Here's my personal opinion:
The images for Chanel are not bad, perhaps the poses are a bit stiff and there are some imperfections in the proportions (it's the clothes that don't inspire me much
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in another topic it was said that Naoko's style hasn't evolved, but that's not the case. It has evolved and changed over time (sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse).
I didn't like the style she had in shinsouban, the senshi looked too young and the poses a bit stiff.
i prefer her current style than shinsouban's, at least it's closer to her original style.
Sometimes the proportions she currently draws aren't perfect and the poses a bit stiff, however the illustrations for the ice show are perfect. *w*
I don't think at all she left the job of drawing the illustrations to her assistants, proof n.1 is the fact that in the videos in which she is interviewed she draws the illustrations (you see 2 different ones), then she said that she had only one assistant with a similar style to hers and therefore could not delegate too much work (if i remember correctly she have written it in one of the notes in the manga).
then the fact that she hardly draws anymore and hasn't produced many manga after Sailormoon is not an indication of incapacity. Love witch had excellent premises.
The stories Naoko made after Sailormoon, almost all of them, were interrupted ...
I would feel unappreciated if this happened to me.
I think she has a genuine passion for creating manga, however one has to see her circumstances.
I understand how it feels to be under constant pressure from something bigger than you, so if she doesn't feel like working as much as before, I don't see why criticize her.
For example Ai yazawa took a break, I think permanently, for health reasons, leaving her manga "Nana" on indefinite hiatus. I don't blame her and she's no less mangaka than she was before just because she doesn't feel like working anymore.
As far as I know she just posted a few new images and one short chapter of a different story (one shot).
Sailormoon manga isn't perfect, but neither is trashy as some want it to pass. Anyway, i've seen much worse drawn manga produced than Sailormoon and still successful, perhaps even with less demanding stories that sometimes the mangaka hadn't even written, therefore, why so much anger and obstinacy toward Naoko?
And also...
If she was so resentful she wouldn't have gone back to work with Kodansha or Toei.
Since Sailormoon many of Naoko ideas have been quashed. Many manga of her have been discontinued.
If she were really a control freak and she didn't accept rejections she would be screaming like a possessed madwoman on the street, instead she has drawn some tables where she manages to defuse even an horrible experience like an abortion.
Instead of demonizing her at all costs, why not try to really get to know her?
I swallowed bitter mouthfuls, regretting it later because it only hurt me, if she had all this resentment accumulated inside her she would have already gone crazy for some time.
Furthermore, if she only longs to money, she would have left part of the rights in the hands of Toei who would have had new series churn out with their concepts and new gadgets galore and she would have lived on an income for the rest of her life.
And there are everyone's personal tastes.
Each Mangaka, as well as each artist, is a world of its own.
Comparing them to each other is something incorrect, as each one has strengths, weaknesses and peculiar characteristics.
Obviously there are those who are more or less good than another.
This should be a stimulus to encourage the artist or mangaka to improve, not a cue to criticize with venom.
And then I'm tired of the fact that the intelligence and culture of those who like the Sailormoon manga are constantly offended, personal opinions ok, but here we exaggerate.
For example, I don't like much the 90s anime because I find it full of flaws, but I don't create 108374650724568 posts grumbling about it or denigrating whoever produced it.
I'm just saying that Toei with the remake don't put the same effort and care that they put into making the 90s anime, even on a creative level.
. Also, for some reason I can't help but think of the Legend of Zelda when I see Haruka with that sword.
It really really gives that vibe. Imagine Naoko might played some of the early Zelda's back in the day. Or even now - she has kids.
