His hair is terrible, but his manga is mostly good.
Why does /a/ never talk about his work?
>>137294467
How does a mangaka find time to dye their hair?
>>137294467
It's funny that he looks faggy as hell and yet he's married to a woman.
>never talk
Lurk more or fuck off.
>>137294467
We talk about Punpun all the time but his other works never really get discussed a lot in depth
>>137294520
By having a bunch of assistants do all the backgrounds.
>>137294530
>he looks faggy
westerner pls
>>137294709
all his back grounds are edited pictures
>>137294467
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEh0AeRVlc
>>137294467
>he
>he
>he
Last I heard, not anymore.
>>137294819
>taking a joke literally
Did Punpun take Aiko's V-Card or was she just on her period?
>>137294467
>le traced backgrounds man
>good manga
>>137294926
The only thing punpun successfully did was fail.
Literally who?
>>137295063
Of course tripfags are the most ignorant posters on this board. Of course. Just classic.
Solanin is really good.
I'm enjoying Dedede more than Punpun desu.
>>137295161
Actually my least favorite he's done mostly because I dislike stories about a band trying to make it.
>>137294530
It's called "herbivore guy" in Japanese standard, and it happens when otaku guy starts to be interested in 3d women. Not a few number of Japanese women love herbivore guys (it is not even a meme) but I think he just failed to be alpha.
>>137295161
To this day, I don't get what was the point of that boy dying such a stupid death. The story was focused more in him and his band than the girl, made no sense. I thought Asano was going to do the "they mature together" route, but no, let's fucking kill this kid for no reason, besides drama.
>>137294934
>traced
The backgrounds are photographs with photoshop filters.
>>137295313
Hits too close to home?
>>137295453
No, it's boring.
>>137295337
>It's called "herbivore guy" in Japanese standard, and it happens when otaku guy starts to be interested in 3d women. Not a few number of Japanese women love herbivore guys
I wonder if they have some kind of japanese r9k where they bitch about it.
>>137295433
That's even worse
>>137294819
>Last I heard
You heard wrong as explained a number of times doofus.
>>137295063
That's not very funny.
>>137295337
What? I thought herbivore men rejected romance in favor of pursuing hobbies and friendship. They're associated with a rejection of traditional masculine values.
>>137295433
he takes the pictures, monochromes them, over exposes them, then redraws in details
>>137295410
I think it was just to show the two possible outcomes when you face disillusionment - you can suck it up and do something unglamorous and unsatisfying to live, or give up and kill yourself
>>137295633
He doesn't know shit
>>137295617
Just a sarcastic response to OP's claim that we never talk about his manga. Seriously, he's one of the few seinen mangaka that a good chunk of /a/ actually knows.
>>137295337
I have never seen someone butcher a term so completely and utterly.
>>137294530
>yet he's married to a woman.
>married
I missed something, it seems.
Underrated.
The story of the doctor who was pushing his son too much choked me up a bit.
>>137295063
Are you going to buy the official english translation version of PunPun, Hox?
>>137295757
No, I already have the Japanese tankoban so I don't see much of a point. I do recommend others to go and buy it though, since my early translations were pretty rough and sloppy.
>>137295109
>being this new
Speaking of ignorant.
>>137295109
Please just be an ironic shitposter. PLEASE.
>>137295642
Yes, my mistake. I should have explained that way.
>>137295796
ehhh, but they are like 3 in 1 takubans, I don't want to immediately snap the spine
Creepy as fuck.
At least he doesn't have stupid fucking bug antenna pigtails.
>>137295986
I need to read that like 2 or 3 more times to actually know what the fuck is going on.
>>137296091
I don't even try to understand the plot, I just enjoy the ride.
>>137295271
Of course we prefer the manga that's shilling to the moe-loli base.
>>137295063
>>137295742
>>137295725
こんな一発で日本人と分かる書き込み久しぶりに見たわｗ
>>137296263
the story was really easy for me that i understand everything but was really mad at myself when they announce the fact that they were brother and sister and couldn't figure it out before that when it was too obvious.
This wasn't fucking cool.
>>137294530
>he looks faggy as hell
To be fair, most asian men look like girls.
Millennia of pedomorphic selection will do that to a race.
>>137295633
Since "Herbivore guy" became more than a meme word in Japan, now it contains both negative meaning and positive meaning depends on context.
Some people indicates faggots who pretend asexual but are secretly interested in girls (especially in sexual way). Some people think they are cool guys who reject traditional value and have skill to befriend with girls.
>>137297546
>To be fair, most asian men look like girls.
u wut m8
they are ugly as sin though
>>137297317
I kind of wasn't sure how this was going to work out. Both characters are so weak and prone to failure, I wasn't sure if either would be able to commit premeditated murder or suicide.
>>137297626
post your face.
also nice cherry picking Kim.
>>137295337
They don't have to be otaku. You want carnivores? just get your ass down to Osaka and get laid with those yankee idiots.
>>137294467
most of it is preachy shit targeted at millenials.
Personally I think the way he does backgrounds is smart and its not like he is tracing off of someone elses photos, he goes and takes the pics himself, so it is still his work.
Still think his stuff is just preachy. Demons dededededede destruction has been interesting at least
>>137295063
Thanks for the translation Hox
Those livethreads were amongst the best on /a/
>Photoshop
>>137294752
traced not edited
>>137303111
Nope, it's edited. He's said so.
So who's going to have the nerve to walk into their local bookstore and buy this?
>>137303294
It's not like it looks bad on the surface of it, or like any of the clerks will know enough to judge you, or like you'll ever see those clerks again in your life.
>>137303294
i would, it's one of my favorites by him
>>137303342
Saw it in Waterstones (UK book chain), which was a big surprise given the contents, they have it shrinkwrapped so the clerks can tell you're buying porn.
>>137303294
I don't see the issue.
>>137303954
Why do french people love manga so much?
I wish manga was bigger in my country too so that we'd get all the neat imports and stuff
>>137303999
France and Japan have huge hard-ons for each other,
>>137303999
High exposure of anime on TV between late 80s and early 90s.
It's great to have a lot of choice, most of Asano's manga are available, even though they don't sell.
>>137303954
Says the guy living in the country that blocks Sankaku Channel.
>>137294467
>Why does /a/ never talk about his work?
>/a/ never talks about Asano
Holy newfag. Lurk the fuck more.
>>137304150
I can access it right now, I guess they don't block it anymore. 2D loli H is still banned, but only if it's considered as pornography, and I doubt that the girl by the sea would be.
>>137304290
I can still imagine the conversation between Vertical's marketing department and Waterstones' buyers, though:
>Vertical: Yo, want this cool manga for the cool kids?
>Buyer: Maybe, what's it about?
>Vertical: Oh, you know, the usual angsty teen shit
>Buyer: OK, I'll take 1K copies
6 months later:
>Buyer: JEEZUS, somebody shrinkwrap that shit before it goes on the shelves. Now where's my tissues?
>>137294467
Asano a cute. Cute!
>>137295161
I am not into music, rock bands, or any of that but I love Solanin. Are his other works similar in style as well? I have not read his other works.
>>137294467
Because all threads get derailed into discussion about his hair
>>137296263
>>137295986
Just finished reading this and I kinda want to think I understood what the fuck happened but I know im missing some details. Nice read though. I went back and read the prologue again and was able to pick up and connect some things in the end.
>>137294467
