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Anime vs Manga
For the record Uknownada, no. At no point in that article you linked me to did I read a section that said "If you don't like a change, revert it and demand the other person start the talk page discussion instead of doing it yourself." And while my gut instinct is to revert it again out of spite, I'm being forced to be the bigger boy here.

Anyway, anime or manga. Discuss. The Pope 08:29, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

"In most cases (and always in the case of disputes over image versions), the article should be left the way it was before the edit war occurred (usually the most recent version before the disputed edit was made)."

Looks pretty clear to me... The only thing you're forced to is to adhere to the rules, so bravo to you. The anime picture looks awful, you can barely make out what's happening in it, it's too dark. 16:22, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * There were two anime options put forward. You'll need to specify which one you are talking about. Dragonus Nesha (talk) 16:24, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh I was referring to the one Pope was reverting to. However, my comment can be applied to both anime options. 16:33, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Between the two, I would strongly argue that the one with the blood spray is superior. The argument of that vs the manga panel is another story. While I concur that the anime picture isn't as detailed, I think it's enough to where you can tell at a glance what's going on.

(Also Aurora I understand the rule of "you should go to the talk page before making changes"; my issue with Uknownada was them making changes without going to the talk page and instead saying "no u".)The Pope 17:06, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

For the record, I actually like the anime image. My only issue is that it doesn't have the motion (or detail) that the manga has, and might be too dark to work as a thumbnail. It's not too bad, but it's probably better in motion, and I don't remember our policy with GIFs. Speaking of policy, I reverted back with a link to the specific guidelines in order to teach you that this IS how we do things here. I would've played neutral, cuz I like both pics, but this is the second time recently that you've made this error, so I thought I should emphasize it. It's not much of a big deal, but I just wanted to make that clear. My pronouns are he/him, by the way. Anyways, I'm not fully against the anime image, but the manga image has the right amount of focus and detail to display "Kaidou is cut by Zoro." with no issue. But the fact that the anime image has blood probably helps, even if it's overall drawn worse. I'd love to see this as an animated GIF instead. I haven't watched this episode so I don't know how the anime played it out, but it might work. Otherwise, I'm leaning to manga; but anime has my OK. 01:25, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Oh hey, right after I posted this, the scene showed up in my Youtube recommends.....yeah a GIF ain't gonna do it. Even if the scene was edited down, the animation is great, but it's so put together to the point where pretty much no paused frame is gonna look great. I dunno if that's a bad thing or a good thing, but whatever it is, it probably means the anime isn't suitable for this. 01:31, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

I don't think either of the suggested anime images work: the first has a weird art quality that makes it look poorly drawn and is overall a distracting element, and the second looks better than the first but conveys less information about the technique or interaction than the first or the manga. The anime is always going to have an uphill battle for these types of action-centered images because the manga can contain several movements into one panel while the anime tends to spread those out. Dragonus Nesha (talk) 18:48, 3 August 2022 (UTC)