**This manga was one of the first I've shared here (https://nyaa.iss.one/view/1242157), it's a classic by Mitsuru Adachi. Someone contacted me and showed a sample of an upscale from this manga, done with real-ESRGAN. I was impressed with the results. This is an old scanlation, low resolution, low quality, so I think in this case an upscale is worth it, even if there might be an odd image artifact here and there. He did the whole manga and was nice to ask me to share here. So here it is. Let's us know what you think.**
Image comparison: https://slow.pics/c/BAiXLcSS
(You'll have to scroll a little bit, as the original image is a lot smaller than the upscaled image and it's centered.)
Also, a screenshot of the images, side by side with the same size (of course, both images lost quality and look blury, but you can still compare): ![](https://imgur.com/KoZAZ03.jpg)
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![](https://imgur.com/m2oNWB2.jpg)
On the fence about this one... While the upscale looks great and clean, there is something about the "dirtiness" of the old version. I have the same with most old movies that get the denoise treatment: sometimes it just feels off.
Still, great work and I will give it a try. Thanks!
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