Bakuman, Volume 1: Dreams and Reality

By: Tsugumi Ohba

Published August 3rd 2010 by VIZ Media LLC (first published January 1st 2009)

Category: Arts

Pages: 203 pages

ISBN: 9781421535135

Description:
Is becoming a successful manga artist an achievable dream or just one big gamble?

Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? Moritaka is hesitant to seriously consider Akito's proposal because he knows how difficult reaching the professional level can be. Still, encouragement from persistent Akito and motivation from his crush push Moritaka to test his limits!