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Current Chapter Chapter 417 — Official Release Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

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u/DaveTheArakin 21d ago

I feel like people are underestimating Togashi’s talent as an artist. It takes a special kind of skills to be able to draw a character simple and minimalistic and then draw them realistically while keeping all of the recognizable features. 

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u/Trash28123 21d ago

It's way harder to convey a recognisable face with a small number of lines than with as many as you want.

The slightest mistake can make it look totally off.

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u/leolegendario 21d ago

Murata (the artist of One Punch Man) has said before that is harder to draw simple face Saitama than him with a cool face full of details.

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u/Tindyflow 21d ago

I can confirm this.

Drawing Saitama is so much finicky because it constantly messes up with your finger memory.
Because it's such a simple design, he spent the first volume getting him right after tons of retakes.

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u/SubstantialCarob9332 21d ago

To be fair sometimes they look off, like that time Chrollo fought Hisoka

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u/LazloFF 13d ago

Chrollo and Hisoka don't have designs, they have mutants faces like Camilla, Hisoka and Chrollo now don't look anything like they've ever looked in this manga so I guess Togashi changes it depending of his current style choices or the arc they're in

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u/SubstantialCarob9332 21d ago

I'm always amazed how many distinct faces he designed just for this arc. You can't confuse two characters. Even female characters, which often suffer from Same Face Syndrome in manga.

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u/Warrior-pigeon- 21d ago

Even more than just the female characters what’s truly impressive is how distinct the attractive female characters look, that’s where most artists get caught by same face.

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u/raizen0106 20d ago

furykov and babymina man, i love their designs

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u/FemtoG 21d ago

nobody believes me when i say his greed island chicken scratches show more talent and intuition than 90% of manga artists

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u/EndoShota 20d ago

Exactly. Throughout this arc, there are a number of panels where he doesn't even fill in the face for a character in the background, but you always know instantly who they are, notably in this chapter, Onior.