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Bakuman。

Bakuman.

Manga2008176 ch20 volFinished

Overview Characters500 Staff500 Reviews

#317highest rated all time#139most popular all time#8highest rated#1most popular

Synopsis

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?

(Source: VIZ Media)

Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life

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The cast

Characters

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Moritaka Mashiro

Main

Akito Takagi

Main

Miho Azuki

Supporting

Shounen

Writing

Educational

Coming of Age

Male Protagonist

Heterosexual

Otaku Culture

Tomboy

School

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VIZ MANGA Plus

Shonen Jump Plus MANGA Plus

VIZ

Score

8.1

Members

44K

Loves

Started: Aug 8, 2008
Ended: Apr 23, 2012
Source: Original
Chapters: 176
Volumes: 20
Country: JP
Mean score: 81%

Also known as

Бакуман · 바쿠만

Where readers stand

44K lists

Watching4.2K10%
Completed17K39%
Planning18K41%
On Hold2.7K6%
Dropped1.8K4%

Nobuhiro Mashiro

Supporting

Eiji Niizuma

Supporting

Kaya Miyoshi

Supporting

Akira Hattori

Supporting

Shinta Fukuda

Supporting

Kazuya Hiramaru

Supporting

Gorou Miura

Supporting

Koji Makaino

Supporting

Yuriko Aoki

Supporting

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Behind it

Staff

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Tsugumi Ooba

Story

Takeshi Obata

Art

Kengo Monji

Editor (2010-2012)

Souichi Aida

Editor (2008-2010)

Thibaud Desbief

Translator (French)

Marc Bernabé

Translator (Spanish)

Edward Kondo

Translator (Portuguese)

Karolina Dwornik

Translator (Polish: vols 1-4)

The franchise

Relations

Adaptation

Bakuman. 3

Adaptation

Bakuman.

Adaptation

Bakuman. 2

The numbers

Community stats

Score distribution

14K ratings · peaks at 9/10

1/10 · 61 (0.4%)

2/10 · 34 (0.2%)

3/10 · 96 (0.7%)

4/10 · 156 (1.1%)

5/10 · 407 (2.9%)

6/10 · 741 (5.3%)

7/10 · 2K (14.3%)

8/10 · 3.8K (27.0%)

9/10 · 4.1K (29.7%)

10/10 · 2.5K (18.2%)

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What people think

Reviews

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Mashiro and Takagi aim to write the best manga in Jump, but do Ohba and Obata do the same?

MasterCrash

MasterCrash6 years ago78/84

An educational yet passionate story about the manga industry

Brati

Brati5 years ago53/57

Making manga within a manga- why it's phenomenal.

EvaSaturn

EvaSaturn2 years ago18/19

A gamble the creators of Death Note took....and succeeded with.

HidamariSeashore

HidamariSeashore5 years ago9/10

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The conversation

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Should I watch or read Bakuman??

Chris12Chris · 3 years ago

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