Category Archives: Bakuman

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 17 Braggart and Kindness Mashiro starts work as an assistant for Nizuma, and meets the other two assistants; Shinta Fukuda, who had placed lower than he did in NEXT, and Takur? Nakai, who won an award 10 years ago, but has been unable to accomplish anything noteworthy since then. Despite FukudaContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 17”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 18 Jealousy and Love While reworking Chapter 5, Fukuda reveals that he is dissatisfied with many aspects of Jack, particularly how series are ordered by their popularity, but Yujiro tells him to get serialized before he talks about changing Jack. Nizuma tells Mashiro that he has been drawing since he wasContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 18”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 9 Regrets and Understandings Takagi is suspended for a week after punching Ishizawa, causing Mashiro to worry about him. He goes over to visit Takagi and learns that the story ideas he submitted to him were only a few of the ones he came up with. Mashiro then learns that MiyoshiContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 9”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 10 10 and 2 Mashiro and Takagi meet with Hattori, who says the manga artists liked their work, but the editors judging it thought it would never be published. Mashiro, wanting to progress faster than he is now, wonders if he could submit a work for serialization, and Hattori is doubtful.Continue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 10”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 11 Chocolate and NEXT! Mashiro and Takagi work on Money and Intelligence while applying to the relatively easy North High School. Miyoshi questions why Mashiro and Azuki are not seeing each other, and Takagi concludes that Azuki wants to remain focused on her dream. Mashiro and Takagi get accepted into NorthContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 11”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 12 Feast And Graduation After celebrating by eating out, Hattori, Takagi and Mashiro discuss Money and Intelligence, and what changes they need to make to it. Hattori says that they should wait until graduating from high school to go for serialization, and that even Nizuma is going for it too early.Continue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 12”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 13 Early Results and the Real Deal Mashiro, at Miyoshi’s suggestion, sends an email to Azuki to begin correspondence with her. During the first day of high school, Mashiro and Takagi submit their new pseudonym, “Muto Ashirogi”. Hattori is impressed with their work, but Mashiro notices that he is not expectingContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 13”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 3 Parent and Child Mashiro and Takagi arrive at Mashiro’s uncle’s apartment, where they look around and Mashiro shows Takagi the manuscripts and storyboards, that the author of a manga series produces before drawing it. Mashiro realizes that his uncle was working extremely hard until his death and vows to approachContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 3”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 4 Time and Keys Mashiro shows Takagi all that he has drawn and points out all the mistakes he has made, as well as the finer points of using tools for drawing manga. When Takagi questions him, Mashiro tells him about G-Pens and Kabura pens, making manuscripts, and Taro Kawaguchi’s threeContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 4”

Bakuman Season 1 Episode 5 Summer and Names Recalling when he and Azuki turned back to look at each other at the same time, Mashiro tells Takagi that he and Azuki have been on the same frequency for years, indicating that they are connected without having to say anything about it. Azuki’s best friend KayaContinue reading “Bakuman Season 1 Episode 5”