Bakuman. Bangai-hen

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Synonyms: Bakuman.: Age 13, Age 14

Japanese: バクマン。番外編

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: 2

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 19, 2015 to Sep 28, 2015

Genres: School, Shounen

Authors: Obata, Takeshi (Art), Ohba, Tsugumi (Story)

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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Score: 7.49¹ (scored by 1,369 users)

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Ranked: #2596²

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Popularity: #4548

Members: 2,804

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Ranked #2596Popularity #4548Members 2,804

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Obata, Takeshi (Art), Ohba, Tsugumi (Story)

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Synopsis

The manga chronicles the time before Mashiro and Takagi met.

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Background

The chapters were released to commemorate the theatrical opening of the live-action Bakuman. film. They were collected in the artbook Eiga Bakuman. Obata Takeshi Illustration Works (映画バクマン。小畑健イラストワークス) which was published on October 2, 2015.

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Bakuman.

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Characters

Takagi, Akito

Main

Niizuma, Eiji

Supporting

Mashiro, Moritaka

Supporting

Hiramaru, Kazuya

Supporting

Azuki, Miho

Supporting

Hattori, Akira

Supporting

Miyoshi, Kaya

Supporting

Iwase, Aiko

Supporting

Sasaki, Hisashi

Supporting

Hattori, Yuujirou

Supporting

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Oct 22, 2020

2 of 2 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

IrrelevantGuy (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

Let me preface my review by saying this: I love Bakuman. It's a manga that is often overshadowed by Death Note, one of Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba's previous works, and easily their most popular one. But say what you want, Bakuman. doesn't deserve to be overshadowed by Death Note. While a few similarities with Death Note can be found in Bakuman., it is by no means a manga that can be deemed inferior to Death Note. In fact, in most cases, Bakuman. is as compelling as Death Note and presents a lot of remarkable aspects usually not prevalent in works similar to it. Suffice it to say, Bakuman. is an amazing read in its own right and should NOT be compared to the duo's previous work, Death Note.

And as a huge fan of Bakuman., I enjoyed reading Bakuman. Bangai-hen quite a bit.

As the synopsis on MAL suggests, Bakuman. Bangai-hen serves as a short prequel to Bakuman. The story takes place before the timeline of the original manga. While the premise of Bangai-hen is nothing unique, it does have a major aspect that is quite different from the original Bakuman.—Mashiro doesn't serve as the primary lead here. Rather, we have Takagi as the viewpoint character. In my opinion, this is a pretty interesting decision considering the fact that we can learn more about Takagi's mindset this way.

Bangai-hen gives us a glimpse of how Takagi used to be before he met Mashiro. His perspective on life and how he viewed the people around him as a teenager, despite being flawed, was really interesting. This showed how much he has matured through all these years of working with Mashiro and overcoming any obstacle that comes towards them.

A few other characters make fairly notable appearances as well, namely Hiramaru and Niizuma. Hiramaru's random and short, but quirky and hilarious appearance is probably the highlight of the manga for me. And just like Takagi, Niizuma's brief appearance showed the major differences between the younger Niizuma and the present Niizuma, which displays Niizuma's amazing growth throughout his entire career.

Takeshi Obata is one of my favorite manga artists to date. He has always been an amazing artist who draws remarkably decent looking characters and puts a high amount of details to almost every scene. His art alone makes his works compelling to read. I mean it really.

Bangai-hen isn't any different. The art in Bangai-hen is almost as good as it is in the original manga. The character designs and the background designs, needless to say, are great. The younger versions of Takagi, Mashiro and others aren't very different, but it is entirely reasonable as the manga takes place only a year or two before the original timeline.

To conclude, Bakuman. Bangai-hen is a short but interesting prequel to Bakuman. I recommend reading it to all who thoroughly enjoyed reading the original Bakuman. It is only 2 chapters long and doesn't add much to the original story, but it certainly is an entertaining read.

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