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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61 topics, 493 posts

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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)

Year

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 #754 (No change)

Monthly Pos #1165

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3 Month Pos #2470

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6 Month Pos #2790

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Year Pos #2806

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List Stats

On 4373 reading lists

On 1564 wish lists

On 4609 completed lists

On 368 unfinished lists

On 727 custom lists

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by blueshadows
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I wish they would let us read some of the manga that they make in the thing, because they sound awesome (some of them do).

like Reverse or however you spell that? epicness. i want to read that!!

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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.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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haha

by fictionalscience
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

Well, I've only read a bit, and it's pretty interesting so far.
But by chapter 2, I can't help but feel that I've been insulted twice-thrice by the manga for being a female (who doesn't really fit into female gender role or stereotype), hahaha. Makes me feel nostalgic for Death Note (here comes the comparison again), where the female characters are all stupid. Jeez, what's up with this author's machismo? It doesn't make it a bad manga though. I just feel like I need to say it somewhere 😉

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I love this

by sakirol
16 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Ohba and Obata are freaking amazing. They've managed to make another unique series. But a fair bit of warning - this is completely different from Death Note. Don't expect anything remotely similar to Death Note from Bakuman. They're just different.
The slice-of-life tag is no joke.
You WILL find Bakuman boring if you're just looking for action or fantasy, but you'll love Bakuman if you're looking for a chill everyday life series. Just enjoy it. You won't find another series out there about manga. 🙂

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Hilarious, looking forward to more

by Gynok
17 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

After just two chapters i need more lol - great plot and a great twist from this managaka's norm - has great promise, i can only hope it becomes a regular favorite just like death note and has a long run

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Eh...

by kazesages
17 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Good to that the author got the eyes right ^^ they have souls in they now unlike the ones in death note.
Anyway this could be a hit or miss for me, I mean adding logics and complexity into the manga's concept is not a good idea, the main character is too serious imo and the comedy feel as if it was forced into the manga , very awkward.BUT! as far as the romances go this could be interesting ^^

... Last updated 17 years ago

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Brilliant work, one of its kind

by wansmor
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I won't lie to anyone who read my review: the first thinking that comes to me when I hear 'bakuman' is a superhero story. Why, because of the 'man' duh. Ironically, it was only after mangaplus come to existence that I was exposed to what it truly is and how I can't be more wrong about what it truly is.

So Bakuman has nothing to do with a super hero story (granted there is part of it in, but not in the way that you might think it would be), instead it is a story about 2 young aspiring Middle School students in their conquest to pursue a career as bonafide mangakas. Mashiro is the artist, while Takagi is the one working on plots and stories.

While the initial premise is simple, what is not so simple lies in the process of their becoming mangakas. Bakuman provides very nice insight into mangaka work, at some point you can call it semi documentary series, of how manga is created. And while there are dubious point (such as in popularity poll among them), every single aspects to it was depicted in such a way that will enlighten you of work as mangaka and challenges they faced. All this while also showing how the authors keep up with their life outside their work.

You may ask how come it doesn't become boring? The answer lies in how skillful the writers are. To keep us entertained, they throw so many ideas about stories that 2 MC wants to make. They draw us in into Mashiro and Takagi's excited discussion about manga, and about what they would write next. Bakuman put very serious work in this: the work within works - the ideas of the stories are so well develop and there are times they would draw sketch of said ideas as a manga within a manga.

I really cannot recommend this enough. Anyone should just try to read it before judging it based on some hearsay or reviews.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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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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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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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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