I agree with you on the anime team having to stretch stuff out to fill the time. It’s very apparent. This is why you hear nothing but love from the 2nd Universe Representatives, Heles and Pell, Toppo talks about nothing but justice and trying to survive, Zamasu nothing but the sin of the gods and humans, Vegeta and his pride, and there’s more. Toyotarou gets to the point and moves on like you said.batistabus wrote:I'm not sure why one would defend the characterization of characters in the anime over the manga. It's not entirely the fault of the anime staff...rather, it is largely due to the nature of the product. Toei and Toyotaro have the same amount of material to work with, but Toei is forced to stretch the tidbits much further to fill time. Where the manga can convey something and move on, the anime staff needs to milk what they have in order to fit a 24 minute episode every week. This is why in the anime characters constantly repeat themselves and their personality traits are exaggerated/overdone. I'd imagine it also makes it easier for children to understand and remember characters. This "fat" makes for a dragged-out and tiring experience.
People seem to largely prefer the anime's characterization of Black and Zamasu over the manga. For me, if I were inclined to feel this way, it would be almost entirely due to the performances of Nozawa and Miki. I love anime Black's fabulousness, but everything else about the manga portrayal of these characters is more cohesive, nuanced, and satisfying to me.
While the anime inherently has issues as a medium, the manga does as well. I've heard people complain that Toyotaro focuses too much on fights and not enough on letting characters express their personalities in other ways. I think the fights have been plenty interesting, but I would be quite happy to have a little more space between bouts of combat. I think it's possible/likely that Toyotaro doesn't have a say in the matter. My guess is that Shueisha expects at least one fight scene per chapter in order to maintain interest for a monthly serialization. I would imagine that he doesn't have much control over the length of the manga's arcs, either.
Of course, while the anime and manga crews are each under certain constraints, that doesn't mean their products couldn't be improved.
While I love this chapter, I feel that the Zenos being overwhelmed by the Battle of Gods is potentially...problematic. If they can't keep up with a 12 person free-for-all, why would they be interested in an 80 person battle royale? I understand that most of the fighters in the tournament are far beneath the level of gods, but I'd imagine they'd still find it overwhelming. I guess we'll see if that's addressed soon enough.
I don’t agree with your comment on the Zenohs not liking the Hakaishin battle. The Zenohs didn’t like it because they did nothing but try to kill each other and they have hatred towards one another. With the humans, they try to do different things instead of brutally take someone down. I think it’s due to the humans like Gokuh, doing different techniques instead of shooting someone with an arrow in attempt to kill them.
