Rakko 11-gou
Otter No. 11

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This one-shot is hilarious! I loved it. You can only understand this manga once you've read beyond chapter 80 of Bakuman.
I finally got to see the work of Hiramaru Kazuya, this character always made me laugh in the Bakuman. I thought his manga would be really unusual and it is but it's the good kind of oddity. It felt so fresh and it's so funny.

I couldn't help but keep on going back to Bakuman while reading this (since it did kind of branched out from there), it just fit so well with Kazuya's persona. It translated a lot of what he's like in ... it, he's a genius and he even begs his readers like he does with his editor.

Story: 7
Art: 7
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 8

The thought of having a half-man, half-otter to be some kind of hero is so unusual to me but I kept on reading because I thought it was smart. There's also a good amount of comical scenes for me to enjoy it until the end.
Art's good and simple but I think that's what it's meant to be. Judging by how Kazuya's like in Bakuman I did expect that from him.

It won't be continuing it's just a one-shot. I'm glad their main focus will be Bakuman but it's also kind of a shame because now I'm totally interested on what becomes of Otter 11.

Otter 11, based on the manga originally thought up in "Bakuman", is not the best manga out there by any means. In fact, I would not recommend this to anyone at all unless they've already read Bakuman.

The story itself is exactly what you'd expect after reading Bakuman. It is about a half human, half otter living in human society, and the implications of such a place.
The problem is that the story isn't actually that good, nor the art, nor the characters.

The story has the depth you'd expect, but is not interesting. I was bored within the first 10 pages, and forced myself to ... read on due to my love for Bakuman.

The artwork is at a necessary standard for the story, but doesn't surpass any high expectations one might have for it.

The character Otter 11 is interesting and deep, but everyone else has no significant or interesting role in the story. While the character himself, Otter 11, may be interesting and deep, with no decent story, he is not interesting to read about.

Overall, Otter 11 is not an incredibly good manga. It is more a tribute to the fans of Bakuman. So, if you have read Bakuman, it is worth a read just to see what they have done with it and to get an idea of what the "Otter 11" story within the series is actually about. On the other hand, if you haven't ever read Bakuman, stop reading this review and go read it. Then come back and give Otter 11 a go.

otters 11 is a spinoff series from Bakuman , as most Bakuman fans know there is so many manga titles in Bakuman but otters 11 was popular enough to get it's own one shot .

otters 11 is about an otter salary man trying to make it in this world that's based on appearances , it can be seen as a negative gag manga .

now there is two types of people who can read this :
1- people who have never read Bakuman : this one shot may seem enjoyable to you but certainly not the best , it is possible you won't even capture ... the essence of it or might even decide to drop it half way through .

2- people who read Bakuman : this is pretty much essential to all Bakuman fans it truly captures the negativity of Hiramaru - sensei as well as the subtle gags and the hardships otters in the world as well as the constant fight with all the Yoshidas in the world which is something only a Bakuman fan would understand .

basically it's really great and enjoyable and we get Hiramaru and Yoshida highlighted more , I would honestly give it a 10 as a spinoff from Bakuman but a 7 if it was a stand alone story .