@Halfmetal-lich:
Remember when Azuki was in this series? How many chapters has it been since she showed up?
She's mentioned fairly frequently, even if she doesn't have actual screen time. She's already pretty much achieved her goal, so she has to stay out of sight while the leads work towards an anime, otherwise it'd be really awkward to keep seeing her turn down work and whatnot.
10, 20? How many chapters has it been since they brought up the dreams plot point?
Middle school reunion, and that was only a couple chapters ago.
You know..the entire reason Mashiro is doing this in the first place?
No… its not. He's making comics cause he wants to make comics. His personal life bonus goal of getting an anime is attached to the girl. Because he's an idiot. But Azuki is NOT the main motivating factor. At all. their career goals didn't get tied together until after Mashiro had decided to be a manga artist, and Azuki had decided to be an actress. Their dreams are linked, and a motivator, but the other is not the source of the dream.
@Kareem:
Well I love Futurama, and I also love good Shonen so a Shonen Futurama is definitely something I would like to check out. Of course I don't know how that could really be better than Nausicaa
They heavily adressed that in this chapter. Personal preference is what it is. What you like best won't always be what you consider the best.
Eiji's strength is battle manga, so he's going to make the most successful battle manga ever, better than One Piece, Dragonball and X-Men. He's going to be supreme at a certain genre and style and highly recognized for it. Doesn't mean he's going to have the best romance story ever, or the best western ever. But the best action team fun fighting book ever.
Also, just because Zephos says Nausicaa is the best thing ever and can make a ton of points defending his case, doesn't make it the most popular, well known, successful, or best ever. Most of the people on this MANGA THEMED site, have never even read it. Its good, but its not renown. Its recognized as quality by those that read it, but it never achieved critical mass to become that one book that everyone owns a copy of that you can discuss casually with any manga fan you meet, the way a lot of shonen do.
If you're looking for a fun wacky battle series, then Nausicaa is not it in the least. If you're looking for a serious philosophical look at war full of sacrifice and death…