst? Why? Because Ichigo ended up with Rukia? I can't see any other reasons.


Having a terrible last arc.
Asspulls by the dozen.
Very slow pacing.
Lots of one note villains and good guys.
Off-paneled fights.
A ton of unexplained plot points.
Many bankai that weren't revealed or explained very well.
Orihime and Chad almost never being relevant.
Ichigo being a very generic MC with little growth.
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Kubo, because his series is what i bothered to read til the end so i knew that he's just really bad, while naruto gets boring during shinobi war arc and fairy tail is....whatever.
Mar 25, 2017 1:12 AM

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Mashima. End of story for me.
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Mar 25, 2017 5:11 AM

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Well for me, I love these 3 writers ^^
Mar 25, 2017 5:15 AM

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Well, since i dont like FT as a whole, I guess Mashima is the worst out of them, but Kubo is pretty close to being worst as well. He started off Bleach nicely but it ended up being one of the worst shounens with that last arc.

On the other hand, Kishimoto deteriorated around the last parts of the War arc, but he's still a good writer in my opinion
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