Favorite Mangaka

[Yoshi]

1. Miura
2. Inoue
3. Oda
4. Araki
5. Mitsutoshi

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Either Hirohiko Araki or Hideaki Sorachi. The former is one of the few people who's writing quality gets better with age and despite his art style occasionally taking turns for the worst, it still always remains one of the most unique and notable styles out there. Sorachi meanwhile, is a comedy genius with some arcs of Gintama, yet can also bring out very high level character and story writing. This is even more exceptional when he admits that he barely plans much out, yet the only plot holes within the series are ones relating to gag-oriented material.

 

[SaiyanZ3]

3. Hideaki Sorachi (Humor is the best imo, and I like how he is unafraid to write his emotional stuff; he also gets to the heart of some burning questions in today's society)
2. Yoshihiro Togashi (similar to my #1 but he tends to get more complex with his themes which makes his series very interesting)
1. Akira Toriyama (created my fav series and his one shots are masterful imo; great art and whimsical storytelling and humor, and his characters always have some great, lovable quirk which makes for great entertainment)

 

[Epicnessbeyond]

1. Sorachi- Has amazing comedy and humor but at the same time can dish out a good story and well written characters. Great art as well.
2. Togashi- Amazing writing probably the best I had seen. The problem with him is the shitty art and hiatus
3. Oda- Self-explanatory

 

[Yoshi]

Why do people respect Togashi so much?

The dude is a lazy piece of shit and his Manga is unreadable due to the "art".

I wouldn't even mind if he went on hiatus so much if he didn't turn in scribbles when he comes back, since I read stuff like Berserk, Vagabond, Vinland Saga, and Real, and still respect those authors.

The dude is literally the most favored Mangaka in Japan along with Oda because his series is mainstream.

Manga fans have no standards or self respect.

 

[Epicnessbeyond]

Well he has amazing writing.

 

[Alex Boss]

Oda

 

[Kyo]

Yoshi your favorite mangaka ever is a lazy piece of shit. He has exceptional art to make up for it unlike Togashi, true, but a lazy piece of shit he is nonetheless.

1. Hideaki Sorachi (not read too much of manga but the canon parts seem faithful enough)
2. Inio Asano
3. Eiichiro Oda

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Well he has amazing writing.

Wouldn't really call it amazing. Above average, yes, but the only parts that had exceptional quality were the Yorknew and Chimera Ant Arcs of HxH, and I wouldn't call either of them masterpieces. His low points for both his major series also shows his writing quality is far from consistent, as shown with YYH's Three Kingdoms Arc.

Now for jumping on the bandwagon with a coherent list...

#1 - Hideaki Sorachi - The fact that he's admitted to plan out about as much as Toriyama does actually gives him an even greater boost, as with mostly improvisation, he's capable of accomplishing well done and coherent writing in both plot and story. His most recent chapters of Gintama have really upped the ante in that regard, to the point that Gintama's writing qualities coming closer to rivalling some of the greats of Jump such as Oda or Araki.

#2 - Hirohiko Araki - Man's been doing JoJo for almost 3 decades and despite fluctuating in writing and art quality with some parts, keeps creativity at an all-time high. It's also interesting how he's the only mangaka to have his work in the Louvre or do commissions with fashion brands such as Gucci.

#3 - Eiichiro Oda - Not much that's already been mentioned. Guy's a master in foreshadowing, world-building and making his cast both extremely large yet have good characterisation and personality, even for minor characters.

#4 - Go Nagai - Aside from being debatably as influential to modern manga as Tezuka or Yokoyama due to revamping entire genres such as the Mecha genre with Mazinger Z and Mahou Shoujo with Cutie Honey, he possibly created Ecchi with Shameless School and Cutie Honey. His horror classic Devilman also inspired such series as Berserk, Kiseijuu and according to some sources, a little bit of Evangelion. Basically, the guy can pick a random genre, write something that can be a hit and then do the same for a completely different genre.

#5 - Tetsuo Hara - More based on art rather than writing or characters, since he usually leaves that up to Buronson. Hara's art is tied with Inoue and Miura as my favourite art style. It's the damn definition of Manliness and GAR that's only improving with age.

I'd include Inoue and Miura as honourable mentions due to their story and art quality being top tier, but as already mentioned, they're only slightly less lazy than Togashi, and just as indifferent as to how much they care for their respective series.