The Snowy Manga Discussion Thread

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Cloudman said:
After Shadow8 mentioned a topic about talking about our favorite mangaka, I sat on this question for a little bit and came up with a few answers.

The 1st mangaka I came to admire was Nobuhiro Watsuki, the writer of Ruroni Kenshi. It was the 1st one I ever bought and owned, and I was interested in it since I saw the anime. I bought the 1st 2 volumes and instantly fell in love with it. I started buying a new volume as they came out every month. I fell in love with it all, the characters, the story, and the artwork. Watsuki became a sort of hero to me, hoping I can draw manga like he does, and re-reading Kenshin anytime I sat by my manga collection.

Though after that, he made Buso Renkin, which was okay, but not nearly as good, and also the western cowboy manga, which got canceled after 3 volumes I think..? And after that, he just sort of... disappeared. I still admire him, but wish he had made something on the level of Kenshin...


I also really admire Akira Toriya and Eiichiro Oda, the writers of Dragon Ball and One Piece. I know Toriyama mostly from Dragon Ball, but after I saw some of his other works from Dr. Slump and the Dragon Quest series, I really love his art style. It has this playful feel to it, like everything is done in a cartoonish style, from cars, buildings, people, robots, etc. It's like a mix of Japanese and western style to make this fun style he developed. It sort of gave me the idea of mixing different styles to try to make something unique and enjoyable for others to see. I get this feeling with Oda's One Piece style as well. I read the 1st few volumes and I got a similar feeling with his work. It has a fun, goofy feel to it that just makes me laugh and enjoy it. It's like the joy of drawing really reflects in their work when moments feel really silly and overall fun to read. That's the sort of stuff I really enjoy in manga.

Anyone else have favorite mangaka?

I don't have a favourite but I do have a least favourite... Komi.