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ZenZu

The only one who can beat me is me
Bro on average Kingdom is the best manga by art. On average no other mangaka will ever achieve the quality at the pace Hara does. Miura in his prime took 6 months to release a single chapter, Murata takes 1-2 months as well and releases half-chapters to boot.
True, good point. Maybe the art looks bad because he is trying to go for max detail in limited time.

The only issue for me is some of those chapter covers with one or two characters still look just as bad.
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It is Chapter 1 Kingdom. Kingdom's art style changes significantly around Bayou Arc I think.
It actually looks really good, maybe the issue really is time. Or maybe cause he was starting out he took a year drawing that one picture lmao.
 

Elder Lee Hung

Conqueror of the Stars
Btw where is this image from? Doesn't look like Kingdom.
That image is chapter 1 of Kingdom lol. I thought you read Kingdom for a while?

True, good point. Maybe the art looks bad because he is trying to go for max detail in limited time.
“Looks bad” is completely subjective. I think you just don’t like Hara’s art style. Not liking an art style is not the same as the art itself being bad.

I have always personally thought Kingdom’s art is stunning. The manga looks jank in certain instances, but I’ve never read a manga that was completely stunning in every single instance. Even Miura’s and Murata’s art is not always incredible, there were 100% moments where the art looked less than stellar. Overall Kingdom’s art is just Fuego imo.

As for level of detail, Hara is literally the goat in that regard. I’m beating a dead horse but no mangaka ever has achieved this level of detail in a weekly manga while taking absolutely minimal breaks.



 

Peroroncino

🅷🅰🅻🅰 🅼🅰🅳🆁🅸🅳
Did you miss this whole ordeal? Lol

@MarineHQ was convinced that Jiaga was going to fuck shit up, he was going to be the next Gyou’Un or Bananji.

Instead, Jiaga got the shittiest death in Kingdom
:catcry:

Now he and Hobopa fans are even angrier about the Renpa affair. Lol
Remember the copium about how he was gonna survive after one half of his jugular was separated from the other? :suresure:
 

ZenZu

The only one who can beat me is me
That image is chapter 1 of Kingdom lol. I thought you read Kingdom for a while?
Over 10 years ago I stopped reading. I don't remember that image, or Kingdom ever looking like that.

“Looks bad” is completely subjective. I think you just don’t like Hara’s art style. Not liking an art style is not the same as the art itself being bad.

I have always personally thought Kingdom’s art is stunning. The manga looks jank in certain instances, but I’ve never read a manga that was completely stunning in every single instance. Even Miura’s and Murata’s art is not always incredible, there were 100% moments where the art looked less than stellar. Overall Kingdom’s art is just Fuego imo.

As for level of detail, Hara is literally the goat in that regard. I’m beating a dead horse but no mangaka ever has achieved this level of detail in a weekly manga while taking absolutely minimal breaks.



The level of detail is definitely one of its strong points. It's worth admiring for that aspect alone. Hara is great at conveying intensity too, that Renpa shot is one of my favourites I still remember that scene.

The issue is the characters look like lifeless dolls, as do other things supposed to convey motion (like capes fluttering in the wind for example, straight up look like wax figures), this isn't an inconsistency it's straight up how Hara draws. Everything looks stuck in time.

That chapter 1 image is the single exception to this that I've seen.
 
Did you miss this whole ordeal? Lol

@MarineHQ was convinced that Jiaga was going to fuck shit up, he was going to be the next Gyou’Un or Bananji.

Instead, Jiaga got the shittiest death in Kingdom
:catcry:

Now he and Hobopa fans are even angrier about the Renpa affair. Lol
lmao, I remember him being upset about it but not to this degree lmao.

Over JI AGA? :suresure:
 
Did you miss this whole ordeal? Lol

@MarineHQ was convinced that Jiaga was going to fuck shit up, he was going to be the next Gyou’Un or Bananji.

Instead, Jiaga got the shittiest death in Kingdom
:catcry:

Now he and Hobopa fans are even angrier about the Renpa affair. Lol
Notice that Jiaga’s brute strength is being compared to Moubu, but we’re not going to get any quotes suggesting Jiaga is Qin6 level as a commander. This is because all of Moubu’s hype about him being the greatest offensive power in Qin history is commenting on Moubu’s abilities as a general and NOT as a single warrior.
 

Elder Lee Hung

Conqueror of the Stars
Notice that Jiaga’s brute strength is being compared to Moubu, but we’re not going to get any quotes suggesting Jiaga is Qin6 level as a commander. This is because all of Moubu’s hype about him being the greatest offensive power in Qin history is commenting on Moubu’s abilities as a general and NOT as a single warrior.
I couldn’t have said it better myself
 
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