To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Bakuman, Vol. Lists with This Book. Jun 22, Connor rated it it was amazing Shelves: I feel like a lot happened in this volume which I loved. I really like Shiratori as well as Peace of course. I feel like his character is really interesting now.
Oct 16, Miss rated it liked it. One of the things Bakuman has going for it is its ensemble cast. I've always liked ensembles for the wider variety of stories they let you tell. And you know what's the mark of a story that's utilizing its ensemble cast to its fullest potential? Mixing up the character interactions. Right now Bakuman has a large cast but they tend to talk to their own particular groups exclusively.
Which fine sure, I obviously talk more with my close friends or colleagues than everyone I know but still. Mix it u One of the things Bakuman has going for it is its ensemble cast. The plot has a golden opportunity right now with the Readers Fest competition.
Mashiro wants to compete, Miss Akina's looking for an artist. Instead of overloading Akito with three mangas running concurrently why not pair them up? They've barely interacted so far so it would be new ground! And there's already story tensions built in vis-a-vis her rivalry with Akito. I'd also vote for Miho VA-ing Akina's series on the same grounds but Ohba already shut that one down.
Bakuman, Vol. 12: Artist and Manga Artist
Obviously Miho's career has to be dependant on Mashiro's. I mean it's not like the readers could possibly be interested in learning more about her outside of her role as the love interest?
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Or that any of them are disappointed in the relatively narrow track this series has taken wrt to the manga industry when just bothering to expand her character would have let us see another side of production with voice acting? Man every time I try to review a Bakuman volume my critiques always basically boil down to it would be times better if Ohba could pretend to care about the girls for more than two minutes.
So many wasted potential storylines! It's like a case study in the ways sexism is actively debilitating to stories, like I can't just take off my feminist glasses because my basic interesting-storylines glasses see the same thing. View all 3 comments. May 21, Ben Truong rated it really liked it Shelves: Artist and Manga Artist continue where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters 98— of the on-going manga series.
Things are going well for Ashirogi Muto they were saved by cancellation, because their gambled paid off — they managed to beat Aiko Iwase manga, which was drawn by Eiji Niizuma and was a couple shy of beating Niizuma main manga. They got so popular that they were offered and Dramatic CD with Miho Azuki as the main female voice actress and a nove Bakuman: They got so popular that they were offered and Dramatic CD with Miho Azuki as the main female voice actress and a novelization of the manga and unbeknownst to them there were at least two studios who offered to make their manga into anime to Shonen Jump.
In the end, Ashirogi Muto was told that they will never get an anime, because of the many complaints they are getting for their manga. This manga is about three elementary school children who decided to form a Perfect Crime Club, performing seamless acts of crime — rather pranks. These so called crimes were mainly benevolent in nature for the most part, like using their crimes for the betterment of the school. However, due to the fact that it can easily imitated by children, parents and teachers complained and to have an anime would only further encourage such bad behavior.
Disheartened, they were so close to achieving their dreams and to have Moritaka Mashiro getting together with Miho Azuki. Feeling for his friend, Akito Takagi said that he could rework the series to make it more anime compatible, but Moritaka Mashiro and Akira Hattori nixed that idea.
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They will continue their manga as is and hopefully one day they could make another manga that would be anime compatible. Another story has Shun Shiratori — an assistant to Ashirogi Muto comes to Akito Takagi to read the manga proposal that he has recently produced. After a couple of revisions, Ashirogi Muto decided to pay it forward and have Akira Hattori look at it. Hattori really liked the proposal, but noticed that it seem to be influenced by Akito Takagi, which they confessed that it was.
Hattori said that he would happily enter this proposal into a contest, but the by-line would be written by Akito Takagi not Ashirogi Muto and drawn by Shun Shiratori. In the end, because of Akito Takagi name attached to the proposal, they were ineligible for the contest, but they decided to print it in Shonen Jump with a promise for serialization if it does well, but Akito Takagi must be the writer. Eventually, Akito Takagi agrees to write for Shun Shiratori with Moritaka Mashiro's blessing, but his main priority will always be towards Ashirogi Muto.
In this tankobon, we get to learn more about Shun Shiratori. He comes from a very wealthy family and is somewhat sheltered, so he does not know basic things like how to run a washing machine or how to cook rice. While a talented artist, his mother disapproves of his decision to become a manga artist because she does not find it respectable — she only cares about appearances. With the help of Ashirogi Muto and his older sister Hitomi, his mother reluctantly allows him to follow his dreams and to live on his own. As for the tankobon — I feel like a broken record for saying this, but to put things as succinct as possible: Tsugumi Ohba is too verbose and Takeshi Obata's art wonderful.
All in all, Bakuman: Artist and Manga Artist is a wonderful continuation of the on-going series. It seems like Ashirogi Muto is trying to do two series simultaneously, like Eiji Niizuma — one on their Perfect Crime Party and another one that would be anime compatible. I'm not sure if they could do that or if the editorial department would allow it, but it would be interesting to see them try. Aug 20, Paul Spence rated it it was amazing. But some unexpected news sends them back to try to come up with a second series.
But as each of them works on their specific talents individually, will it break up the team of Muto Ashirogi? Now that Moritaka and Akito have a series running in Jump again, the story can go back to their personal lives, as well as those of their rivals and assistants. The artist we see the life most of in these two volumes is Shun Shiratori.
He is an assistant to Moritaka and Akito. A few words could have avoided the whole situation, but would have made the volumes just a little less dramatic and a lot shorter. Though I think it was Akito who deserved the punch more than Moritaka. Hiramaru has always been fun to follow.
His editor is constantly having to trick or bribe him into getting his chapters done. Promises of helping him get through afternoon tea with her gets Hiramaru to write a romantic one shot that becomes popular enough to submit for serialization, but when the day finally comes Hiramaru turns the tables on his editor and meets Miss Aoki alone. Another thing I like about Bakuman, is the teasers for titles we get to see. An entry for a contest that Akito and Moritaka are judging is shown at some length, Classroom of Truth, and is a title I would really like to read! Ohba does a great job of keeping the story fresh, and balancing between the manga creation process and the lives of the artists.
Just concentrating on one or the other too much would ruin the charm. Jul 20, Amanda Setasha Hall rated it liked it Shelves: This had good plot, but there's so many words and characters in this series now, it's hard to keep up with. I constantly have to look at the first couple of pages to figure out who is who pretty sure there's about 30 active characters in this series. I want to enjoy it, but it's a lot to take in. This series is only 20 volumes so I'm going to keep reading to give it a shot. Mar 22, Lisa rated it really liked it.
Jun 21, Julie Manga Maniac Cafe rated it really liked it. Sep 13, Hollowspine rated it really liked it Shelves: Takagi and Mashiro are doing well with their series Perfect Crime Party, but of course, they're competing with Nizuma who has two series.
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Things start to get crazy again when Shiratori, one of their assistants, asks Takagi for some help with some storyboards he's working on. After a couple revisions with Takagi as editor the piece is accepted by Hattori, but qu Takagi and Mashiro are doing well with their series Perfect Crime Party, but of course, they're competing with Nizuma who has two series.
After a couple revisions with Takagi as editor the piece is accepted by Hattori, but quickly determined to be a result of Shiratori and Takagi's working together. Mashiro feels left behind when Takagi starts to work on this second series as writer, so he tries to up his game as well, working to get his drawing down to only three days on PCP, while also improving the quality.
I love how dedicated both artists are to their work, throughout this manga, that has been very inspiring to read about. Then Hattori tells the pair about a One-shot competition in Jump, and it seems the perfect chance for Muto Ashirogi to try for another series themselves. But with Iwase, Aoki, Hiramaru and Nizuma to compete with can they reach the top, or will the tension drive them apart This volume introduces another conflict between Takagi and Mashiro, timing has never been on their side, and as usual Takagi takes on another series before Mashiro is ready, then they find out they should do another thing The teaser also showed Takagi punching Mashiro I just hope that Mashiro doesn't end up teaming with Iwase in the competition since she is looking for an artist.
Ohba and Obata again work together perfectly to create this wonderful series. It captures an inside view of the manga industry and also is an homage to many other great series and shows how great an effect a comic can have on a great range of readers. Not just children, but adults, not just boys, but girls, everyone can find something to admire.
Bakuman no decae ni por casualidad. May 29, Scott Lee rated it really liked it. This volume re-focuses on Muto Ashirogi, and Takagi and Saito shine in my opinion. In August , Media Blasters licensed the first two seasons of the Bakuman anime for North America, including an English-language dub. A live-action film adaptation of Bakuman was released on October 3, It was written by Sei Hatsuno , although Takagi and Mashiro's fictional pen name "Muto Ashirogi" is credited with the original story.
Jason Thompson referred to Bakuman. Carlo Santos of Anime News Network praised the conflicting viewpoints of the protagonists and was surprised that the series succeeds, not only as a manga about manga, but as a slice-of-life story about the dreams of youth. However, Santos remarked that the series could learn from Ohba and Obata's previous serial Death Note ; commenting that the beginning is not as gripping and the plot twists are "pretty weak" and "seem like petty contrivances. Christopher Butcher reviewing volume one for About. Like Thompson, Butcher did state that while he enjoyed it, he has reservations about recommending Bakuman.
However, he said the motivational romance between Mashiro and Azuki was "surprisingly inconsequential" and boring. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Not to be confused with Bakugan. Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha. List of Bakuman characters. List of Bakuman chapters.
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