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Matsumoto is currently my favorite manga artist and one of my favorite comic creators in general. I find it funny that whenever I try to recommend his works, particularly Ping Pong, most anime fans always have the same first impression as you "oh this is ugly and not good art." Yet this isnt because Matsumoto is a bad artist rather I think most of them dont get the technical aspects of comic creation. Matsumoto uses an uneven, scraggly line that goes from thick to thin. In turn his characters face/body structure follows the European/American comic style rather than Japanese manga style. More realistic facial proportions, prominent nose, differing cheek/chin/head shapes. The shapes and structure of his characters are not always perfect but for the most part his understanding of emotion and movement are spot on, not the work of an amateur. I'd almost argue the wonkiness and the misshapen people are intentional design aspects because he demonstrates he understands how to draw people accurately enough that the weird shots seem intentional. He also uses less screentone for shading and hatches more than the typical shojo/shonen/seinen. Then his paneling and effects are top notch he really takes advantage of incorporating them into the story and flow of the work. So all together this means his works don't look like a usual manga. Most manga these days have clean, even lines, lots of screentone shading, not really using paneling and effects as part of the story, and the typical manga character style combines to make a work that is opposed in a lot of ways to what people are accustomed too. This is to say nothing of his storytelling. Well, I enjoyed the video and I hope it will get at least some people to take another chance on his work because they are all really great.

I never knew that Oda loved Ping Pong, I love that he loves something I loved for years! One Piece and Ping Pong are actually my favorite animangas!

Matsumoto is a master artist. His mastery of both proportion and perspective bewilder me.

i heard a lot of good and interesting things about ping pong the animation, so imagine my surprise that there was a manga...i guess i got something new to check out!

I’m glad Oda knows who the real GOAT is

I’ve recently came across your channel in my recommended and even though you only have a few videos on your channel so far I love your content. I’m writing my own graphic novel and your analysis of manga is very inspiring for me. Can’t wait for next month, would love to see a video about villains in manga from you one day ☺️

this chanel's mad underrated, keep it up!

please read tekkonkinkreet, cats of the louvre and sunny by matsumoto his works are all out of this world

Thanks for this. Now I understand everything.

really is a good video

Sorry for the mic issues on this one! I'll make sure we're good to go next time. Honestly my editing/recording experience is super minimal, so I don't know why that happened. But I'll get it cleared out for the next video.

So underrated 🔥

i actually read manga fast on the action scenes :( good video :)

This looks like a good manga to check out

It's hard for me to say anything more substantial having not read this or seen the anime, but this is another really nice video 😊 I must ask though, what happened to the mic that you used in your first three videos? It's not as important as your writing (which is as great as ever), but I think these videos can be improved with the audio quality you used to have.

Ping pong is amazing

Akuma/demon is literally me

New Sub, love your channel and what your doing! I love American Comics and could never get into Manga until I was 21 and tried reading Bakuman by Takeshi Obata and Tsugomi Ohba. It is fantastic. Obata's storytelling and attention to detail really drew me in and kept me the entire series. I'm sure you have already read it if you are into the process of storytelling. If not, check it out. I would be really interested in a breakdown by you. 😉👍

Damn, me and Oda got the same taste? 🎉🎉🎉 bet!

Thats the biggest plug

Based Oda

Just curious do you write or make comics? Do you want to? Great video btw

Great video but my man I implore you to check the pronunciations of names. I winced every time you said Wenge 😢

2 points: Lone Wolf & Cub “…40 pages…” (I can’t remember🤣) of a sword duel without a single word. You reported Smile held back, something about feeling guilt in demolishing or stoping others’ hopes & dreams in their match or journey. Does this emotional condition make sense to anyone? I’m here to confirm this. As a competitive chess player, I always felt anxiety or guilt when I “took away” their chance of winning. I was a far superior player than my middle school opponents and I was very superior than my high school opponents. Even with the cocky “rival” school, their downfall was they had good skills but didn’t respect every opponents, not believing they could be beat 🤣. I treated every match with anxiety with every chance of being beat; then, I realised how bad they (most of them) played. Then I felt guilt for playing them, crushing them.

Ippo is my sports manga i like.