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   From: removeantispam*pkuo@earthlink.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Chris Kern  wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:47:35 GMT, Ping Kuo   
   >  posted the following:   
      
   > >> >> Historie   
   > >that is his style, make me think that he might not be working with   
   > >assistants, and don't you think it is actually different compare to the   
   > >typical commerical screentones style?   
      
   > Except that AFAIK the art will be finished in the tanks.  That's what   
   > I don't like.  Samura used to do that all the time in Mugen but he's   
   > been better lately; HunterxHunter is notorious for weekly tenuki art   
   > that gets fixed up in the tankobon.   
   > Iwaki's art is not consistent because you can tell that the people are   
   > finished but the backgrounds are still in the "initial sketch" phase   
   > and haven't been filled in yet.   
      
   ? never got around to read the compilation since I am reading the   
   magazine, might check it out just to see if there is a difference, but,   
   the way it is on the magazine is still good enough for me.   
      
   > As far as Mugen goes, Samura is determined to finish up this story as   
   > slowly as possible -- now he pointlessly brings in Giichi and Hyakurin   
   > while Manji just talks to Habaki for 10 pages in the dungeon.  I guess   
   > I shouldn't expect any different.   
      
   my feeling on this current arc is quite clear so I don't think I need to   
   go over it again, when I am around the net and hearing various people on   
   different forums gushing about this title I usually just keep quiet,   
   because the first dozen or so books are quite good, but I do have   
   problems when people saying thing like "it is the best title in its   
   genre", or "much better story then Vagabond", no, the story as a whole,   
   can't touch the classic, and the characters, while full of promise, has   
   yet to meet its full potential.   and I can't even say that the art is   
   better than Vagabond, it might be simply a difference in taste, but to   
   say it is just plain better?  no.   
      
   I think another point is I am following this one off the magazine,   
   reading it a chapter at a time each month simply magnify the problem of   
   dragging, reading a whole compilation at one setting might ease the pain   
   a bit.   
      
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