★{ Ao no Exorcist / 青の祓魔師 } Chapter 116  :: Shiro & Yuri :: ★

I try to stay out of this, and people are allowed to be upset, but please take into consideration WHY the chapter was shorter than usual and let’s not act like or treat Kato like she’s lazy for it not being a 35-page chapter like usual. 

if you feel called out by my post, I’m sorry but I’m not gonna sit here and ignore how rude some things I’ve seen said towards Kato are, which is very entitled and rude to complain about since she works all year long and we are who gets content and can enjoy a story because that hard work. 

anyways let’s start

1) Kato was sick recently, so it affected her.

don’t believe me? read this month’s artist comment from her here

2) she was busy making revisions/adding stuff for Volume 24.

if the above wasn’t enough for you, please take into consideration she was finishing things also for the volume 24 release. releasing a new volume/Tankōbon is more than just throwing all the chapters from the magazine as is compiled together. Kato fixes errors, redraws panels and if you’ve ever noticed blank panels in the initial release, she usually draws new ones to fill those in. working monthly and schedules means at times these things she doesn’t have time to include in the magazine release, so she does when it’s time to release a new Tankōbon. but it’s more than that: there’s extras in them she adds, the cover art, little chibi art, etc, which adding color plus all that adds more time she needs to finish it.

3) she’s not a weekly mangaka, and even when a shorter chapter shouldn’t be compared to them.

those are the main reasons it was shorter, but let’s discuss this last point. just because you get upset at something, doesn’t mean you should call her or anyone “lazy” because it’s monthly and consider it less work than a weekly mangaka’s work they have to release. weekly mangaka are often overworked as is, and we should be glad Kato is given the time to also get to take care of her health along with making this amazing story we enjoy.

art isn’t easy, all except ONE month out of the year she continues to draw usually 35-pages each month, that’s a lot! and consider: she was sick and still gave us a chapter regardless of if short or not, she continued even while not feeling well. so maybe show more appreciation instead of getting entitled/calling her lazy because it didn’t meet your expectations? being sick isn’t fun, and it’s even less fun when you are trying to work while unwell and she still did. I know not everyone who was sad about the shorter chapter was complaining, and was just a bit disappointed and I do understand it. but to those who were mad and saying mean things, learn to have more respect for the person who is the reason we even have this story to enjoy each month. Kato is a human being, not some art machine who exists to please you, and it’d do some good to humble yourselves and show more respect and appreciation. that’s all I have to say, thank you to those who read this far. I don’t usually do these, but felt it only seemed fair that those who didn’t know, understand and try to show some respect towards Kato even when we might be disappointed/sad the chapter was shorter.