It takes me to the future.

I just finished reading the first volume of Bakuman. It's not due out for another month.

Thank Kami-sama for the local comic shop. They don't care too much about manga, but know that it has its readership so they just plop all the manga they get out. They usually have titles available a month or so before they should really ship. Pick it up and read it. You'll be ahead of the class.

Back to Bakuman, which I liked. The story starts with two junior high students who befriend over manga. The smart guy, the instigator, wants to become a manga-ka. He finds the artist's notebook and attempts to convince him to be his partner. There is a girl whom the artist has a crush on, and in convenient fashion, he's proposing to her and blurting out his plans to be a manga-ka. The story reminds me a lot of Ichigo 100% without the panty flashes. I'm digging it a lot.

I'm on the look out for he next volume, which should've been at my local comic shop back in February!

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