Bakuman, Volume 5: Yearbook and Photobook

By the creators of Death Note! The mystery behind manga-making revealed!

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?

Big changes are in store now that Moritaka and Akito have their very own series in Shonen Jump. Hanging out with their favorite manga creators, hiring assistants, keeping track of the weekly reader surveys — life as a professional manga artist is tough! Can these two survive the pressure?

• Author
• Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba, Tetsuichiro Miyaki

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 187

• Series
• Bakuman

• Publisher
• VIZ Media LLC

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781421537948

• Genres
• manga, comics, shonen, fiction, romance, comedy

• Release date
• 2011