@Vongola_Boss_XI:
The main characters even said they wanted their series to run in Jump rather than another magazine.
Technically, it's still Jump. Just a different kind of Jump.
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
The main characters even said they wanted their series to run in Jump rather than another magazine.
Technically, it's still Jump. Just a different kind of Jump.
Yeah, but IIRC they were dead-set on the series that got an anime being in WSJ.
They still have a regular series running in Jump, so its not like they've failed there and had to go to a different company entirely.
Theyre still suceeded at working in Jump proper… and the spinoff mag. They're still hitting their goals.
Yes, in a sense that's true.
However, it just doesn't feel right for Reversi to be their big break unless it somehow switches over to WSJ after PCP ends.
Just consider the reason it's not running in WSJ….the editors still feel Ashirogi Muto isn't on Eiji's level thus they can't handle two weekly series. Further, Reversi is out of direct competition with Eiji, Fukuda, Takahama, Aoki, Hiramura, etc.
It may be a fitting series to resolve the plot line about getting an anime and thus bring Miho into the story / allow here and Mashiro to get married. However, unless it switches over to WSJ it really wouldn't feel like victory in any way over Eiji. For one, the editors still view Ashirogi Muto as lesser than Eiji in that they can't handle two series weekly....even with Reversi beating out Zombie Gun, they still view Eiji as the superior because it was simply a one time victory. It took a while to get there and this was a great, very satisfying chapter to read. However, it's not the lasting victory that we would hope to see for Ashirogi. After all, their series didn't make it into WSJ while Eiji's series did. Yes, it's great for them to have 2 serializations, but they're still "not on Eiji's level" and thus not permitted two in WSJ.
It did seem like a sticking point for them to have their biggest hit in WSJ....and considering Bakuman itself is in WSJ I still fully expect the final series Ashirogi Muto writes will be pitting against Niizuma Eiji in WSJ.
If you think about it, now that Eiji has declared Ashirogi Muto as his true rival, their true goal in creating a great manga should be beating Niizuma, not just getting an anime. As it stands now, beating Eiji consistently and getting an anime seem to be a singular goal....but in realiity a lot of manga get an anime well before becoming a huge success. Bleach, KHR!, Bakuman, Naruto, Gintama, etc. all have anime series but none are the monster success that is One Piece.
Just like Eiji's goal shifted from becoming the greatest in the world of manga, perhaps Ashirogi's goal will shift from simply becoming popular and getting an anime to being more succesful than Eiji. I think achieving a successful enough manga to get an anime in Hissou Jump will allow Mashiro and Miho to get married....but it also allows Zombie Gun to develop into a big success in WSJ. It gives PCP time to end....and then will Reversi jump over to WSJ? Or will they write a final series to finally take on Eiji and make a more successful series on a weekly basis?
The only other option I really see is to have PCP stand as the manga that will "defeat" Zombie Gun....somehow after years of serilaization, Ashirogi manages to make PCP even more interesting and thus popular enough to become number 1 in WSJ. Reversi gets them an anime, but doesn't beat Eiji (because it's not in direct competition with other WSJ series). So basically they split their two goals....beating Eiji is accomplished with PCP and getting an anime is accomplished through Reversi. PCP doesn't get an anime, Reversi doesn't "defeat" Eiji or Zombie Gun.
The reason it's not running in WSJ is not because they think Ashirogi is inferior to Eiji, but rather to allow other authors (particularly new authors) a chance at serialization, too, as you can only have so many things serialized in the magazine at one given time. Eiji never had two series running in the magazine at the same time; he didn't write Natural, Aiwase did. Eiji only contributed to the art. It's hardly fair to use the "One Piece" (from Real Life) or the "Crow" (from Bakuman" comparison, as those are once in a generation manga.
That said, I can see Reversi going to WSJ after PCP ends, like how D.Gray-Man went from being Weekly to Monthly. Whether Eiji sticks with Zombie Gun for competition against it, however, remains to be seen.
They clearly specified in this chapter that they consider Eiji capable of doing two series weekly. There were a few editors who directlly stated that Ashirogi is not Niizuma Eiji.
Up until this point, Mashiro, editors, etc. have all refered to Niizuma Eiji as having two series in WSJ. What you say about new authors is true. However, the contention was that both Ashirogi Muto and Niizuma Eiji having two series in WSJ at once would limit the room for new authors. Zombie Gun is going for serialization in WSJ and Reversi is not. Niizuma already has +Natural in Jump and Ashirogi already has PCP. Yujiro etc. stated that Eiji is capable of doing two weekly series while Ashirogi is not. Reversi may have gotten more votes than Zombie Gun, yet Reversi is being put into monthly serialization while Zombie Gun is going to run in WSJ, again giving Eiji two weekly series.
Takagi would be doing the story for 2 series and Mashiro would be doing the art for two series. This is very much comprable to Eiji doing the art for two series and the story for one by himself. Saying that +Natural is entirely Iwase's is basically the same as saying PCP, Reversi, Trap etc. belong to Takagi and not Mashiro.
If we're saying it's unfair to compare anything Ashirogi does to "Crow" because it's a once in a generation manga….how can our main characters ever "defeat" their main rival? Or...are we just saying they never will beat Eiji and that he will always be the superior mangaka?
All the series in Bakuman are fictional...so why exactly is it unfair to compare them to One Piece? Dragon Ball was really popular, but eventually One Piece came along. Like it or not, Naruto is also a 100+ million volume selling series. It's pretty ambiguous as to whether One Piece is still running in the fictional version of WSJ in Bakuman.
Good chapter, and oh so satisfying to see Ashirogi beat Eiji for once. Really curious how this will all play out.
I have a feeling things are gonna get really tough for Ashirogi because now, not only are they going to do two series at once, but they're going to have balance doing a weekly and monthly series, the latter of which they've never done before and is a whole different monster.
Lookin' forward to next week.
Great chap! My question though is: who will be their editor if they change magazine?! That is a potential disaster!
Was I the only one thinking about it?
Great chap! My question though is: who will be their editor if they change magazine?! That is a potential disaster!
Was I the only one thinking about it?
Oh hey, that is a good point. They may end up with a second editor now… and it wouldn't be someone from the pool of characters we've already seen.
Of course, they've already done the "argue with your editor when they just don't get you" thing with Muira, so I dunno how much drama could be taken from that... but it is a good point.
Great chap! My question though is: who will be their editor if they change magazine?! That is a potential disaster!
Was I the only one thinking about it?
Ah, excellent point. But as Robby said, we've explored the "difficult editor" angle with Miura, so I think if this does happen it'll probably just end up being another aspect of doing two different mangas for two different magazines with two different schedules, which altogether will prove to be very taxing on Ashirogi.
Lol, correct me if I'm wrong… Didn't they want to write a new series to increase the chance of getting an anime? Let's say they need about 70 chapters to be able to get one on weekly basis. Well, another 6 years without beeing married.
Edit: Wait. Is there a chance that a manga on a monthly basis has more pages than 19?
Lol, correct me if I'm wrong… Didn't they want to write a new series to increase the chance of getting an anime? Let's say they need about 70 chapters to be able to get one on weekly basis. Well, another 6 years without beeing married.
First off, yes monthly manga tend to have more pages, like roughly 30 on average sometimes less.
Still…that's a good point.
Even with a weekly series it would've been maybe two years down the line or less, but monthly is a whole other ballgame. At the very least, their anime series would probably be short lived and even that depends on how long they stick with Reversi. If they do intend to keep it "long running" they could run into the problems most do with the anime ending early (yea that would be an issue in weekly too but monthly is most likely harder I would think). Or they could hope for another adaptation comes down the line like FMA did with theirs.
Lol, correct me if I'm wrong… Didn't they want to write a new series to increase the chance of getting an anime? Let's say they need about 70 chapters to be able to get one on weekly basis. Well, another 6 years without beeing married.
Edit: Wait. Is there a chance that a manga on a monthly basis has more pages than 19?
Monthlies tend to have more pages, and Full Metal Alchemist got an anime after about 2 years. Claymore as well I think.
In both cases the show caught up to the manga's narrative 20 episodes in and then did its own thing.
Anybody else really want to read zombie gun? Kind of looks awesome, like soul eater.
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
I could see Reversi as a successful series that lasts a few years, enjoys a great deal of success like Death Note, and allows the marriage to take place. This still wouldn't let Ashirogi consistently beat Eiji as their series isn't running in WSJ…..and it's still not One Piece or Dragon Ball level of success.
I don't agree. It is true that when you look at One Piece and Dragon Ball (Shueisha's two most successful properties) they're both mostly light hearted adventure stories with a little drama thrown in at times. Which would indicate that the path to top tier success in Japan would be the same genre. But Reversi is supposedly much more of a battle manga than Death Note. So it has the advantage of a non-mainstream uniqueness while also having more exciting fight sequences. So it'll probably be more successful than Death Note. That's its hook.
And with that said, very dark Shonen series can be successful too. A relatively new monthly series known as Attack on Titan (aka Shingeki no Kyojin) has come out in a Kodansha monthly mag and it's volumes are currently selling almost as high as Bleach despite it being only two years old. It's a much darker series than your typical Shonen, being rather similar to Death Note and Claymore in many respects. Aohige speculates it will be a juggernaut on par with FMA in the future (which seems likely).
Personally I think it's a great series, and reading it is basically like reading a manga version of the Dark Knight, where its a high energy thrill ride of suspense and you're on the edge of your seat the whole way through. It actually reminds me a lot of what Reversi is supposed to be, where it does have action and violence and quite a bit of fighting but it's not at all like typical Shonen battles, where the fighting is a lot more about surviving than anything else. So this series has had great success in a second tier magazine (Bessatsu) because it was doing something very different from what other series were doing and was doing it very well. And while it probably won't achieve OP or DB popularity, it looks on its way to achieving FMA popularity which is the next best thing.
So with that in mind Reversi being highly successful doesn't seem hard to comprehend.
Did this with Fairy Tail, so I decided to do this with other series, if the blog idea actually goes somewhere.
Bakuman 153: The World and His Opponent or Eiji Realizes He's Not Scott Pilgrim
! Right now, I'd say Bakuman's up in my top five manga series. I've read it ever since Chapter 60 and, while I did enjoy the Nanamine arcs, I'm really glad that Bakuman's been making its return to form. And this chapter represents a turning point that we've all been waiting for: Ashirogi Muto's success!
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Anybody up for some bubbly?
! In this chapter, Ashirogi Muto finally gets a taste of the victory pie, defeating Eiji's Zombie Gun with a two-point victory. Now this doesn't end Mashiro and Takagi's rivalry with Eiji, it only intensifies it! You see, Bakuman's 100 chapters behind Fairy Tail, but its characters are far more relatable and readers are far more invested in Bakuman's characters. This is a Bakuman review, however, so that's besides the point, but it's really great that we can not only relate with our heroes, but Eiji as well.
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Eiji's weird and strange, but how could you not adore him?
! The reveal that Reversi will be a monthly series is also a refreshing change of pace. I thought it was for certain that we'd see Reversi and PCP running in Jump, but having it in another series will no doubt make for a very interesting change of pace for Bakuman!
! There's really not much else to say, as everything about this chapter feels fresh and natural. I can't really pick apart the chapter, as, well, in the words of a certain vice-editor-in-chief, "I have no complaints."
! Kitsune's Verdict: 9.5/10 (for a Bakuman chapter)
Just finished reading all the chapters for this… soo good.
This is right down my alley, probably more so than any other manga (although OP will always be #1). I love the meta moments.
I don't know how reliable it is, but I feel like I've learned a lot about Manga and Jump from this. Might go read Death Note now...
@Lazy:
I don't know how reliable it is, but I feel like I've learned a lot about Manga and Jump from this.
They exaggerate a little for flair, (wherein all the character are complete idiots when it comes to manga and go to extreme lengths to challenge their rivals) but for the most part their facts about the comic industry are accurate, including the hours worked and the dedication and passion required.
What about the rankings? Don't they take like 8 weeks to be determined or something? Yet it seems like the current results are being acquired every week.
@Thousand:
What about the rankings? Don't they take like 8 weeks to be determined or something? Yet it seems like the current results are being acquired every week.
1. They ARE getting results every week. The mag keeps coming out, after all. And don't forget, Bakuman has frequent short time skips. Any given chapter of the story sometimes covers several weeks, or even months, moving much faster than in real time. (Bakuman has been printing for 3 years, but the characters are on their 8th or 9th.) After they've done their grind to finish their product, the chapter often hops a week between individual pages in order to get to the results.
2. Given that series often get cancelled after 10 chapters, taking 8 weeks to get input wouldn't be very helpful, would it? Internally they get and tabulate those statistics pretty quickly. It really is closer to one week from publication. (Remember they use a sampling of cards, so what they get in is what they get in. they don't need all the surveys to come in, just a sample 1000.)
However, printing and shipping means that from the time they finish a chapter to getting results probably is closer to 3-4 weeks. From the time it hits shelves though, they get turnaround pretty quick. Thats why the last chapter they had in which to beat Eiji wasn't his actual final chapter, but several issues earlier.
3. Getting the rankings and publishing the rankings are two different things. Just because the guys in the studio know the results almost immediately, doesn't mean that info is given to the public immediately.
Oh wow, well that makes sense. I've been confused by this point for quite some time now. Thanks.
The questionnaires? I thought they were done on the Friday after the Monday after Jump came out? Or are we talking about something else…
The early result is when they go over 1000 votes, the later results are that of 5000 votes. The mangaka gets the other results a day after publication (which is monday).
http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/bakuman/en/0/154/#page/1
Chapter 154 is out at Red Hawk
Great chapter. The recent series arcs have been nothing but duds for quite a while now but it's great to finally have an arc that's got that good old Bakuman feeling.
I agree, this was another great chapter! It also addressed all my concerns from last week.
This might be one of my favorite Bakuman chapters period. Like, without a doubt in top 10.
! I legitimately felt my heart break a bit when Hattori got plastered in that bar. I guess it's one of those moments when I realize Hattori has been one of my favorite characters and, even during Bakuman's low points, he was always there. So seeing him this torn up over not being able to be Reversi's editor… :(
! But this ending was just fantastic. PCP running in Hisshou while Reversi is their series for Weekly so they can go up against Eiji's Zombie Gun? Yes please!
Awesome awesome awesome chapter.
! You know, it did think it seemed a bit odd that the series that (supposedly) will make Ashirogi realize their dream would run in Hissho rather than WSJ, but thankfully they did work a way around it this chapter in a way I totally didn't expect.
! In regard to Hattori getting drunk…well, a (cynical) part of me thinks that they scene may have been a bit over the top, making Hattori looks selfish and putting Ashirogi up on a pedestal. But I guess the scene was moreso about the bond Hattori has with Ashirogi and how he wanted to help them succeed (although he did say it would be the flagship of WSJ, so there may have been some selfishness in there).
! And I loved that awesome doublespread at the end. Great chapter.
Considering how everyone was tired of PCP becoming a "dud" in terms of not being the manga of their dreams, I think this new twist is a good, unexpected direction to take it in.
Really happy to see Hattori's thoughts on the manga :D. For once, Ashirogi Muto seems to be ahead of Niizuma Eiji!
Having gotten impatient again, I looked at the spoiler pics for this chapter before it was translated, and knew it was going to be something special.
! Just go through and look at Hattori's facial expressions the whole way through. You knew it was going to be something else.
! Though kookily, in the japanese text "PCP" and "Reversi" are both in English, so I was able to pick out them constantly batting those words back and forth.
! It is the best solution overall, PCP being a mystery series, as a monthly will give them more space to set up mysteries and traps in it, and stew on interesting ideas, it'll be served better by a longer page count in a single installment, and it'll give the new magazine a flagship established title to run.
! Meanwhile, Reversi competes head on with Eiji and gets both authors to up their game, and Hattori stays as editor. And that's all good, but…
! I can't help but feel its a little cheap. This is their fourth time now stopping and starting a new series in Jump. In series they've been doing it for 8 years, and they had Mashiro's illness hiatus, and a year between Tanto and PCP, so basically, they're on their 4th series in the course of maybe 5 years of ongoing work.
! AND they get Hattori again. Even if the circumstances are different this time, its kind of like... can't they ever keep a single title going for more than a year before they get uppity and want to do something new? Before they go behind people's backs and submit a random one shot to something for no real reason? Can't they ever work with an editor other than the guy they've had for 9 years?
! Hell, freaking One Piece has two different editors and changes them out every 2 years. Dragonball had 4 different editors during its 11 year run. At Marvel teams change editors every six months, and people get fired or move onto different careers.
! I know "anime, marriage, beat Eiji" are their constant motivators, and Hattori understand them well, (even though I think they still haven't told him the WHY of the anime's importance...) and they're growing and changing as creators, but still... There's things you can only do with a story thats been running for several years that you just can't do with a fresh one. I want to see them deal with a story having to evolve in and of itself over time. Deal with a new editor that isn't the complete idiot Muira was. (This new guy is going to be sidelined as PCP is pushed completely into the background.)
! Oh well. Its probably the final arc of the series, so I guess that can all be excused. But if it goes on after this...
Despite everything I just said, it was a really good chapter, I enjoyed it a lot, and its Bakuman at the top of its game. There's just some aspects I'd like to see them deal with that the series is being too… idealistic to mess with.
I think your criticisms are fair Robby, in that the factors you pointed out make Bakuman seem unrealistic, but honestly as a reader of the manga I would find myself less interested if they just continued on with the same series constantly. I mean, a manga about writing the same manga for years and years on end could very well be interesting but it certainly wouldn't work well as a shonen and it wouldn't at all be Bakuman.
But yeah, this chapter was great; especially since it seems like we're kicking off the final arc with a BANG! Hattori's expressions were so awesome.
The thing is, I doubt we'll ever see them dealing with an evolving story, and doubt there ever was much of a chance of that in the first place. The point of Bakuman is for Ashirogi to create a hit manga that will become an anime and allow Mashiro to get married and all that stuff. This means, of course, that the manga that realizes their dreams would most likely be an instant hit that almost immediately gets an anime and thus wouldn't really give us time to see how the manga's story would develop.
Great chapter. I didn't realised the scans came out this late, but I guess it's not as popular and more dialogue-heavy.
I can see this being the final arc, although I sort of expected it to finish on the 200th chapter. And their needs to be some new obstacle, probably Eiji upping his game, or Shuujin having a kid.
I honestly can't wait for the wedding, I'm a sucker for romance…
Maybe someone will die? Someone close to Muto, a bit of symmetry to the beginning?
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Thinking about it, would it be cliche if Miho was diagnosed with a terminal illness? All that time they waited when they could have been happy together?
Yeah, I think so. Kaya during childbirth... (Gah, too many fanfic ideas in my head right now!)
I seriously, seriously doubt that any major or even minor character in Bakuman will be killed off. The manga does meander its way into dramatic territory on occasion, but it's a shonen kind of drama, full of romance, dreams and uplifting messages about hard work. There's no way it will end up going full soap opera on us.
"Oh no, Takagi has amnesia and doesn't remember that he cheated on Kaya with Eiji's mother!" Yeah I think not.
They had an open door to do a Kaya is pregnant storyline a couple months back, and they didn't take it up then, so they aren't likely to now. And a death? Nah, no reason to pull that.
Only if this series continues beyond its obvious conclusion and follows the characters well into their late adulthoods… but we're not going to see them past 30.
The thing is, I doubt we'll ever see them dealing with an evolving story, and doubt there ever was much of a chance of that in the first place.
Yup. The series is never going to go into serious territory about growing up, , or working on the same thing for 10 years, and the ups and downs that go with that creatively. That'd be waaay beyond what the target audience wants to see, I'm probably the only person that would be interested in seeing that. (Being in that situatuon myself.) More interesting to watch them brainstorm new ideas anyway.
Eiji running a series for 8 years is as close as they're likely to get to that territory, and in that case they wanted him to go LONGER…
Eiji will one day have a heart attack, trust me.
I miss seeing what team Fukuda has been up to. I admit they don't really have any particular bearing on the story right now, but I like just seeing what they're up to. Like hearing that Takahama's lawyer manga is doing extraordinarily well in the ranking and has a stage production. Or having the one guy who wrote the knock-off detective manga to Trap end up being Nanamine's assistant. Those little things are what really makes Bakuman for me.
Last time we really saw them having any sort of impact on the story was when Eiji was ending Crow. We only saw short glimpses of them during the second Nanamine arc, but even then Nanamine was going to fail anyways, so their role is…almost entirely pointless really. They're just kind of there to show "Oh we're REALLY trying our hardest to beat him". Which is better than nothing I suppose, but it helps seeing what they're up to every once in awhile instead of Hiramaru's antics.
Oh and they were there for that one Iwase chapter, who's basically become as relevant as Shizuka the True Human guy.
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/bakuman/en/0/154/#page/1
Chapter 154 is out at Red Hawk
Ddont you mean RED HOOK?! :p
Yeah, in many ways the authors find a way imo to make the side characters more interesting than the protagonists. I'd say they should try something a bit out of the norm by focusing on the side characters for a longer period of time than usual, several arc is possible.
Ofcourse if they did somebody might complain about the protags taking a backseat to "irrelevant" characters
Actually, I'd be interested in seein that as well Robby. I think it would be very interesting to read about them dealing with all the ins and outs of their series running with an anime or trying to write something with the scope of Water Seven / Enies Lobby in One Piece….I mean it would have to have it's usual Bakuman flair with Team Fukuda and Eiji doing their thing as well. I kinda wish that the series would go beyond just the marriage and the anime....let us see Mashiro and Takagi as they realize the full scope of being a mangaka even after that immediate goal is gone. I mean I guess they'd just keep doing their thing...but I would like to see this story with them as adults with kids and after Mashiro and Miho get married. I guess it's partially because I really enjoy the idea of a story about writing manga and I've grown attached to the characters. I'm not really interested in any more Nanamine type stories (though I didn't dislike them that much...I was mostly neutral on Nanamine, never hated those arcs and found some things interesting...the only part of the series I thought was below average was Shiratori story arc...and that was short enough to kinda forget), just more about writing manga. Of course...as long as Ohba / Obata feel like they can keep going. I don't want it to be forced, but as long as there's a natural way to keep the story going and it maintains quality, I'd be happy. If it comes down to seeing the manga drag on and get worse, I'd rather it end earlier...but otherwise I hope in some ways this isn't the end. Bakuman is my second favorite series to read each week.
The old switcheroo, huh? Good chapter. With the wider age range for Hissho Jump, it allows PCP "crimes" to become more elaborate, and with Reversi running in WSJ, it can compete with Zombie Gun. Plus, Hattori gets to edit it. Everyone wins.
Don't they (team Fukuda) have to change 'Jump' before the story can end? I still think they will follow up on the child story-line, it will be like the hospital story-line where they will be threatened with being over-worked, and will have to put one of their series on hiatus…
Plus it takes two years for an anime, so we've got plenty of chapters (at least 30) before the story will get in to the final arc (imo).
@Lazy:
Don't they (team Fukuda) have to change 'Jump' before the story can end? I still think they will follow up on the child story-line, it will be like the hospital story-line where they will be threatened with being over-worked, and will have to put one of their series on hiatus…
I'm fairly sure the "change Jump" storyline was just a spur of the moment thing that didn't really go anywhere.
Plus it takes two years for an anime, so we've got plenty of chapters (at least 30) before the story will get in to the final arc (imo).
Your wording is a bit weird here, so I'm not totally sure what you mean, but again, I'm fairly sure we're already into the final arc of the story (but yeah, 30 chapters, maybe a little more, left in the series sounds about right).
Yeah, there's not much left to do here. Mashiro and Shujin are both adults now, have defeated all their rivals (Eiji included), and have just gotten their Platinum medal series serialized. The only things left are for it to get an Anime, Miho and Mashiro to get married, and the "Happily ever after" to occur, with possibly a chapter or two showing events "a few years later"… There are only a few loose ends now, such as the fate of Hiramaru X Aoki, Nanamine's final attempt at sabotage, and "that homewrecker" finally admitting defeat as well. Everything else has been addressed.
Nanamine will play Happosai at the wedding.
If there's one thing Bakuman is good at, it's depicting passionate emotions bursting into flame. Loved that last spread. Like everyone else has said, this had better be the last arc. There's not much else to tie up, and Reversi being another "almost made it" would just be too much.
and I'm already imagining Nakai, crammed into a suit, pigging out on the wedding buffet. And Hiramaru somehow catching the bridal bouquet.
@Fire Fist:
Yeah, there's not much left to do here. Mashiro and Shujin are both adults now, have defeated all their rivals (Eiji included), and have just gotten their Platinum medal series serialized. The only things left are for it to get an Anime, Miho and Mashiro to get married, and the "Happily ever after" to occur, with possibly a chapter or two showing events "a few years later"… There are only a few loose ends now, such as the fate of Hiramaru X Aoki, Nanamine's final attempt at sabotage, and "that homewrecker" finally admitting defeat as well. Everything else has been addressed.
They still haven't gotten first place in the polls (that wasn't a one-shot or their first chapter)
Couldn't wait, so I read the spoilers for the latest chapter.
! Ogawa returns and apparently he's now married and expecting his third kid (Daawww).
! Also, Mashiro now officially owns the studio rather than just renting. He also receives his uncle's diary from his grandfather and after reading it he gets even more motivated (eh, would've been great if it made him realize how stupid his get-an-anime promise is, but I know that's not gonna happen, so whatever).
Chapter's out.
I liked this chapter. Good to see them addressing the central plotline, even if they aren't acknowledging it in a realistic manner. Gets you pumped up for what's looking to be the final arc.