This is better than the manga

All anime is better than manga. You can like the art all you want. Anime is objectively is always gonna always be better. I don’t need to read this to tell you that. Especially since it’s oshi no ko.

@INTJ_Ren Correction, Most (not all) GOOD (not bad) adaptations are better than the manga.

“Correction?” Oh, we’re doing corrections now? Whether it’s an anime like Oshi no Ko or a so-called “bad adaptation,” anime is always better than manga. Especially Oshi no Ko! Two seasons will prove that to you real quick. But oh no, here comes the “not all adaptations are better” argument. Yeah? And?

Let me break it down for you: The music. The voice acting. The animation. It’s an experience—something you cannot get from a static panel. Sure, manga art can be great, like in Oshi no Ko, but let’s be real: this isn’t a debate about art. It’s about the full package, and anime delivers that in a way manga never will.

“Oh, but the manga has speech bubbles!” Great, I don’t need to squint at text when I’ve got KANA ARIMA guilt-tripping me with a perfectly delivered monologue! You wanna argue with that? Fine. But guess what? I’m hitting replay on the opening theme while you’re still flipping pages.

My point wasn’t about Ex-Arm or Berserk 2016. I’m talking about anime as a medium, not just any cherry picked but way more than fair examples.

Yes, a bad adaptation can ruin the experience. Clunky animation, ugly visuals, or butchered storytelling. Of course that’s going to drag things down. But that’s the exception, not the rule. (most adaptations are good, not always 1:1 with the source material but good which is why anime beats manga every time. In this case oshi no ko which feels like it was drawn to be animated)

We’re saying the same thing with different wording. Great anime beats great manga. Bad anime doesn’t. But let’s be real when real can be—static panels can have some of the best art work of recent times, I’ve read very little manga myself, but I’ve been around the block and seen plenty of anime-to-manga comparisons. However, people flock to anime 99 times out of 100 because, more often than not, it’s the superior experience. OP’s thread is a great example of this.

Now, I say 99 because there’s always that 1 time—like if Oshi no Ko weren’t animated by Doga Kobo but by, say, freaking Silverlink (not the worst studio; I just don’t like them) Maybe in that scenario, we wouldn’t get threads like this. but even then it would still be the superior experience because a medium like anime brings a world like ONK to life in ways that manga simply can’t.

TL;DR: Manga has one thing going for it while anime has that same one thing and then some. OP’s thread is a perfect example of this with ONK.

My point wasn’t about Ex-Arm or Berserk 2016. I’m talking about anime as a medium, not just any cherry picked but way more than fair examples.

Yes, a bad adaptation can ruin the experience. Clunky animation, ugly visuals, or butchered storytelling. Of course that’s going to drag things down. But that’s the exception, not the rule. (most adaptations are good, not always 1:1 with the source material but good which is why anime beats manga every time. In this case oshi no ko which feels like it was drawn to be animated)

We’re saying the same thing with different wording. Great anime beats great manga. Bad anime doesn’t. But let’s be real when real can be—static panels can have some of the best art work of recent times, I’ve read very little manga myself, but I’ve been around the block and seen plenty of anime-to-manga comparisons. However, people flock to anime 99 times out of 100 because, more often than not, it’s the superior experience. OP’s thread is a great example of this.

Now, I say 99 because there’s always that 1 time—like if Oshi no Ko weren’t animated by Doga Kobo but by, say, freaking Silverlink (not the worst studio; I just don’t like them) Maybe in that scenario, we wouldn’t get threads like this. but even then it would still be the superior experience because a medium like anime brings a world like ONK to life in ways that manga simply can’t.

TL;DR: Manga has one thing going for it while anime has that same one thing and then some. OP’s thread is a perfect example of this with ONK.

Oh, you think I should read better manga? Sure, let me just call up the Manga God real quick and ask for their recommendations. clearly, the hundreds of chapters I’ve invested in are just garbage—guess I’ll just hide my manga list from now. You know what? While we’re at it, let’s just rewrite the entire industry to meet your standards. Maybe next time, I’ll just read the manga you like, so I can experience true enlightenment. Oh wait—no one asked you.

My first manga ever was Tokyo revengers, I’m not gonna go back and read all the popular stuff, I’ve already watched everything you could name that has a anime adaptation.

I have these conversations for the love of the game, so I’ve genuinely enjoyed the insights we’ve exchanged. I threw in a little spice to ensure you’d come back. That said, I do agree to some extent—it’s highly subjective to claim one medium is better than another. Without hard, ever-changing data to back it up, it’s tough to be definitive. However, if the numbers do favor one medium over the other, it’s reasonable to argue that medium might be superior, at least in certain aspects. As someone who’s only read a handful of light novels while working on one myself, I can understand why even relying on numbers wouldn’t be enough to settle this debate entirely.

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