There’s no series currently airing that makes me feel as pissed off as Bakuman does. That must mean it’s doing something right. It’s not all about being pissed off, of course. This season is also pretty damn exciting and suspenseful, with so much happening and so much emotional investment in […] Read more
Miura is dumb. Hattori is good. That is all. As much as I liked Bakuman’s first season, it’s just astonishing how much better this show has gotten. It’s become genuinely exciting each and every week, and furthermore, it really gets my blood boiling in righteous indignation. I love the realism […] Read more
It’s ironic that Bakuman is a series that was constantly criticized for having a slow pace in it’s first season, because so much happens in just about every episode that it’s leaving me exhausted now. If there’s anything that stands out as a consistent theme in this series throughout all […] Read more
What was without question the best arc in two seasons of Bakuman wraps up this week on a highly satisfying (if slightly puzzling) note. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what the solution to the impasse at “Shounen Jack” was. The serialization going on hiatus until Mashiro’s release […] Read more
If I’d made the claim midway through the first season that an episode of Bakuman would be arguably one of the most intense anime episodes for months, I’m pretty sure just about everyone would have said I was crazy – and the line would have formed behind me. Well, guess […] Read more
Let’s HOSPITAL! Wow, that was eventful, but in a totally different way than episode 5 was. Instead of a breakneck high-speed train ride through a few months in the manga industry, this was an emotional roller-coaster that upended a lot of the foundations Bakuman has been based on, and asked […] Read more
Anyone who complained about the pacing in the first season of Bakuman – and there were plenty of you – should be pretty pleased at the developments this year. I’m not sure we’ve ever had an episode of Bakuman where quite this much happened. It was certainly exciting but it […] Read more
I’m really liking the direction Bakuman is taking. The last couple of episodes have been excellent, and it’s always interesting to see real life meta-realistically portrayed in anime. It’s hard to know just how closely the experience of RL mangakas Obata Takeshi and Ohba Tsugumi parallels that of Ashirogi Muto, […] Read more
If this week’s episode is an indication of what we’re in store for with this season of Bakuman, I’m pretty excited. This was one of the best episodes the series has produced so far. I’ll admit a bit of a bias here, because I’m a big fan of both Hideout […] Read more
How you enjoyed the second episode of the second season of Bakuman will probably depend on how important a part of the story you think the highly unorthodox romance between Mashiro and Azuki is. There was a pattern in the first season, where manga-heavy eps tended to be followed by […] Read more