Bakuman.

Description

From Viz:
Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world?

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Note: Nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award (2010).

Type

Manga

Related Series

Otter No. 11 (Spin-Off)

Bakuman Bangai-hen (Sequel)

Associated Names

Baku-man

Bakuman

Bakuman - Giấc mơ họa sĩ truyện tranh

Bakuman。

Бакуман.

बाकुमान

วัยซนคนการ์ตูน

バクマン。

爆漫-夢與現實 Baku Man

爆漫王。

食夢者

食梦者

바쿠만

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.176 by MANGA Plus 3 years ago

c.175 by MANGA Plus 3 years ago

c.174 by MANGA Plus 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

20 Volumes (Complete)
12 Volumes (Bunkoban, 2017, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 4, Chap 35 (S2) / Vol 11, Chap 98 (S3)

Ends at Vol 4, Chap 35 (S1) / Vol 11, Chap 97 (S2) / Vol 20, Chap 176 (S3)

User Reviews

Bakuman by Mangaka714

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User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (2611 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.48 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 14th, 2024 8:37pm PDT - 10 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shounen Slice of Life
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

MANGA Plus

Viz (20 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #506

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Monthly Pos #1298

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3 Month Pos #1983

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6 Month Pos #2809

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Year Pos #2833

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List Stats

On 4372 reading lists

On 1565 wish lists

On 4609 completed lists

On 368 unfinished lists

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boring

by cherrykookie
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

i'm a fan of takeshi obata's drawings thats for sure. i love the details and everything.
the first few chapters got me hooked- i thought it was funny and interesting, however unfortunately i quickly loss interest. the pace is much too slow for my liking and the romance is mediocre.. the girl's character is completely flat. too bad it had lots of potential but just fell flat and boring.

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Awesome

by Chibiheaven
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I have to say, when I first looked this up... I didn't think I'd like it. I was totally hooked after the first chapter. I think it's really interesting to tell the story of mangakas', and I honestly want to know what's going to happen! 🙂

Recommended. I can see there are some haters... but every series has to have a few.

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Shounenman

by intemango
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this series, but even more so if I admitted this series couldn't have been so much better, the same kind of feeling I had when I read Death Note, though this series is truly more similar to Hikaru no Go (hard for anyone to miss that).

At the moment only chapter 71 has been out, the story has been dragging on for quite a while. But if it's the author's wish to make the readers anxious for the duo to get back on the right track, with the original editor, and their original style, then I must say the author has done a wonderful job, and as such it's unfair to rate the series now.
One thing is for certain though, the romance bit is a little superficial, more like just some kind of device to get the main plot moving. It fluctuates between being funny and being lame, but is always far-fetched, unattended and shounen-ish.

It could stand to be a more satisfactory read if they hadn't chosen to stick to the mainstream or wasted their time fooling around with dumb generic shounen. They only care about popularity and fulfilling their own desires. Yes, they've pretty much never written a series for the sake of art, something that will still be remembered for its merits many years later. Maybe it should be expected since the mangakas in this series loved Dragon Ball and To Love-ru best, plus this IS shounen jump we're talking about, and the manga itself is shounen.
If this series is about them coming to their senses then this series has got me good, making me really expect something from the characters. If not, well it was an epic waste of my time. That's just my $0.02.

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Strong start, but in a slump

by VinManAgent11
15 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

The process of manga creation is probably of interest to anyone with a greater-than-average interest in manga itself. Bakuman's focus is ostensibly, about that process (which differs greatly from the production of mainstream comics in the U.S.), but thankfully goes deeper than that. You get some insight into the differing motivations for creating manga (love, money, popularity, boredom, etc.) through the interaction of some eccentric and varied caricatures, which progressively evolve into more complete characters (again, thankfully).

Bakuman is an easy-going read, in my opinion. The art is solid (albeit non-consistent—it’s sort of like Obata can’t get used to his adopted “lightweight” style, and doesn’t know exactly what to eliminate to sell the style 100%). The story is lighthearted, and overall enjoyable. You wanna see the protagonists succeed, get the girl, etc. Redundant critique of clichés aside (you have to expect them in shonen), that doesn't excuse it from dropping off into some formulaic plots and twists.

Basic pattern is as follows: Our heroes want to get serialized in Shonen Jump, present new series to editor, meet with editor’s critique/praise/flat-out rejection. If “critique,” revise with protagonists reading manga of some vague genre and some library books to get new ideas to make the manga better. If rejected, all of the above plus some dejected dialogue and heavy moods. If praise, 2 chapters or so of sweat droplets and pacing (can you picture one of those “follow the arrow” diagrams yet?). At this point, either the manga succeeds in getting serialized, or doesn’t. It’s fun at first to see the protagonists win and lose, but it’s starting to strike like clockwork. Yes, I understand these are the tenets of crafting tension, but really…when will things start moving?

My other main concern is the complete preoccupation with “getting popular.” Yes, I know Mashiro wants the manga to get popular enough to warrant an anime, and then marry his voice-actor wannabe bride-to-be, but honestly, the pandering to demographics is startling (which might be a subtle and intentional poke by the authors…I mean, did you see how awful Tanto’s character design is? Heart-head?). Considering Takagi’s talents in crafting off-beat stories, it’s a shame to see his talents wasted in “battle manga” and “funny scenes.” Hopefully the time comes when they snap out of their short-sighted ambitions and go back to dark, cult manga (feels soon…perhaps 3-4 chapters if all goes well with Hattori’s master plan). Now, considering Takagi’s new grasp on humour, perhaps the new project will combine a sinister plot with some black comedy, and strike an unexpected chord with a mass audience.

I’m obviously still hooked. This is mostly nitpicking. There are many series far worse, and with better starting premises than this. So, even with some predictable things going on, Bakuman has remained pretty damn fresh after 70 chapters.

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A Manga that can Finally Explain to Manga/Anime Fans How Hard it is to Make a Manga

by crazyjap22
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

For Complainers:

Like I tell everyone to become a mangaka isn't easy. Coming up with a story and have to draw that suits the story thats not something anyone can do. If you are reading this manga it explains how much work these guys are putting just to entertain us and to make a living. For people who complain about the filler episodes for One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach here's your answer: READ BAKUMAN!

My Opinion:

I know there has been many other mangas that tell a story about mangakas but this one has to be truly the best! Explains every little detail on how mangakas do their job and how they make money and what they do to become number one. It's so popular that many kids in Japan want to become mangakas in the future and they can learn what they have to do by just reading this manga. Not only that it is also going to become an anime in the Fall so that's something to look forward too!

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What the...?

by jxp7962
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Okay, I thought Bakuman was seriously great. It's really interesting, the characters are easy to get close to, and the art is simply amazing. The art is so detailed, and it really amazes me at how much the plot is developed at the same time. I liked Death Note too; the only reason I'm not too big of a fan is because the protago..nist...er...main character Light, was a bit hard to sympathize with and because it was a bit too dark and serious for my taste. But Bakuman is really light and interesting; we finally get to know how Jump works. I was really surprised when I saw how small its fandom was.

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Somewhat unique

by dragon00
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

I never read a manga before about how the main characters become mangaka's. It's new kind of manga so the plot isn't predictable at least to me. The story starts out interesting but after chapter 60, it doesn't look as interesting and may be starting to worsen. Hopefully it gets better and fresh like in the beginning of the series.

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wonderful

by gundamcat
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I have read up to the current chapter(61). The whole plot is just amazing. Its a inside view how the magakas work. Also the romance is really good you just want to keep on reading. I am going to read more when it is released.

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Very entertaining to read

by shagojyo
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I have read all the current chapters and it really does make me want more of it. It's fun and exciting to know more about the world of manga through reading this and it has a very informative aspect about what & how the manga world works.

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intertaining...

by RhinoX753
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This somehow reminds me of Hajime no Ippo, showing a career of a young boxer/mangaka in lots of details...
I like that story doesn't go at snails paste, art is good also.
Good that this is so much different from Death Note.

Though the only thing that bothers me is that there might be no real climax in the end, but ill have faith in authors.

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