User talk:Anton-Ego-critique

Anton-Ego-critique (talk) 04:05, 3 June 2021 (UTC)Manga is a word derived from the Japanese language. If you translate manga in a Japanese dictionary it will equate to comic. The only difference between the two is the origin of the word. It irritates me when I see a creator use a word from a different origin. People think manga has a style. Well, let me tell you it doesn't. How it is written and drawn is all up to the mangaka. Of course, many mangaka's use the Japanese writing system. The writing and panel start from the right page and go to the next panel down and left and eventually the left page itself. Many people think comics and manga are different because of what is offered. A comic offers a very little story, whereas a manga most of the time offers a large story. If you look up the difference between the two you will mainly see, oh one is in color, the other is in black and white. One is read this way the other another way. Does that mean the writing system they use is a style? That does not define it as a style. It simply a way things are done. In order to make production faster, they printed in white and black. This doesn't mean all manga is black and white. Now that we have a foundation, let's start on what irritates me. When creators call their work manga, when they publish in English, and are Americans themselves. Now from their point of view, they use manga as a definition to define style. Now if they used the correct definition of manga they wouldn't call their work manga. They would instead call it comic because that is the correct term of language. Manga is simply comic. Now if they realize manga means comic. What would it mean if they call their work manga? I think it's gatekeeping, but this sort of gatekeeping is different. Instead, they block the correct term of use and offer a different definition and say "this is a manga," when in fact it's a comic. This will lead to the definition being misunderstood and many inspired calling their work manga. Now I'm not gatekeeping them from creating a comic(manga), I just wish for them to use the correct term. Does this mean their work won't be manga? NO, it does not mean that. If their work is able to be, published, or translated, into the Japanese language, then their work is a manga, but it won't be called manga in English, it will be called manga in Japanese. Which is essentially comic in Japanese. This topic is very confusing but Im trying to make the best of it. Let's understand this topic a little better. There are awards given to authors that create comics. It is hosted by japan. It's called the international manga award. Now the reason it's called the International Manga Award instead of the international Comic award is that the award was created by the Japanese. So what do we need to understand from this? That manga is defined as a comic but in Japanese. Now the international manga award is given to authors from across the world. If we use the incorrect manga definition where it is defined as a style. It would be safe to say that all the awards given to different people in different countries are because they had a manga-style comic. Nope, on the contrary, all the manga awards given to authors in different countries were because they were really good and popular comics. Using the correct definition, the manga awards were given to people who had their own styles. Not because they had a certain style that doesn't exist. This proves that manga is just another word for a comic. Now many people who say they are creating a manga say that because they think the manga is a style. Yet when asked with what style that is they simply put up a barricade of words. Many people are inspired by manga and their mangaka. That does not mean that you can create a somewhat similar comic and call it a manga. NO. The father of manga Osamu Tezuka was inspired by many people including Walt Disney. Notice how he was inspired by Walt Disney and still called his work manga instead of using the English term comic. So all in all I hope you now understand that manga is not a style but a word in a different language. I don't care if you're influenced by some manga, call your work what it is. It the same as saying. I am so influenced by the prime minister of japan I want to become just like him. So then you rise to the rank of president in American, does this give you the right to call yourself Prime minister of Japan? I think not instead they'd call you President of the United State of America. The word president is used in America and many different countries. Does that mean every person that's called president is the president of every country run by a president? No. The different name of rank which is essentially the same position doesn't change the definition. Thank you for your time, if you were able to understand this good for you.Anton-Ego-critique (talk) 04:05, 3 June 2021 (UTC)