![]() ![]() ![]() And with it out of the way, we can dive deeper into the machinations of Nanamine’s new plan, which helps to flesh out his character immensely. …Who was rather obviously Nanamine, and so it’s good that vol. That’s an interesting discussion in and of itself, but it didn’t feel like it was really the focus – it was more the question mark of the person behind the scheme. Volume 16 had a “mysterious” figure organizing several elder manga artists – artists in their 40s and above – to submit suddenly superior storyboards to Jump, leading to a special issue focusing on their one-shots, and a conversation around whether or not Jump should just be for younger and upcoming artists. Volume 17 is another great example of this: I felt that 16 was just kind of kicking the plotty can down the road, but the arc started there really turned into something fantastic in this collection, and is then leveraged into an equally exciting followup arc. Bakuman has been such an amazing rollercoaster of ragging on Ohba for some flubs or flaws, and the eating crow (no pun intended) when he self-corrects. ![]()
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