simplicity of the image

Matsumoto Taiyou and Yarou Abe 

Well, it's not really simplicity, is it? More like apparent lack of refinement. The pleasure is in the balance of image-elements, though; something to aspire to. These artists are easy on the eyes and it's intriguing that they should share this attribute when the stories of the one are so comforting and of the other, sometimes so unsettling. (The former, Yarou Abe; the latter, Matsumoto Taiyou. The same order applies to the presentation of the images here, from Kanai-kun and Shinya Shokudou respectively [scan sources: Mangahere and Mangapark].)