Seeing as how the last thread died with practically no activity hope this one fairs better.
Ok, to get the ball rolling I'm gonna get into comparing my two favorite mangas and mangakas of all time. One Piece and Eiichiro Oda and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Hirohiko Akari, respectively.
This isn't going to be a one is outright "better" than the other sort of deal. Rather my personal feelings on them, their strengths, weaknesses, differences, and similarities. All divided up into the best categories I can think of.
ART:
Ok, this is going to be a rather difficult one as I will be honest, I love both of their styles, and they are very different from one another. And to to each justice I will have to talk about them in great detail individually.
1. Oda
While some may call it "cartoony" I have to say that Oda's style is quite honestly visually appealing because of that. It gives the characters and settings an energy and fun that quite honestly fits the story's themes of adventure and freedom perfectly. Not being bound by conventional designs allows for him to bound only by his imagination, creating an incredible variety among his characters (with some admitted problems with female design) which they're are a lot of and create islands and places so weird and amazing that they could only exist on the grand line.
One of the best examples of Oda's cartoony style in action as far as I think, is in it's Skypeia arc.
In said arc, it's main antagonist, Enel, ate the "Thunder-Thunder Fruit". Turning him into a "lightning" man, allowing him to produce endless amounts of it, a well as invulnerability to physical blows
For most of the arc Enel is completely untouchable, no one being able to lay a finger on him, as well as his fruit allowing him to easily overpower anyone is his way. Living like this his whole life, his demeanor clearly reflects this, always with a placid or amused look on his face, and a raging god complex to boot.
Then he meets Luffy, who ate the "Gum-Gum Fruit", giving him rubber powers. And thus, not only are all of Enel's direct lightning attacks completely useless against him, but Luffy can also hit him something that no one has ever been able to do.
When he finds this out, by firsthand experience, his reaction is clear, to the point, and takes up an entire page:
Complete and utter shock, his whole world being turned upside down backflipping 3 times in a row and then finishing it off with a one handed cartwheel and a perfect split. Beyond any words to possibly describe it much less attempt to even convey it without this face….and the buildup makes the execution feel real enough to touch.
However, this "cartoony" style doesn't mean he's incapable of detail.
More often than not, his panel placement in addition to his style with it often makes it feel as if the pace is kept up despite the two page spread. With the additional impact of the art itself.
Not to also mention his amazing attention to detail and the sheer amount of things that go on in the background further enable the world he has created to truly seem to come to life. Even further when taking into account the constantly expanding scope of the One Piece world, you never feel as if anything has ever been completely forgotten.
As interactions with other factions in the world is clearly seen.
2. Akari
Ok, now when you mention Akari, there's one thing that's very apparent and important.
His style has changed a lot over the years, and I do mean a lot.
Going from this:
To this:
Not objectively "better", just vastly different.
However, the things I love about it still remain the same (though more apparent in the later parts in combination with the concept of stands)
For one, Akari has always had a knack for detail that only got better and applied to more things as time as time went on. For instance, here's DIO meeting Poleraif for the first time unshadowed.
Doesn't that just scream "Sup bitches. I, DIO, am back. Prepare your anuses."
Akari's uses his style in detail to not only draw something that's beautiful to look at, but also gives a sort of "frame in time" of emotion and tone. Something to instantly impact you and get you to feel how he wants you to instantly.
Though this is present all throughout the series…
It is best seen in Steel Ball Run and Jojolion. As they (unlike the rest of the series) have operated on a monthly schedule, rather than a weekly one.
However, the main appeal (at least to me) of the series art is along the same lines as Oda….
The series is called "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" for a reason, it's bizarre as all hell. And that means it doesn't have to follow the conventional rules, this is reflected in both the character designs and stands, simply running free with whatever the hell Akari wants.
This is where I truly have to give Akari props, what could have cool all by itself is multiplied by what he puts to it. Seen here in a prime example:
At it's core, these are two people who are going to play "rock, paper, scissors", it's as simple as that.
Akari takes it to a whole new level, just look at it, how up to eleven the whole scenario is. Two outlandish characters pitted against one and another in a grandiose final clash of an all or nothing battle. The perspective is turned so that the whole city looks small compared to them, as if the whole world hinges on this one moment.
And at it's core it's a 20 something VS a little kid in a rock, paper, scissors match.
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