Quick question, who would you check out more Tatsuki Fujimoto or Gege Akutami?

[KeinanX]

The creator of chainsaw man or Jujutsu Kaisen? (Both great authors who are extremely talented mind you.)

[xkdeSskf]

Honestly, you can't make me choose. I love both of them and their works, but I'll go with Tatsuki Fujimoto since I love gore at its extreme. The anime is coming up so I am also looking forward to it!

[KeinanX]

Don't get me wrong this was a tough list for me too, but I respect them both, I just wanted to see the general response from others who thought of the topic.

[TheDoublekey]

To me they're both really good. Jujutsu Kaisen is pretty fascinating and dark. I'm not a huge fan of Gege's sketchy artstyle, but the story seems pretty interesting nonetheless and I don't like judging something just by the looks of it. Chainsaw Man is a huuuuge mental trip and it's really crazy, hence why I love it.

[KeinanX]

Jujutsu Kaisen is a favorite of mine, and yeah the art style for the manga could use some improvement, but Gege makes it work, as for Fujimoto's Chainsaw man, it can be real trippy with all the gore and insanity plus Denji is an idiot but a lovable idiot with understandable reasons for why his character is like this. I also really like Fujimoto's oneshots too since they are really down to earth at times aside from some interesting directions with his short stories. At the end of the day they are both great modern day Mangaka, with lots to offer​

[Kelheor]

I haven't checked Chainsaw Man yet, but I was totally unimpressed by Jujutsu Kaisen anime, sooooooo not sure if manga is that much better? I wonder, will probably try later to see how good is the art. Looking forward to check Fujimoto's stuff.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@Kelheor
The manga is great. Akutami draws the best hands ever. From a technical standpoint it's worth the read in my opinion

[Kelheor]

Ahaha you know how to lure me into something, Nathan. Hands! thanks though, I am always searching for something visually good.

[KeinanX]

I say give it at least one more chance, Jujutsu Kaisen has an incredible arc coming up in season 2 where they'll be a point of no return for the characters, in other words shit really hits the fan, I think when that season comes out a lot of people will be invested, as for chainsaw man, studio Mappa is going to do it justice, I just know it so It'll probably be better for you to just watch the anime when it comes out and see for yourself, or you could just read the Manga for both series and see if there's anything you really find interesting/entertaining about them, either way there's a lot to look forward to.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Haha! For real, Akutami really uses hands in his compositions in a way I haven't seen in a lot of manga. Personally I think the anime really did a disservice to the sketchy art in the manga.

[EverydayWonderlander]

Oh, man. I love Akutami's way of drawing whole bodies and - like others have said - the hands!!!

But, from an overall point of view, I think I'd prefer Fujimoto. The expressions and suspense that he uses in Chainsaw Man and Goodbye Eri are so unsettling in the best of ways. Not to mention, the gore and gross-out aspects balance crazy well with how psychologically focused the works are at their core.

I actually started looking at Akutami and Fujimoto's work at the same time due to surface-level similarities, and I think that I'd really love to study JJK and CSM side-by-side.

[TheDoublekey]

I found the first season of the anime to be ok as well, it was nothing major. I've heard that a lot more stuff goes down in the manga and season 2 should be pretty good.

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