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This is Shonen JUMP Editorial Department.
Yes.
Oh, we're fine over here.
I came in from the main entrance, looking for counters.
Yes.
Okay.
Manuscripts?
Yesterday, it was the community college, today it's the high school student's manga.
Well, it's summer vacation after all.
You just have to hit the jackpot.
36.5% of the Japanese market publications are mostly composed of...
...the manga magazine and manga booklets.
If there is no manga market, most of the publishers and bookstores will have closed down a long time ago.
And so the one that has continued to dominate the manga market living is none other than...
..."SHONEN JUMP."
The "Weekly Shonen JUMP" was founded in 1968.
The regarded newcomer rookie at that time...
...was not able to become famous...
So they actively started hiring new people and confronted other magazines.
Late 1970... Funny manga genre's rose up in power line...
....which went to a great leap forward in sales performance, breaking two million records.
In 1980, Akira Toriyama's manga "Dr. Slump" burst in popularity...
...which led to the birth of numerous topics.
The sales exceeded 3 million in calculation.
His works have been remade into movies subsequently...
...and his merchandises became a great hit.
This momentum stocks continued to spread...
And by 1985, they sold 4 million.
In 1988, a breakthrough with 5 million.
Equaling this to the Japanese population, we have one in every twenty.
In every two boys, there is one who buys "Shonen Jump."
Then, in March and April 1995, combining all the numbers...
It was the highest sales in the history of Japan amounting to 6.53 million...
Including both the manga books and magazines...
..it became the highest sales record.
So far, no one has been able to break this figure.
Maintaining the theme of "Friendship. Effort. Victory..."
With the reader ranking system implementation...
Signing an exclusive contract with the author...
It is the introduction of the best-selling works.
Up until now, "Shonen Jump" is still ranked highest in the leading position in the comic book world.
And today... with our very first created manga...
We personally got sent to SHONEN JUMP Editorial Department.
Now you'll be filling up some volunteer surveys.
Please pass from the front to the back.
Well then, if there's any school you would like to apply, fill in the blank.
Only this day... Only this day will you return it to me.
I think you all understand, right?
Although today may also mean tonight...
...don't drag it until 12 midnight.
Well, give it a careful thought and fill in the blanks.
You see, kids your age has been trouble for a long time to us teachers.
Well, I think with your scores, you can get admitted to college, though.
Any college preference?
Nothing in mind.
Although I just want to tell you...
You'll be missing with such a...
...great opportunity to understand your self better.
Are you fine with that?
Takagi...
HEY, THAT------!
Azuki Miho.
How nice~~~ she doesn't stand out...
...but she's the hottest girl in school.
You were at the same school since primary school, right?
But, you really are great at this...
Since when did you start drawing?
With such proficient skills...
You've been drawing for a long time, right?
I don't draw.
Really? You didn't learn from anyone?!
No way...!
I've decided. I'll team with you.
What?
Let's be partners and become mangakas! [Mangaka- Comic Artist]
What?
I have always loved manga's ever since I was still a kid!
It was my dream to be a mangaka, you know?
Why don't you become one?
But I have a fatal flaw.
I'm very bad at drawings.
Then, give it up.
No, no...! In fact, I have a literary talent.
Ever since in elementary, I've been gifted with ideas.
I also won an essay contest prize.
So?
So, let's become mangaka's!
I will make the story, you will draw.
How 'bout that?!
I refuse.
Wait, w-wait!
Listen to me, listen to me!
If you don't have the intellect, you can't become a mangaka.
You're right.
To be a mangaka means you have to live off making mangas for the rest of your life.
Even if his manga is serialized in the magazine...
...he will still not be popular.
Only 0.1% of people who wants to become mangakas make enough money to live off.
No, it's 0.001%.
In a 100,000 people, only one person can do it.
And the annual income is almost the same with ordinary working people.
If you partner up with me, we split the income in half.
And there is no labor, we don't become freeters.
Why would you...?
That's why that's what makes a mangaka.
Only a small number of true genius with talent is born.
To the ends of this life, it's almost a gamble.
That's why... Why would you...?
It's fine to gamble!
You and me... up until now, we've never been in a club nor have we studied seriously.
Even if you study very hard now...
You get admitted to a university half-baked, find a work half-baked.
You only have a half-assed future!
But we have talent!
This is something we shouldn't pass away.
Let's draw a best-selling work...
Without any chains, we get to live freely!
Being a mangaka gives you no freedom.
Graduating from a university...
Becoming a top press editor...
Then it'll just be lost after use.
That's why I won't become a mangaka.
Hey, w-wait, wait! Listen to what I have to say!
I've heard more than enough.
-No, I'm not yet finished! -What the heck do you want? Let me go!
It hurts!
Are you okay?
Completely all right, all right.
Eh?
Hey, that----! It hurts...
No, no, no... That's not what you think it is...
Azuki-san...
We will become mangaka's!
I will write the story, he will draw it.
The tow of us will become mangakas!
Don't be stupid!
Azuki-san, you want to be a voice actress, right?
It's been a rumor in school.
Using your own voice, we heard you're on for a production.
I heard that you were a promising one, right?
We aspire to become mangakas, you aspire to be a voice actress!
And if one day our work is to be made into an animation...!
Why don't you play the heroine female lead?!
What are you saying? Stupid!
Fine.
I will also work hard, so you two become mangakas.
T... Then...
If both our dreams come true...
Please marry me!
Are you crazy?!
I also...
...have always... about you...
That's why... I'll be waiting, okay?
I HAVE TO! I will become a mangaka!
Forget it.
Why?!
You won't become popular to the girls as a mangaka.
Then, uncle. Why'd you become one?
Poop.
You don't have to report to me every time.
You retort back so fast, don't you?
You have a talent as a comedian.
Pardon the intrusion.
Woah~~~ So amazing!
S-So cool...!
The entire bookshelf here are all JUMP!
Oh, God! All... 1984...!
This is the first serialization of "Dragon Ball!"
Oh, even here too!
This is the final press of "Slam Dunk!"
My God! So cool! There's JOJO here too!
"One Piece" too!
Like, this room is just so cool, though!
Aside from that, you're uncle was actually a mangaka before...
Your totally an elite!
Isn't this BAKUMAN?
Your uncle was... Kawaguchi Taro...?
Woah, so cool! I read this the whole time in primary school!
Does he... even now?
He died.
He died eight years ago.
All these should have been cleared away...
But... it remained as to how it was.
Seriously?
My uncle used to say...
To make our manga debut, we only have two laps.
First is a registration for Magazine Newcomer Award.
Then, the other one?
Our works to be sent directly to the editorial department.
To write a manga, first we need a draft.
This is a draft.
I think mangas can be the same with the design of figures.
I know about that.
If we're gonna be making a manga, we need a draft first.
Of course, we will have to adjust the composition and storyboard when we start drawing...
But basically, we have to start from the draft which is the foundation of the manga.
With the draft, we begin drawing before we...
...begin the formal painting.
Although I still don't know about how you generate the story but...
...I want you to pay me mangas with drafts.
And after that, I follow. I'll do it my way.
What?
You know what, you...
...didn't you actually think about calling out to me?
About what?
About being a mangaka.
When I was a kid... this here was my childhood playground.
I don't go out to play or play video games.
I loved reading mangas here much more.
Also...
The uncle I saw that was drawing looked so cool to me.
It's JUMP!
We will send our works to SHONEN JUMP...
Right! I was also thinking that we only have SHONEN JUMP!
Well then! We'll become the strongest Japanese mangakas!
Also, let's break through "Dragon Ball" and "One Piece" record!
Well...
In this era, it'd be impossible.
Wait, aren't you too overthink---
Then, tell me your story right away.
Don't tell me, you still don't have one yet?
No... there are several stored here in my brain.
Then, let me hear it.
Well, you see...?
Well, then. First: is a fantasy adventure.
Another is the future of science fiction.
Almost like JUMP directions!
Right?!
Then... the future science fiction is about two Earths...
...And then the other planet is inhabited by our human clones...
...and the clone evolution progresses too fast...
...they come further to counterattack the real Earth.
But so we say, but we haven't moved an inch yet in drawing the manga.
Suddenly, I just want to paint out how I paint.
This is even my first time using a dip pen painting---
G-PEN is too complicated!
I am completely unable to draw what I image at all.
And also... I need to draw with different lines and also have to change the tip, huh?
Maru pen can draw a stable weight...
So the Kabura pen... is for background uses, huh?
The pen and pencil are on a completely different level.
I see. So it is more easily drawn in the same direction.
For the meanwhile, I'll try writing overnight to get used to---WOAH!
So hard!
Manga is hard work.
Even for me, this is a first for me to make drafts!
God knows. I don't know how this works at all.
No one ever taught me.
First, I had to study my favorite comic lines...
I had an analysis of how to arrange a storyboard too...
Manga really does differ from literary fiction, after all.
The sub-mirror reading is totally different.
Manga seems to be so simple, but in fact, it's super deep.
In other manga manuscripts, there is always a teacher that says...
"Do not try to cut corners to make superficial works."
"Put all the ink into your flesh!"
Seriously?
-Want to have a signature move? -Like what?
-For example... this. -That's JOJO!
And also, this...!
That's HentaiKame move.
And also, my friend...!
I'll go ahead first.
Hi.
Umm...
How's it going?
Your manga.
I'm drawing on it.
I see.
More like... Thank you..
Because of you...
...with my doubts and worries... I'm all cleared now.
I see... Well then, I'm glad.
How about you?
Your voice actress company.
Industry.
I made a mistake.
I'm on it.
Every weekend, I attend classes.
Is that so?
Well, I'll be going.
I'll be waiting for you.
Have you seen this?
The Tezuka Award winner news... Eiji Niizuma.
He's the same age as us.
"I am very happy to be selected, but..."
"...I am still not satisfied with my work."
"As soon as possible, I hope my manga can be serialized in JUMP."
"I only have nothing but manga."
Doesn't he get on your nerves?!
And it's really interesting...!
It's something... that makes it... much more annoying!
But this guy from the age of six, he began drawing already!
I will draw.
More like I really want to draw so bad!
Hey, when will you be---!
Future... I have written the draft of the science fiction.
"W EARTH"
It has the sense of Osamu Tezuka.
Shut up. It's just the title.
Try reading it.
In the beginning of summer vacation...
We lied to our parents saying that we will be preparing for our admission exams.
In our days of retreat, we were in the studio making our manga.
The air conditioning broke since it hasn't been used in years.
The room was terribly hot.
But it was exciting when the manga was slowly taking shape every moment.
Although we didn't get involved in clubs nor were we academically serious...
But for the first time in our life, we had something that got us engrossed.
...in manga.
We've done it.
Right...
We have made...
...our own original manga.
It was really tough, huh?
This is bad... If this became our job.
But…
Didn't we do it?
Hey...
Let's do more for a bit longer...
We wait until when?
Until we ride the waves to JUMP.
Understood.
W EARTH
And so, in the last day of summer vacation...
We came to the editorial department of SHONEN JUMP.
Let's go.
Sorry for the intrusion.
Excuse us...
It is here?
There's no one here.
Something you want?
Umm... I was the one who called you a while ago... I'm Takagi...
I'm Mashiro.
Are you the high school students with the manuscripts?
Yes!
Then, come follow me over here.
Okay.
Umm... isn't this the editorial department of SHONEN JUMP?
Well, at this specific time, no one is in here.
I am from SHONEN JUMP Editorial Dep, Hattori.
Best regards.
Then, right away, can you let me see your work?
Manuscript.
You didn't come here to visit, right?
Uhh, no. I'm sorry.
Well, allow me to have a look at it.
Please take care of us.
He reads so fast.
Shut up.
That page took us two days to mak---.
Allow me to read it again, okay?
Well... then...
Is this something you both draw?
No, I was responsible for writing the story, he was responsible for drawing it.
A system of division of labor.
Then, I'll start talking about the story in this work, okay? -Okay.
The overall structure is complete...
A science fiction to attract the readers...
Yes.
But a little too in two...
But the current work is too close to the finished novel...
Too many narrations for this manuscript...
If you can not rely on character development story...
...there is no significance.
Yes.
For the one who draw and painted it... -Yes.
In composition, you have talent.
But the manga sense is not enough...
Lines are not strong nor weak...
Too stiff, lack of movement...
The characters don't have life, they seem dead.
There is no difference between the characters and the background lines...
There are too many close-up of a single role too. This, this, this.
Yes.
In short, that's it.
How many works have you already done before this one?
Our first one.
This is my first creation...
He also started drawing manga just 2 months ago..
Two months ago?
Yes.
Well then...
After listening to my opinion...
...do you have plans to redraw this again?
Yes! Yes, right?
Correct.
After redrawing it, you can't send it to other publishers...
...so come back and let me see it again.
This is my contact number.
You give me yours, too.
Hey... Just what did that mean?
Well... I don't really know, though.
But my uncle said before...
...that the first manuscript can be read twice...
...which clears off the first obstacle.
If there is a little praise, we have overcome the second hurdle.
If we get handed down by their contact numbers..
It means that we have been recognized!
SERIOUSLY?!
So we should quickly modify it and give it back to him to be checked again...
YES!
There's no way we should lose to that guy!
Who?
To Eiji Niizuma!
The corridor was so cool just plastered all over with posters!
We still need to design a signature move, though!
No matter how you want it!
Your story is really great!
Even your drawing was too amazing!
-Somehow, I feel a little hope! -We certainly can do this!
We will come and get it!
To inform you...
Azuki has decided to apply for a school drop-out.
No, no, no! It's not like that!
Shoots!
Why?
The people who heard my voice...
...they were willing to introduce me to a role.
Can't you wait until graduation?
This school doesn't allow performing arts.
And also, I don't want to let go of my opportunity towards becoming a voice actress.
How long you are willing to wait for me?
Forever and always...
I will always wait for you...
Wait for me...
Niizuma-kun?
Yes?
You just moved to Tokyo the day before and you've begun writing already?
Expected of you.
Please let me quickly begin my manga serialization.
What?
If I rank the top on the JUMP Readers Ranking...
...I will become the number 1 mangaka in Japan, right?
I would like to board an early peak.
I'm quite surprised...
Both the story and drawings significantly improved in just two weeks.
Thank you so much.
Would you like to sign up for a Tezuka Award?
If you change this work for a bit, you might have a chance.
We are also... certainly... willing, right?
I refuse.
Niizuma Eiji benefited only in winning the Tezuka Award that's why he debuted, right?
If you just take a masterpiece like that, it does not make sense.
No, wait... You are...
Well, you see... Niizuma Eiji has been hailed as a genius years before...
Yours are... just well... uh ...
Is the degree different with the level of JUMP? That's why we can't board on it?
No, that's not the problem here...
How should I say this...
Tell it straight to their faces, Hattori.
Editor-in-Chief...
It's okay as long as the manga is interesting...
But your work is not just interesting enough...
With this, getting the Tezuka Award is impossible.
Head Editor... they are still high school students so don't be too hard on them.
Even as high school students...
...you are seriously aiming to become pro's, right?
Yes.
Then, I should just tell you directly.
To this extent, you can't board on JUMP.
Excuse us!
Hey...! Wait, wait!
Just wait.!
It was rude of you to act like that in front of the Chief Editor.
That person was my uncle's editor.
Is that so?
Yes.
But, my readers ranking has been declining...
In fact, I am aware.
For the meanwhile, come to the newsroom. I'll be waiting until midnight.
What did he mean... by "Cut-off?"
So, you heard.
It's going to end... my "Bakuman."
Why?
Because I lost, you know?
To what... did you lose to?
I wonder too.
Going for poop.
Uncle?
We will certainly win the Tezuka Award.
Right.
The SHONEN JUMP Editor, Mr. Sasaki...
...will present the awards and souvenirs...
Shueisha 84th Tezuka Awards Presentation Ceremony
Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Okay! Smile for a bit more!
Here, here! Yes, yes! That's it, yes!
Well, it's all okay now!
Thank you.
Hey, Mashiro-kun... be more delighted a bit!
You just did something great!
...for your first registration to get selected for the quasi!
Yes!
Why didn't we get first place?
Well, today let's just celebrate and go get something to eat.
I'm not satisfied with second place.
If you say that much, I will totally get so hurt with my masterpiece, though!
I have been voted for several years before I finally got my masterpiece recognized, you see.
You high school students shouldn't be too arrogant now...
Fukuda, stop it. Doing this in here...
Ahh..! So frustrating! I'll get a drink.
-Fukuda, let's get you photographed. -Enough already.
I said enough, already. You're so annoying.
Is he a regular here?
Fukuda has been sending his works ever since he was in high school...
...and after that... I think it's been 5 years since then.
He's so good at this...!
In fact, with the other competing mangaka's too...
...with their techniques, I guess they are much higher than you guys.
Hiramaru-kun, look at the camera.
Hiramaru-kun quit his graphic design work...
...and with his first creation of a funny genre manga...
...he got an Akatsuka Award for his masterpiece.
You are also the same with a stimulated discussion in the newsroom...
Nakai-san is a senior assistant of a mangaka veteran...
...and his works are recognized which no one can match in his background works.
While working on his creation, for the first time his masterpiece got elected.
Everyone became reserved candidates for a serialization of their works.
It means that Niizuma Eiji is not your only rival here.
[Tezuka Award winner high school genius cartoonist] Niizuma Eiji will begin his work serialization
No way... We can't just be rivals, you know?
Wow... This is really so amazing...
The two of you partnering up makes such solid drawings and stories.
Niizuma-kun...
Congratulations for getting elected!
"W Earth" is so interesting!
Especially, Takagi-sensei's original story is amazing!
But I believe I draw a little better than Mashiro-sensei does, though...
Niizuma-kun... Why are you here?
I heard that one of the elected winners were also high school students like me...
I was so happy so I came to see their work.
And also... I brought new serialized originals here with me...
Ehh? "CROW?"
Ehh, w-wait... Doing it right here is just...
Is it alright if you allow me to see it?
Well, with all pleasure! Please do so!
Amazing...
I'm glad to have met allies who are working hard here in JUMP.
But, you're not yet off to a serialization, though.
Then, Mashiro-sensei, Takagi-sensei. I'll see you next time.
O-Oh, w-well then... Here's our contact and...
Umm... Niizuma-san.
We will soon catch up with you...
On that day while you maintain serialization, can you wait?
Roger that.
But, I believe that before that comes true, I will already have become Number 1 in JUMP.
Just what the heck is up with that brat?!
He didn't even have the slightest sympathy for our excellent works!
That guy got two million with his Tezuka Award.
Can't forgive him.
The Editorial department gives him too much irrigation!
"Genius that," "Genius this!"
But Niizuma really is a genius.
He did it while he was in high school!
And then, why are you guys even worked up on this?!
Yes! Too arrogant!
Here! I made cabbage meal!
Hey, don’t just go cooking without my permit!
You know? When mangaka's come together...
It's decided that they have to eat cabbage and drink!
Where do you find such a rule?
From Tokiwa village! [Many legendary mangakas stayed in that place]
Since I was the oldest teacher there!
You guys in second place takes one million...
We get half a million. So frustrating.
I was an assistant for 15 years and finally achieved some results.
Your background is just awful.
If only it was the background, I'd be more great then you are!
Ah, understood.
Go, just eat.
Hattori-san... are you even determined to cultivate a talent in JUMP?
Like... how many works have you edited that got open for serialization?
This year... I have ten.
Which means... that there are ten with a possibility for a cut-off?
Can't be helped.They were not popular.
There it is. The ranking supremacy.
Well? Heard that? Keep that in mind.
We busted their ass out with our works...
...with point-outs of changes here and there.
Once the reader ranking slips down, we're immediately cut-out.
In the end, you guys at the editorial department think that we're not cut out to be mangakas!
We don't think that!
Then why not let us play out freely, huh?!
When in fact, you only care about selling it!
Even I don't think that... with the ranking... would mean that the manga is not good at all...
But with letting you creators play free...
...we can't find readers who will necessarily pay.
But even if you listen to the words of your editor, it does not guarantee that the work will sell.
What are you saying? Can't get you.
SHUT UP!
If you really just want to write the way you want to... Then...! Why not vie for doujinshi's?
And if you're bent on sending it to JUMP...
...then we can't just say that it'll become a big hit.
But... There's one thing I want you to know...
Us editors... are definitely not your enemies!
If a confrontation about the masterpiece happens...
...I as an editor will always stand up for my mangaka.
The one you have to face is the audience!
Your manga becomes a manga when someone reads it!
Hey... That was... not a moment to laugh for.
I'm sorry.
I think my uncle said the same thing too...
Hey, how is it?
It's fun.
Then, can I become a mangaka?
Of course, you can.
Can it be serialized in JUMP?
Wouldn't it be?
GREAT!
But, this is not regarded as a manga, yet.
Why?
The first time someone reads this, that's when it becomes a manga.
"BAKUMAN" was so interesting...
I see.. so you're teacher was Kawaguchi Taro...
I should give up on being a mangaka, after all.
I don't wanna die.
Then... Why don't you quit already, you stupid noob!
If this was the Warring States Period, my knife might have already hacked you, you bast*rd!
Ah! Gorilla! [SLAM DUNK character]
Ooh... You really knew...
Well, then... Well, then...!
If you give up now, the game is over.
He appeared! Anzai-sensei! [SLAM DUNK character]
I want... want to draw manga.
That's Mitsui! [SLAM DUNK character]
You will become strong..
More over... You guys shouldn't ever lose... to that Niizuma Eiji...
Yes.
No, that's not it.
We're all stupid!
It's not only to Niizuma!
I can not lose to any one of you!
I will absolutely win for serialization!
EVEN I...! WILL DO SO!
Then, I will also aim for serialization... perhaps?
That's right. Everyone should work hard for your serialization.
Draw a popular new serial!
Do not let us think too beautiful!
-Was that Megane-kun? -Yes. [SLAM DUNK character]
-Kogure, right? -Yes.
Kiminobu was such a good guy, right?!
What have you been talking from the start?
Don't tell me... Hiramaru-kun... You haven't known about SLAM DUNK?
Also... Even "Hokuto no Ken..." Don't know about it?
Of course, I know about that.
Then, can you imitate Kenshiro?
Then... can you do the heart?
Somehow... we suddenly have lot of comrades.
Right.
What happened to you?
Eiji's new serial... was quite dangerous, right?
Right.
If you are aiming for a new serial...
We have to be much closer to JUMP's ally.
[BAKUMAN]
[Kawaguchi Taro and nephew]
[My nephew's dream is to be a mangaka...
...and to head off for a serialization]
[I hope he quickly gives up the idea!]
The Weekly Shonen JUMP Newsroom is divided into three groups.
Each group has a leader.
The groups compete with each other in order to give birth to a popular manga.
All editors each includes the head of the opponents in order to go head-to-head.
There is internal competition in the editorial department about the manga magazine sales.
Opening a new serial is one of the biggest and most important work of editing.
When writers become responsible for their own as a candidate...
The draft must always be surrendered in three episodes every meeting.
The newcomers who have only drew without enough skill in experience...
It will focus mostly on the draft presented.
The draft will be modified numerous times.
They will have to spend a few hours and meet often to review.
In it is the fixed content and direction, as well as the role of setting.
In order to win the right to serialization...
...they should not be leading creators.
As the first editor checks the draft, they must be made as a reader.
Some of them would become strict.
Some of them whips everything into account.
We fathom our personality which is our editing work.
Then we build relationships which influences their great creations.
Through multiple operational meetings...
....the draft pursues further on to the creation.
Although a dip in pen painting is not yet necessary...
But it is the premise the readers look up to.
To draw up a draft which is more accurate.
It becomes an appeal to show the advantages of their own work.
Next, the manga draft heads off to be checked by the division captain.
Proposals are made at the meeting for manga qualifications...
It will be circulated all around in the newsroom.
The work feels more competent with the leader writing his approval on the envelope.
After that, the drafts circulates around the room to anyone who wants to read it.
And when it it properly seen by the all the editorial department staffs...
...it eventually comes back into the division captain or an associate editor.
The manga gets entitled to be presented in the meeting for serialization qualification...
By the editor, the deputy editor and Editor Chief.
The assigned mangaka editors can only wait until results come out.
Well then, let's begin with our newcomer Tezuka winners.
First, let's start with "KIYOSHI Knight" by Fukuda.
Okay.
Before he was recognized for a Tezuka Award...
...he showed potentials in the future.
He is regarded as the best intellect among all the veterans.
Do we still need yankees in JUMP themes nowadays?
I think it's needed.
Because in reverse, it has no same attributes.
For his first serialization, will he able to maintain at this rate?
His drawing speed doesn't lose to that genius mangaka.
You can already feel the temperature with a first read at it.
How many times will you let him try more?
"Rokudenashi Blues."
That was Morita-sensei's work when he was still 22 years old.
I know, right?
But, I think the yankee manga appeals to the younger ones.
Well, it has indeed achieved some results before, though.
What do you think?
Approved.
You've done it.
Thank you so much.
Well.. We have next...
Oh, here it comes.
"Otter 11" by Hiramaru Kazuya.
Yes! It's everyone's favorite "Otter No. 11."
He did not have any experiences in writing mangas before...
...but he was able to produce this quality.
You said it!
And if the response is good, it can immediately be on its way to character animation.
-Indeed, it is suitable for an anime adaptation movie. -Right, yes.
And also, his powerful advantage is amazing to be able to cater the anime themes.
I know.
This guy is a disgusting mess, but it is very cute.
But is it really set for a sudden serialization?
Isn't it interesting?
It indeed has character.
Approved.
Thank you so much.
Then.. next we have... from Nakai-san.
"Girls who taste delicious," by Nakai Takuro.
Indeed, these past fifteen years he had been an assistant artist to different masters...
-And I'm quite solidly content with him. -Yes.
There are girl characters, food, and with micro-erotic themes, it is very fresh.
The protagonist is a girl, huh?
That's not popular in JUMP, though.
But "Cat's eye" did a good job before, though.
That was on the male perspective.
How about "Den Shoujo?"
The protagonist of that work is a boy.
I obviously know.
But "Mister Ajikko..."
"Shota's Sushi" and "Souma..."
In every generation, we can do just fine without food manga themes.
But, aren't a maid's uniform already out of age?
Don't you own a tunic?
And also... the clothing will follow a plot replacement.
But if this boy combines with the protagonist, I'll go for it.
I see.
You've done it.
Then... We have "W EARTH."
The high school duo Takagi and Mashiro.
This is...
...Why did it have substantial change to the line content?
That is... according to the statement of Editor Hattori...
He analyzed that the reasons they did not win first place in the Tezuka Award...
...must be because of an stimulation from Niizuma Eiji.
Right...! Indeed it is a very high standard, but...
But, since they're still only sophomores...
They can still wait until after graduation, right?
But these guys... hope for a serialization now that they're still in high school.
Two mangaka high school students, huh?
Well, with their topic...
It will inevitably be compared, right?
-But honestly, it's not on the same level with Niizuma's. -Right.
I think they won't lose in potential, though!
I understand... I know that, but...
What do you think?
Ahh...! It's so late now...
Hey, aren't the results too late?
We're we not cut out for it?
Well, I think we might have gone wrong with our route, after all...
What do you mean by "After all?"
Didn't you have confidence?
No, uhh...
That's not what I meant.
Hattori-san!
-Fast! Pick it up! Pick it up! Stupid! -Hattori-san!
Say, "Hi, hi, hi, hi!"
Yes! Hello!
Seriously?
YEEEESSSSSSSS!
Attention to everyone... I, Fukuda...
...will now start my work serialization in JUMP!
I wish you all have a lucky day, congratulations!
Luck knocked on me! Again and again, luck!
Palira~~~ Palira~~~ Palira~~~ JUMP!
Yes... Understood.
Umm... with my works, how much will it cost?
So cheap.
YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I WILL TRY MY BEST WITH MY MASTERPIECE!
I've done it.
Why were we the only ones who didn't make it?
The editorial department thinks that your work was not up on JUMP's ally...
But, although this is from the Head Editor...
Up until now, big hit JUMP mangas had righteous hero characters...
Indeed, in this work, we can see it at a glance...
But, when we directly show this to the readers...
...they will quickly get bored.
If it was only in this level...
There is no need for two groups of high school students.
They said that you cannot win against the absolute Niizuma Eiji.
How about it? Next time...
There's still time until a new serial meeting in April...
With a re-creation on your original style...
What is our style of manga?
Honestly, I still do not know what your style of manga is, but...
...what will make it a big hit is what I don't know more.
But because of this, it is what makes manga interesting.
Worrying, suffering... But it's fun...
It's not about imitating someone else's way...
I want you to draw your own original way of manga.
Let's go.
I wonder what it is...
...our own way of manga...
Don't have an idea.
Should we write about sports?
But, we didn't even try for it.
Then," Love Comedy"...
I absolutely won't draw.
Well, you're right.
We really did not have any experience, after all.
Should have been better if we teamed up a bit earlier.
With you...
-HEY! -That hurts!
What the heck?
I found it!
Our own style!
Give me ten days! Uh, no...! A week at least!
I will write a super interesting draft!
Tell me right now!
No, when it's finished, I will contact you!
Umm...!
You first draw about the role of campus drama characters! A campus one, okay?
I… umm...
Senpai...
Since it's christmas, I'll tell you straight ahead.
I have always liked you even back before, senpai!
Azuki-san...
Saotome-san...
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!
Ehh? Azuki-san... Why?...
Why? Why?
She's so cute...
Hey, hey... Stupid, stupid! Stupid! What're you doing with--- the camera!
You're cutting out Azuki!
I don't want to see the glasses girl!
More on the left! UP!
Really, stupid! You... stupid!
Just... just so stupid!
Merry Christmas...!
Really... Is that guy not yet done at all...?!
I took it!
Doesn't that look good?
This is what I need!
-You guys, hurry up and write! -Yes.
-You have great sense, Tsuro. -Thank you so much!
I can finally write... I thought well.
Can you let me see this?
Well, tell me your thoughts after reading it.
-Hey, Tsuro. -Yes?
I said that's not where you paint the strips!
I'm sorry!
This is dangerous...
Right?! You also draw as quick as possible!
Let's all board JUMP together...!
Even I... can't paint if I'm not in this form.
Oh, right.
Could you read for me for a bit?
Let me hear the thoughts of a second placer..
Please... don't say that...
This girls looks so amazing...
Right?! I stayed up for two nights just for this!
Just look at this mass!
At first glance, it all just looks the same. But, it actually has a set in place!
And also... this omelet rice... How is it?
I imaged it floating in outer space...
It's floating in the air...
And also...! This, this, this!
Just look...! Look at this sand here! Isn't it translucent?
These techniques were intentionally hidden away from my other masters as their assistant...
I intended to leave it with my serialization...
No one can steal it now...!
Ehhh? Doesn't this part here seem wrong?
"Sakitto no Ookami" by Ikesawa-sensei...
... the cars he couldn't open were...
Lotus, Porsche and Ferrari five...
Lamborghini in number two...
Toriyama-sensei had his DRAGON BALL only in...
In Eiichiro Oda-sensei's mansion...
There are rivers, and a bank ...
Moga-chan of the group "Miss" is a big fan of otters...
She said she wanted to see you...
Mashiro-kun... hurry up and become a big hit and let me borrow money!
Then we will go to a group date with actresses!
Oh, got that.
Royalty, money, group date, dating...
Car, rings, wedding....
Royalty, money, group date, dating...
Car, rings, wedding...
BAKUMAN
Kawaguchi Taro
[The serialization has been drawn!]
My lover... is the manga...
BAKUMAN? Have you heard about it?
[The brothers: Friendship. Effort. Victory!!!]
The amount of two weeks progress...
Please take it with you..
Well... At least, let us read it...
After all, I am tasked to look after you.
Go ahead.
Though I say so... but I can't pick out anything wrong from this.
You ranked third this week in the readers ranking.
It's not good enough...
I want to become number 1 quickly.
How the situation over there?
Pardon?
The Tezuka Award winners...
Everyone's working really hard... All fighting for a serial.
Friendship. Effort. Victory.Huh?
Hey...
Sorry for the long wait.
I've finished it.
"THE WORLD OF WISDOM AND MONEY."
The stage is set in the future in a high school.
Information can be exchanged freely from the human brain.
Work, school and love...
...thereby increasing the brain levels of intelligence!
The protagonist is a mediocre high school student without talent... He is Kaito.
By way of exchanging information from the brain...
...you can climb a high status in the school.
All that excelled in sports, and even the elite group had put their eyes on him.
And then it all turns into a bloody struggle... A battle ensues...
Very interesting...
Very interesting, but this is...
Yes, it is unlikely the style of JUMP...
But we and Niizuma Eiji are high school students and to win against him...
... we have to be the "un-gifted ones."
Indeed, Eiji is a genius...
From the age of six, he began writing mangas...
If this world was not immersed in the world of manga, it wouldn't have been brought to life.
Although we started late...
But because of that... In behalf of that, we got closer to the general high school students.
We can understand the real reader's thoughts much better!
When we put this advantage into our manga...
...we will absolutely make it!
We just have to draw the way we want to!
The wrong way.
If Eiji goes the righteous way...
...not as geniuses, but we will confront him as the evil ones!
That is our style, isn't it?
BY MONEY AND WISDOM OF THIS WORLD
Chief Editor... What do you think?
Approved.
Serial? Really?
That's totally amazing!
Since when?
The third week of April.
I will definitely read it.
Azuki-san... How is your production?
Yes, we're now about to go on recording.
I also have work in April.
Terrific!
Somehow... Isn't this "that...?"
Both of our dreams... are slowly getting closer to each others...
How cruel? Have you forgotten?
If your manga becomes an anime...
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! Of course I remember!
And so... In that anime's heroine... you will...
I will wait for you, okay?
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MANGAKA SHOWDOWN
Here... The sample book.
So cool~~~!
This is cool!
It smells like JUMP.
You're finally starting, huh?
You can do it. You can certainly do it!
When will the reply figures of the reader ranking come out?
Oh, right now... The statistics are ranked over there.
Before Wednesday, the results are sent which includes the calculation...
Results published on Thursday and...
Then ranks will be affixed there.
By looking at it, we are all doing our utmost efforts.
"CROW" ranks third, huh?
"CROW" hasn't fallen out from the top three...
It will soon become number one, you know?
Congratulations on your serial!
As expected! It was really interesting!
I have come to the meetings about the booklet.
Which color do you think is good?
Niizuma-kun, come back here.
Okay.
So what are you gonna do?
After all, wasn't "showdown" written here in the booklet?
It seems like we have to continue to confront each other, right?
Well, that was the slogan under the editorial department...
"Who do you think will first get the top spot?" Then, wouldn't that sound better?
That's a good idea! So shall I do so.
Let's go.
Umm... Thank you very much.
Pardon?
Because you were there... we are heading off for a serialization.
But from now on, we will come to beat you.
Yes. Roger that.
Why?
You said... just before we get the serialization.
No, it's still early for that.
Just until we beat Niizuma.
More like, until we become number 1.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOWDOWN
Ranking second: CROW Ranking third: BY MONEY AND WISDOM OF THIS WORLD
At first, we were ranked just close to each other as second and third...
Now, three weeks had passed and the distance between us and "CROW" grew bigger.
Then, we enter fourth week.
We began to understand the difficulties of the serial.
Every week, we barely fully caught up...
With weekly bites, we almost couldn't hold on to the deadlines.
Plus, the rankings of our readers has decreased drastically...
Even so, we still had to face the deadline.
No time for sleep.
It is forbidden
Then enters the international trade through Nagasaki...
No changes in the former...
Azuki?
No.
I'll go home and get my change of clothes...
Why don't you sleep for a bit?
What?
I don't have the time to. You go home and sleep.
I said I'm just heading home to get my clothes.
Why are you getting angry?
I'm not angry.
If you have time to change, why not write the drafts?
That's holding you back, so you can't sleep.
What?! Stop messing around!
You draw too slow, so I have to wait until I make the dra--
Knock it off, just quickly write!
If this continues for a lifetime, we can't win against Niizuma!
It's not like we're making manga's to just beat him!
-Then, for what reason are you writing? -I DON'T KNOW!
Weren't you the one who said you wanted to be a mangaka?!
Didn't you also want it do it too?!
I WANTED TO!
Let's stop this.
This is so hard.
Big burden on the body.
The ranking is a big pressure.
Just how much will it fall deeper?
My uncle said that he was in second place but he overcame it all.
Well, that is quite dangerous.
I heard that he got on the cut list when he ranked outside the top 10.
Hey...
I suddenly just thought about one thing.
Today is the tenth week...
This is bad.
It's not that it's really so bad... but it's just...
How about "CROW"?
Still second this week.
What should we do? Increase the battle scenes?
Although, this is a great timing for an additional character to appear.
I still haven't mentioned it with him.
How about killing Kaito?
What?
N-No way...
Well, of course! He's not really dead.
We'll restore him back to life again.
The draft I'm writing now, I will introduce a new heroine.
I would like her to swap with the protagonist.
Well... As expected... Isn't this quite deliberating?
This had began not long after, and now the main character will die...
No, that's not it.
The first episode of "Shingeki no Kyojin," the protagonist got swallowed.
Well, but suddenly just wanting to draw a female character, I can't just draw right off the bat.
Haven't you been obviously drawing several?
What?
H-Hey, hey. That's--- That's m---
Have a look.
This one too.
Hey! W-Why did you have it with you without my permission?
This girl is fine.
She looks cute, her expression is great.
This is great! Just when did you---?
Oh, this one here. It's cool.
Will it do?
Yes, totally.
Let's immediately go with this. How do you plan to?
Finally, the showdown with 11 words end...
When he took off his head gear...
She suddenly stood in front of him.
Woah... I see.
Why so suddenly?
Why haven't you tried to move out from this one?
Well, it just suddenly... popped out.
Ehh?! Seriously?
But this character is super good.
-She's really so cute. -Hattori.
Yes.
Do a masthead color of page 35 from "Money and Wisdom."
Understood.
[You rose to fourth place! They used a masthead color page of your work!]
What happened?
Isn't that amazing?! A red burst!
No, no! It was just by luck!
There can be no luck in fourth place!
And the new role looks really good!
RIGHT?!
More than that, you're amazing! You ranked number 5!
Well, I've been trying to out a burst in each episode.
And, Hiramaru-san is third...
As a newcomer, he won that easily! Isn't that great?!
We're now seeing Niizuma Eiji's back, right?
He's just simply posted up quite well!
Right?
Ah, Nakai-san...
Right.
You've seen his last work, right?
JUMP really is very hard, after all.
He seems to move back to his home town.
We don't have time to care about other people.
We only have to continue to draw good works.
Well, just for a while...
This one here... And this one over here too.
What do you mean?
The same number of votes.
The same number of votes?
These two are both in second place?
Seriously?!
Number two! Two!
Yes! We'll do our best!
Although... we haven't slept in three days.
Yes, that's right.
Yes... We are eating.
Yes.
You're right. Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
Yes... Uhh, well... Page nine is...
Let me think about i...
Oh, please wait... I'm going to the toilet. I'll call you back later.
Hey... Saiko?
Saiko?
Hey! Saiko?!
SAIKO? HEY!
It was GOT. It's an increase in things like blood.
There are signs of liver function degradation.
Plus, bumped his head when fainted.
Right now... the manuscript...?
Only completed the drafts.
This is bad.
Just when we masthead color pages with your pages.
I will write.
Don't worry, Hattori-san.
We managed to catch up with "CROW"...
Now is a good chance of winning.
No matter what, I will draw.
Shujin, give me the manuscript.
No.
"Money and wisdom"... will pause its serial for the meanwhile.
First, recover from your sickness...
Then wait until April, next year...
That is, before you graduate from high school...
...you will undergo a pause period on the serial.
I refuse.
No is no.
Please explain so I will be satisfied.
Because Kawaguchi Taro... died.
My uncle's business has nothing to do with me!
Of course there is!
We are also reflecting in our own ways.
With the mangaka showdown between you high school students as the topic...
It provoked excitement to the readers and you felt that you were duty-bound.
I'm very sorry.
Please allow me to continue to draw. I ask of you.
I'm going back first.
My uncle was not satisfied.
He believed that it was his own fault.
Because his manga was getting boring that's why he got cut-off.
My uncle lost.
He lost to JUMP.
If the Chief Editor says to that extent...
...there's nothing I can do.
You're right.
But... who will take charge of the color pages now?
Well... All I can do...
...is to leave it to Niizuma-kun, right?
I have to go back to the newsroom...
...to quickly prepare the alternatives.
How frustrating.
I am totally, messed-up frustrated.
Although, I've only lived for a short period of seventeen years...
But I have never been... this much frustrated in my whole life, Hattori-san.
Two colored pages, right?
Understood.
Good afternoon.
Why'd you come?
I got a call from Takagi-kun...
I see.
Ahhh--- Come inside!
Here.
Thank you.
Are you okay?
Ah, yes! I'm completely fine!
You lost weight.
I have read your manga.
It's really amazing. Amazingly interesting.
Seriously? Woah... I'm so happy.
The background is our school, right?
Both the teachers and the classrooms made me feel nostalgic.
Too obvious, right?
Umm...
That character there... is me, right?
You found out?!
I 'm seriously sorry!
Well... But I thought that it'd be good to tell you before hand...
But, it's not really unnatural...
But, somehow... I got the feeling of wanting to draw you in my manga...
Am I gross?
No, I feel the same too.
Really?
Then, I'm glad.
How about you?
Your voice acting career?
I received several jobs...
It's embarassing, but it seems that I'm going to be singing too.
Really?! That's amazing!
You're heading off after me. This is bad.
Umm...! But I will draw this character much more better next time!
This degree of completion is not enough.
Your much more lovely than this...
No...! That's a given already.
But, you know?...
My manager said...
He searched about me on the net... and he knew that we were classmates before...
He saw the same character of me on your manga and...
In the company... They said that a relationship between the staffs are forbidden.
That's why...
I can no longer.. with you...
...can no longer see you.
But…
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
I should be the one who should say sorry.
Goodbye.
Good luck.
Hey...
The promise we made... I wonder if it's still alive?
One day, we will draw a hit selling work...
...an when it is remade into an anime...
Will you dub the heroine?
Just always waiting for you... It's impossible.
I'll be going ahead.
[I'll be going ahead.]
Why----! Why're you he---!
Shuji...
Accompany me in my own way...
What the hell are the two of you doing?
"What," you ask? We're drawing.
What? You're serialization is on a halt.
This is the formal decision of the editorial department.
We know.
Then why are you writing?
Just when you can legally take the rest off..
Even I envy why you had this chance...
No matter what you say, we will still draw.
Because I'm sick, I have more time away from school...
I should be glad I had this privilege.
Shuji, I'll let you handle the filling.
Roger that.
This one, this one, this one. Just the usual thing.
Here at 62.
Ah, this part?
As to what extent have you drawn?
There's no way you can catch up in the deadline!
Right?
But, we've already started writing...
-This one? -This part here at 62.
That side of the background? -Not there.
I might put a dialogue on that part there.
AAHHH! You guys really are so annoying!
Hattori-san...
I will demonstrate to you three most important artifacts...
Friendship!
Effort!
Victory!
That one.
What are you doing, really you~~~!
Hey?
Nakai-san, come here quickly!
We need your technical background now!
What are you saying? I've already gone back home.
Your home is just in Chichibu!
Just come here already!
You're so slow, Nakai-san!
What are you doing?
More like... Saiko-kun, are you okay?!
Somehow.
Barely somehow!
Just come help already!
Saiko's characters still needs to be painted!
We already painted the background and details...
Sorry to trouble you.
After all... Aren't your manuscript...
When I'm finished here, I'll have you help me.
There's no time, so can you directly draw the bottom?
Yes, I'll do that.
-Ruler... -Oh.
Ehhh?! What what? What what what?!
I will draw this background!
Hiramaru-kun! You put too much speed in line spacing!
Shuji-kun! You started from the network side!
Such a waste!
Indeed! A true senior assistant!
Looks like they may catch up with the deadline...
And the assigned Editor may go as usual with "Money and Wisdom."
It's something I have to say sorry for you.
Didn't the Chief ordered to pause their serialization?
Then doesn't writing seem futile already?
Friendship. Effort. Victory...
As a JUMP editor, this may seem cold but...
For a bit... I also want to believe in that...
OBITUARY: Kawaguchi Taro's death
[At the age of 39.]
Draw...
Draw...!
Shujin...
Blacken all the hair here.
The adjacent roof on 61.
Got that.
Still three pages to go.
Seems too much, right?
More like... I'm also about to reach my limit.
We still have to paint the characters.
It's impossible.
Why?
Saiko-kun is amazing.
After the serial, it rapidly started progressing.
Although, we can help on the other details...
But only Saiko-kun can paint the characters...
Then... What are we gonna do?
Hattori-san...
There's three unfinished, yet.
Can you wait a while longer?
So this is both your studio, huh?
What is this about, Hattori-san?
Well, uhh... He asked me to bring him here.
Seems like you really are in a big pinch.
Even it has become a hindrance in my side.
Friendship. Effort. Victory
Heh!
Those only exists in manga, though!
What did you come here for?
Please let me see it.
You suck.
You should have been able to draw much better.
There's no way he can draw in this situation!
This contour here... it uses to much force
Doesn't it seem so cliche more than ever?
What are you doing?
This eye doesn't hold too much power in it, right?
This is now much better.
Oh, and we also need sweat over here, right?
Didn't I tell you...?
That you should draw your character much more better.
Please stop it.
This is my manga.
There's no way anyone else can draw my manga better.
By then, Mashiro-sensei and Takagi-sensei.
Fukuda-sensei... Hiramaru-sensei...
Even Nakai-sensei too.
I'll be waiting.
...at JUMP.
Hattori.
Yes.
Doing this to such an extent...
If you weren't able to keep up, what would you have done?
I'm sorry.
But, Sasaki-san...
The first time I was assigned in her JUMP... You said it, right?
When the chief editor and the mangaka's confront each other...
The assigned editors and mangaka stand on the same side.
Friendship.
Effort.
It's your victory.
We will publish the masthead colored pages.
YEESSS!
-WE'VE DONE IT! WE'VE DONE IT! -W-We did it! WE'VE DONE IT!
THANK YOU! Thank you so much!
I'm so glad! I AM SO GLAD!
We did it!
-Thank you. -Thank you so much!
Then next.. I'll have you draw "Kiyoshi's" background.
Was my painting not that good?
-I don't know 'bout that! -I have a new inspiration!
-What a liar! -I'm telling the truth!
But, he's still so weak.
I will come help!
I want a comparison with Saiko.
-Even me too! -I'll have you help in mine!
Unfortunately... "Money and Wisdom's" reign on number one... Was only a once in a lifetime chance.
All of the other manuscripts that the two submitted...
...became rejected by the Editorial Dep every weekly meetings.
The readers ranking system of their work also decreased way low at the bottom.
You sure about not attending?
Like it'd make a difference. I didn't even make any high school memories at all.
More like... In my last year, all I can remember is barely getting any sleep.
Because we were writing mangas, though.
But thinking over it, aren't we amazing?
At what part?
As high school students, we did get a serialization in JUMP, after all!
But, it already ended, though.
But, we did rank number one.
Only once.
Well... that was the peak of our life, though...
In the end, we got cut-off midway.
But... we're still so amazing!
We really are rocking this life!
But, Eiji is much more cooler.
Oh, don't say that!
But, I wonder what we will be doing from now on after this?
For the meanwhile, let's wonder off.
Actually, I…
I thought of a new theme, though.
Let me hear.
First, the type inference is a crime.
Suspense, right?
-But! The protagonist is a pupil! -I see.
PERFECT CRIME PARTY (PCP)
Tells the story of a elementary school children...
...performing seamless acts of crimes.
Then... we'll go on a more young route, huh?
Like this?
WOAH! That's awesome!
Then! Another mystery story!
DETECTIVE TRAP
Sounds pretty good!
The murderer sets a trap, yet they catch themselves.
If that is so... Wouldn't mask's seem good?
Like this!
That is so cool!
Oh! And I also want to draw a comedic themed manga!
With the protagonist as this!
Ah! That's a great direction!
And also...! A dark and evil showdown!
A bit like the protagonist of "CROW!"
Then, the protagonist is a black devil!
-How about this? -That's super dark! Thumbs up!
Our style is sounding great!
Like, you go and write the drafts quickly!
Well, you should also draw the characters fast!
Our next work must certainly get sold!
Let's overcome both "ONE PIECE" and "DRAGONBALL!"
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