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The Japanese manga industry is in dire need of reform and/or revolution, particularly on the working conditions of mangakas and all the involving staffs. Howeve
by magnio 4y ago
The Japanese manga industry is in dire need of reform and/or revolution, particularly on the working conditions of mangakas and all the involving staffs. However, content and culture are things that I see no webtoons capable of eclipsing Japanese manga (happy to be corrected; the only webtoon I've seriously followed is Peerless Dad).
The manga spectrum is incredibly diverse. Jam-packed action sequences (Sakamoto Days, The Fable), rich and vividly crafted worldbuilding (One Piece, Otoyomegatari, Houseki no Kuni), mesmerizing artwork and paneling (Witch Hat Atelier, The Summer Hikaru Died, Black Paradox), and, above all, poignant narrative and unforgettable characters, where the stories vacillate between the historical, from the quest for gold of two impoverished Irishes (Katabami to Ougon) to the burgeoning of heliocentrism in medieval Europe (Chi: About the Movement of the Earth), the ordinary, like seeing the ghost of Jimi Hendrix (Shiori Experience), and the illusive, including the world of minerals and souls (Houseki no Kuni) or the world inbetween (Alice in Borderland), manga has everything to offer.
- bowsamic 4y agoMangaka work culture really depends on the specific place. In some it isn't too bad, but in many it is. I do think we only hear about the bad cases sometimes
- conviencefee999 4y agoThere is no standardization unlike in Korea where they're at least under the same roof, except for the fact that work conditions are the exact same with the only difference being a small and i mean almost near poverty levels guaranteed pay. Sometimes they like to argue they make more money as content creators, but that's not true as manhwas require much more artists meaning that they actually bring in less due to the requirements and coloring.
- radicalbyte 4y agoDraw-dropping art with amazing story (Berserk, Vagabond) and excellent real-world style mystery/thrillers (Monster, 20th Century Boys). The world culture in webtoons is worse than manga: one of the biggest - Tower of God - is on indefinite hiatus because the manwhaka has been broken by the non-stop work culture.
- fendy3002 4y agoSomething bizarre that makes you question your existence (Battle Angel Alita, Trigun, Gantz), scientific stories (dr. Stone, dr. Koto, Wild Life), theatrical (Akane-banashi, Show ha shoten, act-age), hobbies / toys (beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh, let's and go) Man manga are so diverse!
- radicalbyte 4y agoAlita! I raise you Blame! and Knights of Sidonia. Both amazing sci-fi.