Bakuman. is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
Volumes: 20
#1: 7 years ago, a young Moritaka Mashiro is visited by his uncle who compliments him for his award for getting 2nd place in an art competition. His uncle comments that Mashiro would make a good artist or designer when he grows up
#2: The next day, Takagi walks with Mashiro on the way to school and asks him if his uncle was Taro Kawaguchi. Mashiro replies that Taro was just his pen name and his real name was Nobuhiro Mashiro.
#3: Takagi and Mashiro find supplies, action figures, magazines and manuscripts in his uncle's studio. Takagi takes out some manuscripts that look like drafts. Mashiro explains that you have to draw a name for the artist, rather than just writing a scriptTakagi and Mashiro find supplies, action figures, magazines and manuscripts in his uncle's studio.
#4: Mashiro finds the letters his Uncle wrote to the girl he loved in a closet full of manuscripts. The last letter says that she is going to get married and that she won't write anymore after the wedding so she apologizes.
#5: Mashiro has been practicing to draw using some manga pens and falls asleep in the exams. He explains the three different kinds of pens he has used G Pens, Kabura Pens, and Maru Pens.
#6: Reading Weekly Shōnen Jump, they read about a boy named Eiji Niizuma who won the 2nd prize in a manga contest at the age of 15. He's praised for his artwork by judges.
#7: The chapter beigns with Mashiro and Takagi discussing their plans to have their first one-shot The Two Earths finished by the end of summer vaction and to then have an editor take a look at it.
