Tenmaku Cinema

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A great little series that I'm sad to see cut short, a love letter to film and art and personal expression, with some pointing at fundamentals of filmmaking and the difficulties that come up during even small projects. Would have loved to see more of this, hoping for more from the duo! Enhanced the parts of Shokugeki no Soma that I liked best, such as appreciation of the competition (cooking there, filmmaking here), excellent art, and characters that you quickly care about and understand, without relying nearly as much on the Booba Moments that defined that manga for both better and worse. My only complaint ... about the manga is that it's short, but that's all the more reason to read it quick!

Not enough naked JK girls.

This manga duo is known for their hit series Shokugeki no Soma, which heavily featured mostly girls in various states of undress.

Even their one-shot that was released a few years ago, Yuugen to Jorei Gakkyuu, seemed to at the very least also heavily feature beautiful girls.

But this one? Not nearly as much!!

Shame. I had come to expect this from them and am dissapointed that they decided to take a different route.

... It actually made it difficult for me to continue reading, believe it or not. But I'm sure it would have been good on its own merits if it hadn't been cancelled.

Try again, Saeki Shun and Yuuto Tsukuda!!!

Tenmaku Cinema was a weekly manga I quite enjoyed during its first 10 chapters when the future of the manga was uncertain, allowing the mangaka to write the story at their own pace. However, as this series did not reach the amount of sales it needed to continue publishing in Shounen Jump, the second half of this manga fell off a cliff tremendously, undermining the first half, which was honestly not that bad.

The story of the manga was always basic and played it safe. The formula was somewhat similar to that of a sports anime, akin to how characters in sports anime handle their ... personal conflicts before uniting and working as a team for an upcoming tournament. The characters in Tenmaku Cinema seemed to try to follow that formula in the first half but rushed through any character development that the personal conflict was setting up. The manga's story was never groundbreaking, but it was still enjoyable and had a lot of heart, allowing you to envision where the characters could have gone. However, as a result of its cancellation, the story in the second half loses its feel-good vibe and rushes through the remaining parts of the story, making the eventual ending feel unearned. This also left characters with unfinished character arcs and minimal character development for anyone other than the main two.

Overall, Tenmaku Cinema was once a decent manga series that I gave a 6/10, which has now been turned into an obsolete 4/10 mess of a manga. As it failed to achieve what it set out to do in the end, there's no point in reading it.

Final Scorings:
Art: 7/10 (Good)
Story: 3/10 (Ruined by it's cancellation)
Character: 2/10 (Minimal character writing)
Value: 1/10 (Had no impact, forgotten by everyone)
Enjoyment: 5/10 (Enjoyed the first half, didn't like the second half)
Overall: 3.6/10 (Bad)