CATDOLL: Japanese otakus are discussing that the current Chinese comics are of high standard and excellent works should not be divided by country

Domestic animation, especially youth animation, is now entering a period of prosperity. Although the development of domestic animation is not as good as Japanese comics, more and more excellent domestic animations are beginning to emerge, and many works have been adapted into animations and exported overseas. As for the increasingly prosperous Chinese comics, Japanese netizens are also exposed to more and more, so how do they evaluate the current Chinese comics? Recently, a Japanese netizen posted that "the current level of Chinese comics is very high", which has also caused a great discussion about Chinese comics. Let's take a look.

Netizens’ opinions: I suddenly realized that the standard of Chinese comics is very high nowadays. It would not feel out of place if the language was changed to Japanese. What do you think?

Netizens’ opinions: It feels like the lines in both Chinese and Japanese web comics are very stiff and unnatural, probably because they are drawn electronically.

Netizens’ opinions: I can only say that the style of painting does seem to be no different from that of Japanese comics, but I have never read Chinese comics, so I don’t know what their stories are like.

Netizens’ opinions: Although I can’t understand Chinese, I find their comics very interesting. I often browse their comics just to look at the pictures.

Netizens’ opinions: Although these are Chinese comics, many of them have the cute style of Japanese comics. I think the Japanese beautiful girl character design is really amazing.

Netizens’ opinions: It doesn’t feel like China at all, it feels very strange.

Netizens’ opinions: Many of their backgrounds are made by directly pasting digital photos on top. It seems that commercial comics have also started doing this recently.

Netizen's opinion: Some people talk about the problem of copycats, but many Japanese web comics are also copies of popular works. Moreover, many things in Japan's post-war growth period were also copies of American works.

Netizen's opinion: I think in this era, unless you are a genius with extraordinary talent, it is difficult to draw comics without plagiarism. I think the Japanese are too concerned about this issue, and the development of the comics industry has now stagnated. But I also don't agree with the behavior of completely plagiarizing stories and settings.

Netizens’ opinions: China has a very long history. Aren’t many Japanese historical works based on Chinese themes? China should make good use of their history to create works.

Netizen’s opinion: I am Japanese and have never been to China, but I think good works are not limited by country. As long as they are excellent, they are OK from any country.