Has The Art Improved In Boruto?

This is a deep dive into the progression of artwork in the Boruto manga, including things I enjoy about it and things I dislike.
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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a Japanese manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi and Masashi Kishimoto, and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. It's anime counterpart is animated by Studio Pierrot.
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[@bushmaster195]

Yes I can 100% confirm after reading Boruto for 7 years that Ikemoto has mastered the art of Speed Lines!

[@yoboimastr]

Exactly bro end of video 😂

[@chandlermorgan708]

Boruto got a massive upgrade🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Leafcane]

He absolutely did

[@chandlermorgan708]

3:52 EXACTLY, THANK YOU

[@burstig5732]

😂

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

And I don't really think? The children looks like bobbleheads? The proportions aren't wrong, you can use a typical artist body proportion tutorial reference to measure it yourself. But I see where people are coming from, Ikemoto draws them skinny with chubby faces and personally I find it kinda cute. But I could see how that would emulate a bobblehead lol.

[@Luffymynika11]

The art has improved but for me the best manga fight is still momoshiki and kinshiki fight.

[@TheMaliciousOne767]

The best fight in terms of paneling and choreography is the Boruto vs Code fight in TBV.

[@yeausama890]

I like the ishikki vs naruto and sasuke fight. Stakes were high for that one

[@bilalchaudhry6838]

Momoshilo fight came before manga so Basically ikimoto just copied everything in the manga from the moVie

[@IvanAcevedo_28]

I would say its boruto vs code (chapter 3 of tbv),kawaki vs borushiki,team 7 vs boro

[@justincaseade9480]

I wish kimura shingo drew Boruto. He drew the sasuke heavenly stardust manga and his art is very similar to kishimoto

[@60zn]

It’s a sequel it doesn’t need the same art style

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

I actually dislike his style the most lol. Esp with how he draws women in particular. The covers were amazing, but his simple pen and ink without colors is luckluster. No disrespect to him as an artist, just not my cuppa.

[@sevenswordsin]

The art has improved in Boruto

[@enma8441]

Was never bad to me. Just a different style. The beginning of Boruto part 1 wasnt the best though

[@Cjay25]

Bro this man has the most drip in anime not in all anime but just look any cosplay I'd do it will be boruto

[@NeoPotato98]

Yes it definitely has. Stuff like character proportions, paneling and flow have seen improvements. With my background in art I know how hard it is to draw 40+ pages including character concept arts and storyboarding under a month. Although Kishimoto is the better artist, I've always preferred Ikemoto's style. His style is a lot more gritty and realistic. He pays more attention to details on character's faces as well as their hair. There's more face lines on characters like their upper lip, stress lines, more detailed eye lids and ears. He also likes to draw clumps and strands of hair as opposed to just spikes. His character designs have always been stellar from fused Momoshiki's redesign to Kawaki, Kara and Eida etc. There's still a lot of room for improvement though. Ikemoto definitely needs to include more shading into his characters especially on 1 panel or 2 panel pages that has a closeup of a character's face. To clarify, I do not want him to use digital screentones like the fanarts that you showed but rather use hatching, cross hatching or even contour lines to shade. It'll give his art depth while at the same time sticking to Kishimoto's iconic style. He should also play around with perspectives like a fisheye effect or foreshortening make his drawings and fight scenes more dynamic. Overall, I think Ikemoto is a great artist with massive potential for improvement. He mainly struggles with time which results in inconsistencies with his art quality. I hope that he continues to grow and expand his abilities in TBV.

[@jingleballs9935]

I ain’t a artist but I had these same sentiments man. I love his character designs and wish he played with perspective like Kishimoto plus more shading like u said.

[@omanlee9868]

Well said

[@赵文博-z3s]

Artistic style can also be said to be a matter of personal preference. But God, will anyone really like his details? These details are useless and troublesome for a battle shonemanga, and they are dilettante. He put a lot of effort into the character's facial features, but ignored the cheekbone structure. The eye sockets and upper lip were just simply shaped, no shadow. And the most terrible thing is that these decorative lines are drawn with the same lines as the outer contours of the characters, causing it to look extremely flat. The character looks like a child's face with middle-aged features. As for the hair, it was also a half-assed drawing. He wanted it to be more complex and softer than Kishimoto, but he only drew a shape, and the hair was not drawn at all. The movement of the hair and the light and shadow were not considered at all.

[@bartolobenlordd.9299]

What if Yusuke Murata drew Boruto

[@dphylan]

I firmly believe Murata is the best in the industry in term of raw skill. Id probably give efficiency to Horikoshi though.

[@ahmadmazher6004]

I also notices in the last 2 chapters of boruto is that he has been using some bit of shading like the clouds and and the biju bomb example

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

4:49 These pair of covers is STILL my favorite ngl. The blue and yellow? Chefs kiss.

[@0NLYX]

Kishimoto: Simple, sleek, dynamic Ikemoto: Detailed, mature, gritty

[@IvanAcevedo_28]

Ikemotos art definitely needs improvement,i still think its good though

[@M3rtyville]

The thing I did not like much about the early action scenes in Boruto is that it felt like I read Dragon Ball (the original) and not Boruto itself. Over time that luckily changed with the introduction of Amado and Time Skip Boruto that fight more like characters from Naruto or Ninjas. It is not that the action wasn't good, but it just takes you as a Naruto fan out of the experience sometimes.

[@SatanbutspelledBroderick]

I definitely think it has, ikemoto has improved IMMENSELY

[@IvanAcevedo_28]

Hopefully he keeps improving

[@omanlee9868]

Looking at his artwork for the Naruto anniversaries, his artstyle looks very "seinen-ish". And i love it

[@IvanAcevedo_28]

Yeah i was reading berserk and they looked a bit similar,at least the speed lines did

[@Cjay25]

Boruto wasn't not bad it because of the studio bro the manga is peak if you read it a highly recommend it

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

3:25 1. I'd like to disagree and say a lot of new artist (and even I found this surprising as I am young myself, still just in my 20's) could benefit from drawing traditionally, as I actually find out some literally go through their whole journey in digital. Debatable based on results, but I find horrifying thinking about the implications of over-dependence and inability to grow from mistakes as they start to fear making them in the first place. 2. Ikemoto is not lacking in drawing skill but in the critical eye skill. The brain tends to overlook certain wonkiness as you work on a piece for too long. That's why it's always advised that you either have a second opinion or take a few hours, better yet a day, from the work and then revisit again with fresh eyes before you decide if it's finished or you hate it. I've seen this man draw live, and one similarity that a lot of great artists of their caliber always shows (and this is such a simple thing that a lot of artists never practice) is the ability to draw a line or shape in _one_ movement. Nothing wrong with chicken scratches if it looks good and works, but you'll find less strain on your wrist and more decisive strokes that doesn't leave you frustrated if you just practice this. Other examples are Kim Jung Gi (RIP), Reiq, Hirokoshi, and most animators tbh.

[@Leafcane]

Really nice insight! May I ask, where did you get to see Ikemoto draw live at?

[@赵文博-z3s]

They are all clichés. But I disagree with two points. One is that the character's clothing design and character lines are not sharp. These two points are very fatal and are by no means a matter of preference. His character design is too complicated, which is very fatal when painting battle scenes. When the character moves, the lines on the character will also move, which will be very troublesome to draw. In addition, the black color on his character is too heavy, which makes it difficult to draw. Draw more lines. Ikemoto was obviously too lazy to deal with these lines, so he gave KK and Boruto two cloaks so that he could avoid drawing their bodies as much as possible. When you look carefully at the plot related to Boruto and KK's movements, he basically focuses his perspective on their backs and tops, and he likes to use Boruto's backflip posture so that the cloak can block his body again . This resulted in extremely limited viewing angles and physical depictions of the battle, and the cloak was still black. He never had to arrange lines to create motion blur, and there was no sense of fluttering, was also worsened the sense of speed in the picture. Moreover, sleeves and trousers that are too wide are not suitable for reflecting human body movements. Why do characters in martial arts movies often wear tights or go topless? It is to better reflect the body movements and muscle lines to increase the visual impact. For fighting scenes, sharp lines are a must. Sharp lines can make the scene more visually powerful. If you watch enough manga, you will notice that in battle-related panels, especially hit shots, the character's turning points are usually drawn thicker and harder, and the points of impact are also drawn with longer and thicker tips. many. to create a sense of explosion. This is the basis. Ikemoto definitely knows this, he just can't draw such lines. If you look carefully, you will find that his lines have a trembling feel and the line width is consistent. At first glance, it seems that I am not confident in my pen control ability. I cannot draw smooth lines in one stroke and can only use splicing between lines. His pictures are very simple, which makes them even more dazzling.

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

As a comic artist: I highly and technically disagree. Thank you.

[@赵文博-z3s]

@@GreySeashell-j3m reason

[@mawandembatha6622]

Yeah if im not mistaken, Ikemoto wasn't the one who drew the beginning of Part 1 Boruto. O could be wrong but i think it was someone else before Ikemoto and Kishimoto took over in the Isshiki(or after) arc

[@Leafcane]

@@mawandembatha6622 Ikemoto has been the artist since the very first chapter. I believe you're thinking of the writer Kodachi who left during the Isshiki arc.

[@mawandembatha6622]

@@Leafcane Oh yeah I'm confusing the 2, I remember now

[@thatguy5494]

People just want to hate because they are not happy and plue the hates are fans of the manga Boruto they just don't want everyone to know there fans if you hate something don't watch it duh plain as simple but the haters still keeping up chapter by chapter

[@justscuttithefather]

Wont sub yet because im very particular on who i sub to but, imma keep an eye out on your channel man. Good ass video ngl didnt think id be this entertained.

[@LordDecader_Edits]

I will say ita better, but the body proportion in some panel is bad...but its good enough bcs they hiding it behind a cloak or baggy clothing

[@garycoleman8906]

i wish he would do double spread panels

[@Leafcane]

@@garycoleman8906 I completely agree

[@username2168]

People that hate on anything related to boruto basically have no arguments 99% of the time, I've seen way to many videos or comments about people saying how something is bad on naruto or on boruto but takes 5 seconds to debunk or anything

[@ButVoy]

Kishi drawing is far better . We just adapted to the awe full quality of drawing compared to the bright double pages of art kishi was displaying in Naruto shippuden manga

[@nessi6688]

I personally still don't get the clothing style. Why do they look like Johnny Depp runs the only boutique for young people's clothing in Konohagakure?

[@Reactstuff]

i love to see kakashi die in battle in tbv instead of disrepair

[@SiriusM13]

1:09 Agreed JJK Action sequence can be hard to flow at times compared to Two blue vortex

[@tashawnwoods1911]

Good and but it needs more tenten art and screen time

[@hyomaaiiroofficial]

Ikemoto love maranza 🤣🤣🤣👌🏼

[@doumbiakiatou3660]

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[@Carlisle-mn3fv]

He was a glorified background artist for Naruto and only got the job because Kishi wasn’t up to give up another 10+ years. He was never and currently doesn’t have the skill set to be in the position of illustrating a manga. Also the fight scenes being “easy to follow” is such a lame excuse, all of his fight scenes lack engagement, look at the 7th hokage gaiden where Shin jumps sasuke from behind and look at that panel layouts and compare it to the best from Boruto. A viewer needs to be engaged while reading. His collisions also lack impact and he thinks adding speed lines will fix that which it doesn’t

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

I'm sorry, is this biased whining I'm hearing? Uh oh. Better listen to this guy, guys. Only his opinion matters. p.s Like most mangaka ever had "the skill set to be in the position of illustrating a manga" everyone literally started out as a beginner to this biz 😂 you think your favorite mangaka's never was a "glorified background artist"?

[@Carlisle-mn3fv]

@@GreySeashell-j3m defending a 40+ year old man who doesn’t have the talent to be in the position he’s in is crazy but I can’t expect anything less from a brainless Boruto fanatic. Calling out bias as if you don’t have any lmfao

[@trafalgard.187]

Imo the main problem remains the ears 😂

[@lemguins7031]

I don't mind Ikimoto's design. I just knew immediately that they had design choices they lean towards that are just different than the standard for the series and the dissonance was due to my expectations. higher detail in eyes, hair structure, full blushing lips, and an eye for high fashion and more modern haircuts and clothing materials. It made for a rough transition, but now that people got used to it, and Ikimoto san has progressed a good middle ground, it looks like it hit a stable stride. The progression of time and setting in the story also really helps. A coifed wavy mullet on Kisame's relative, is way more excuseable in Neo Kiri than in the older series, where it would stand out heavily after all.

[@loveleenrandhawa]

Easiest yes I’ve said in my life

[@Leafcane]

Agreed

[@durgeshsharma9287]

New sub u got

[@shinkai9kami162]

Yes but it's still very mid for a monthly manga

[@peymankhaleghpanah]

how do people not make even one-page art or manga talk about how he doing to be better? What wtf first if hate it go make your manga tow if lazy and dumb don't read it go find something like it he is 32 years his life make art now some peoples like you come say he better do it I like how much one guy can be stupid

[@doumbiakiatou3660]

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[@doumbiakiatou3660]

Boruto kekke genkai storm release ICE release vidéo please 🌪️