Finished reading Ao Ashi,,, I'm really glad it ended where it did since Kobayashi felt fulfilled writing it, but I loved the thorough writing so much that I wasn't ready for it to end :(

I started reading Gachiakuta, and it would be an absolute understatement to say im obsessed with the art

Reading thru this reaffirmed I love shonen, even the "slop," and I love manga (I gotta read way more). I love really being able to see what another artist hasn't been able to get out of their head for half their life haha.

Also I love how negative space is used when double spreads are regular

I'll never be able to forget most ppl trying to dunk on this for being like, an average/mediocre first arc of a manga on a trial run in jump.

Especially because I really found myself liking some of the story beats introduced in the Sazanami arc onwards.

I caught up to Kagurabachi! I like a lot of what I read, but like most stuff in shonen jump, the mangaka needs time to be able to breathe to be able to find footing in the story. I love all of the action art and how perspective is warped in really fun ways.

I'd really like to get a physical copy of this volume cuz you can tell he had so much more fun panelling some of these sequences than when he did when characters were infiltrating the inside and it shows on a lot of the panelling

Catching up to Kengan Omega tonight ;0

fuckin awesome iggy combo