>>383986KnY is great when you don't have people endlessly bitching about it in your ear. I've enjoyed the manga since it started releasing. It stood out for me among other shounen for its very brisk pace (in the manga at least, anime is waaaay slower) and feeling really earnest. This kind of story kind of became rare, with everything being subversive and meanspirited. The fights were really enjoyable and utilized characters well, they felt like a desperate struggle against overwhelming enemies. I found the cast funny and cute, and while at the start it felt like it introduced too many characters at once, Gotouge really knew how to keep it manageable. I really enjoyed the little details like the way she drew eyes as well, another detail botched by the anime adaptation. Apparently some of the strength is lost in the translation as well - the characters express themselves in a poetic way that gives it a theatrical feel, which is lost on the international readers, especially considering how bad Viz's translation is.
From reading the interviews, I was impressed by Gotouge's work ethic. She and her first editor basically sat down and wrote down the entire plot at once, and then Gotouge meticulously cut out every part that wouldn't be 1000% necessary for the story to keep it concise and the pacing brisk. Everything else was relegated to the walls of text in side material. Apparently she wasn't a fan of flashbacks either - the editor was the one who interfered to tell her to keep them. And the anime adaptation went even further, dramatically extending every flashback and even inventing the new ones.
The sheer endless butthurt it caused to moid shounenfags is only cherry on the cake, it was really funny seeing OPfags have meltdowns over it, and they still do.
All in all, I recommend reading KnY over watching it, and I recommend finding the fan translation instead of the Viz one.
>>384012It was basically proven, the French publisher leaked it on accident. The whole "nonbinary" retardation started because of that, journos happily misinterpret her plea to not be referred by gender publicly for privacy reasons as some gendie thing.