I LOVE this series. I can not and probably never will, get to enjoy a manga as I had with this one, at least not for a while. I have not read everything in the world but I can wholeheartedly say that this has to be one of the best. Shounen Jump can really throw some curve balls sometimes. The great rivalries made me envious and helped me root for the two main characters. The longtime romance was gripping, and while childish, was very entertaining and satisfying. The representation of a mangakakas life (while I'm not sure entirely accurate) showed me for the first time that authors were not just lifeless husks who draw without a care in the world while sitting on piles of money. While the manga isnt a realistic representation and probably falls under the 0.000001% (not literally) of cases of reality, it was very endearing to read such a well made text based manga about... manga.
I will admit however the series had its slight problems. It isn't meant for those that gloss over huge walls of text (which means those people probably aren't reading these reviews now that I think about it), has some less then interesting characters, and completely discards that one old classmate girl who was (*S*P*O*I*L*E*R*S*) an author that later became a mangakaka to compete with blonde MC... only to be later forgotten for the most part (*S*P*O*I*L*E*R*S*).
But overall, it was a good ride, and it is worth rereading if you already read it. I should do the same really.
