Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場 つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.
There is speculation that Tsugumi Ōba is a pen name and that he is really Hiroshi Gamō. Pointing out that in Bakuman the main character's uncle was a one-hit wonder manga artist who worked on a gag super hero manga, very similar to Gamō and Tottemo! Luckyman in all aspects. Also that the storyboards drawn by Ōba greatly resemble Tottemo! Luckyman in style.
I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS! It’s the beginning of the final battle between Nizuma and Ashirogi! Truly worth the entire series of build up and growth. Also I love Hiramaru so much. My little simp depressed businessman. I love him.
Oh Bakuman. You are so many things. And some of those things, like the fact that you are really REALLY sexist, are not so great! But your artwork is fantastic, and when you're clicking and you're all about the crazy lives manga artists lead, I kind of love you. And then you do something horrible with/to your female characters and I hate you. But then I love you again. Anyway, I'm glad the library has all these books so I don't have to pay for them, but I can still enjoy (for the most part) them.
Suuuuch good artwork. Like daaaang. Nothing in Death Note even comes close to the work done in Bakuman.
This review is for the entire series, which I rate it 5 stars.
Bakuman is the follow up work of the Death Note creative team, which is composed of writer Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata. However, in my opinion, I believe this is the better work.
Bakuman is the story of two teenagers breaking into the manga industry and they going to do it in their own unorthodox way, just like this manga. This manga is so unlike the usual ones. It's not a battle manga, which is the most popular and successful manga genre. Yet, it's like a battle manga because it has rivals, training montages, and other tropes of the genre.
The creative team is firing on all cylinders. The writer creates a genre-bending work and gives Obata-sensei a massive and appropriate canvass to flex his extensive art range, give us the best artwork of his career. The entire story is dense yet light, because it is full of ideas and concepts, like the other manga titles of the main characters' rivals. I wouldn't mind those spun off.
The story is engaging and funny, and gives the fans a satisfying ending. I only wish they included an epilogue to help the reader decompress after reading the last few volumes because it gives you a massive sensation of "finale high".
Aside from the killer story and the amazing art, this manga gave the reader a new way to appreciate and enjoy manga.
I finished Bakuman, the series by the duo Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It is a simple story about a boy (Moritaka Mashiro) in his third year of middle school deciding to become a manga artist on the persistence of his friend (Akito Takagi). Takagi will write the stories while Mashiro will do the art. Together, they tell their ambitions to his crush (Miho Ayuki), who aims to be a voice actress and decide to get married if and when she gets to voice the heroine of their series. A simple premise, but one that allows for myriads of twists and turns. They begin their manga journey with the pen name Muto Ashirogi.
This is a review of the entire series. Please keep that in mind.
The authors introduce various other mangakas with the most important being Eiji Nizuma, Ashirogi Sensei's biggest rival, a 15-year-old manga genius. They face various hardships along the way, from writer's block to unrequited confessions; from copycat imposters to tight deadlines; from all-nighters to hospital stays. It is a heartwarming story which will motivate you to fulfill your own dreams. The ultimate Shonen Manga.
The authors accomplished everything they set out to do. I cannot think of a single thing to improve in this masterpiece. It is short and concise (only 176 chapters), with no redundancies or detours. It also teaches the readers the grueling discipline required to be a mangaka, the hopes and dreams attached with it and the ins and outs of manga publishing. The Editors and the Editorial Department play as much of a role in the story as the mangakas. How the manga and the artist are tied together and how can gleam an insight into the author's psyche by reading their works. How to deal with success and imposter syndrome. How to actually write an engaging manga and what happens when you actually succeed in your dreams. This and so much more is presented in such an engaging manner in the series.
Heartily recommended to everyone. Can't wait to read more!!!
Syukaaaaa dengan volume ini karena adanya serial baru milik Ashirogi Muto sensei yang baru, dan mampu bersaing dengan Eiji Niizuma sensei dengan sangat ketat. Selama membaca, saya jadi berpikir tentang banyak manga yang saya baca selama ini, antara manga yang kompak dan yang bertele telepon berkat membaca manga ini. Pokoknya saya jadi banyak tahu tentang dunia manga plus mangaka nya dengan membaca seri ini. Tak heran, kadang satu chapter webtoon yang saya baca mingguan itu kadang absen karena penulisnya lagi kena flu atau apa hingga libur. Maklum semaklum maklumnya, apalagi Ashirogi sensei ini bertanggung jawab dua manga sekaligus, meski yang satu bulanan sih, tapi tetap saja dengan tekad menjadikan manga mereka menjadi yang nomor satu di Jump, itu adalah kerja yang sangat keras.
Scene antara Hiramaru sensei dan Aoki sensei sangat menghibur dan sweet banget. Akhirnyaaaa.... Congrats for you two. Aahhh... ngga sabar untuk baca volume berikutnya... *ngowoh suwi* ;×
Actually, one scene in this chapter made up for all the mediocrity and questionable ideas midway through the story. Particularly, I'm talking about The protagonist's project is slowly shaping up to become the magnum opus they want and deserve. . Curious about the finale.
Bakuman 18 Este es tensión, porque tras tener buenos resultados con la serie corta lo que sigue es hacer la serie, pero hay un problema, un autor con dos series, ya eso es complicado, aunque ocurrió con Eiji, pero dos autores con dos series, eso es más problemático. Y entonces es todo un jala y aprieta hasta que finalmente, ahí van la serie del duo y la de Eiji a competir. Y en cuanto a side-stories, Aoki y El mangaka de la nutria-marmota tienen gran avance, y aunque en un inicio no me convencía ese tinte, como si fue durante varios tomos, al final resulto bien. Lo que sique ahí siga Nakai en las sombras, creepy. 3.5 stars
Sejak melihat gambar sampulnya, aku sudah mengharapkan kehadiran pasangan lucu ini. Lumayan lama juga penantiannya, akhirnya jelang akhir cerita kisah mereka berdua muncul dengan so sweet dan KOCAK!
Si bien con el paso del tiempo es lógico que una serie muestre un poco de desgaste, éste tomo ha conseguido mantener algo de intriga basándose sobretodo en una ruptura de la línea habitual en ellos de cara a los últimos capítulos del tomo.
Lo que si que resulta casi inevitable predecir algunos capítulos intermedios donde el argumento sigue la tónica de los 17 tomos anteriores, que aun que se cambie la serie, el "enemigo" o el "concepto a batir" las flechas argumentales suelen ir dirigidas hacia el mismo sitio. Por suerte, como he dicho antes, hacia el final han sabido cambiar un poco las cosas para mantener la intriga y hacer que tengas ganas de seguir con el siguiente tomo.
Por último, supongo que por mi falta de conocimiento de la cultura japonesa, las "relaciones humanas" que se describen en la serie en general y en el tomo en particular, me parecen de un romanticismo excesivamente aséptico donde los "enamorados" ni se conocen, apenas se ven, y solo desean casarse. Algo que visto desde la cultura Europea resulta bastante chocante.
Como resumen creo que la serie está perdiendo fuelle, pero los últimos capítulos consiguen darle el empujón que le queda para mantener la intriga en los tomos que faltan.
Aaaaaaakkk.... that chapter on the ferris wheels... aaaaa.... *lovestruck* don't know should i laugh or should i weep tears of joy.... weird weird weird couple, but sweeeeeet.... congratz you two!
Good, but I'm taking a star off out of spite bc hiramaru and aoki's entire 'relationship' is absolute catastrophe and a perfect example of the eye roll inducing sexism that has plagued this series from the beginning.
Bakuman: Margins and Hell continue where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters (152–160) of the on-going manga series.
It seemed that Ashirogi Muto and Eiji Niizuma has learned from each other and grown stronger as manga creators because of it. Ashirogi Muto has learned how to make a battle manga from their non-mainstreamed niche from Niizuma and likewise Eiji Niizuma has learned how to add the growing popularity of non-mainstreamed niche into his battle manga thanks to the efforts of Ashirogi Muto. In the end, they produced two similar yet very distinctive manga series.
Despite their prodigious skills, Ashirogi Muto is not like Eiji Niizuma and couldn't write and draw for two weekly series simultaneously. In the end, it was decided that Perfect Crime Party (PCP) would be relegated to a monthly series with longer stories and their new series, Reversi would be serialized in Shonen Jump and battle with Zombie Gun – the series that Eiji Niizuma created.
For the most part Ashirogi Muto and Eiji Niizuma traded first and second quite regularly with Reversi from Ashirogi Muto coming in first more times than not. It is also, according to the questionnaires, to be the more popular series. However, when it comes to sales of their first tankobon, Zombie Gun from Eiji Niizuma is outselling Ashirogi Muto by leaps and bounds, which rather concerns them, because according to the questionnaires and the near permanent spot in first place, they should be outselling Eiji Niizuma also, but that isn't the case.
As a subplot we have the hilarious engagement scene between Yuriko Aoki and Kazuya Hiramaru. There were many missteps in the proposal, but in the end, it was Yuriko Aoki that proposed to Kazuya Hiramaru, after he made his intentions clear, albeit a tad eccentric and difficult to tell. I'm glad that these two crazy people found each other.
Tsugumi Ohba has written another wonderful tankobon, despite his loquaciousness. I felt really happy every time I read that Ashirogi Muto did well and the conflict to make Reversi a shorter manga than one that spans hundreds of chapters. It was also hilarious reading the proposal scene between Yuriko Aoki and Kazuya Hiramaru – it's even funnier than the one between Akito Takagi and Kaya Miyoshi.
All in all, Bakuman: Margins and Hell is a wonderful continuation of the on-going series. While the cliff-hanger ending the tankobon wasn't so high or precariously – I still can't wait to read the next tankobon to find out.
Summary: Akito Takagi aspires to be a manga writer, but he has poor drawing skills. He approaches his classmate, Moritaka Mashiro to be pair up with him into becoming manga creators. Mashiro rejects the idea at first. Takagi then convinces Mashiro when he brings them to Miho Azuki's house. Takagi tells Azuki about their dream of creating manga. Mashiro, who has a crush on Azuki, then "proposes" to marry Azuki if he is able to create a manga that will later be animated and Azuki will be the seiyuu or voice actor for the anime. The duo then set off their dream, going through many challenges and failures along the way, to create a manga that has potential to be animated.
Review (for the whole manga): I first read this manga when it was published in a local comic magazine here in Malaysia, known as Kreko. Decided to reread again because I didn't finish the whole manga the first time (because I skipped a few volumes of the magazine, so I missed out some chapters of the manga). This manga is interesting as it shows you the "behind the scenes" of the manga industry in Japan. I have heard some people say that being a mangaka is not an easy job that will rake in money. Mangaka have to compete with many other mangaka from various publication companies. If your manga is no longer preferred by the readers, it will get dropped. All that is depicted in this manga series. Hardwork is sure the no. 1 key to success in this field. Overall, I really like this manga (plus the fact that it's created by the duo who made Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom. ;)
This is a great volume. The first half focuses on the rather straightforward problem of "deadline hell." The Ashirogi pair bite off more than they can chew with 2 series, Reversi and the conclusion of PCP. I actually love a more serious look at some of the stressful situations manga artists probably face all the time. I enjoyed seeing the politics of the assistants and how they end up working together. And I loved some of the grotesque almost Ren and Stimpy-esque panels showing the fatigue and stress on Moritaka's face. Even though it made be a more straight forward problem, I enjoyed seeing the focus back on the struggles of maintaining this sort of work load. I think Bakuman is at it's best when it's taking a peek behind the curtain of being a manga artist and showing the highs and lows.
The rekindled rivalry with Eiji is also a great highlight. Their battle and the ensuing conversations about a potential weakness with Reversi is really insightful. It's funny to see them outright discussing shonen tropes of the villain being replaced by an even worse villain. And it's wild to think about how Reversi feels like the authors attempt to explain what happened to the back half of Death Note. While I am a fan of the back half of that series, its clear it was not what was intended by the authors. And it's pretty cool that they made a manga about making manga so they could reveal what happened to their real life manga through the lens of the fictional manga-within-a-manga. It's very meta and it's very great.
I also loved the silly romantic adventure of Aoki and Hiramaru. They are sweet together and I can't help but root for them.
Well the series is nearing the end (volume 20 is the final release). The creators are tying up a lot of the threads and getting the stage set for the final artistic showdown between Muto Ashirogi and Eiji Nizuma. This volume focuses mainly on the process of getting Ashirogi's REVERSI and Nizuma's ZombieGUN into Weekly Shonen Jump - but there are problems! Can Mashiro handle the art for both Perfect Crime Party as well as REVERSI? The editors don't want to end the popular PCP series, but they also don't want Mashiro to overwork himself into the hospital again.
The interactions of the principal characters and editors are quite interesting in this volume. About 2/3 of the volume is Mashiro, Takagi, and their editor Hattori. The remaining focus is mainly on Aoki and Hiramaru. Their story plays out interestingly and amusingly.
Don't expect to see too much of the other members of Team Fukuda, they pop in periodically, but this volume is all about the Muto Ashirogi duo. I actually read the entire volume in one sitting, the first time I have done so with this series. It is an excellent series, and I see the tension and excitement building now that the end is in sight.
Początkowo będziemy skupiać się na typowo zawodowych sprawach,a dokładniej, jak to już bywało często, rywalizacji pomiędzy Ashirogim a Niizumą. To ona napędza, poza miłością Mashiro i Azuki, całą fabułę. Tym razem chłopacy będą walczyć o pierwsze miejsce mangami Reversi (Ashirogi) i Zombie Gun (Niizuma). Zacznie się od walki one-shotów, przez wyniki, serializację i popularność na łamach Shounen Jumpa. Mashiro i Takagi są zdeterminowani i gotowi na ciężką pracę, byle tylko ich nowy tytuł odniósł sukces i został wybrany do ekranizacji jako anime. Więcej na: https://www.monime.pl/bakuman-tom-18-20/
I read this at 00:30 this morning. Not being able to sleep, I decided to just pick up the book and read... I read the whole thing. I definitely loved this volume more than the previous, Akito and Mashiro are finally back in the game. And then what went down between Aoki and Hiramaru was just great. Been looking forward to that for a long time.
In this volume, Eiji and our duo both start their new series with lots of acclaim. We have a story arc about the team just about killing themselves trying to get three separate manga stories done at the same time. There is also a lovely story about Hiramaru and Aoki.
I like how pretty every time we see Fukuda he is eating instant ramen.
I really am enjoying how this story is progressing and how the characters are developing. The plot was interesting and I can’t wait to read the next volume.
3.5/5 I definitely enjoyed this volume much more than the last two. All the plots, from the future of the Ashirogi pair's two series to the deadline hell they find themselves entrapped in are really entertaining, and I can't help but love the silly pairing of Aoki and Hiramaru.
I can't even describe how much I liked this volume. Hiramaru is my favorite character, he's hilarious and I really enjoyed it. Unlike the previous volumes, this is. the real deal, I can't wait to finish this motivating story.