it fucks me up that minamitsu is the given name and not murasa, i'm just so used to people referring to her by the latter. and also the whole "captain murasa" thing.
same thing with shinmyoumaru kinda. i used to just call her sukuna for a while.
somn on twitter told me as much and after looking around, yeah it's fair to say that CDS would've been quite the different beast if ginmokusei had stayed as the artist. but hey, we can have a little shonen as a treat.
im a bigger fan of akimaki yuu’s style, i think it really fits the vibe CDS goes for and their designs have been top notch specially in the latest chapters BUT. i do have to wonder how ginmokusei would’ve handled things. their art was much softer but still pretty unique and they were not past giving characters little details. we wouldn’t have had remilia’s wing hats without ‘em.
Akimaki-san's art in FDS has always been heavily stylized but mostly pretty on model. Yuugi was a bit experimental. But the leash is off in the current issue. Koishi with the stitched-shut third eye. Vengeful spirits with little hands. But especially the main attraction: this Okuu!
Her hair and bow are both like feathery wings. Her actual wings are so huge you can't see her star-filled cape. SHE HAS SCULPTED THE CORIUM OF HER ELEPHANT'S FOOT INTO AESTHETIC ARMOR. She somehow got tights on over it.
Okuu was always the most proudly, unapologetically overdesigned character in a series filled with hyper-accesorized chuuni characters but this takes her a step beyond. I'm in awe.
im a bigger fan of akimaki yuu's style, i think it really fits the vibe CDS goes for and their designs have been top notch specially in the latest chapters BUT. i do have to wonder how ginmokusei would've handled things. their art was much softer but still pretty unique and they were not past giving characters little details. we wouldn't have had remilia's wing hats without 'em.