Bakuman Volume 02

Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world?

Moritaka and Akito venture to publishing house Shueisha in hopes of capturing an editor's interest. As much potential as these two rookies have, will their story impress the pros and actually get printed?

• Franchise: Bakuman
• Author: Tsugumi Ohba
• Illustrator: Takeshi Obata
• Length: 200 pages
• Paperback
• Publication date: 9 December 2010