Bakuman. – 23

(Kayou to Kinyou)
“Tuesday and Friday”

After a whole week of not watching Bakuman, I almost forgot what Takagi was talking about in the beginning. But as the memories started flooding back, I was excited to remember about how I wanted to watch how everyones manuscript would turn out.

While this episode could easily be considered one that was made just to push things forward (seeing how it was full of time skips), I thought there were still some pretty interesting moments. The main one for me was how the published manuscripts were given voice overs. For those of you who watched FLCL way back when, I thought it was awesome when they had a full blown scene done entirely with manga panels. Switch back to Bakuman, and I was blown away that each manuscript got some time to shine. While I liked our dynamic duos piece the best, Aokis story combined with Nakais art was pretty amazing. Something about the story seemed really interesting — interesting enough that Id watch if it was turned into an anime.

But the part that I relished the most had to be when everyone looked at Koogy’s entry in disbelief. That arrogant guy, waiting up to the last minute to make his manuscript really started to get on my nerves — his superfluous attitude just makes me want to throw something at him! But when I saw just how ridiculous his entry looked, you can bet that there was a grin on my face. I mean, it was so ridiculous that Mashiro even made a joke about it!

Amongst all the drama, Im glad that there were some intimate moments sprinkled throughout the episode. From watching Mashiro’s Grandfather directly (and his Mother indrectly) support his work to Azuki giving that look whenever Koogys face showed up, the short intimate moments really helped bring everything together. The one question thats been bugging me is if the guy who was eavesdropping on our dynamic duo has any significance. Something about his general demeanor and way of talking was just creepy.

 

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27 Comments

  1. Bluance

    This whole episode looked anime original, it was a nice take at speeding things up and from the next episode it looks like Jack comics is in trouble =P of what we know 4 new serializations no way! time for survival of the fittest! Beezlebub or Kiyoshi!

    • Bossun

      Actually, even with the different one-shot spotlights and the timeskips and everything, it pretty much was the exact same as the manga

  2. kira-kun

    More Aoki FTW!

  3. RainbowIslands

    The Episode title is wrong… =/= Tuesday It’s (Kayou)Is it going to end at episode 25? I can’t imagine how it could end in 2 episodes!

  4. Azog

    Here comes a new challengerhttp://images.randomc.net/Bakuman/Bakuman%20-%2023%20-%20Large%2015.jpg

    • Eff, yes! Hiramaru! I have more reasons to wait second season. YOSHIDA-SHI!!!!

      • Crusty567

        BEST CHARACTER EVERRR! haha…

  5. Unyty

    haha, i thought the eavesdropping guy was going to steal there manuscript, thinking it was something since they were talking about getting rich and everything.

    • Ogi

      So did I. And the thought made me nervous for a few seconds.

  6. Bossun

    Ugh, Koogy’s smug smile at the end. You just know that means he did well, even after waiting until the last minute and everyone other mangaka said it was bad. Pure exploitation of this fanbase…..

  7. babawaba

    Is the eavesdropping guy important for the plot?Yes

  8. babawaba

    Oh almost forgot. I welcome back Kaya’s amazing bouncing boobs.

  9. Otaku_Brawler

    Half the episode was a filler the other half was from the manga. The filler get my approval, well done! The character eavesdropping probably won’t make his debut until the next season, but everyone will love this character in time. 🙂

  10. runedot

    I personally liked Fukuda’s the best.Was hilarious.

  11. Namzor

    Great episode, but I gotta say my favorite scene was Fukuda, Nakai, and Niizuma’s reaction to the Koogy manga. Him stomping off like that saying he was gonna quit, then waltzing back in after Nakai’s comment was priceless. Also props on the FLCL refrence. I wish there was more of that too.

  12. Klaar

    I heard that Mashiro will die in episode 25

    • Serapita

      Not really, but he’ll be hospitalized and have to take extreme measure for his manga. Which is fitting end for this season (Yes, I expect there will be season 2 since Hiramaru is just showing up now)

      • Season 2 has been confirmed for this coming fall.I would be really, really surprised if that spoiler you’re referencing ends this season — they’ve kept a steady pace of 1-2 chapters an episode this whole season, and the events you’re talking about don’t happen until chapter 44, and we’re currently on chapter 31. In my opinion, it’s much more likely that they’re going to end on a hopeful note with the events of chapter 34.

      • Takaii

        I didn’t read the spoilers, but wouldn’t it be hilarious if they started using half chapters? -dies-

  13. outcast

    Time for an anime original ending. Koogy wins, everybody else quits dissapointed in the manga world. True story.

    • Takaii

      Sorry to burst your bubble but there’s a second season lined up for the fall.

      • Crusty567

        Fall couldn’t come any quicker…

    • silentvoice

      If you are rich like KOOGY, you can hire people to draw for you.

      • outcast

        That wouldn’t be so bad as well. He is a branding genius. He already has name recognition and acces to media. In some plottwist he might even hire our protagonist. But that would be a bit realistic and not the shounen way.

  14. bobon721

    Oh yeah!!! The show’s number one comic relief character makes his debut!!!

  15. ryuzaki21

    koogi is such an a** :Daoki ko and miho got me hooked up in this

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