>>17658I think he's definitely an inspired mangaka, though as for if the content is actually good its hit or miss. Tropical Citron was I think the best art he has done. I like manga that are just vibes sometimes. Its cool. Uncivilised planet was decent enough. Alice in Hell was really mediocre and boring. It didn't have the spark his other works have. Freesia is the most famous one but it sort of lost me after 20 chapters. I don't think it was really good enough to keep me reading any further after it turned into sigma assassin vs sigma assassin and like 'predator auras' or whatever shit. Maybe I'll finish it one day, I mean the first few chapters really hooked me it just fell off from there. Joshi Kouhei is my favourite of his manga by a wide margin. Its not perfect, but when its good it is very very good. The problems come from how it was clearly meant to be a oneshot originally. The first volume is so fucking exciting, with a basically 10/10 premise, and it sort of bleeds over into the second. The problem is when they get to the front lines it sort of loses its focus, because Jiro had to work out how the story was going to go. I think this part is still drawn and written great but it isn't really needed and it kills the pacing. It might have been better if they were moving to different places all the time. It really comes back in the last section though
after the main character's flashback and it comes back strong. The porn chapter was unironically pretty subversive. The last volume is some of the most gripping fiction I have read and makes sure I'll remember it. One thing in particular though is I'd have prefered if it had more detailed gore and less panty shots. The visceral enjoyment I got from reading was not seeing the Assult Girl's underwear, it was seeing them break down under stress. All his stuff is also pretty negatively liberal, like most people are evil and psycopathic. At the same time he has an almost perverse fascination with liberation movements. He reminds me of Fujimoto, just instead of an inclusive modern liberal who writes for shonen jump, he feels a bit more old fashioned and much edgier. Also whoever wrote Humoncolous. I couldn't help but think of that when I was reading Freesia, and honestly its a better manga.
Does anyone recommend any of his other stuff? Some of the oneshots look good.