The Snowy Manga Discussion Thread

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pokoko said:

I might try the anime, then.  I much prefer complete manga, as well.  I always fall behind with on-going manga, which is fine, but then I fall too far behind and lose my place.  Turns into a hassle so I just start reading something else.

Wow, didn't realize anyone big time worked without assistants.  Those that use them make them sound like a huge help, even if it's just with backgrounds and tones.  I've seen quite a few manga that started out rough but improved a lot over time, a lot of which is probably down to hiring good assistants.  Early Skip Beat, for instance, is half scribble with no background detail.

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun turned out to be a good introduction to making manga.  It's also pretty funny.

Jump updates usually come out the same day, so it's easier for me to read all of them at once, but sporadic releases I almost always fall behind on. Recently, that's happened to me with Magi and Attack on Titan. I tell myself I'll catch up at some point...but we'll see if I stick with that plan. The longer I put it off, the less likely I'll read it again. I suppose it only takes a few hours to catch up on some of these monthly series...but eh...

Without assistants, it seems like that background takes the biggest hit. I notice this with some authors' debut stuff, where the characters look mostly fine, but they seem to be standing on a giant plane of nothingness. Which gets kind of annoying, since the background can make or break my immersion.

I can't think of anyone as popular as Togashi refusing assistants. Oda has a nice system in One Piece though, where he demands that he draw all the characters alone, but lets his assistants take care of backgrounds. So the end result is that the characters will always look consistent, but the scene won't feel empty either.

Anyways, here's a handy chart i found for anyone that wants to see what weekly HxH fans get to enjoy.

It kinda amazes me that the Chimera Ant arc lasted from 2004 to 2011. It would be absolutely painful to start reading in the middle of that. And to think how many manga have started and finished while Togashi while was writing one single story arc. Crazy.

And that 2015...