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>>1037183 I got into the anime first and then went back and blitzed the manga in like... a day. (It was intense.)
Kamatani's art is really a first for me; I am a hardcore Shoujo girl and I like my sparkles and ruffles and flowery sprinkles. I like shiny screentone and what-the-HELL detailed frames, and ridiculously complicated clothes and environments. I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't attracted to the artwork at first. The proportions were odd and gangly, and the line quality all seemed somewhat the same, and it seemed very... plain, to put it bluntly. The page layouts were also really... Grid-looking, which made the flow of the pages kind of jagged sometimes.
But after reading it a while, I really liked its simplicity. The black and white is very effective, only using tone when it's needed gives it more impact. I even started liking their funky pencil legs and creepy knees! And the way she does faces is refreshing, she's not afraid to have her characters look 'ugly' to get an emotion across. (Unlike in most Shoujo, where a crying heroine might as well be singing a ballad, when Miharu cries over Yoite, his face is all twisted up). I just had to get over my own personal preferences and prejudices, and now I really enjoy the art. :3
Uh, sorry. Hello, text-wall. Unfortunately anything I have at the moment would be reposts, except my own drawfag.
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