Episode 10 – Ten and Two – 10 と 2 (jyuu to ni) We’re finally starting to see why the original manga is considered a shonen manga, with a lot more hot-blooded talk and stuff quite a bit of a change from the shojo vibes from earlier episodes. Hattori gets much more lively this episode, [...]
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Once we get past the boring and slightly depressing Mashiro mope-fest and the crappy support from his mute future lover, the episode ends pretty nicely with Takagi’s love triangle coming to a head. Wait. What love triangle? Yep, you got that right. Mashiro spends the whole first half of the episode, still singing the blues. [...]
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Don’t know why Takagi is so surprised. He possesses more than a passing resemblance to Light from Death Note, and women couldn’t throw themselves at him quickly enough. All Takagi is missing is some retarded Misa Misa type woman to fuck up everything in his life. I have to say I felt a bit sorry [...]
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And you thought your love life was crazy~ ~(Sorry for the late post everyone =3=;) So I received some requests to showcase my own crappy artwork in my last Bakuman post, and I delivered as promised! I’m sorry for the crappy quality; my scanner isn’t the most up-to-date thing. These are merely doodles of Shuujin [...]
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Takagi’s suspended for a week, but he sees that as time to be able to do a new name. Kaya brings the latest Jack volume to Azuki and she is pretty happy by Mashiro and Takagi’s latest endeavours in manga. Having been worried about whether Takagi regrets teaming up with Mashiro or not, he finally [...]
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Saiko has just seen the ridiculous work I have piled up over the next week. I was half tempted to [...]
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Episode eight saw our two wannabe manga artists making significant progress towards achieving their dream, but still not enough to satisfy them as they just miss out on a Tezuka award.  Still, all of this was overshadowed by the goings-on at the end of the instalment, with Akito's temper boiling over and landing him in trouble. Unsurprisingly, Akito's punishment for punching a schoolmate is a
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Half an episode of Mashiro moping was made up for in the 2nd half when the focus landed on Takagi’s love life………girls love a bad boy! Ah the woes of Takagi, suspended for a week for punching the blubber-lipped moe-lover, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an entirely unwanted tug-o-love between ice princess [...]
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a ro-” thought Takagi until he was rudely interrupted by Mashiro. “These names suck. Do em’ again!” Takagi agreed while writing in his notebook sans potato chips… Long story short, they apply for the Tezuka Award, fail, aim for “NEXT”, and Takagi Falcon-PAWWWWNNNCCHED the fish-lipped Moe Guy [...]
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Because of the fight he got in, Akito has been suspended for ten days.  Moritaka has become somewhat despondent, as he still thinks it is his fault that they didn’t win the award.  When he’s up on the roof drawing … Continue reading →
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Episode 09 – Regrets and Understandings – 後悔と納得 (Koukai to Nattoku) This episode continues the trend of focusing in on more of the romance (as opposed to shonen) aspects to this show. I actually really like when this show focuses on the romance, because it does help flesh out the characters in a great manner. [...]
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Another episode where the biggest airtime is devoted to the romance. If I had known this at episode 2 or 3 and wasn’t forced to blog this series, then I probably would have given up on this series, but at this point things definitely have gotten better. The problem was really was that it made [...]
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The march toward manga relevancy continues. Last week, our intrepid duo fell just short of winning some publication award. No big deal right? After all, it was their very first shot at this mangaka thing. Undeterred, Mashiro and Takagi charge … Continue reading →
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Hey, you should totally pair up with me. I can draw these moe character designs. Moe is the in thing [...]
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[ CATCHING UP ON READING LIST ]So these three made it as the most loved characters of the series xD I'm quite surprised that Hiramaru made it there to be honest (I was expecting Shuujin) but I'm happy that such a fun dude like him made his way up here xD I love that guy... he's fully aware that his editor manipulates him and even praises him for it. That cracked me up so much xD Hahahaha!Nice to see Saiko there, and oh Eiji should remain on top! Battle series mangaka being inspired by a little "RL" romance scene.... he's soooo adorable xD And oh Saiko.... he only had Miho as his other favorite thing.... daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw~ He's such a pure pure boy it's pretty unbelievable. Gotta cuddle him, haha!Latest chapter hadn't been exciting though. It drives me crazy to see my best friend duo acting like they're in bad terms even though they're not really in bad terms (They're that complicated!! Aaaahh!!!)And oh hang in there Kaya! I would hate to see you and Shuujin separated because of his stupidity ;_;[ NEW SERIES SPOTTED ]From Left to Right: Inferno, Hana no Mizo Shiru, Monochrome MystFavoritism: Hana no Mizo Shiru > Monochrome Myst > InfernoHana no Mizo ShiruI'm not a BL fan but I absolutely adore Takarai Rihito's Seven Days that I've become completely immune to any other BL stories done by that mangaka, hehe~ As expected, I highly adore her new BL series as well xD Kyaaaaa~Misaki's so girly... I can't help myself from seeing him as female ^^; (And he trips often... that's just sooo.... MOE! shet! Gaaah! Moe hater went "Daaaw" on moe O_O;;;) And oh Arikawa.... you are... in such a hurry but you're so adorable even Misaki has easily fallen for you, teehee~Oh the main duo's moments are so cute (and some scenes are so awkward it made me laugh so hard xD)~ And a kiss even earlier than the couple from Seven Days did O_O Oh em gee...No, I wasn't just being biased to this. This series is honestly pretty interesting. Misaki's necklace is already full of mystery: who gave it to him? does it have a supernatural element that made Arikawa dream of Misaki when he got the necklace?Moreover, this series is also very.... nerdy. Nerdy in a sense that it had a lot of terms that have connections to Botany o_o Misaki's such a plant lover~ Perhaps we'll be getting some law trivia eventually, because our other main character's a Law major~So for a slice of life type of series, it's pretty educational and hints a possibility that supernatural elements could be involved in it. Drama's to be expected.... the humor's so delightful.... and of course we've got a love story. It's like one of those "I knew I loved you before I met you" love stories.... the romance is kinda fast paced though.... but they're so cute and Arikawa's so straightforward... it works! xD HeeeheeheeBut *sigh* I'm sad with the lack of... likable females. And there's another annoying girl who seems obsessed with one of the leading guys like with Seven Days *sigh* Why are BL series like this....Oh whatever. I'll ignore it. Gimme more of this already xD Teehee~ Kyaaaaa~InfernoThe title was really... attractive to me. The cover art seemed really cool~ I was hoping that there'll be a lot of deaths and some demons will appear (the title refers to hell after all) but so far it doesn't seem to be as dark as I have expected it to be, ahahaha.From browsing the raws I thought I would dislike the leading guy because he seems too... errr... negative. But fortunately he hadn't been as bad as he first seemed to me. He's such a loving brother.... I really can't hate those types, hehe. xDI'm happy that it looks like his best friend isn't just some extra. It's serious most of the time, but the best friend and the other main character, who's not of this world, make the series fun, hehe.The first chapter hasn't gotten to the main plot yet, but looking into the future chapters.... it reminded me of other series wherein a normal boy turns out to be... not so normal after a certain non-human individual finds him (like Undertaker Riddle, Monochrome Factor, etc.) Comparing to the others, the only difference that I see on this so far is that it seems to be more serious and the main character has a sibling to care for. It also has less shounen-ai undertones.... works for me.Hhhmmm.... it's interesting but it hasn't gotten me impressed nor hooked enough. Hopefully the future chapters are better than they seem. I certainly hope that the fact of it ending too soon (It's just one volume) doesn't mean that the story didn't turn out to be good.Monochrome MystThe story's a little cliche (leading guy rescues leading girl) but the characters make this quite intriguing *_* Especially the leading guy!Yeah, yeah, he's one of those "special individuals that even those from the dark side find him strange" (reminds me of Tousei Gensou Hakubutsushi's leading guy)... but a pretty unique feature about him is that he has.... another self. He's talks with his shadow (who often mocks him, LOLz). Reminds me of Peter Pan~ Anywayz, I'm interested to figure out the mystery behind his special abilities and also his strange shadow *_* And yes, I'm secretly having delusions that the shadow will turn into like him in some chapter to satisfy my twins fetish *is shot*The girl may be the type that the leading guy needs to protect, but at least she isn't being a stupid martyr on trying to do things on her own even though she obviously couldn't. She openly admits that she needs the leading guy, but wouldn't want to be completely useless. She's gradually adapting to his world and sooner or later I won't be surprised if she starts taking part of the leading guy's dangerous tasks. In other words, for an "always needs to be rescued" type, she's pretty likeable ^^The story's doing good so far. It's interesting, intriguing, and fun too! Looking forward to more of it ^^
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To get a manuscript ready for the Tezuka award Takagi uses his lesson time to write out notebook after notebook of story ideas. Because of this Takagi hasn’t been sleeping much, and Kaya’s noticed Takagi’s exhaustion. She even calls Azuki, but just gets teased about it. After another all-nighter Takagi finally comes up with something [...]
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Don’t diss on the art, and Dr.Fluffyevilpants makes his reappearance~. ~Now this week’s Bakuman seemed to take really long to come out despite what I said last week! I think I’m starting to go crazy with stress…Thank goodness for American holidays to get me out of school for two days x’D Anyways, YAY BAKUMAN TIME! [...]
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Oh yeah, now this is the Bakuman I know and love!  No cheesy teen romance, just pure manga fanboying and hard graft.  This week sees the boys strive for their next goal – the Tezuka Award.   You have to admire Takagi’s ability to fill entire notebooks with ideas for a new story – he [...]
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To Eiji’s stipulation of getting to end one manga he doesn’t like if he makes it big, the editor tells his to ask that question again when it happens.  Is that what Eiji really wanted or was it a test?  … Continue reading →
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The actual process of coming up with the story Mashiro and Takagi eventually submit for the Tezuka Award is my favorite part of this episode. So many little bits that remind the viewer of their age, even though Mashiro and Takagi have been relatively mature in how they have gone about making and submitting their [...]
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