One arc ended with Ashirogi’s and
Niizuma’s new manga and more struggles for Ashirogi are coming upahead.
Chapter 155: Studio and Notebook
Somehow, unlike other people, I
found this arc a little tiring already. I mean, yeah, it was interesting when
it started. When Niizuma and Ashirogi were all fired up on making their new
one-shots and stuff like that but now, somehow, I’m getting tired of it. Good
thing it ended and it ended well.
I was actually glad that the arc
about the serialization of Reversi finally ended. It was interesting at the
beginning but I eventually got tired of it. Anyway, with Reversi’s
serialization in WSJ, looks like Ashirogi’s one step closer to their dream but
I sure don’t want to se Bakuman end yet.
Anyway, we all see that
everyone’s actually satisfied to see Reversi being in WSJ and that includes
ex-editor-in-chief, Sasaki-san. Also, after the great decision regarding the
serialization meeting, it’s really good to see everyone so fired up about their
manga and that includes both Hiramaru and Nakai.
Other than the firing
serialization of Reversi, we also see that Mashiro’s grandfather gave him the
diary of Kawaguchi, Taro. I wouldn’t say it’s really interesting because in
fact, I don’t find it interesting at all. Though it was quite funny that
Mashiro initially refused to take it yet he eventually enjoyed reading it.
Moreover, he was able to understand Kawaguchi’s seriousness regarding his wish
to marry Azuki’s mom. Also, through Kawaguchi Taro’s diary, Mashiro gets even
more motivation on becoming a “First-Rate Mangaka” and make Reversi the central
pillar of JUMP.
Chapter 156: Smooth Sailing and Pandemonium
As for this chapter, I believe
it’s a one chapter story but this shows us the struggle Mashiro-kun went
through to make his deadlines. This could practically be one of the problems
he’ll be getting for having two manga serialized.
I can practically relate to this
chapter really well. With both Reversi and PCP serialized, Mashiro made a
schedule of which manga and number of pages to draw. He’s schedule is well made
but come-back character, Ogawa-san, seriously thinks that Mashiro won’t be able
to follow it. At first, everything’s going pretty smooth with the assistants
being all relaxed that with a chief-editor, things seems to be going faster.
But then, after a couple of days,
Mashiro suddenly feels as if he really is falling behind his schedule and might
now make the deadline. The funny thing in here is the way everyone looks after
working for what seems like 24hours. They all look scary. Honestly speaking, I
thought that their going for another round of Mashiro’s malnutrition, good
thing it didn’t happen. But Mashiro does look funny with his tired and
sleepless face.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure that
everyone noticed that Moriya-san doesn’t like the re-appearance of chief-assistant,
Ogawa-san. Right from their very meeting, when he saw Ogawa-san instructing
Mashiro of what to do and getting lesser working days than them, it’s already
shown that Moriya-san is getting hot-headed with Ogawa-san. But then, by the
end of the chapter, it seems that Ogawa-san was able to pull off a pretty good
way to reach the deadline and save Ashirogi from passing their deadline. Also,
with what Ogawa-san did, Moriya-san finally cools his head off of Ogawa.
