I cannot stand the art of that bloody artist

Ok, it's rant time. I.HATE.GOONG. The manga i mean. Not that I like the drama either but I hate the manga. The normal art is so-so, rather unique and does have its own beauty...BUT..the author just HAS to add in stupid faces at the wrong times at the wrong places on her characters. It's like, she's trying for humour, but failing epicly. Like, instead of laughing...my face is like..bleh..trying too hard hey woman?..lemme give you an example below from that manga

 example 01

 As you can see, the art is originally normal, quite nice even. THEN cue sparkly eyes..which is the herald for major epic fail at humor...which leads us to the next page

Cue stupid face. Which is just disgusting. Look at that sniff sniff sniff nose. The, how do I describe it, hideous facial features. And then I have two more examples..below

 At the top left hand corner, you see her caricatured face. Which I wanted to tear apart. And it goes back to normal for the next few panels...until....

 BLOODY HELL..do you see what I mean? That face is just..disgusting. disgusting disgusting. Let me try and explain. When I read comics, obviously they caricaturise(is that even a word?I think it's supposed to be caricature but meh) faces in a lot of them BUT most of the time, they're cute..like a few examples I shall show below. But this manga Goong?It feels like they cheapen the value of the art with those caricatures. It's really really ugly do you know that? Reading it and coming across those exaggerated faces makes me feel dirty and put off. The two types of art just clash together very very badly, like...er..Neon pink and squash yellow? It just doesn't MATCH dammit. Hell, you probably don't agree with me or you probably even LIKE those 'drawings' but I sure as hell don't and I don't mind saying it. To each his own.
The examples I chose came from Mirumo de Pon. It's more of the classical shoujo style with sparklies, lots of toners and detailed lines. It was the only one I could think of for a counter example.

 The face near the bottom. The nervous, blushing, tiny eyed face. My point is, it blends very nicely with the original art without overdoing it.
 Next

This one has glee, joy, smugness and shock. Is it overexaggerated?No, is it clashing? No.
 Final one

Shock etc etc etc. Does it make you feel like neon pink and squash yellow? I don't know about you, but it sure doesn't for me. I rest my case
 Oh wait. There is kinda one more example of a Korean manga (coz Mirumo de Pon is Japanese) that has stunning art but doesn't resort to hideous gags to get its point across. Check out Bride of the Water God. I love the art. Example below

This is the artwork from Bride of the Water God. Super gorgeous. The story is killing me though as there is no ending yet....and the suspense is murder.

This is the artwork from Goong. As you can see, both have nice artwork(I personally prefer BotWG..Like Duh) but the distinction is that one has epic fail gags and disgusting in-between artwork.

One rant down. Let me think of some more. Meanwhile I shall announce.

 GAIDEN OVA 2 IS OUT. Made me cry I tell you. It was just so sad. And it wasn't even till Tenpou's story yet. Just Kenren's. I still prefer the manga better coz the manga is epic and as I said before, one of the best manga I have ever read. The way emotions are handled, relationships are built, the story telling...it was all so beautiful. What makes it so so freaking sad is that, you know from the beginning that the story would end in tragedy because its a prequel. I look forward to the day that Saiyuki Reload Blast finally reaches the point where all their past comes into play.Although I know that Sanzo will never be how Konzen was. I loved the father-son relationship between Goku and Konzen though. Sanzo might be Konzen's reincarnation. But he isn't Konzen and he can't act like him. Oh the beautiful beautiful Gaiden. I might even make an entire post all about Gaiden. Characters, story, relationships..etc..but that's for another day. Btw, I'm not a fan of yaoi. Not at all. Maybe the tiniest hint of shounen-ai...but even then no..I think what draws me is not shounen-ai(which I don't like) but the closeness of the relationship, that intimacy between two people that doesnt have to translate to you know....say for example, Prince of Tennis. Heck, I love Fuji and Tezuka interactions, I squeal when I see pictures where they are both inside, laughing or smiling, or just enjoying the breeze. Like being the close friends they are. But give me a picture of them kissing, or God forbid, making out....I run...in the opposite direction. Something about it just doesn't sit right with me. I love it when deep friendship is portrayed. But not more than that. Lemme show you a few of Tezuka and Fuji. Or wait, just one would suffice since I want to use the other's in my still-under-thought Gaiden post.

 There, they're both studying in the library. Nice and happy. Great friends. Yay.

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. Firstly, anyone who first begins reading it, might be put off by the art. Or just feel weird. I was, I admit. The art is really unique. For me, I have not seen any other manga artist who draws just like MTNN's artist does. But if you continue reading chapter by chapter, you begin to appreciate the uniqueness of the art, you begin to realise that its actually reaaaaallly difficult to draw the way the person does. And then finally, you see the beauty in the art. You begin to think Neuro is hot(which he is btw). Sure, there's some disproportionation at times, but you get used to it. Plus, it just suits the ambiance of the entire story.

And after I wrote this post,  I went and re-read the entire MTNN series again. It's still as good as ever everytime I re-read it. Took quite awhile to get thru 202 chapters in a few hours. But I did it. And I remembered again why Neuro is one of my favourite characters. Sometimes in the series, you forget that he's really sadistic but then one bad guy comes along and does something that Neuro doesn't like, say for example, killing people and thus killing any chances of puzzles forming. THEN we are reminded once again that Neuro is a sadistic and powerful demon, with emphasis on the sadistic.

Well, that isn't what he usually wears but it looks good on him. I couldn't find a satisfactory one of him in his normal clothes though.

Here's another when he was in a ponytail and stole. And looking great. The only sad thing is that he only wears these when his power has been drained really badly. Which doesn't happen often. Pity that.

And that is kinda how he looks normally, with that misleading bright smile and supposedly innocent mien. To contradict that, that scorpion creature belongs to him, just fyi you know.

HAHA!I guess that's as long as the post is gonna be today. I'm tired.