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| Oh that's awesome. I didn't expect them to focus their attention on mystery genre since they were doing sci-fi and battle manga all along. It happens to be my favorite too. Can't wait! :DD |
| Finally Takagi said to Mashiro that the relationship he has with Miho is strange and I heartily agree. Both of them are total weirdos. Takagi is having problems because Mashiro insisted doing battle manga which is obviously hard to write. >.> |
Lylaaz said:  Eiji's new chara looked like Saiko. :D LOL. did Saiko notice it? |
| “My antics are works of art.” ~ Hermann Fegelein |
| I think that's too extreme for Mashiro to imply that Takagi should break up with his girl. This dream is both of theirs, but they can't always go by "Mashiro's rules." They're a team. Takagi WILL get more focused again when him a Mashiro meet up... he'll look back on his life with regret if he breaks up with her because Mashiro wants him too. He has to ENJOY life, as well as work hard. Ugh... Mashiro pissed me off. |
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| I loved Takagi, because he seemed like a good character, and until now I thought he was more supportive about the type of relationship Mashiro and Azuki have. What's so bad about focusing on your dreams and then realizing them..and knowing that no matter what..at the end, the person you love will still be there, because she loves you just as much as you do. I don't think that's so wrong. Takagi was the one who wanted to write the manga, and now he's with his girlfriend...writing her stories, that she's supposed to be doing. Didn't she say she was going to be understanding of the whole thing. I mean she had to know that writing manga and getting an anime by a certain time...has to be hard right. I think Takagi was a jerk in this episode...and should be focusing on the manga...at least a little more than he is now. I'm not saying, he should neglect his girlfriend completely, but he was the one who asked Mashiro for help, and said they would work together to realize their dreams..and now that he has a girlfriend...that just a few episodes ago, he could have cared less about is making huge changes to the whole thing. At least Azuki understands what they have to do and need to do. I think Takagi should do what he committed to do, and if he can't, he should tell Mashiro, so that he can do what he needs to do. They have a goal and they have a deadline... On another note...I really don't like Miyoshi...don't know why, but I don't. Takagi should just find someone else. |
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| Ahh~ The show is going at a good pace. It's relaxing. Can't wait for some manga scenes to be animated. |
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| Man, Takagi is such a faggot for neglecting the manga. Fukuda sure has great ideas for Jack though, and when I say ideas, I mean the gravure idol pull-out posters. Somebody make the guy the president already. |
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| Caught up with the anime and it's absolutely one of my favorites now. Every episode just flies and there are no boring elements. |
| It's because Mashiro wishes he had a relationship like Takagi's that he's getting mad, and the more Takagi is closer with his girlfriend the more Mashiro wants to achieve creating a manga. I kind of hate how Mashiro wants to get an anime created so fast. I mean do you really think it's THAT easy? o.O You're young be patient. But what Takagi said was unnecessary, though I agree with him. |
| You may read this quote , "However, by that point you'll have been torn to pieces." |
| Really enjoyed this episode! I loved the first half, and the second half was really cute. (= |
| Tl;dr I have now decided that Fukuda is the best character in this, and now it's set ins tone. It cannot be changed. Besides, his favourite manga is To Love-Ru, so obviously he's a good guy. |
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| I AGREE WITH MASHIRO AND HE IS THE REASON I WATCH.FIRST OFF HE ACTUALLY BECAME AN ASSISTANT FOR TAKAGI SAKE TO HELP HIS WRITERS BLOCK AND I THOUGH IT WOULD A BORING EPISODE WITHOUT TAKAGI BUT IT WAS RATHER GOOD .EJI WAS AWESOME AND SO WAS THE OTHERS.SO HE CAN HAVE FUN WITHOUT HIS FRIEND THATS GOOD .FIRST OF TAKAGI SHOULD OF NEVER SAID WHAT HE DID ABOUT MISHIRO RELATIONSHIP WITH AZUKI WAS WEIRD ,ITS THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU ARE WRITING FOR YOUR STUPID GIRLFRIEND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THEIR BUSINESS DONT YOU THINK IF YOURS WAS SO GREAT WHY DONT YOU WRITE ABOUT THAT AND WHILE WERE ON THE SUBJECT HE WAS TO MAKE UP THE NAMES FOR THE NEXT STORY WHY ARE YOU WRITING FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND ,YOU WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP HER NOT WRITE IT YOURSELF STUPID.COME ON HOW IS WRITING IT YOUSELF WILL HELP HER OR YOU THINK .I THOUGHT YOU WERE SMARTER THAN THAT .EVEN THOUGH YOU FOUND THAT YOU WANTED TO DO MYSTERIES BY HELPING HER ,MASHIRO FIGURE THAT OUT SO EITHER WAY HE WOULD NOT OF NEEDED HER HELP.IT PROVES GREAT MIND THINK ALIKE.AND FOR THE RECORD NO I DO NOT WISH TAKAGI WAS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST THAT WOULD BE BORING AND FOOLISH IF IT WASNT FOR MASHIRO WHO HAD LEARN FROM HIS DEAD UNCLE AND WAS PUSHING SO HARD YOU GUYS WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT SO FAR .MASHIRO YOU NEED TO RELAX SOME MORE HES ANXIOUS THAT WITHOUT A STORY HE CANT MOVE FORWARD .MASHIRO PUTS HIS FAITH AND RELATIONSHIP WITH AZUKI IN TAKAGI HANDS, SO STEP IT UP IM ROOTING FOR YOU GUYS. I REALLY HOPE MISHIRO AND AZUKI WORKS OUT, HEY IT MIGHT A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT NOT WEIRD AND THATS GOOD YOU HAVE THE HOTTER GIRLFIEND |
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| Looks like Mashiro's little stint as an assistant is over. It's a shame because I really enjoyed it. But it does appear that not only did the story start to move forward in a meaningful way, but we got some real diversity and rivalry going on amongst the comraderie. To top that off I'm glad that Mashiro's and Takagi are starting to rub each other the wrong way. It has been way too perfect up until this point, and there is no reason for Takagi to take crap when he already gave him a deadline. He has a right to live a somewhat normal life. I doubt accusations are going to help things along. This series may be starting a decent trend of making me look forward to the next episode. I don't think it's too late for me to learn to love this series either (though I seriously doubt that will happen).  |
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| Oh snap, THAT is getting closer.....but I can't say I don't understand Takagi. I would do the same thing in his position. Mashiro is just being a jerk, I don't get why he wouldn't tell Takagi about his idea just because he was at Miyoshis house. |
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| ICHIGO 100% be my friend Fukuda |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
StormViruz said: Yea me too WTF where did he brother come from >_< i havent seen him in the manaLiked Fukuda more when he mentioned about manga popularity and To-Love-Ru is a manga for boys. xD When I saw Takagi's brother, I thought it was L. O_o And this Nakai got his sprit back. Nice. :) Next ep seems a hardship for the duo. |
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| In my opinion.... This was a VERY UNREALISTIC episode on almost every scene. Now, I know this is anime and blah, blah, blah...but the story is supposed to be a realistic plot, and I was frustrated to see so many inconsistencies and half-truths. Such as the To-Love-Ru thing... To-Love-Ru did HORRIBLE in the ratings because the story SUCKS not because it's ecchi, the reason why the volumes sold well is because of the good art and ecchi scenes. However, people don't rate on ecchi, they rate on story and plot and thats where To-Love-Ru fails....MISERABLY. Also, To-Love-Ru was FORCED to finish last year...so for those that don't know, now you do. |
| To Love-Ru is one my favorites too Fukuda. :) |
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| Gahhh why are they all misunderstanding each other... |
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| I liked when Fukuda critised the Jump manga order, but except that, just a normal episde |
| Shujin is with his girlfriend I think this is normal and Mashiro get angry because he's jealous. That's it. And yes To Love-Ru is my favourite too :D |
| Lol first half was awesome! I love the other assistants and Niizuma, they're such cool characters :D Anyways, Mashiro's annoying when he gets all "stop being with your girlfriend" -_-" I mean just because YOU two don't like being together doesn't mean he doesn't ... plus, he thinks he can just get an anime adaptation that easily? That doing it alone will be easier? *sigh* |
| I don't like this :( hope they don't split on awful terms. |
| just realize the anime where azuki is dubbing is yuri or so what i think!! xD |
| Haha, I'm liking Fukuda more. :D Still no sign with the mangaka girl? |
"Perhaps the distant part of the sky always seems clearest, so that we will always strive to reach it."  chiquit |
| Sleeping!Saiko is so moeeee. And I think Azuki makes no sense whatsoever, but okay I'm not all that of a romantic. |
| I totally didn't expect Fukuda to suddenly start talking about that his favorite manga is To-Love-Ru. I think it's nice this show calls series by the name instead of changed titles. |
| They better not split up! awesome-49 said: so what if Takagi wants to hang with his girlfriend and work the only reason Mashiro is writing is to get close to Azuki so why can't Takagi hang with his girl while working I agree 100% with this. |
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| ARGHH this shit is SO stupid, "think that our love will be greater when our dreams came true" such utter bullshit by a 14 year old kid. i like the concept of bakuman but the STUPIDITY AND ANNYOMENT of the romance between saikou and azuki is trough the roof. so annoying, takagi and miyoshi are normal and realistic. Azuki and Saikou's behavior is just bullshit, its so stupid seriously, one of the most annoying and unrealistic situations i have ever seen about 2 characters in love. it ruins bakuman for me, the concept is interesting and the series is fun aside from that, but this retarded bond between those 2 just makes it annoying. i cant give this season higher than a 7 now even though its interesting, its far from solid, the bond between them is full of flaws and annoyment. probably only people who have experienced love themselves would understand this, i dont want any stupid replies from kids that have no life or love experience defending what i just attacked. these are just facts and it hurts the series, it could have been much better. |
| I have to agree that Takagi was a "bit" of an ass in this episode. Like...seriously?! I understand that he's just trying to make Miyoshi happy and spend time with her but that was just bs. The first phone call (I'm assuming) he got from Mashiro ever since he started working for Eiji was to tell him about his girlfriend... It seemed like Mashiro had a spark of inspiration too, and Takagi just had to let him down like that. |
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| So many things happened this episode, Takagi was enjoying himself for a while. And I think he had the right to do that since he usually works so hard. The preview looks promising, stuff will be very tense. |
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| Mashiro sucks so much I can't even put it into words. When did Takagi ever neglect writing the names? We all saw that whiny good for nothing girlfriend of his force him write the novel for her "dream". Mashiro could have a normal relationship if he wished for it so it's no use being a dick to Takagi for taking a day off. |
| A mystery manga? I wonder how this will go! And Mashiro getting mad at Takagi was kind of stupid, but I guess I'll let it slide. |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| "love will be much greater by not seeing each other until dreams come true." This is a stupid argument from Azuki. What if Mashiro finds another girl or Azuki herself finds another guy on the way to the dream? and Mashiro actually got all worked up by that line, what an idiot. |
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| LOL Fukuda likes To Love-ru .. |
MoeXtreme said: "love will be much greater by not seeing each other until dreams come true." This is a stupid argument from Azuki. What if Mashiro finds another girl or Azuki herself finds another guy on the way to the dream? and Mashiro actually got all worked up by that line, what an idiot. I agree |
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| Quite a nice episode and well it's good they didn't go for the love depression storyline... a pretty decent episode with some interesting development so let's see what's next! |
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| Oh oh theyre growing apart |
| Oh wow, Fukuda favorite maga is To Love-ru xD Who would have thought... So as I suspected, Mashiro and Takagi are getting more and more away. I wonder if Mashiro will try something by himself and fail. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| Mashiro's just being jealous of Takagi and Miyoshi's relationship, what's the problem with him working on the name in his girlfriend's place? Also loved how Takagi told him that his relationship with Azuki wasn't normal xD |
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| I'm honestly starting to dislike miyoshi. she's getting in the way |
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| Mashiro was being a selfish asshole this episode, Takagi is supportive of the weird relationship Miho/Mashiro have yet he doesn't give back that support. Sigh. Even if Miyoshi was being a turd this episode and leeching Takagi's talent, it's still annoying. |
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