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Komi Naoshi.

Fri Nov 20, 2009, 10:08 PM
I was browsing OneManga to look for an interesting manga, when I stumbled upon this guy named Komi Naoshi who drew "Apple"

Wow.

I was literally speechless at this guy, as I browsed for more of his works, and every one of his works were extremely original stories, and had a magnificent settings.
He drew mostly One-Shots, except for a serialization he drew.

Double Arts

A story about a boy and girl, stuck with their hands together and forced to travel together that way.
They came up with a fighting stance that's literally a dance that's literally dancing, and one of the character actually uses a hula hoop as her weapon. It's pretty amazingly effective too
A very detailed and interesting story, and the flow of the story was perfect as well.
Sure, there was a shady bad-guy group and some strong-ass veteran to guide them as well, and the progress of the story was typical, but fuck... Naruto, Bleach and/or Detective Conan all made it beyond 500 chapters with the same typical story progress.
Above all, great art which never ceases to amaze me with every page I read.

However, Shonen Jump ended this manga early at chapt 23 cuz there was low rating for it, WTF?
I wanted to see this story at least to chapt 120, not 23. I don't get how Naruto or Detective Conan can survive so long, when their story sucks compared to this.

Makes me think, however.
Original, and interesting mangas with brilliantly-composed stories with brilliant art doesn't sell.
I've always knew that echi scenes and chicks is what sells in a manga, but i've always told myself that art and story was the true virtue of manga.
WHO gives a damn if the character has a 9 or 15 chicks who fell in love with him? anybody can come up with a cheap story like that.
WHO gives a damn if the chick suddenly strips naked in front of the main char if it was cheap and ugly art? even a kid can draw something like that.

I've always had my mind brimming with ideas of stories to write, so I can draw a manga for myself one day, in the future. I like- mean dozens of them... everyday I come up with new ideas, which i try my best to make it more interesting and original. I even secretly wrote them down in my handy 'lil book.
So yeah, that's right.
Besides drawing, I have this hobby of writing as well.
I don't do it as often as drawing, so I told nobody.
Most of the process was done in my head, and finalized in a piece of paper.
So it came to me that, even if, one day I would be able to draw and masterfully compose a brilliant manga which would surpass OP or Bleach, will there even be people to read it?
I find the manga business hard to understand, even though I kinda understand it abit already.

Edit: of cuz there's guys like Yabuki Kentaro, with his brilliant work of Black Cat, and guys like Kobayashi Jin, with brilliantly complex and interesting story.

Aye, I'm just writing this cuz I was like- extremely, and fcking extremely annoyed that a brilliant manga like Double Arts was terminated early cuz some japanese noobs gave it a low rating.
I was looking forward to 120 chapters, not a 23 chapter story with an ending that screamed OBLITERATED

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you have been hugged!
RULES:
1- You can hug the person who hugged you!
2- You -MUST- hug 6 other people, at least!
3- You should hug them in public! Paste it on their user page!
4- Random hugs are perfectly okay! (and sweet)
5- You should most definitely get started hugging right away!

Send This To All Your Friends, And Me If I Am 1.
If You Get 7 Back You Are Loved!

1-3 you're a bad friend
4-6 you're an ok friend
7-9 you're a good friend
10-& Up you're a great friend

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Thanks for the watch!

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no prob, i heard you were from pchat :3
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Used to be, now I don't really go there much anymore. Too much drama going on and too many stupid cat fights got started for no reason.

Or, well, attempted to start. Kinda deadpanned when I left. xD

Thanks for the watch none the less. you have great art, keep it up.

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