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This reads more like "Stop criticizing my fucking manga unless you can do better" than anything else

That last line goes SOOO hard.

That's perfect. Kinda makes me want to read Bleach.

I think he works at his own pace now. Which good for him, but it makes me sad that others can't do the same until they get successful and finish a series.

during soul society's run, I'd see tons of people with various shinigami cosplays at anime cons of the time. I don't think the cracks really showed until the anime version of hueco mundo where the filler really did not flatter the original material, which wasn't great on its own

So it's just Shonen Jump? Tho to be fair I don't know any otaku that read...

I like to point to recent series like jjk and dandadan as basically "what if authors took a single arc they liked from bleach and expanded it into a full series". imo of the big 3, it's had the most influence on other creators

At its peak, new volumes would sell over 900K copies in Japan. It wasn’t the most popular manga, but it was ABSOLUTELY in the top 10. In the late 2000s, the only titles with better Oricon numbers were One Piece, Nana, Naruto, FMA, and Nodame Cantabile.

100% agree. The audience thinking they're part of the creative process has been such an issue, and I swear is driving people out of creating. I bet money that some manga ended early cause the creators were sick of 'fans.'

Holy shit. This is amazing. Where is this interview from?

He says it so well. Fandom becomes toxic when it becomes an assertion of ownership and authority regarding a work over its creators, among other things. For better or worse art can not and should not be separated from a living artist.

Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean it's worth listening to.

A sad way to look at it.

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That being said in the specific situation of the death threats he has all the right to shoot back, not discounting it nor handing it in to the fanatics whatsoever. Just that the part about being skilled and talented to succeed is absolutely not true in the real world, and even less so day by day

"Live off the rain and the dirt."

Take this example: I think when Gohan beat Cell, he shouldn’t have done it as Goku 2.0, but as the hybrid of Goku and Piccolo he was always portrayed as. One handed Kamehameha works for a bit, but then Gohan uses his brain, uses his training, and his powers of observation…

The last line is so raw. I wish I could scream that at every do-nothing politician or similar such people.

Epic

What does he mean by “change the story of a work”?

I became a fan of Bleach because of the slapstick comedy and the supernatural adventure feeling it had at first, and I ended up dropping it halfway because the stories were simply not interesting to me. I agree with him on dropping something that does not "click" with you. Dandadan is more my alley.

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He wasn't merely critiqued, you know. He said this because the fandom sent him literal death threats over the final chapter. He was responding to the wrong idea that art is nothing more than a product that should satisy customers.

I don't blame him one bit. there are people like that who live to shit on the works of others. This trash talk of his puts them where they belong

LOL brutal.

Bleach bored me and didnt interest me in any way. So i stopped reading it. Just that; i didnt get angry, or criticize him or called him whatever. Artists' works and PoV must be valued. Theyre professional storytellers, not the reader's satisfyer. MAD RESPECT FOR KUBO-SAN.

Damn I'd hate to be on the receiving end of this

This is pretty much how I feel about Star Wars fans.

On what matter? Some "fans" being toxic, I'm guessing?

Brilliant

For that matter- you can work hard and turn that effort into money to hire an artist to try and help you turn a vision into reality. Effort is effort- even if how you apply it is different.

Or you can just headcannon it differently

Fuck yeah.

Um, 誇り means pride? I think someone made a mistake there, since it should be ほこり or 埃

well, i mean they do, but they do it thru their work, putting in time and effort. not just complaining on social media.

It's better on a reread while considering certain bits of early foreshadowing most ppl forgot by then. Also the anime adaptation is expanding on things that Kubo didn't get to in the manga because he was being rushed. He's writing stuff for the anime.

A lot of said death threats came from Twitter. I was there 💀

HOLY BASED

The funny thing about this example is that it makes me want be on the bitchy petitioner's side

Love this

"Huh, I like the taste of rain and . . . dirt, I can live with."

That’s metal AF

Are you being serious or are you just not aware of how bad fandoms can be to creators at times? People have quit their jobs over the vitriol thrown at them for not making a story go a certain way or when a scene in an anime is slightly less smooth than the rest.

Goddamn this goes hard.

Real

holy. shit. i officially respect this guy WAY more than i already did now!...................

Ahaha I love it so much

I feel like hes saying since they dont make an effort and only complain, theyre not going to make an effort to find decent food and water. So, they can sit there and rely on rain and dirt since they dont put in the effort to change things or work for better things.

I will say out of context this does sound a little reflective of criticism but in context that this was to people sending him death threats, entirely reasonable lol

I have the entire Manga on my shelf and I kind been wanting to reread it

Is not what he said and if that is what you heard, well...

I’m not really a Bleach fan anymore, but damn, I gotta give Tite Kubo respect here. That last line is ICE COLD.

Yeah tite kubo must have forgotten about the other shonen jump mangaka for a moment

From a different perspective, why do you think an artist should listen to anyone. You can say what you like about a story, but what you don't have the right to do is try and change it to fit your liking. If you want to add to a story, then make your own. Is a very valid response.

Correct

And I know a lot of people like dunks, sick burns, and general messages of “Hey LOSERS, try not being LOSERS!”. I’m not fond of them, and they’ve never helped me. They’re not for the person addressed; they’re for the approval of others.

I don't think Bleach is good but this MF'er is still spittin'.

WELL SAID 👑👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Connections are important. If I hadn't met a waiter at the Greek restaurant I was washing dishes at, I might not have published 11 books by the time I was 31. The reality is knowing people helps a lot, but you have no idea who those people are until you get started and put yourself out there.

In the JP manga industry the connections is basically sending out your manga to a magazine contest, getting an editor an workign with them, maybe becoming an assistant to mangaka. (also it is very much not the POINT of the quote, it's a hyberbole smh)

Manuscripts to whatever agents I think might be interested, because whenever I approach a company I am told they only deal through agents they already work with. I consider Marshall Lakes a connection, but he hasn't used any of my scripts yet. If we knew each other better I might consider you one.

I have my issues with Bleach, but this is the most succinct response to Fandom, writing, and art I have heard in some time.

That's why he's the GOAT

Holy shit

goddamn, put them in the ground

I remember his OG Twitter account and he used to be very open and more casual with fans and talk about the series and his life and he ended up nuking that account after being harassed off the internet for some fan drama that even I couldn’t fully understand. So guy’s been through it.

People can keep bagging on George RR Martin though, thats fine

It's got "Live shamed and die empty" vibes. I love it.

Exactly. People need to calm down. Lately, people just don't know what manners is.

Saiki K's dad is ecstatic rn

"Live off the rain and the dirt" holy shit, Kubo.

I mean, yeah. This doesn't absolve Bleach from criticism, but if you're bitching to the extent that the creator actually hears it, then you're probably just whining for attention.

"Live off the rain and the dirt" is *savage*.

I had some nit picks over the course of 1000 Year but enjoyed it very much over all, including the designs. The squad zero build up and final battle was my biggest disappointment in both the manga and anime.

Not really. I feel like it's more about others telling him how he should write his own manga as the official stuff instead of what he wants to do with it.

Me when I don't read the words in front of me.

Please tell me where he talks about that.

Sure. Exactly as he says: "If you don't like it, then just stop reading."

And he'd probably respect you for it.

Anyone going "erm ackshually" is just proving his point.

That's what happened with Bleach back in the day.People stopped reading it.Shonen jump popularity rates plumbed and they just cancelled it.He started to introduce pointless story arcs and characters. Luckily we are having a blast with the last anime arc. The end Bleach actually deserves

Snap!!

This goes so hard wtf

nah, according to the Deku Scrubs in TLoZ:OT the passcode is 231 or no entry, no matter how much talent or effort.