Motivé par son second séjour à Tokyo et par la révélation de Rin, Norito rentre chez lui bien décidé à ne pas se laisser distancer par Kaito. Il se découvre rapidement un nouvel adversaire en la personne de Hori, qui est lui aussi déterminé à faire carrière dans le manga et à remporter des concours. Pendant ce temps-là, Rin se retrouve à devoir repousser les avances dun jeune champion de base-ball.
Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan). Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in Stopper Busujima, fighting in Bakaichi, and music in Beck). His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi". In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.
Ketika membaca volume 1, ekspektasi awal saya adalah ini Bakuman-nya Sakuishi sensei. Namun meleset!! Alur ceritanya terkesan lambat, seolah kita masih belum melihat dimana titik temu antara Rin dan Fushimi. Ternyata sensei membangun Rin dg pola pikir out of the box. Unsur2 supernatural yg "menemani" perjalanan Fushimi baru muncul di eps 3. Namun dengan kehadiran tokoh2 yg unik, menurut sy hal itulah yg membuat pembaca mampu bertahan menyimak serial ini.