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tywhoppity
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Not really surprising here; if there is a spinoff of Love is War, I'm sure there are plenty of artists that can replicate the style.
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olgita
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Dude's killing it with Oshi no Ko, so I'm okay with this decision.
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09jcg
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I kind of saw this coming. He's sort of been hinting at this for a while
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ScruffyKiwi
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I’d love it if he could work with with the Act Age artist. Would love to see more of her art
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maximilianjenus
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meanwhile, a hentai mangaka is happy because he knows he will be able to go mainstream.
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BlueAlf
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If you think about it, yeah, he's actually much stronger as a writer. His work always had really unique stories.
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Saiphaz
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Huh, well, he was never that good of an artist anyways. First chapters of Kaguya had a lot of character but as he streamlined his art, the anatomical mistakes and the fact that he was outright reusing expressions and panels became more apparent.
I'd say it's good for him to focus on his strengths but the issue here is that he's also not as good at writing drama as he seems to think he is. |
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Minos_Kurumada
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Mixed feelings.
Akasaka is really good drawing facial expressions, it being anger, fury, love, "craziness", sadness, he is top notch. spoiler[Shirogane's mother robotic eyes were so perfectly drawn it gave the creeps the whole chapter] Yet.... he sucks at giving characters a cense of movement, they look like mannequins when performing a complex movement like jumping out of a window or dancing. |
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Folcwine P. Pywackett
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At the end of Kaguya-sama Manga Volume 22, Chapters 212 thru 221, Aka Akasaka makes the following comment about himself,
"I celebrated my tenth anniversary as a manga artist the other day. Over the past decade, I've drawn a weekly series that got adapted into anime and film, started another series, got married, then divorced, had some mental health issues, then recovered. I've gone through a lot. Drawing a weekly series is grueling. I pretend it isn't, but the work is hard. I often feel like quitting, retiring, and moving somewhere overseas where the cost of living is low. But I do love manga, so I guess I'll still be drawing it ten years from now." Or not, as this news release shows. Aka Akasaka will now be a writer only, even though his Manga art is excellent. But drawing your stories rather than writing them, is labor intensive. Another artist, Wataru Watari of OreGairu (俺ガイル), wrote only the Light Novels and left the drawing to others which seems a much wiser approach. Hopefully Aka Akasaka will create some excellent and wonderful future stories now that he is free of the heavy lift of drawing a weekly Manga. Best wishes for him! |
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BlueAlf
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Man, didn't know he went through all that while working on Kaguya. No wonder he handled the issue of Shirogane's parents really well. |
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DamianSalazar
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Apparently Akasaka's next work is a one-shot with a josei artist. |
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MFrontier
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I actually enjoyed Akasaka's art on Kaguya, his character designs, sense of comedic timing, expressions, paneling, etc. even if they could feel a little stiff at times.
But after how much work he put into Kaguya, I think he's earned being able to focus more on being a writer and working with top tier artists to deliver his work.
Wow, Akasaka has been through a lot. Makes me respect him even more. |
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