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Bakuman (Manga)

Bakuman

Alternative Titles

English: Bakuman
Japanese: バクマン

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 20
Chapters: 176
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 8, 2008 to Apr 23, 2012
Authors: Obata, Takeshi (Art), Ohba, Tsugumi (Story)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Statistics

Score: 8.551 (scored by 17912 users)
Ranked: #1072
Popularity: #11
Members: 30,588
Favorites: 3,961
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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Popular Tags

comedy shounen slice of life

Synopsis

Bakuman follows the story of high school student Moritaka Mashiro, a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day, Mashiro draws a picture of Miho Azuki, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class but forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Akito Takagi is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams. In addition, they cannot see each other until then.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Related Manga

Spin-off: Otter 11
Adaptation: Bakuman, Bakuman 2, Bakuman 3

Characters

 Moritaka
Mashiro, Moritaka
Main
 Akito
Takagi, Akito
Main
 Souichi
Aida, Souichi
Supporting
 Yuriko
Aoki, Yuriko
Supporting
 Takanori
Arai, Takanori
Supporting
 Miyuki
Azuki, Miyuki
Supporting
 Mina
Azuki, Mina
Supporting



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Jul 9, 2010
Yammin
Shounen Jump. When we think of the famous boy’s manga company, titles such as “Bleach”, “Naruto” and “Gintama” usually comes to mind. Most of which are of the ‘battle’ genre. Bakuman is no different; but instead of picking up their swords to rush off to battle, Akito Takagi and Moritaka Mashiro are picking up their pens to rush for their deadlines. A story of making your dreams come true, fighting for the one you love and overcoming the many obstacles that stand in your way – all of which that can adhere to your typical shounen title. Only that it is not your typical shounen read more
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Apr 19, 2012
Splitter
Anyone who has ever written a novel, drawn a picture, made a movie will tell you the creative process is fraught with blood, sweat and tears. It requires courage to put your name out there, trusted friends who will give you honest critique and advice, and a relentless dream to see your vision through. Courage, friendship and dreams... so why did it take so long for someone to realize the creative process could easily be turned into a manga for Shounen Jump? No worries, because now we have Bakuman, a manga about writing manga that fits the ticket in spades

Following the story of Moritaka "Saikou" read more
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User Recommendations

Similar stories, students wanting to be the best at something (Go for Hikaru no Go and Manga for Bakuman). They have rivals that are better than them, though the main characters practice a lot to reach their dream. Even though the stories are about Go and Manga, there is a lot of character drama in each.

Takeshi Obata does the illustrations for both manga series.
Same authors: Obata, Takeshi (Art), Ohba, Tsugumi (Story).
Both are good.
Both manga and both authors ;)

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