Does the 'Bakuman' title have any meaning? I don't speak Japanese (I can only see that the title is written in katakana) and it doesn't sound like any English word...
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I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before, but the common and most plausible theory that I've heard so far (and personally believe will prove correct) is that Bakuman is a contraction of bakuhatsu manga or "explosive manga".
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... and here i was always thinking it was some engrish for back-man
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at the end of the second volume there was a note that baku comes from bakuhatsu (explosion), bakuchi (gamble) and a dream-eating creature '(also k nown as tapir) called Baku.
there was no statement about the "man" part until now but i think it´s a reference to manga and the man which is used for superhero names like superman and spiderman
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there was no statement about the "man" part until now but i think it´s a reference to manga and the man which is used for superhero names like superman and spiderman
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