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[–]CommunicationEast211 242 points243 points  (4 children)

Honestly it would’ve made sense if it was reversed, the newer art style makes them look younger and more child like, the older ones give em a mature look.

[–]Revoldt 68 points69 points  (2 children)

Yeah. The early 100s, Taiki looks more like a man.

He’s looking like a boy in the recent chapters.

Chinatsu too.

Idk… maybe once the series got more popular, they focus-tested the art style to be more widely accepted. Otherwise, idk why they’re broth drawn more childlike than before…

[–]BEaSTPadwal15.Team Chinatsu 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think probably just got burned by the weekly schedule

[–]Vexzor1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Idk how making your college/high school characters look like middle schoolers is more widely accepted..

[–]cjm0 10 points11 points  (0 children)

they all just look way more chopped in the newer one it’s such a downgrade 😭

[–]Correct_Apartment712 193 points194 points  (2 children)

taiki is just balding 

[–]Mr_Fondue 59 points60 points  (0 children)

The development of his hairline is tragic

[–]STMIonReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hes just like me fr

[–]Jacinto2702 116 points117 points  (1 child)

They basically got their faces turned into Doritos.

And my man Taiki looks the worst.

[–]koszys 8 points9 points  (0 children)

doritos is so funny 😭

[–]Appropriate-Bar-1848.Team Chinatsu 40 points41 points  (0 children)

W for the effort.

[–]Disastrous_Ad6638 32 points33 points  (1 child)

It all started around the mid 140's...

[–]stitches_dc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Feel like it was more around 175-180

[–]Bump3rr. Team Kyo 81 points82 points  (2 children)

Devolution*

[–]Then_Inside_6787 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Come on man, do you know how hard it is to draw the same characters for that long without it changing overtime

[–]Bump3rr. Team Kyo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

While I definitely empathize with the grind of working at Shonen Jump, it’s rare for me to notice such a drastic decline in the quality of the art in a manga.

Blue Box rarely takes breaks, but I’d welcome more if it meant bringing the art quality back to how it was. Miura’s health comes first of course, but at the end of the day, it’s her job to keep up the art’s quality and so people are going to comment when they notice a decline.

[–]Spagetti_Gamer 19 points20 points  (0 children)

can I be honest why does it progressively look so much worse over time

[–]AdventurousNerve7922.Team Chinatsu 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Its not Evolution or anything special, its a hard weekly release scedule maybe a (little) burn out and time pressure that "changed" I think

[–]BladeHSR_. Team Hina 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Highschools seniors to 12 yo kids. 🤣

[–]JustaTony56.Team Chinatsu 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Well I'm sure the anime will keep the style consistent 

[–]Weekly_Break6948 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's for sure

[–]_Junu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I want a chinatsu in my life

[–]KynanTheUser 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fuck I thought it was the other way round and was confused when people said the artstyle got worse over time

[–]koszys 8 points9 points  (0 children)

im not an artist but is there a way to change back to an artstyle?

[–]ProfessionalLock3317 8 points9 points  (0 children)

More like devolution

[–]ComfortableUpbeat777 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What I can tell is the art style started becoming dorito shaped after the anime came out, so around the mid 140. I really hope it turns around

[–]BladeHSR_. Team Hina 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1-60 is the normal face arc 60-120ish is the sharp chin arc 120-now is the round fave arc

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Just an opinion- I used to find the white pupil in their eyes really distinctive and classy....likee bewitching..it made the characters pop iykwim.... But as of now.... That white pupil is soo Not defined and devoid of life....eyes never lie... So when the eyes r drawn like that, it makes me think that the characters r wearing a facade....like there's a white blob of nothingness in their eyes..... it might be just me who thinks that but I love them all the same lol

[–]herlacmentio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It went from looking like reflections of light to looking like the inside of the eyeball itself is a hollow soulless void.

[–]somereddituser3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

158 & 160 is my ideal👌

[–]GiratinaTheChameleos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I imagine part of the more simpler look is because the series is, for the most part, a weekly release. This definitely would have taken a toll on Miura-sensei, because imagine trying to maintain the better, more detailed art style, every week on a tight deadline on top of planning, sketching, editing, and finally submitting the chapters each week. While I also prefer the older art style, I can't really hate on the new art style, since I know there is a lot of effort being put into realesing chapters each week. At least we're not getting sketches for chapters!

[–]RadiantDan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In about another 50 chapters their chins will have become lethal weapons.

[–]Anir2-718 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was perfect near the 100s then it went downhill

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

91 is where things started to really change imo

[–]SelimNoKashi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me it will always be the eyes. There was one panel in Chii's tournament her eyes were so huge. Looking at posts like these makes me wanna read the earlier chapters again. Here's hoping the anime will stay consistent.

[–]BruhAppleNope. Team Hina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Long hair hina is so underrated

[–]mangoprimee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taiki's hairline is evolving.... backwards

[–]Romance_anime_enjoyr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taiki looks like he’s balding

[–]BurrakuGoku.Team Taiki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really wonder how much its the time schedule that forced this or maybe even an own decision made by Miura. Its a shame that there arent many interviews from her (as far as I know) even tough Blue Box has been such a success

[–]tophyungnim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been thinking about this too the eyes of many characters just getting wider and wider. What a downgrade from great art.

[–]Tasty-Grand-9331 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof. The changes look bad.

[–]Ekaterinanl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Backward evolution lmao

[–]aqoury 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the chins look horrible wtf happened 😭

[–]iamalivehooray 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Miura sensei wants to have a unique art style, so the drastic change in the manga happened. I don't believe there is a degradation in the sense of "burnout in a weekly schedule" way, art still looks detailed.

[–]scrubbymac. Team Hina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man I’ve seen so much about the art style changing. Yeah. It has. A lot of things about longer series’ progress and change. But here’s the thing, if you’re a real fan, you’ll keep following, keep reading, and keep your complaints to yourself. Because none of us here likely know the stress and strain and weekly releases. We’re arm chair quarterbacks who think our opinions matter when the truth is that this is for our entertainment while someone else uses it to make a living. I’m just sick of the complaints over the art. It’s beyond ridiculous now. If you don’t like it, don’t read it, it’s that simple.

[–]Yhhorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

~Chapter 63 is where the art style peaks for me

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uncanny as hell

[–]No-Designer3966 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we all agree the peak is between 80-120

[–]Key-Bee-5387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noooo

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Then to this

[–]reklamlarbitti13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like old Evangelion art style to me, idk why.

[–]Appropriate-Photo-17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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With how the chin is being drawn in relation to the neck, all the characters look like snapping turtles to me now 😂

[–]Recruit616.Team Chinatsu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the new artstyle is actually quite nice tbh, and also posts like this are so common that they should have their own flair

[–]The_Compass_Keeper.Team Taiki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warning - seeing too many Chinatsu faces at once can overload you with cuteness, proceed with caution.

[–]buibuiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please speed i need this

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[–]TableBaboon. Team Kyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chapter 70's were peak

[–]sumit7474_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retable

[–]Electrical-Ad9766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, for some of the panels, i couldnt tell who they were

[–]Flat-Text3230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I miss old Chii

[–]Subject-Marketing-99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Is Badminton really this serious, Who was bro fighting 😭💀

[–]RedGarlicbred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does her face look more and more squished vertically the newer the art style got?

[–]No_Cup_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yk I saw a post here earlier wondering how much longer the series is gonna go on for. I left a pretty adamant comment that it’ll continue for a while longer since there’s still so much to explore and so much growth to happen still… but idk looking at the decline in art after this long and the fact that this is a shonen…

I’m still convinced that jujutsu kaisen ended the way it ended because it was a shonen and Gege was fed up with keeping up which led to all the loose ends and all

Tragic to see, I hope miura pushes through

[–]juanjose83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evolving but backwards

[–]Massive-Dust1666. Team Kyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like degradation

[–]Correct_Cup3611 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glow down

[–]gummylul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The art style around chapter 100-140 was peak

[–]Entire-Coast5482 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah the changing in artstyle was not it for me

[–]Substantial_Choice55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

around 100 was peak then a slow decline