YMMV / Masami Kurumada

• Fan Nickname: Kurumada is recognized for his art styles used in fights, in which lots of them became textbook examples to the industry and even memes to aspiring manga artists for practice.
  • The Kurumada Balloon: One of Kurumada's style of Speech Bubbles in the form of pushing out several thick aggressive black paint strokes from a black speech bubble. Usually used for his character's attacks, and or when characters are having a Big "WHAT?!" moment.
  • The Kurumada Fall: Kurumada's style of Face Plant. Characters frequently eat an attack, ragdoll, and land face first without it being a joke. Luckily, their good looks rarely pay the price, even when they grind chunks out of a stone floor or give it a new paint job.
  • The Kurumada Flight: Kurumada's style of Megaton Punch. Attackers in this type of panel usually sticks to the bottom-right corner and brutally punches off their opponents with a gruesome upper cut sending them flying faced away from the camera. Usually paired with The Kurumada Balloon.