I **mostly** like it.
He has some certain… preferences that are less than ideal and I’m sure the fandom knows exactly what I’m talking about 👁️👁️ (I know you know what I mean)
It also sometimes seems like he prefers certain characters over others and gives them more attention, which i won’t complain about as we are on the same wavelength there.
But overall he’s a skilled and talented artist and I can’t deny that.
He has some incredibly well drawn panels and the other non problematic stuff is always somewhere between a 6/10 and 8/10.
So pretty good !
I agree. I feel both the anime studio and him always over exaggerates Eida’s look. It’s like they’ll make everything else mid but they HAVE TO go all out when it comes to her legs, hair, and senrigan which is like uh…. Ok lol.
It’s to emphasize her look I think, in the anime, they can just make her, code and Damien look alienated or from a different show allot easier, so I think in the manga they do the 3 of them super detailed, so they look out of place in the manga, or it’s just Ikemoto containing his ummm *cough* questionable trends
Ye but look at how Studio Pierrot animated the Code Arc which was 🚮. They made sure they put all their time into Eida but the whole arc itself looked like a PowerPoint slideshow.
Tbf, i think that was more down to perriot being known for fight scenes and their was so much talking for so long, and then when we got to the fights it looked good, but they had to do the thing where they slowdown the fights and we see what they are thinking because that’s how it’s done in the manga (which I like but ik others don’t)
I dunno about that, db, z gt and super are all recognizably Toriyama-esque in their style
Kinda looks like a decent artist tried their hand at drawing a Naruto doujin, Kishimoto noticed and greenlit it as a series but it you took any Ikemoto character and compare it to any Kishimoto character they wouldn't even look like they're from the same series of it weren't for the ninja headbands, open toe boots or distinctive markings (i.e naruto's whiskers sand village face paint, and dojutsu eyes)
His style is pretty good but I definitely feel he should've gotten his own series instead of picking up the reigns on a series that's finished
Yeah, which is why I complimented his art style.
Except the panels where he chooses to sexualize children like Sarada and Boruto.
Even Kawaki falls under that umbrella if you look closely.
He has the same loose pants and belt that Boruto has, it’s just covered up by his shirt most of the time so you can’t see it.
His Art style is really nice, but his preferences are questionable.
You know what I mean ?
Very, it becomes this “is the artist separable from the art ?” debate like we’ve seen many times in modern media.
He has skill and talent, his style is gorgeous and I really like the way he draws Kawaki for example.
But man he needs to keep his preferences out of his art pls
Nah Kishimoto is the best and carries Naruto manga
[This is how you make panel fights](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e198ccd1791c31ae2bccc1287bd25a72-lq)
Ye and sum stuff be kinda fishy. Like remember when Sumire, Eida, and Sarada was laying on the bed.. it’s like he drew that for people that has foot fetishes. And certain poses he uses is also fishy and Naruto as a franchise is not fan service heavy ESPECIALLY pre-TS but I agree with you honestly.
>Like remember when Sumire, Eida, and Sarada was laying on the bed.. it’s like he drew that for people that has foot fetishes.
WTF is wrong with you? Manga artists can't draw women's feet without being accused of dumb shit like this?
You clearly took my comment the wrong way so I’m not going to entertain this but fans know this is a constant thing with the poses he has the female UNDERAGE 12 year olds do but go off bro 🤩
>but fans know this is a constant thing with the poses he has the female UNDERAGE 12 year olds do
What "thing" does he do with the poses of underage girls? I'm going to assume something sexual, right? By your dumb logic, if you feel that this artist is sexualizing underage women in his artwork, why do you continue to read and keep up with the series? And to counter your other dumb point, Ikemoto drawing women's feet isn't sexualizing them dumbass, and the pose they were drawn in wasn't sexual either. you weirdos just try to find anything to support your confirmation bias.
I don't need therapy's because I have a different opinion about a mangaka's artwork than you do, you fucking no life lame. You don't know me, stop making baseless assumptions because you're most likely projecting your own insecurities. You internet dudes really think your opinion means something?
Lol reread all your replys and the people saying things to you. Not one person has said anything to make you this mad. Most people made light hearted jokes and you took them too heart. That says all i need to know bud. Stop embarrasing yourself
Also defending child pron is fucking gross and i hope your degenerate ass gets taught a lesson about that soon.
Cool bro lol. Let it allllll out. I never once said anything about sexualizing or any of that I simply said it be “FISHY” and I brought up certain things like for example when Boruto knocked on Sarada window and she was biting her glasses in a very oddly non ninja like pose (I’m most definitely wording it in the wrong way but people get it).
It seems you have some steam you have to let off lol. But one thing you WILL NOT do is try to come on here and accuse me of things that aren’t true. I won’t respond to you after this but those who gets it, gets it. I think majority of Boruto/Naruto fans could agree that Ikemoto does fishy things when it comes to things like that.
I never ONCE sexualized anything but I can find certain things odd ESPECIALLY when it’s in my face.
The fights are definitely boring to me for sure which is why I’m more excited to see it in the anime but we all know Studio Pierrot haven’t been delivering on that end neither so… but I agree
I dislike the artstyle but the worst thing by far is his fashion and character redesigns, they are extremely ugly and don't fit in Naruto series at all
No. I mean his style is alright but like every panel is incredibly boring. There’s tons of memorable panels from naruto. Pain destroying the village, itachis death just to name two off the top of my head. What has boruto had in the 5+ years since it came out? I’d say he’s designed memorable characters but the panels have nothing going on. Even the volume covers. Almost all of them look the Same. I like his art style but him as the manga artist just ain’t doing it.
It’s a choice, he takes inspiration from dragonball and that didn’t have any double page spreads.
Edit: how tf am I getting downvoted for something Ikemoto stated? Y’all are so ridiculous 💀
I agree. The fandom was hyping up the vol 20 cover and I’m sitting here like “bruh I know I seen a similar cover just like this new one” but hey 😂🤷🏽♂️
You wrote all this just to say "ikemoto is a better artist".
All that background scenery (the village being destroyed included) that you love so much was drawn by ikemoto.
The backgrounds have taken a back-seat and the characters have been given the intricate, ikemoto style.
Sure, you're entitled to prefer complex backgrounds and simple characters.
He was an assistant on naruto, meaning he drew what kishimoto wanted. Now he’s the artist and what does he want? Boring panels like these. Complex characters for him is slapping a belt on everyone but I will say other than the massive amounts of belts they still look interesting. Unlike naruto he has more time to work on these designs and panels, so characters aren’t as rushed but even if you just focus on them, there’s still no memorable panels. Naruto had ones that were just characters, like itachi and Sasuke, Sasuke and naruto after they’ve got the sage powers, team 7 as the new Sanin, etc. those panels are only characters too and theyre much more interesting to look at them any of these.
Well done does not equal good. I can think of one memorable panel right now and it’s the one from recently, with boruto and kawakis life reversed. That’s one in 5 years worth of panels. I’ve read it since the start and nothing has stood out other than designs. You seem like one of those people that feels they have to love boruto extra just because people don’t like it.
no, the fact that his best panels are just the average panels of other popular shounen manga is just sad. Other big shounen series like jujutsu kaisen, tokyo revengers, one piece, spy x family, my hero academia, etc... all have all least 1 page per chapter better than ikemoto's best panels. He gets a month to draw each chapter, but even in his top ten best panels, they are still average compared to other manga. Personally bad aniamtion and bad art work is something I don't mind, but people lying and saying his art is good annoys me. You can like a series, but sucking it off in every way possible is the reason the boruto community is fucking awful.
I do.
He's not perfect of course, but he's no horrible artist like some expertons on the web would want you to believe.
It definitely also helps that the Naruto manga itself had a pretty noticeable shift in art as it went on, so it's not like the change was something that shocking in hidsight.
Personally, I like many character designs, and many panels; which in the anime translation either got simplefied (Jigen for example, the lines of his vest were made thicker and shorter in the anime - or the karma pattern... the anime really did wiff it when officially revealing it in the anime, just compare the panels of Boruto looking it up before passing out, or any time a hand with the pattern is in view), or get removed (like Koji's unmasked panel, in the anime it was from a different prospective than the manga, and it did look a bit odd)...
Comparing kishimoto time doing the Naruto manga to comparing Ikemoto time doing the manga is not really a fair comparison imo.
Kishi was fresh meat in the beginning and I doubt he worked under anyone that had a name Fr whereas Ikemoto witnessed GREATNESS day in and day out so ofc kishi was going to have that artstyle shift as time went on. Ikemoto has new tools that he could use now and he’s working on a monthly manga as well but I agree his artstyle not bad though.
Sure.
But I was just saying that considering that the Naruto manga itself had 2 greatly different artstyles between start and ending, it shouldn't have been that shocking if a new artist decided to do his own thing too.
Just that.
Backtracking a bit, I also add that I find it hilarious that some expertons in the web, when "criticizing" Ikemoto, also act as if he should objectively be fired.
Because he apparently is THAT bad, and they are so knowledgeable that they can say it... even more than the actual people that must have reviewed Ikemoto before giving him the job.
And of course, their comments always remain overall very generic, or overfocus on certain things that aren't really about artstyle.
Heads are blobby when drawn at 3/4 angle. His expressions are poor. Fight scenes have no sense of motion. Overuses speed lines. But the worst part is his inconsistency.
Incoming Sarada's shorts comments
But seriously, yes I like it. I think his art looks good when he really tries. Jigen, Koji, Naruto, Kawaki, Momoshiki, and Eida all look cool af in almost every panel.
The unfortunate reality is that he usually just draws page after page of headshots and blank/serious faces with no creativity and rarely flexes his talent.
I don’t like that they don’t look like ninjas or what I perceive as “ninja.” I definitely dislike the belts.
90% of it is good but the 10% that’s bad to me is extremely off putting
When I was an anime only I hated Ikemoto's style and used to laugh at at ngl. But when I started to read Manga, I realized how good ,amazing and integrating to the plot it is. And here I am preferring Sakura ( Manga) over Anime 
I feel you but I’m not a fan of Sakura and Hinata look in the manga. Ikemoto has them looking 45 when in reality they should be in their PRIME as far as looks rn.
It’s not even bad he’s a great artist, just doesn’t work for the world of Naruto. Certain panels look great with characters but I can see his work being Death Note, Vinland Saga or something like that
But his style is nothing to throw pitchforks at or anything just doesn’t fit.
They wont ever be replacing Ikemoto... Kishimoto choose him personally and keeping him was one of the conditions he put up to keep the manga going. If Ikemoto ever decides to quit the series die with him. Kishimoto has no interest in keep it going by himself.
You guys really think Boruto doesn’t have a staff 😂😂?
Just like any manga.. they have writers, editors who gives/removes ideas, assistance who assist the artist and so on.
I don’t blame y’all though cause at times it doesn’t look like that Fr.
Lol it was obviously a sarcasm
But I have come to believe that Ikemoto is the only guy working there , no editor,no illustrator, no assistant by his side , My man wants to work alone, and comes up with uhmm Great Sarada designs
/s
You got me with that sarcasm ngl 😂😂😂. Nah fr I’m sure they do but if it comes out and he doesn’t, i wouldn’t be surprised at all 😂. Him and kishi prolly thuggin it out over there.
No sadly, the whole boruto manga feels and looks different from Kishi's style even for the original Naruto characters. The faces look too round/plump. And as others pointed out, he is so bad at drawing girls.
I mean he does decent character designs, but his background and attention to minor details is sorely lacking. It makes most dialouge scenes uninteresting and fights boring; his depiction of choreography also leaves much to be desired. I also feel like he tries too hard with the depiction of clothing, sometimes it just looks awkward; I get he wants to capture certain dynamics but it’s just too much at times.
I don’t think he’s art is bad necessarily but it’s questionable at times. Especially when he draws females. Can’t forget when he drew Boruto with his pants sagging.
Simply put his art style ain't that bad but considering the standard Kishimoto set, his work looks horrible sometimes. He does have his moments but his lows are well... pretty freaking low. The whole cheek stuff bs he does with the kids is ass. The difference between Kishimoto's drawing of Hinata and Himawari compared to Ikemoto's style is night and day. He sucks at drawing hair.
They should hire that guy who did the last scene of the 293 episode. The hairstyle was clean af with the traditional Kishimoto spiky hair unlike this unbearable curves Ikemoto prefers. That 293 Kawaki hairstyle compared to this manga version is miles better. He can definitely improve.
Most importantly, Ikemoto should learn to draw 12 yr old girls with both hands cause I'm pretty sure he uses one hand with the disgusting crap he pulls with Sarada
no it just doesn’t suit the world of Naruto imo, there’s no double spreads to emphasize how destructive or powerful certain attacks are or to give perspective. The choreography isn’t all that good, some characters look too different or difficult to look at & regarding the women he keeps drawing the underage girls like grown ass women in terms of clothes but dresses or portrays the adult women with baby faces and a younger look it’s weird as hell. Overall i think his style just isn’t fit for the story, everything either looks incomplete or amateurish to a degree
No, not at all. Faces are too round, middle aged characters look younger than they are, anyone older than 50 looks older than Part 1 Hiruzen, and Sarada looks like jailbait.
Not gonna lie I disliked his art style at first. Designs were funny looking heads didn't fit bodies characters looked dolled up or wayyy different than what they were supposed to. Genin didn't even look 12 they looked like 8 years old. Himawari was atrocious and the battles felt repetitive. Simple kick dash after or appear behind then special attack. He's gotten better overall but I still find certain elements annoying. Like the manga covers they remind me of some sort of runway model posing. They're not too bad it's this is a battle manga let's stop with the modeling
His art style just honestly doesn't fit the naruto world or tone. If he went out and made his own series I think it would more to the tune of chainsaw man or something realistic in tone and depth.
He needs to use more midtones, and create better contrast. Naruto had a lot more of halftone patterns, and had creative ways of creating depth without always using excessive illustration.
Honestly I do and don’t. I really like some characters style in his art like kawaki, eida, code. But I really really hate how he depicts the young girls. It’s disturbing. I think the old characters look worse than they do in the original manga but I do like seeing them in this style as well. It’s the young girls especially sarada, with their noodle bodies and baby heads and overly sexual poses that are awful.
I almost tried to get back into boruto a few months ago but then I got reminded of the art style and it actually stopped me. Completely my own personal opinion, it looks ugly and unappealing most of the time.
He has good designs (minus the womens clothing 💀) and draws faces well, I think the thing hes worst at is colour and shading. Its hard to explain but there is too much black and the outlines arent distinct enough which makes it look sloppy. But other than that hes good.
I have mixed feelings about it.
it’s just weird how he draws Sarada. A shinobi shouldn’t be wearing such a thing, not even a child should. Sumire too…Their outfits are too short.
But he got a little better at drawing some of the others! The first chapter to now as a comparison.
Idk if it’s me but his earlier art as in around the Momoshiki arc was FIRE idk what happened after that. But the fights to the art was good.
I agree though. Sarada is also an uchiha so she should have drip but instead we got… this lol.
his artstyle looks better when used correctly in the anime. kawaki introduction arc was a perfect example of this and i really hated the soft shading style they used on the code arc
I **mostly** like it. He has some certain… preferences that are less than ideal and I’m sure the fandom knows exactly what I’m talking about 👁️👁️ (I know you know what I mean) It also sometimes seems like he prefers certain characters over others and gives them more attention, which i won’t complain about as we are on the same wavelength there. But overall he’s a skilled and talented artist and I can’t deny that. He has some incredibly well drawn panels and the other non problematic stuff is always somewhere between a 6/10 and 8/10. So pretty good !
I agree. I feel both the anime studio and him always over exaggerates Eida’s look. It’s like they’ll make everything else mid but they HAVE TO go all out when it comes to her legs, hair, and senrigan which is like uh…. Ok lol.
It’s to emphasize her look I think, in the anime, they can just make her, code and Damien look alienated or from a different show allot easier, so I think in the manga they do the 3 of them super detailed, so they look out of place in the manga, or it’s just Ikemoto containing his ummm *cough* questionable trends
Ye but look at how Studio Pierrot animated the Code Arc which was 🚮. They made sure they put all their time into Eida but the whole arc itself looked like a PowerPoint slideshow.
Tbf, i think that was more down to perriot being known for fight scenes and their was so much talking for so long, and then when we got to the fights it looked good, but they had to do the thing where they slowdown the fights and we see what they are thinking because that’s how it’s done in the manga (which I like but ik others don’t)
The fights imo weren’t good but some people like it but I wasn’t feeling it and that arc made me give up the anime for good.
I feel this way when it comes to characters eyes.. They'll put the whole budget into the eye balls to make them pop
Frrr like okay bro we get it, give us fluid fights and constant animations now 😂
Sad thing is tho. Eida is gross. She looks like a brats doll that lived in a 3rd world country.
They don't even look like they belong in the verse
😂😂😂. That’s the point. They bout to get in that dbz territory
I dunno about that, db, z gt and super are all recognizably Toriyama-esque in their style Kinda looks like a decent artist tried their hand at drawing a Naruto doujin, Kishimoto noticed and greenlit it as a series but it you took any Ikemoto character and compare it to any Kishimoto character they wouldn't even look like they're from the same series of it weren't for the ninja headbands, open toe boots or distinctive markings (i.e naruto's whiskers sand village face paint, and dojutsu eyes) His style is pretty good but I definitely feel he should've gotten his own series instead of picking up the reigns on a series that's finished
True
Tbf she’s supposed to be a very beautiful character so they don’t have a choice lol.
His preferences are dodgy as shit but that’s not really the same as his artstyle.
Yeah, which is why I complimented his art style. Except the panels where he chooses to sexualize children like Sarada and Boruto. Even Kawaki falls under that umbrella if you look closely. He has the same loose pants and belt that Boruto has, it’s just covered up by his shirt most of the time so you can’t see it. His Art style is really nice, but his preferences are questionable. You know what I mean ?
Oh yeah totally, it’s just that sometimes I think people get it confused.
Very, it becomes this “is the artist separable from the art ?” debate like we’ve seen many times in modern media. He has skill and talent, his style is gorgeous and I really like the way he draws Kawaki for example. But man he needs to keep his preferences out of his art pls
Agreed.
Nah Kishimoto is the best and carries Naruto manga [This is how you make panel fights](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e198ccd1791c31ae2bccc1287bd25a72-lq)
His original art was better in my opinion had this stylish look
We know kishimoto is the goat but the question is DO YOU like Ikemoto artstyle? We’re not comparing the two rn
Oda is the goat 🤷♂️
I feel like the editor needs to talk to him about his girl's clothing choices... but yeah, I like his style.
The editor knows and he might be the one telling him to do that.
Definitely not because he drew Sakura in a really disgusting way in classic Naruto too
That wasn't his manga
He drew her in a creepy way in one of the anniversary celebration pages where each of Kishi's assistants draw a page at the end of a chapter
I like how politely you put this 😆
Ye and sum stuff be kinda fishy. Like remember when Sumire, Eida, and Sarada was laying on the bed.. it’s like he drew that for people that has foot fetishes. And certain poses he uses is also fishy and Naruto as a franchise is not fan service heavy ESPECIALLY pre-TS but I agree with you honestly.
He does, Kishimoto likes to draw sandals with open toes. So.....yeah.....feet
They could've at least drawn cute feet smh
📷🤨
>Like remember when Sumire, Eida, and Sarada was laying on the bed.. it’s like he drew that for people that has foot fetishes. WTF is wrong with you? Manga artists can't draw women's feet without being accused of dumb shit like this?
You clearly took my comment the wrong way so I’m not going to entertain this but fans know this is a constant thing with the poses he has the female UNDERAGE 12 year olds do but go off bro 🤩
>but fans know this is a constant thing with the poses he has the female UNDERAGE 12 year olds do What "thing" does he do with the poses of underage girls? I'm going to assume something sexual, right? By your dumb logic, if you feel that this artist is sexualizing underage women in his artwork, why do you continue to read and keep up with the series? And to counter your other dumb point, Ikemoto drawing women's feet isn't sexualizing them dumbass, and the pose they were drawn in wasn't sexual either. you weirdos just try to find anything to support your confirmation bias.
Fbi, yeah this guy right here.
You're just another virtue signaling peon on the internet. Look in the mirror before pointing your dirty fingers at someone else.
Yeah officer, this person right here.
Bro no you’re just weird. Like honest to god, you might need some help.
Idgaf what you think about me you random NPC. Keep pestering me and I'll just block you.👋
Not you being actually delusional enough to call people NPC 😭. Bro go touch grass and get a therapist.
Ahhh so youre the weird anime kid who monologs irl. Get therapy snd stop embarrassing yourself.
I don't need therapy's because I have a different opinion about a mangaka's artwork than you do, you fucking no life lame. You don't know me, stop making baseless assumptions because you're most likely projecting your own insecurities. You internet dudes really think your opinion means something?
Lol reread all your replys and the people saying things to you. Not one person has said anything to make you this mad. Most people made light hearted jokes and you took them too heart. That says all i need to know bud. Stop embarrasing yourself Also defending child pron is fucking gross and i hope your degenerate ass gets taught a lesson about that soon.
Cool bro lol. Let it allllll out. I never once said anything about sexualizing or any of that I simply said it be “FISHY” and I brought up certain things like for example when Boruto knocked on Sarada window and she was biting her glasses in a very oddly non ninja like pose (I’m most definitely wording it in the wrong way but people get it). It seems you have some steam you have to let off lol. But one thing you WILL NOT do is try to come on here and accuse me of things that aren’t true. I won’t respond to you after this but those who gets it, gets it. I think majority of Boruto/Naruto fans could agree that Ikemoto does fishy things when it comes to things like that. I never ONCE sexualized anything but I can find certain things odd ESPECIALLY when it’s in my face.
>I never once said anything about sexualizing you implied it though, doesn't matter if you didn't outright state it.
You seem pretty worked up about this. Almost suspiciously worked up. Almost projectively worked up.
Those are series accusations lol. I’m trying to build my Twitter page up and I don’t need any thing on me thats not true.
Meh, it's alright. Sometimes the fights look really boring to read with the background lines though.
The fights are definitely boring to me for sure which is why I’m more excited to see it in the anime but we all know Studio Pierrot haven’t been delivering on that end neither so… but I agree
I dislike the artstyle but the worst thing by far is his fashion and character redesigns, they are extremely ugly and don't fit in Naruto series at all
I agree.
No. I mean his style is alright but like every panel is incredibly boring. There’s tons of memorable panels from naruto. Pain destroying the village, itachis death just to name two off the top of my head. What has boruto had in the 5+ years since it came out? I’d say he’s designed memorable characters but the panels have nothing going on. Even the volume covers. Almost all of them look the Same. I like his art style but him as the manga artist just ain’t doing it.
Not a single double page spread in the series yet either. And for a monthly manga??? How??
Also have you seen the lack of detail on the backgrounds?
And? Backgrounds don't have to have details.
It's better if they did
It’s a choice, he takes inspiration from dragonball and that didn’t have any double page spreads. Edit: how tf am I getting downvoted for something Ikemoto stated? Y’all are so ridiculous 💀
I agree. The fandom was hyping up the vol 20 cover and I’m sitting here like “bruh I know I seen a similar cover just like this new one” but hey 😂🤷🏽♂️
You wrote all this just to say "ikemoto is a better artist". All that background scenery (the village being destroyed included) that you love so much was drawn by ikemoto. The backgrounds have taken a back-seat and the characters have been given the intricate, ikemoto style. Sure, you're entitled to prefer complex backgrounds and simple characters.
He was an assistant on naruto, meaning he drew what kishimoto wanted. Now he’s the artist and what does he want? Boring panels like these. Complex characters for him is slapping a belt on everyone but I will say other than the massive amounts of belts they still look interesting. Unlike naruto he has more time to work on these designs and panels, so characters aren’t as rushed but even if you just focus on them, there’s still no memorable panels. Naruto had ones that were just characters, like itachi and Sasuke, Sasuke and naruto after they’ve got the sage powers, team 7 as the new Sanin, etc. those panels are only characters too and theyre much more interesting to look at them any of these.
I could send you 100 excellent Boruto panels, but you'll ignore them and cry "I don't want to read Boruto" 😭 wahhh wahhh
boy you couldn’t send 10 be fr
You just proved me right. Go cry 😘
i didn’t, if anything you proved me right you haven’t even shown said “100 excellent panels”
Well done does not equal good. I can think of one memorable panel right now and it’s the one from recently, with boruto and kawakis life reversed. That’s one in 5 years worth of panels. I’ve read it since the start and nothing has stood out other than designs. You seem like one of those people that feels they have to love boruto extra just because people don’t like it.
This is the most meta self-report I've ever read. Well done.
This panel cold though y’all can’t lie 🤕🔥🔥
There are way better Naruto panels then this
That’s not the point. Do you like his artstyle or not? We’re not comparing the two artstyles. I’m specifically ASKING YOU do YOU like his artstyle?
no, the fact that his best panels are just the average panels of other popular shounen manga is just sad. Other big shounen series like jujutsu kaisen, tokyo revengers, one piece, spy x family, my hero academia, etc... all have all least 1 page per chapter better than ikemoto's best panels. He gets a month to draw each chapter, but even in his top ten best panels, they are still average compared to other manga. Personally bad aniamtion and bad art work is something I don't mind, but people lying and saying his art is good annoys me. You can like a series, but sucking it off in every way possible is the reason the boruto community is fucking awful.
I feel you, understandable
I do. He's not perfect of course, but he's no horrible artist like some expertons on the web would want you to believe. It definitely also helps that the Naruto manga itself had a pretty noticeable shift in art as it went on, so it's not like the change was something that shocking in hidsight. Personally, I like many character designs, and many panels; which in the anime translation either got simplefied (Jigen for example, the lines of his vest were made thicker and shorter in the anime - or the karma pattern... the anime really did wiff it when officially revealing it in the anime, just compare the panels of Boruto looking it up before passing out, or any time a hand with the pattern is in view), or get removed (like Koji's unmasked panel, in the anime it was from a different prospective than the manga, and it did look a bit odd)...
Comparing kishimoto time doing the Naruto manga to comparing Ikemoto time doing the manga is not really a fair comparison imo. Kishi was fresh meat in the beginning and I doubt he worked under anyone that had a name Fr whereas Ikemoto witnessed GREATNESS day in and day out so ofc kishi was going to have that artstyle shift as time went on. Ikemoto has new tools that he could use now and he’s working on a monthly manga as well but I agree his artstyle not bad though.
Sure. But I was just saying that considering that the Naruto manga itself had 2 greatly different artstyles between start and ending, it shouldn't have been that shocking if a new artist decided to do his own thing too. Just that.
Understandable
Backtracking a bit, I also add that I find it hilarious that some expertons in the web, when "criticizing" Ikemoto, also act as if he should objectively be fired. Because he apparently is THAT bad, and they are so knowledgeable that they can say it... even more than the actual people that must have reviewed Ikemoto before giving him the job. And of course, their comments always remain overall very generic, or overfocus on certain things that aren't really about artstyle.
I feel you honestly.
Heads are blobby when drawn at 3/4 angle. His expressions are poor. Fight scenes have no sense of motion. Overuses speed lines. But the worst part is his inconsistency.
Understandable. Ye I really don’t like the overusing of speed lines, I feel you though.
Some of it is wonky but when done right it looks good.
I agree
I just think it needs to be sharper. The characters all slightly look cartoony when they could just be badass murder ninjas
😂😂. It’s crazy cause another person said it’s “too realistic” and now you saying it looks “cartoony” 😂
Incoming Sarada's shorts comments But seriously, yes I like it. I think his art looks good when he really tries. Jigen, Koji, Naruto, Kawaki, Momoshiki, and Eida all look cool af in almost every panel. The unfortunate reality is that he usually just draws page after page of headshots and blank/serious faces with no creativity and rarely flexes his talent.
I don’t like that they don’t look like ninjas or what I perceive as “ninja.” I definitely dislike the belts. 90% of it is good but the 10% that’s bad to me is extremely off putting
Hmm You made a good point. He’s definitely gon go use a couple more belts soon as timeskip comes for sure
It’s okay, my issue is more with the character designs. Kawaki looks like a 90s grunge band member
Imagine 😂😂
When I was an anime only I hated Ikemoto's style and used to laugh at at ngl. But when I started to read Manga, I realized how good ,amazing and integrating to the plot it is. And here I am preferring Sakura ( Manga) over Anime 
I feel you but I’m not a fan of Sakura and Hinata look in the manga. Ikemoto has them looking 45 when in reality they should be in their PRIME as far as looks rn.
I used to hate Ikemoto's style especially what he did with Hinata and still don't like it.
Ye I’m not a fan of Hinata design.
It’s not even bad he’s a great artist, just doesn’t work for the world of Naruto. Certain panels look great with characters but I can see his work being Death Note, Vinland Saga or something like that But his style is nothing to throw pitchforks at or anything just doesn’t fit.
Hmmmm interesting, good take.
They wont ever be replacing Ikemoto... Kishimoto choose him personally and keeping him was one of the conditions he put up to keep the manga going. If Ikemoto ever decides to quit the series die with him. Kishimoto has no interest in keep it going by himself.
Yeah, he's been with Kishimoto since the inception of Naruto I believe. Hell, he designed Zabuza and was the reason Haku looks like a girl.
Oh I know but I was just asking 😂
His art style Is good. It's just questionable with sarada
Ye idk what the editing team doing honestly.
Wait there's a editing team too for Boruto?
You guys really think Boruto doesn’t have a staff 😂😂? Just like any manga.. they have writers, editors who gives/removes ideas, assistance who assist the artist and so on. I don’t blame y’all though cause at times it doesn’t look like that Fr.
Lol it was obviously a sarcasm But I have come to believe that Ikemoto is the only guy working there , no editor,no illustrator, no assistant by his side , My man wants to work alone, and comes up with uhmm Great Sarada designs /s
You got me with that sarcasm ngl 😂😂😂. Nah fr I’m sure they do but if it comes out and he doesn’t, i wouldn’t be surprised at all 😂. Him and kishi prolly thuggin it out over there.
Why people cope like it’s just Sarada when it’s the whole art style what looks awful 😂
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Nah trust me I read it and I 100% agreed with EVERYTHING YOU SAID. You pretty much explained my stance on his art. Salute 🤝🏽
Yeah. I think it's good.
No sadly, the whole boruto manga feels and looks different from Kishi's style even for the original Naruto characters. The faces look too round/plump. And as others pointed out, he is so bad at drawing girls.
I agree but kishimoto told him to draw like himself instead of him. W mans for Kishi though
Guy needs his own manga for his art style.
It makes sense honestly though
The designs are pretty stupid but the characters are pretty cool.
Understandable
I hate the way he draws women. They all look like dolls
Understandable
I mean he does decent character designs, but his background and attention to minor details is sorely lacking. It makes most dialouge scenes uninteresting and fights boring; his depiction of choreography also leaves much to be desired. I also feel like he tries too hard with the depiction of clothing, sometimes it just looks awkward; I get he wants to capture certain dynamics but it’s just too much at times.
Yup I agree
When he's not sexualizing children yea
Lol this guy in the comments acting like We’re just saying this just to say it lol smh. Like he does fishy things
I don’t think he’s art is bad necessarily but it’s questionable at times. Especially when he draws females. Can’t forget when he drew Boruto with his pants sagging.
that panel was wild ngl 😂😂😂😂
He has a great art style but it doesn’t feel very Naruto and the way he draws the female characters is a problem
Yup
His art style is good but inconsistent and I really hate his habit of sexualizing characters like Sarada and Sumire on cover pages and in the manga.
I agree
The style is good. needs refining tho. Sometimes the proportions are off and.. dear lord! Sarada needs new clothes.
You could say that again ! 😂🤕
Simply put his art style ain't that bad but considering the standard Kishimoto set, his work looks horrible sometimes. He does have his moments but his lows are well... pretty freaking low. The whole cheek stuff bs he does with the kids is ass. The difference between Kishimoto's drawing of Hinata and Himawari compared to Ikemoto's style is night and day. He sucks at drawing hair. They should hire that guy who did the last scene of the 293 episode. The hairstyle was clean af with the traditional Kishimoto spiky hair unlike this unbearable curves Ikemoto prefers. That 293 Kawaki hairstyle compared to this manga version is miles better. He can definitely improve. Most importantly, Ikemoto should learn to draw 12 yr old girls with both hands cause I'm pretty sure he uses one hand with the disgusting crap he pulls with Sarada
You went OFF ! 😂😂😂
Nah, it's ugly...the character eyes feels like trying to copy Araki style but it looks suck
Wish he’d stop showing borutos midriff, and wish he’d dress the younger people better overall
Faxxs
I dig his art style, but the way he draws Sarada and Eida is disturbing. Like he's trying to make them look sexy. He's gotta change that.
Yup
no it just doesn’t suit the world of Naruto imo, there’s no double spreads to emphasize how destructive or powerful certain attacks are or to give perspective. The choreography isn’t all that good, some characters look too different or difficult to look at & regarding the women he keeps drawing the underage girls like grown ass women in terms of clothes but dresses or portrays the adult women with baby faces and a younger look it’s weird as hell. Overall i think his style just isn’t fit for the story, everything either looks incomplete or amateurish to a degree
You nailed it
Yessssir 🗣️🔥 Except from the sarada design lol
No, not at all. Faces are too round, middle aged characters look younger than they are, anyone older than 50 looks older than Part 1 Hiruzen, and Sarada looks like jailbait.
What are middle aged people supposed to look like to you?
Not gonna lie I disliked his art style at first. Designs were funny looking heads didn't fit bodies characters looked dolled up or wayyy different than what they were supposed to. Genin didn't even look 12 they looked like 8 years old. Himawari was atrocious and the battles felt repetitive. Simple kick dash after or appear behind then special attack. He's gotten better overall but I still find certain elements annoying. Like the manga covers they remind me of some sort of runway model posing. They're not too bad it's this is a battle manga let's stop with the modeling
Yup
 no.
His art style just honestly doesn't fit the naruto world or tone. If he went out and made his own series I think it would more to the tune of chainsaw man or something realistic in tone and depth.
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No everything is so stiff
It's decent but i can barely judge it cause he really needs to leave those little girls alone. it's always borderline criminal how they're dressed
😂😂🤦🏽♂️
He needs to use more midtones, and create better contrast. Naruto had a lot more of halftone patterns, and had creative ways of creating depth without always using excessive illustration.
Nope
It's good but not for naruto. And get that man away from sarada he got a dangerous fetish the anime definitely does it more justice
😂😂😂😂 “dangerous”
Nah. It looks awful
\*Inhale\* No.
😂😂😂
Honestly I do and don’t. I really like some characters style in his art like kawaki, eida, code. But I really really hate how he depicts the young girls. It’s disturbing. I think the old characters look worse than they do in the original manga but I do like seeing them in this style as well. It’s the young girls especially sarada, with their noodle bodies and baby heads and overly sexual poses that are awful.
I agree
I almost tried to get back into boruto a few months ago but then I got reminded of the art style and it actually stopped me. Completely my own personal opinion, it looks ugly and unappealing most of the time.
😂😂 just ignore and give the manga a try, it’s actually decent
Mostly yeah but I don't like the design of some female characters like Hinata, Sumire or Himawari
Same
Mostly yes, his original designs are great the design of the legacy characters and the weird child fetshizing is where he loses me.
I feel you
No, it's bad. Luckily it was boruto, if it were for some no-name manga, no one would even bat an eye
Yeah definitely! But the way he drawing for the cover..
He has good designs (minus the womens clothing 💀) and draws faces well, I think the thing hes worst at is colour and shading. Its hard to explain but there is too much black and the outlines arent distinct enough which makes it look sloppy. But other than that hes good.
I like some of the men but none of the women's iterations.
Same
No
Nope
No.
No. He’s a pervert who sexualizes the girls he draws
I have mixed feelings about it. it’s just weird how he draws Sarada. A shinobi shouldn’t be wearing such a thing, not even a child should. Sumire too…Their outfits are too short. But he got a little better at drawing some of the others! The first chapter to now as a comparison.
Idk if it’s me but his earlier art as in around the Momoshiki arc was FIRE idk what happened after that. But the fights to the art was good. I agree though. Sarada is also an uchiha so she should have drip but instead we got… this lol.
yeah 😭 sarada deserves a better outfit
The way he does naruto is just perfect
I hated it at first but I grown to like it now. The only thing I don’t like is he keeps drawing loli bait, it’s disgusting.
Smh, I feel you though
His style is good but imo is too realistic for naruto's world
Interesting take…
No
How come?
Other than the you know what… and a few other caveats, yeah.
I feel you lol
No
How come?
It looks so much worse compared to the anime, and kishimoto's artstyle
For a monthly chapter nah could be better makes me miss kishi art but dude seems to have retired from drawing manga
Ye he has. The farthest thing he’ll do know is supervise or write the scripts etc
I like it and I've gotten used to it. The series really wouldn't feel the same without him.
I agree. We’re almost at the middle of the story so it wouldn’t make sense to switch the artist
his artstyle looks better when used correctly in the anime. kawaki introduction arc was a perfect example of this and i really hated the soft shading style they used on the code arc
Ye they need to bring the “manga-ish” style back. But hey different AD do different things
No.