Bakuman

The anime just ended and the ending was better :l

well I gotta say definitly a good read, that also gives you some insight into how shueisha works.
I can't say I cared a lot about the romance, mashiro's and azuki's relationship always felt a bit artifical to me but it's not too bad because it mostly focuses on the manga

one thing I didn't like is

also

the above is purely my own opinion and mostly conjecture.

I have been following this manga for years and I was glad when it ended so perfectly. The only thing I would say I was dissapointed with was that we didn't get to see the wedding ceremony, but best not to gild the lily.

very good manga. i really enjoyed it all the way though

i know im late to the party but... in chapter 51, was that the plot for "two broke girls" ?

Time to buy the manga ^-^v

Just finished my dont-know-what-count-anymore rerun, and I really want to read "sunglasses pitcher". As takagi mentioned, there is not much good sport manga these days.

This volume 2 is actually a textbook in one of my college classes.

Chapter 1-176 in one go...

Damn did I actually do anything besides reading this manga today?...

Guess... not...

Oh well

Was TOTALLY WORTH IT !!!

THIS IS SO GOOD. I haven't been this addicted to a manga in such a long time. I was planning to only read 2 ch. a day starting today since I was already on ch. 140 and theres only 176 ch total so I wanted to spread it out to make it last a little longer but...I failed. I finished it.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Makes me feel all happy inside but also sad that it ended.
I was wondering if there were other mangas he/she worked on. There's only 4 on batoto and I already know death note. Otter no. 11 was included in this manga.

So gooood!
Man time flies, i remember reading the first 20 or so chapters back in 2009, and now it's already 2013, and it's been over for quite a while :/

When I read the ending of Reversi, I was thinking "Oi Author! Don't screw with me! How can the manga be called a masterpiece if the main character dies? What about all that experience the reader had with them? Are we supposed to throw those feeling out to the river of styx along with the main character? Is this deathnote? Are you the father of deathnote?!"

Then I checked up the author's history... he indeed was the author of deathnote. And for some reason, I feel defeated. Even I have to admit that Deathnote was a masterpiece.

wow this one was amazing

Man, it's been a while since I've gotten so caught up in a manga!

Amazing, read it through in two days. :-)

wintercry Don't bother, I got my answers and I don't have any reason to discuss about this any further.

Plus I don't enjoy your comments, sorry.

Trips lol now you're contradicting what you've said in the first place. The thing you just commented (or at least its concept) is what we've been trying to tell you. I can't even begin to find the right words to describe it; it seems you're just spouting loose talks. Look at the first comment you posted and the recent one. If you still couldn't get it I'll explain it word by word in my next reply (I'm lazy right now).

@wintercry

Well I didn't expect to have to explain this certain sentence but ok.

You can enjoy "ugly" yet interesting things, lets say work of art. It may look crappy but if you understand what author wanted to show/explain etc. you may enjoy it. Same with games (your example) or you can even refer this to ppl that aren't too attractive but they are really fantastic partners in discussion.

The thing is:
Would your friend liked OP if he didn't enjoy shounens?

@Partysan
Thanks for your answer.

Well I like to identify myself with some chars so maybe that is why I tend to take some things more personal than other readers.

You liked manga part because it was really superb or just romance part wasn't that good?

@Trips: I would agree with you if not for one thing: it' actually a nice example of personal freedom. As you might have noticed even the other characters in the manga find the kind of relationship they have a bit creepy. I would, too. I'm on your side in how I value it.
But, and that's a big but here: No one else is affected by their choice of relationship and they seem to be happy with it. They have made that choice for themselves, and they knew what hardships came with it. Yet that's what they wanted. Now if they are happy and no one else is affected, how could I ever say that's a bad thing? Their choice. They made it. They're happy. It's great! And no one is telling us to do it the same way. We can choose otherwise. We will. Takagi did. And we will not let us be judged by others for what makes us happy. And not judge them.

General point: What I found most interesting in the manga is actually the analysis of manga art and storytelling techniques. I tend to value the meta side of things.

"It's normal you can enjoy 'ugly' yet interesting things?" Where is this based on? Yourself? Then it's not going to make any point at all. Your explanation isn't any better than mine, in fact, yours didn't even make any sense to be exact.

Your example is bad because its normal you can enjoy "ugly" yet interesting things. But if you don't like concept, chances you will love certain product are fairly low.

I totally understand why people would like this series for this rare and interesting insight to the work of mangaka and all these people around him. Its just buggin me now how many of Bakuman fans switched their main interest from romance to shounen and why.

You sure about that? Let me give you an example: One Piece. I know someone in the past who thinks it's crap to the point of always ridiculing it because of its art, one of its ingredient as you say; but now, when he actually tried it he loved it and the art grew on him immediately. The same can be said for this series, you'll never really know unless you actually give it a good try.

Just like I said, there's more to this manga than romance. Just go read shojo or something if you're so concern about a couple's future happiness.

And yes, we are too old for that; but we, excluding you, don't see it that way. Like I said, I can say with atmost certainty that people reading Bakuman couldn't care much about its romantices and are in it for the manga rivalries.

Well you are a bit rude AnDrOidX18X43.

Still you can easily find out something won't taste good if you don't like some ingredients.

I know that I don't like basic idea of this series and I don't need to pass XXX chaps to prove it to myself. You just know you like it or not.

I asked question to find out why fans just take that two people may be happy for half of their life by being apart with their other half they love so much. Does any girl thought "wow, that would be really nice."? Any guy thought, "I wish to pass this kind of a test as a man"?

I may be a bit too old for some corny answers like "because their love was so pure they could pass even this harsh test of time" but hey, if ppl like this manga for this its fine with me. I was just curious, that is all.

This is the best non-mainstream battle manga there is...

Trips

I didn't read this title much, can you tell me why you like it? For me it would be torture.

Not to be rude but that's uneducated criticism since you didn't even finish the series. It's like saying some food taste horrible without even actually tasting it in the first place.