First of personal jibes makes these arguments trivial which is not at all my intention and secondly as firmly as you believe manga = artwork only, I believe otherwise, I believe it is plot+art with plot being much more important.
But here we can agree to disagree as it is highly personal and like music can't be forced upon.
I never said that people disliking it because of the art can't intellectually comprehend it as I myself am a strong opposer of using this statement and I never used it and will never use it.
You can laugh at me that's your desire but I firmly believe despite it being visual it's different from other visual mediums viz movies, anime or videogames which age manga are age less.
I'm here arguing leaving manga just because of art isn't prudent.
1.Why? Why do you assume my first two examples of Osamu Tezuka, Mizuki and Umezu are wrong. Why would I lie? Please do check my examples out, please do scrutinize my claims and ensure that I'm not giving the wrong facts to mislead. I would once again reiterate many of their works have artworks which to many are not upto mark but their status is legendary their manga still hold the test of time. Please do check the examples I gave.
Now to compare manga (static art medium) with movies (moving art medium) is according to me wrong as visual moving arts age graphic effects get dated with advent of new technology, while static art never ages see Van gogh or Picasso for example there art never aged.
Similarly their manga haven't aged and are still in reprint.
Why is my statement rendered incorrect when I say "modern day authors"
The art has evolved from the mid nineties to that of today, it's more aesthetically pleasing, eras have changed so I drew a line between modern day manga to that of the older one.
I'm sorry I don't like to agree that I can't compare two eras wrt to artwork and like I said art doesn't age.
And my argument holds solid that despite the older ones having art which is less aesthetically pleasing still hold strong.
And for arguments sake let us only take examples of newer mangaka and manga:-
1.Taiyo Matsumoto:- His Takemitsu Zamurai had the weirdest art style present but that didn't deter it from being a 10/10 Samurai manga and won him many many awards.
His Ping Pong (though much better than Zamurai and lots of parts of HxH) had a eccentric art style but it was made into an anime which was AOTy for many.
2.Daisuke Igarashi His Witches and Little forest manga have weak art compared to many but that doesn't stop them from being the two of the most comfiest manga.
3. Inio Asano: His Goodnight Punpun(has beautiful art) has weirdest character depiction but is a 10/10 tragedy which will leave you blank
4.Furuya Usamaru: Again same story but his manga like happiness and his other works are critically acclaimed.
5.One:- Probably the biggest. His manga One Punch man became so popular that Murata redraws it with his god tier art and now has an anime adoption. His other manga like Makai no Ossan or Mob Psycho are super popular.
and many many more like Angel Densetsu(my personal favourite) or Dorohedoro or OMK.
All of these mangaka have one thing in common despite having underwhelming art all have solid plots and are awesome.
You are confusing OPM Murata with OPM One.
I was referring to One's version not Murata's one which has God tier art and he purposefully draws Saitama Goofily.
One version has art worse than Togashi but plot is his and his panelling is awesome.(FYI One's version has 100 chap Murata is on 68th.)
Also recent chapters after the fight with Garou has ample character development and I agree with you plot is weak after all it's a gag manga.
Well like I said earlier you have your firm believes and I've mine we can agree to disagree. I also know amazing manga have both. But one should try good ones despite having art which is not good as sometimes there are some awesome gems out there which will be left.
Manga unlike movies are much resilient to ageing and can be enjoyed if plot is amazing.
In the end my whole discussion wasn't against someone leaving a manga because of weak artwork it is his or her right but on more on the point that artwork shouldn't be the sole judging factor as sometimes some of the great works are overlooked and it will be prudent to at least check them out.
For me personally HxH has been simply amazing despite having weaker artwork because of the sheer stress on plot+characters+lore. In no way I'm refuting someone's right to drop it or criticize it and it was never my intention to criticize someone leaving it but imploring them to check it out even if it's the anime.
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