In the manga Yotsuba&!, artist Kiyohiko Azuma draws characters in a stylized, not-so-realistic way. But the backgrounds, however, are insanely realistic.
According to Spoon & Tamago, in a2014 interview, Azuma explained this contrast, saying, āI lean toward realism, but at the same time, itās not like Iām trying to make things actually realisticāwhat Iām going for is more like having a somewhat strange character within a realistic world. Now, thatās pretty standard in manga, but what Iām aiming for is to strike the right balance of being āsomewhatā strangeānot too out there, but not too normal, either.ā
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