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Type
Manga
Volumes
20
Chapters
176
Status
Completed
Published
2008-08-11 to 2012-04-23
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Shounen
Otaku Culture
Serializations
Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors
Takeshi Obata (Art)
Tsugumi Ohba (Story)
Bakuman.
Despite being a talented artist, middle school student Moritaka Mashiro is unsure about his future, accepting that he will simply lead a normal life. After seeing one of Mashiro's drawings in class, Akito Takagi—an aspiring writer—insists that they write a manga together. But Mashiro is hesitant—his uncle, a mangaka, had died from overworking just a few years prior. However, when Mashiro hears that his crush, Miho Azuki, aims to be a voice actress, he becomes determined to create a manga that can be adapted into an anime for her to star in. Reciprocating Mashiro's feelings, she agrees to get married once they have both achieved their dreams. Bakuman. chronicles Mashiro and Takagi's successes and struggles in their attempts to be serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump and become famous mangakas. Will their gamble pay off, or will they join the countless number of failures? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Characters
Moritaka Mashiro
Main
Akito Takagi
Main
Eiji Niizuma
Supporting
Kazuya Hiramaru
Supporting
Miho Azuki
Supporting
Shinta Fukuda
Supporting
Akira Hattori
Supporting
Kaya Miyoshi
Supporting
Yuriko Aoki
Supporting
Nobuhiro Mashiro
Supporting
Takurou Nakai
Supporting
Gorou Miura
Supporting