Transitions 101

I just caught the Bakuman movie and literally spent the better half of the show overwhelmed with emotion. Here's my review of the movie, if anyone cares to read it. I had read the manga and wasn't crazy about the series, although I found the plethora of manga trivia interesting. The live action, however, is a different story. Beware: lots of spoilers ahead!



Synopsis: Mashiro Moritaka (Sato Takeru) is your regular high school student who's unsure about what to do with his life and feels no need to do anything about it. Mashiro has a singular talent for drawing; he is also attracted to his reserved yet beautiful classmate, Azuki Miho (Komatsu Nana), and spends time in class secretly drawing various sketches of her. Mashiro seemed content with the status quo until classmate Takagi Akito (Kamiki Ryunosuke) proposes a crazy idea: that they team up to draw manga together. Mashiro initially refuses, citing a lack of interest in the profession. However, when he finds out that Azuki's dream is to become a voice actress, he is finally persuaded to pursue the profession and in the process finds a dream of his own.

( Would you take this gamble along with me? )