[ivi0nk3y]

Maybe you're right. It happens to everything that becomes very popular, like music or movies. Ideas start to disappear and a template is formed on how to create something, making it kinda boring. I don't agree that it is the same with Manga though, yet. I think some out there are boring but a lot of Manga keeps us thinking "wow" and takes us back for more.
Also another reason why Manga is nothing like American comics is because it has Japanese values. That is also what attracts people to it, no matter how westernised the story is. Be it Philosophy, Comedy, Action or whatever, there's gotta be plenty of creativeness left out there.