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A review by vernip
Bakuman, Volume 15 by Tsugumi Ohba
dark
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The funny thing about having minions? If they have no loyalty and no real motivation to work with you, they're just as likely to quit, leaving you a boss with no one to boss around.
And so ends the cautionary tale of our Heel in the manga artist wrestling ring.
Fascinatingly, his key IRL minion was instrumental to his downfall, and was part of a tense follow-up story involving the ongoing shenanigans of Genius Slacker & the Elegant Lady's NOT!Love story, and how this promising artist blames her for his failures. And really, any time fisticuffs is actually brought into this non-battle Shonen story, it's hilarious (Obese slob fighting a skinny goofball in a Bruce Lee yellow jumpsuit is just comedy gold since neither of them can fight worth a damn).
Our MC artist has a poignant chapter where he's left wondering if he chose the right path as a class reunion shows him all he's missed out in life after choosing the life of a weekly comic artist.
Finally, the arc that hits too close to home for our duo as real life criminals copycat some of the stuff from their juvenile-criminal-based comic. The incident hurts the writer on a subconscious level as he doesn't want his stories to be inspire actual bad guys to do bad things. How he pulls through it is kind of an asspull, but that's just the beauty of Shonen manga as one can do miracles with the right resolve.
And so ends the cautionary tale of our Heel in the manga artist wrestling ring.
Fascinatingly, his key IRL minion was instrumental to his downfall, and was part of a tense follow-up story involving the ongoing shenanigans of Genius Slacker & the Elegant Lady's NOT!Love story, and how this promising artist blames her for his failures. And really, any time fisticuffs is actually brought into this non-battle Shonen story, it's hilarious (Obese slob fighting a skinny goofball in a Bruce Lee yellow jumpsuit is just comedy gold since neither of them can fight worth a damn).
Our MC artist has a poignant chapter where he's left wondering if he chose the right path as a class reunion shows him all he's missed out in life after choosing the life of a weekly comic artist.
Finally, the arc that hits too close to home for our duo as real life criminals copycat some of the stuff from their juvenile-criminal-based comic. The incident hurts the writer on a subconscious level as he doesn't want his stories to be inspire actual bad guys to do bad things. How he pulls through it is kind of an asspull, but that's just the beauty of Shonen manga as one can do miracles with the right resolve.