Manga is better than Movie!

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Does the character designs still suck?
The chapter art looks good IMO.

Chapter was fine, could if been better but at least it's ending soon. The recap I mean.
 

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Hmm. And someone other than Kishi writing the manga just doesn't fit right with me.

I would have not cared if the content looked good. But this is a big downgrade. I have seen better fanmade art.
 

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I would have not cared if the content looked good. But this is a big downgrade. I have seen better fanmade art.
Natsu you cray if you think the art hasn't made progress.

It's definitely there
 

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I would have not cared if the content looked good. But this is a big downgrade. I have seen better fanmade art.

15 years experience of drawing characters isn't going to be imitated through a couple of chapters.I guess people read this Ikemoto manga for so long they have forgotten what Naruto really looked like and set this as the standard .Its nowhere close to Kishi's art imo.Even Part 1 Naruto had better art
 

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Funny that Naruto has a lot more chakra than Sasuke but Sasuke is the one giving up his chakra lately.. I guess this is where the stronger chakra makes a difference.
 

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I agree the manga version better
 

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I mean, that's pretty obvious. Hopefully this shuts up that sage guy or whatever who keeps claiming the kages can actually challenge naruto & sasuke in cqc. Momo was bit of a letdown but my expectations weren't that high for him.
I hope thesages drops it too but who knows
OP: anyone know what sasuke did to Naruto with his glowing hand?
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The chapter art looks good IMO.

Chapter was fine, could if been better but at least it's ending soon. The recap I mean.

Well good thing that its getting better.

I would have not cared if the content looked good. But this is a big downgrade. I have seen better fanmade art.

Yeah the art at the start of the manga was truly disappointing. Hope it keeps improving.
 

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I hope thesages drops it too but who knows
OP: anyone know what sasuke did to Naruto with his glowing hand?
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I just hope it stops and i assume sasuke gave his chakra to naruto. Just going by how kurama avatar had an aura and broke the golem's arm.
 

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U will enjoy this one.

I did , and I didn't expect to say this , but hell it was much better than the movie , momokishi was bad-ass , and the events of the story made more sense , and the fight was just so amazing that I wouldn't mind a whole movie recap in the new anime series(Boruto) just to animate his fight
 

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Natsu you cray if you think the art hasn't made progress.

It's definitely there

Why should I need to hope to see the art progress on a published manga? While his art from the previous chapters may have improved. His character designs and scenes still look sketchy. He is no where near what Kishi was nor will he ever be near his kind of art. Cause from the very beginning his art and Kishi's were completely different.

This dude sucks at making legit facial expressions while Kishi never failed in that department. Even in his very first chapters you could see potential in improvement. With Ikemoto you see a completely different style. This is like how Super is in anime to DBZ.

15 years experience of drawing characters isn't going to be imitated through a couple of chapters.I guess people read this Ikemoto manga for so long they have forgotten what Naruto really looked like and set this as the standard .Its nowhere close to Kishi's art imo.Even Part 1 Naruto had better art

I whole heartedly agree with this post. +1 rep

Yeah the art at the start of the manga was truly disappointing. Hope it keeps improving.

His art will only improve his current style of art. Even at his most improved form it will never be comparable to Kishi. Its best to consider this as a whole different manga made by some dude whose doing a fanfic.
 
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Nope. Movie is still better than the manga. The manga has xeroxed the movie so far and contributed nothing unique for itself. Milking it out for 8 months so far.

I will laugh my ass off if the manga goes on hiatus after the movie recap finishes and or if the announcement of the Bortuo anime renders the manga moot.
 

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Why should I need to hope to see the art progress on a published manga? While his art from the previous chapters may have improved. His character designs and scenes still look sketchy. He is no where near what Kishi was nor will he ever be near his kind of art. Cause from the very beginning his art and Kishi's were completely different.

This dude sucks at making legit facial expressions while Kishi never failed in that department. Even in his very first chapters you could see potential in improvement. With Ikemoto you see a completely different style. This is like how Super is in anime to DBZ..
I think it's getting better tho. Kishimoto's art and Ikemoto's have different styles.

I just think we have to accept that the Naruto characters will most likely never look like Kishimoto's again, but, it doesnt mean that Ikemoto's drawings won't improve them overtime in a good way. I don't generally like Ikemoto's Hinata, but one day he might make her really well.
 

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Nope. Movie is still better than the manga. The manga has xeroxed the movie so far and contributed nothing unique for itself. Milking it out for 8 months so far.

I will laugh my ass off if the manga goes on hiatus after the movie recap finishes and or if the announcement of the Bortuo anime renders the manga moot.

If anything, the manga has left out most of the best stuff that was in the movie. The movie fight was epic, here it was naruto getting punched twice, Momoshiki getting punched twice, Mokuton, Bijuu Susanoo, GG.

It was already sad that they left out most of the Sasuke Vs Kinshiki fight, now they also took away some of the best strength and speed feats from Naruto and Sasuke and practically all the ninjutsu feats from Momoshiki.

Admittedly, it is understandable since the manga only has 40 pages to work with but still, that DBZ-like punch and dash sequence was really not needed and could have been replaced with something more original.
 
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I think it's getting better tho. Kishimoto's art and Ikemoto's have different styles.

I just think we have to accept that the Naruto characters will most likely never look like Kishimoto's again, but, it doesnt mean that Ikemoto's drawings won't improve them overtime in a good way. I don't generally like Ikemoto's Hinata, but one day he might make her really well.

There is no reason to wait that "one day" when in reality his art won't change his style. Which is the main issue with some of us people. I have seen fanmade art better than this. One of them is by LadyGt who has done a great NaruSaku doujin before.

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When you see this art compared to the published material if gives off red signals. If this was some fan made series I doubt anyone would care. But sadly its being published monthly. Its hardly of the standards you see even fans make. If you want to wait for something that isn't there than be my guest. But I know from experience how this will end up being. His art will only improve his style. Not the manga we knew and love. This is a poor way of improving your art by wasting so many's time with a rehash of something we have already watched. In comparison it looks garbage.
 
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There is no reason to wait that "one day" when in reality his art won't change his style. Which is the main issue with some of us people. I have seen fanmade art better than this. One of them is by LadyGt who has done a great NaruSaku doujin before.
I agree, but, the Boruto Manga was never advertised with Kishimoto's style. From the start it was Ikemoto's version of the Naruto characters. I don't think it's more of a wait for them to look normal, rather than to adjust to the new style. You might not like it now, but you might feel it later.

It's just a matter of perspective. I didn't generally like it at first but they don't look too terrible. Although we haven't seen Hinata/Himawari/girls yet... so.

Even those who despised Gaiden came out saying that Sarada's character had shown through well. She's dynamic and has a good range of emotion and story-telling potential. On the other hand Boruto is too much like Naruto to really be convincing as a fresh face for the series, which is important if you want to engage readers. As long as the new anime is careful about placing focus on a variety of characters though, it should be mildly successful.
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When you see this art compared to the published material if gives off red signals. If this was some fan made series I doubt anyone would care. But sadly its being published monthly. Its hardly of the standards you see even fans make. If you want to wait for something that isn't there than be my guest. But I know from experience how this will end up being. His art will only improve his style. Not the manga we knew and love. This is a poor way of improving your art by wasting so many's times with a rehash of something we have already watched. In comparison it looks garbage.

Well LadyGT is directly copying Kishimoto's art style, Ikemoto is making his own style. I mean it might not look that great compared to those who follow Kishimoto's direction (or want this art style back) but it's not generally too out there (at this point right now) to where you cannot recognize it is a Naruto continuation series.

I'm just saying to give it some time. They might look like shit to you now, but maybe one day you might get accustomed to it. Or it'll just straight out improve.

It's shit now in certain areas but I feel like definitely the last two chapters have shown that the artist isn't bad. But again none of his worse character concepts were shown, only like Naruto/Sasuke/Boruto/Gokages whom he draws moderately (not the best but 50/50).
 

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I agree, but, the Boruto Manga was never advertised with Kishimoto's style. From the start it was Ikemoto's version of the Naruto characters. I don't think it's more of a wait for them to look normal, rather than to adjust to the new style. You might not like it now, but you might feel it later.

It's just a matter of perspective. I didn't generally like it at first but they don't look too terrible. Although we haven't seen Hinata/Himawari/girls yet... so.

If this was from his perspective than its nothing more than a spin-off that does not deserve the attention it gets. Those who followed this series got used to Kishi's art. Who ever continues his stuff should be trying to match his art. Because a series as big as Naruto should not be handed away to someone so carelessly. Its simply going to end up destroying its legacy.


Well LadyGT is directly copying Kishimoto's art style, Ikemoto is making his own style. I mean it might not look that great compared to those who follow Kishimoto's direction (or want this art style back) but it's not generally too out there (at this point right now) to where you cannot recognize it is a Naruto continuation series.

I showed you LadyGt's art intentionally to tell you this very thing. Ikemoto should be directly copying Kishi's style and not his own. Cause this manga is Kishi's manga. Naruto fans are Kishi's content fans. If it does not look how it looked originally it won't go well with long term fans. Once again if Ikemoto really wanted to do his own style he should have started his own manga. I doubt anyone would care for this style difference. But making a parody off of Kishi's work is not making the series any better.


I'm just saying to give it some time. They might look like shit to you now, but maybe one day you might get accustomed to it. Or it'll just straight out improve.

It's shit now in certain areas but I feel like definitely the last two chapters have shown that the artist isn't bad. But again none of his worse character concepts were shown, only like Naruto/Sasuke/Boruto/Gokages whom he draws moderately (not the best but 50/50).

I don't think it will get better when the style will remain different. This to me is making a joke off a long running series. As a fan of Naruto I can't accept it.
 

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If this was from his perspective than its nothing more than a spin-off that does not deserve the attention it gets. Those who followed this series got used to Kishi's art. Who ever continues his stuff should be trying to match his art. Because a series as big as Naruto should not be handed away to someone so carelessly. Its simply going to end up destroying its legacy.




I showed you LadyGt's art intentionally to tell you this very thing. Ikemoto should be directly copying Kishi's style and not his own. Cause this manga is Kishi's manga. Naruto fans are Kishi's content fans. If it does not look how it looked originally it won't go well with long term fans. Once again if Ikemoto really wanted to do his own style he should have started his own manga. I doubt anyone would care for this style difference. But making a parody off of Kishi's work is not making the series any better.




I don't think it will get better when the style will remain different. This to me is making a joke off a long running series. As a fan of Naruto I can't accept it.

Well I respect your opinion on the matter. I just hope the art can fit your tastes sometime in the future, although I wouldn't expect the art to turn into Kishimoto's anytime soon.

Maybe you can check out SP's version?
 

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I agree, but, the Boruto Manga was never advertised with Kishimoto's style. From the start it was Ikemoto's version of the Naruto characters. I don't think it's more of a wait for them to look normal, rather than to adjust to the new style. You might not like it now, but you might feel it later.

It's just a matter of perspective. I didn't generally like it at first but they don't look too terrible. Although we haven't seen Hinata/Himawari/girls yet... so.

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Well LadyGT is directly copying Kishimoto's art style, Ikemoto is making his own style. I mean it might not look that great compared to those who follow Kishimoto's direction (or want this art style back) but it's not generally too out there (at this point right now) to where you cannot recognize it is a Naruto continuation series.

I'm just saying to give it some time. They might look like shit to you now, but maybe one day you might get accustomed to it. Or it'll just straight out improve.

It's shit now in certain areas but I feel like definitely the last two chapters have shown that the artist isn't bad. But again none of his worse character concepts were shown, only like Naruto/Sasuke/Boruto/Gokages whom he draws moderately (not the best but 50/50).[/QUOTE]

Why do u care so much for the boruto manga but u don't want an anime to it??? Care to explain?!?!!?!
 

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That manga was goddamn horrible. Liked Wtf. y'all are just happy cos sasuke's speed feat wasn't shown. The fight in the manga is like black and white compared to that in the movie (what a coincidence). Maybe this was the new guy's plan: make y'all so thirsty for some naruto manga that you would fap to anything he delivers.

Look who isn't happy and has a Sasuke avatar? Are NB posters really this transparent? Who can tell.

Honestly the 'speed feat' as you guys are overanalysing it, strikes me as a pure animation moment of choreography, something the animators chose to do visually because it looked breathtaking than any breakdown analysis of their speeds.

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Weren't they planning a combo also? They were never racing each other and Sasuke sped ahead and Naruto slowed behind so he could act as the second attack with the sword. Naruto & Sasuke fans have such little content that they over-dissect stuff like crazy.
 
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