(L) Bakuman (TV) (All Seasons)

[FlareKnight]

Spoiler for EP8:

Damn Shujin just owned that loser. Of course really with a guy who can only draw at that level asking Shujin to team up with him was pretty stupid. Talk about jealousy making you do things that you would regret. Glad Shujin just beat the crap out of him.

Certainly Mashiro still has a lot of room to grow with his drawing, but really it's understandable with the inexperience he has using the pen. His skill is growing and just needs some time to make it.

But wow the manga thing really got out to the school. I'm actually happy the idiot said all that. Gives Kaya some actual information. That girl has been left in the dark about a lot by just about everyone around her.

Rather impressive anyways that Takagi can ignore school so much and still get 3rd best in school.

I think the editor handled things pretty well. In some ways he didn't really promise that he would cancel whatever series Eiji wanted. Just that if he still felt the same to ask him once he'd accomplished the goal. Really in the time that should take the series might just wrap up on it's own or Eiji may change his mind.

[germanturkey]

i didn't like Mashiro this ep. there's something about the way he's handling things that makes me not like him. rest of it was good though. i can see the pace being a little slow. for a 13 ep series, i don't know where it'll end the way its going.

[larethian]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

i didn't like Mashiro this ep. there's something about the way he's handling things that makes me not like him. rest of it was good though. i can see the pace being a little slow. for a 13 ep series, i don't know where it'll end the way its going.

i thought it was 2 cours?

[Guardian Enzo]

25 is the reported number.

[germanturkey]

whoops. i lied. i took a guess and was wrong i'm very much looking forward to next ep. it looks like we'll actually get relationship development, rather than just character development.

[-Sho-]

Finally caugh up to ep 8.

Great episode , Shujin beat this bastard !!! I would do the same ! "Tell the teacher" like i would care... this dumbass... but it does help spreading the info in the school so..

Anyway Eji is the crazy genius as we have seen in Death Note ^^

[Kallen4life]

Eiji makes using a pen more epic then Light !

[kitten320]

Hell yeh! Nice punch from Shujin! Best part inthe series so far!

And that guy sure was jealouse a lot. That loser didn't even get that far and was already insulting someone who did.

Hope for some Kaya/Shujin relationship development, seems far more intersting than the main pairing.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Hell yeh! Nice punch from Shujin! Best part inthe series so far!

And that guy sure was jealouse a lot. That loser didn't even get that far and was already insulting someone who did.

Hope for some Kaya/Shujin relationship development, seems far more intersting than the main pairing.

At least now some chance for Kaya/Shujin development. With Mashiro/Shujin's manga path now out in public. Curious how she is going to react. Probably better than the smart girl who always saw him as a rival.

[Dist]

There's something I've been wondering.. How come they can say popular manga/anime titles aloud without censoring ? There's Dragon Ball and now Naruto, Bleach, One Piece and one more I forgot was mentioned.

Any other show censors this stuff for .. exactly what reason ? It sounds ridiculous to me that there would be a copyright in the first place for you to not be allowed to say their name in other works =_=

[Guido]

Our boys aren't quite there in Jack, but almost.

The fifth episode strongly emphasized Moritaka's burning desire not to lose against his yet-to-meet-rival, Nizuma Eiji.

The episode itself delves upon his dilligence, perseveration, and continuous hadwork to get their manga done, as noticed by Takagi with a trace of concern.

[Vicious108]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Hell yeh! Nice punch from Shujin! Best part inthe series so far!

And that guy sure was jealouse a lot. That loser didn't even get that far and was already insulting someone who did.

Hope for some Kaya/Shujin relationship development, seems far more intersting than the main pairing.

Well... it'd be hard not to be more interesting than something that barely even exists.

Anyway, episode was a little boring, though the punch was a good ending. I wanted to see more of Eiji tbqh, he seems to be a lot more entertaining than protagonist-kun.

And man that guy at the end who was bragging about his art work being better, he was acting all tough guy, but then he pulls out a couple of moemoe character designs. Haha, hilarious.

[Guido]

So, the plot finally has reached the arc where Akito and Mashiro submit to Jack the fruit of their combined efforts.

Their appointment with Mr. Hattori was one of my most remembered scenes from when I started reading the manga.

It made me reflective about the nature of manga industry. Aspiring and potential manga writers don't have it easy. Manga career itself is a gamble, explicitly established by Mashiro's uncle and later Mr. Hattori.

There are those who are innate gifted and naturally talented, and there are those who are the calculating at thinking ahead what or which would be big hit for readers.

[HurricaneHige]

That punch + preview made me read the manga.

I do not regret reading 80 chapters the last 1.5 days, haha.

[larethian]

just watched ep 9, starting to like the adaptation more; the way they expanded the material to flesh out the plot / characters, like how

Spoiler:

the girls got more screen time than the manga; so Eiji drew crow because he saw a crow?; and Koogy's songs and posters appearing every now and then.

though it's more like a drama now than an anime

[Master_Yoma]

Anyone else that this would work better as a live action then an anime. This is just going so slow even that punch isnt making this any better

[HandofFate]

not much dealing with manga in episode 9.
but some good developmental scenes.

Spoiler for 9\:

I'm a fan of Miyoshi, so her and Shujin getting together was a fun to finally watch animated.

the punching felt kind of awkward though.

[Johnny]

Miyoshi adds a little spice that's needed to make things fun. She cracked me up the way she was sitting on the floor when compared to Iwase, and her sympathetic attitude after punching him...

[Kallen4life]

Eiji scares the crap out of me


nice way to pick a girlfriend though

[DJ Trouble]

This is definitely a shounen anime . . . it took 3 minutes and 10 seconds before the episode actually started. >_>

Takagi's romancing escapades finally played out. I am happy.