I actually prefer these too, mostly because 90% of the time the best friend will be much more interesting than the token love interest, examples: DNAngel, legend of korra (korrasami will be canon!), final fantasy VII, ect.
final fantasy VII
I'll fight you over that one, Tifa wasn't even trying and she succeeded thanks to a certain back stab
Nothing wrong with becoming incredible at one style. Blacksmiths had to iron out over one thousand swords before their work was good enough for them to be considered recommended for even low infantrymen (thankfully the life of a mangaka is a bit more cost effective than that).
What she does change is the plot, the flow, the outcome, the feel of each story. Her previously scanlated oneshot was an angst-filled 'reality slaps you in the face' style while this was, although not a polar opposite, completely different in its own right.
Besides it can be a good thing to be a "go to" for something. Like if she does only stick to her typical insecure-assertive style matchups, then whenever I want to read something like that I'll turn to her. If I want to read something of a different nature, I'll read someone else who's better at it. She's been spending her training efforts on her art style, since it came across as a bit underdeveloped and sloppy at times in her earlier works. It's come a long ways.
And to be honest, and this is a more personal thing, I like Takemiya for her master of plot control. I've been hard-pressed to find a story that I didn't love.
Well you can see it that way, but they way my hard eye see it is as a wasted potential, i do like her drawing style quite a bit (even though it leads to some characters looking identical) and the first couple of times i've read something of hers i enjoyed it, but to witness almost the same insecurity drama and identical settings is a little too much for me, i'd love to see something with her art trying to be a little more different
You're right that in a certain way keeping on one style may be an advantage since there's people around like Morinaga Milk with a grand total of 2 good series, but Jin not only is one of the artists in this reader with the bigger ammount of contents, she's also already shown that she can diversify things even if just a little if she wants and succeed at it, i thought the first chapter of Chouchou Nannan was great and i was looking forward to that, but then the second chapter arrived and once again it became too samey and my hype lowered quite significantly, she may come up with something interesting with that yandere deal in the third chapter but i'm keeping my expectations low for the moment
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