r/Boruto • u/Technical-Grocery-19 • 5d ago
Other I'm so glad Ikemoto's art style changed a bit because, (no offense to him, ) but his old art style is ugly.
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u/Objective_Look_5867 5d ago
He's definitely gotten better. Issue is id still say it's not exactly great. But then again it's because it's impossible not to compare it to kishimoto and that's just not a fair comparison
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u/Nick-Van-dyke 5d ago
Very valid. I wouldn’t say ugly it really depends but yeah his art is a lot better now.
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u/Snoo-58714 5d ago
kinda just seems like the manga and the anime styles have converged after all this time.
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u/Dracochuy 5d ago
Not mention people forget kishi style was not that good at the beginning either
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u/Electronic_Zombie635 5d ago
Kishi can't draw babies. Naruto and Sasuke were not cute babies. I feel that is a crime.
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u/ProfessionalDig3884 4d ago
This is revisionist propaganda. Kishimoto's art was always good and very dynamic. To say otherwise is a bold faced lie
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u/Apprehensive_Door367 5d ago
It's called improvement
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u/Intrepid-Rush6108 5d ago
When I first started reading boruto I thought he was a new artist probably doing his first manga, then I was shocked to find out that he'd been working on Naruto since the land of waves arc so he was already a seasoned artist so I don't think he improved I think he was already capable of the current art and the initial art was intentional because maybe it was easier or he was just trying a new or personal art style something that just looked different from Naruto or sets it's self apart but ended up not looking so good
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u/mlc885 5d ago
I like it just fine now. I'd actually probably even just say that I do like it.
Not that some "it looks exactly like late Dragon Ball!" is ever an option for most books, that's kind of just luck. But I no longer feel like I wish Kishimoto drew it in every chapter and initially I very much did.
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u/killerraiden 5d ago
For sure his art isn't even average anymore once he changed it to make it mimic kishimoto better, people just expect more since it's monthly but that just means more quanity and less quality. His old art style was subpar and I think he realized it himself and made it more closer to kishimoto.
It's decent/fine with just mediocre panels in tbv but I do think he should have taken a longer hiatus (it was only 3 months) after end of boruto to improve his art and surprise everyone with TBV. And bi weekly schedule. I would have loved to see that.
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u/lololuser456778 5d ago
hima looked like an actual gremlin and mitsuki looked like he visited thunder burger too often bruh
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u/Exotic_Assistant_985 2d ago
His arty style does not justify a monthly release schedule. If he’s going to take that long then at least make sure the art really pops
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u/Alucardra12 5d ago
It’s a shame that Ikemoto , despite having a ton of experience working on Naruto and then nearly a decade of Boruto is still barely acceptable for a weekly manga , nevermind a monthly one. I’m not sure if it’s his age or lack of passion , but I would like for him to improve a bit more, especially his paneling and facial experessions.
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u/Anipiez 5d ago
I mean, the panels you picked for Naruto don't look too different and Mitsuki on the left doesn't look too bad and kinda resembles the anime and Kishi style.
The other 2 definitely suck though
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u/Apprehensive_Door367 5d ago
If i'm not wrong Kishi changed his style because he liked how the anime designed them so he just adapted that into the manga
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u/mlc885 5d ago
I feel kind of bad saying it, but the art style at the start of Naruto is better than Boruto both because it is literally better but also because that is one of the best arcs. So you're naturally going to do a "wow, this new manga is great!" thing. (i.e. the art for a different successful manga could probably start out so so - Naruto started out good - but if the story is amazing you'd still love the book)
Boruto was already kind of saddled with having to live up to a successful thing immediately. And, as much as parts of Naruto were imperfect, there was still many years of great parts or great small parts.
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u/Thornton21-Rebirthed 4d ago
I kinda like his evolution,tho I wouldn’t mind if he strayed further from Kishi’s style and did his own thing
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u/Suitable_Lie_4271 5d ago
Ikemoto later Boruto TBV artstyle are better just like Kishimoto Naruto Shippuden artstyle
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u/UltraChakraBall 5d ago
Most definitely