Info Bakuman Chapter Guide - Last updated: October, 8th

SHINOBI-03 · Mar 5, 2009

Basically, it's like a quick reference guide that we can use if we are looking for something or a certain infromation or event within a specific chapter.

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Volume 1: Dreams and Reality

Release Date: January 5, 2009 (JP) - August 3, 2010 (US)

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Chapter 001: Dreams and Reality
- Pages: 58 ((3 in color + Jump cover))
- New Characters: Mashiro Moritaka (Saiko) - Mashiro Nobuhiro (Kawaguchi Taro) - Takagi Akito (Shujin) - Azuki Miho - Moritaka's Mom - Azuki's Mom ((voice only))
- Main Plot Points: Moritaka meets up with Akito - Akito asks Moritaka to work together to become Mangakas - Moritaka and Akito go and see Miho and talk about their dreams - Miho is revealed by Akito that she want to be a Voice Actress - Moritaka and Miho promise not to see each other till they make their dreams come true - Moritaka and Miho promise to marry each other afterwards.
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Chapter 002: The fool and the wiseman
- Pages: 31 ((1 in color))
- New Characters: Iwase - Moritaka's Grandfather
- Main Plot Points: Moritaka and Akito starts to call eachother "Saiko" and "Shujin" - Shujin discovred that Saiko's uncle's real name is Mashiro Nobuhiro who died three years ago - Shujin tells Saiko some facts about him and Azuki - Saiko discuss with his Mom about him becoming a Mangaka - Saiko's Grandpa gives him the key to his Uncle's apartment - Saiko goes to the apartment and calls Shujin on his way.
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Chapter 003: Pens and Names.
- Pages: 21
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points:Saiko and Shujin arrives at the apartment - they brought up some manuscripts and names - discusses their favorite mangas and what type should be used and popular - Deside to have an Anime adaptaion when they turn 18
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Chapter 004: Parent and Child.
- Pages: 25
- New Characters: Haruno Miyuki ((Azuki's Mom))
- Main Plot Points: Saiko finds old love letters of his uncle - his lover turned out to be Azuki's mom - Saiko and Shujin droped by her and disscused her relationship with him and how it went
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Chapter 005: Time and Key
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko stayed all night practicing using a pen - disussions about drawing methods and resourses - Saiko reveals his uncle's three "Laws for a Mangaka" - a 15 year old winner of the Tezuka Prize
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Chapter 006: Best and Worst
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Niizuma Eiji ((name only)) - Ishizawa - Mina (Azuki's sister)
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about editors and how they affect the Mangaka's work - Shujin submit his first name "Double Earth: The Two Earths"
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Chapter 007: A Smile and a Blush
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Miyoshi Kaya - Hattori Akira((name only))
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Azuki and Miyoshi about love who do they love - Saiko and Shujin finished their manuscript and made an appointment with Shueisha
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End of Volume 1

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Volume 2: Chocolate and Akamaru

Release Date: March 4, 2009 (JP) - November 2, 2010 (US)

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Chapter 008: The carrot and the stick
- Pages: 21
- New Characters: Hattori Akira
- Main Plot Points: Saiko and Shujin goes to Shueisha to turn in their manuscript and meet Hattori - Hattori gives them his thoughts and why it's not good and how to improve themselves - Saiko and Azuki will sit next to eachother for the entir school term
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Chapter 009: Conditions and moving to Tokyo
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Niizuma Eiji - Hattori Yujiro - Sasaki (the Editor-In-Chief)
- Main Plot Points: Hattori is now the editor for Saiko and Shujin - Jump is setting for the August Treasure Newcomer Award - Azuki gives Saiko her E-mail - Shujin suggests submitting a new manuscript for the Tezuka Award - Niizuma demands to have the right to end a manga he hates if he becomes the most popular author in Jump
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Chapter 010: Anxiety and Anticipation
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin keeps writing new ideas - Saiko desided to use "100,000.000 Minutes" - Saiko and Shujin submitted their manuscript to Hattori for the Tezuka Award - their manuscript made into the final 8, but not bewond that point - Shujin got himself into a fight with Ishizawa and got suspended for a week
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Chapter 011: Regret and Understanding
- Pages: 21 ((1 in color))
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Iwase and Miyoshi are asking Shujin who to choose between them - Hattori discusses the Tezuka Award's Mangakas' scores with Saiko and Shujin
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Chapter 012: 10 and 12
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Saiko, Shujin, Hattori and the Editor-In-Chief about the payments for mangas and what's the difference between Saiko & Shujin and Niizuma - Saiko & Shujin brought six Jump-like heroes for Hattori, but all were considered boring - a small talk about Jump's questionnaires and how it affects the series' - the three desided on a name called "In this world, Money and Intelligence are Everything"
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Chapter 013: Chocolate and Akamaru
- Pages: 22 ((2 in color)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Niizuma moves to Tokyo - Saiko & Shujin are working together to finish their name "Money and Intelligence" - they took the reviced name for Hattori in order to get published in Akamaru
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Chapter 014: Dinner and Graduation
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hattori gives some advices to Saiko & Shujin - Azuki will move to Hachioji
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Chapter 015: Send and Reply
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Aida
- Main Plot Points: The final manuscript is submitted to Hattori - Miyoshi helps with creating the pen name "Ashirogi Muto" for Saiko & Shujin - Saiko and Shujin checks out their's and Niizuma's manga in Akamaru
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Chapter 016: Early Results and The Real Deal
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Saiko & Shujin with Hattori about the questionnaires and the "Early Results" and "Real Deal" - Saiko & Shujin are preparing three chapters for the serialized version of "Money and Intelligance" - they got 1st place in the Early Results, but 3rd place in the Real Deal Results - Saiko wants to go Mainstream
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End of Volume 2

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Volume 3: Debut and Impatience

Release Date: June 4, 2009 (JP) - February 1, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 017: Battles and Copying
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Nakai - Shimoyama
- Main Plot Points: Saiko practicing drawing battle mangas - a Serialization Meeting in Shueisha decided to go with Niizuma's new series "Yellow Hit" - Saiko & Shujin's name ended up as Fantasy story - Hattori is shocked by their decision to go Mainstream - Yujiro is shocked at Niizuma for drawing "Crow" instead of "Yellow Hit"
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Chapter 018: Friends and Rivals
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko & Shujin are trying to convince Hattori for going Mainstream - Sakaki orders Yujiro to bring Niizuma and his manuscript to Jump's offices - Niizuma draws a name for chapters 2 and 3, and got accepted - Hattori gives Saiko & Shujin six months to try again and convince him with a mainstream name
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Chapter 019: Debut and Impatience
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hattori explaines what's common with all Fantasy Battle mangas - a small talk with Niizuma about his own style of drawing manga - Azuki got herself a role in an Ecchi anime
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Chapter 020:The Future and the Stairway
- Pages: 20 (1 in colors + Tankobon ad)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko comes up with a battle manga starring an angel - Hattori calls and inform them about The Golden Future Cup - the name got an OK from Hattori, but not from everyone else - Saiko & Shujin watched the anime and Azuki's role - Hattori shows Saiko & Shujin the opinions of who read their name
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Chapter 021: A Wall and a Kiss
- Pages: 19 + Crow poster
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Miyoshi decided to become writer, and she starts by making a novel based on Saiko and Azuki - Saiko is asked by Hattori to become Niizuma's assistant for the Summer
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Chapter 022: Nuisance and Youth
- Pages: 19 + Jump Cover
- New Characters: Fukuda Shinta
- Main Plot Points: Saiko agrees to work as Niizuma's assistant - Saiko, Niizuma and Fukuda works together to improve "Crow"
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Chapter 023: Conceit and Kindness
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko and Fukuda advices Niizuma to draw names and have meetings with his editor
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Chapter 024: Notebooks and Characters
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Saiko, Niizuma and Fukuda about how to improve Jump - Saiko remembers drawing manga when he was little, and decided to back to it - Saiko quits working as Niizuma's assistant
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Chapter 025: Love and Jealousy
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Myioshi asks Shujin to write more novels for her instead of doing names for Saiko - Saiko decides to use a detective character from his old drawings for a Mystery manga - Saiko chose to draw his manga by himself if Shujin won't bring his name within two days
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End of Volume 3

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Volume 4: Phone and Last Night

Release Date: August 4, 2009 (JP) - May 3, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 026: Two and One
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The Ashirogi Muto team broke up - Aida tries to convince Saiko to draw a name for "King Winner" - Saiko is stuck with becoming popular with "King Winner", and with the price of not working with Shujin for ever
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Chapter 027: The Schemer and the Deceit
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hattori tells Shujin that Saiko is working on a mystery manga - Hattori discusses with Shujin about how to work with Saiko - Saiko & Shujin reveal to eachother what he was doing, and fixed their problems - Saiko & Shujin decided to work together for the mystrey in secret away from Hattori
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Chapter 028: Help and Conditions
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko shows Shujin his name - Shujin recieved boxes of Mystery novels and DVDs from Hattori, and Myioshi decided to work with him - Saiko & Shujin finished eight chapters, and showed them to Hattori - Hattori asks Saiko & Shujin to get good results with the upcoming Golden Future Cup, and to write a 19 pages chapters every two weeks till the Cup as conditions to serialize their manga - Fukuda is entering the Golden Future Cup
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Chapter 029: Literature and Music
- Pages: 22 (3 in color)
- New Characters: Aoki Yuriko (Aoki Ko) - Koogy (Makaino Koji)
- Main Plot Points: Saiko & Shujin are entering the Golden Future Cup - Saiko & Shujin had a small chat with Nakai and Aoki Ko about their mangas and the Golden Future Cup - Saiko & Shujin talked about serialization with Hattori - Niizuma published three volumes of his manga and had an offer for an anime - Makaino Koji thinks of using his fame to get better results.
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Chapter 030: Union and Disagreement
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The singer Koogy announce his plans for the Golden Future Cup in order to get voted by his fans - Ashirogi Muto, Fukuda and Nakai goes to Shueisha to protest about Koogies announcment - The mangakas had a meeting to emprove each other's manga - Niizuma decides his rankings with a 3rd place and a tie in the 1st place.
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Chapter 031: Tuesday and Friday
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyon'e mangas got published in Weekly Shounen Jump one by one with Fukuda's first, followed by Ashirogi Muto, Aoki & Nakai and ended with Koji's - The first three got tied in the 3rd place in the Real Deal results, while Koji got the 14th place
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Chapter 032: Phone and Last Night
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto and Fukuda won the Golden Future Cup - The meeting for the serialization has started.
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Chapter 033: Yes and No
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Nakano
- Main Plot Points: The Chief Editors are having a serialization meeting - 4 seriess were chosen
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Chapter 034: Those Who Chase and Those Who Are Chased
- Pages: 22 (3 in color)
- New Characters: Miura
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto were chosen for the serialization - Azuki declines an offer to do a photobook - Hattori arrives with a new editor
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End of Volume 4

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Volume 5: Anthologies and Photo Books

Release Date: November 4, 2009 (JP) - June 7, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 035: Happiness and Sadness
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Ogawa - Kato - Takahama
- Main Plot Points: Hattori steps down as Ashirogi Muto's editor, and introduces Miura - Three new assistants will start working with Ashirogi Muto
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Chapter 036: Silence and a Party
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Hiramaru
- Main Plot Points: The new assistants are introduced by Miura - Saiko & Shujin starts working with them along with Miyoshi - Saiko & Shujin goes to the new year party and meet up with Niizuma and Hiramaru
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Chapter 037: The Director and the Bird
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Yoshida - Director Torishima - Arai - Ibaraki
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Ashirogi Muto, Niizuma and Hiramaru about him and his ideals of life and work - Director Torishima gives a speech, and the party continues - Koogy appeares, and announces a partnership between him and Aoki
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Chapter 038: The Window and the Snow
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nakai tries to make Aoki let him work for her
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Chapter 039: Anthologies and Photo Books
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The first chapter of Otters 11, Cheese Okaki and Detective Trap got published - Azuki informs Saiko about doing a Photo Book
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Chapter 040: The Ocean and Ups & Downs
- Pages: 21 (1 in Colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko tries to go to Azuki and talk with her despite Shujin's objections - Kiyoshi Knight and Hideout Door will get serilaized in Jump - Shujin will redo chapter 7
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Chapter 041: Strategizing and Patience
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko & Shujin disscuss redoing chp. 7 of Trap with Miura
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Chapter 042: Laughter and Lines
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Fukuda's assistant (Yasuoka)
- Main Plot Points: Saiko, Shujin & Myoshi are 12 Graders - Shujin desides to add humor for their series and Muira buys books about famous lines - Trap rankings went from 13th place to 6th place - Hideout Door and Kiyoshi Knight started are now seriliezed in Jump.
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Chapter 043: Humor and News
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A disscision about the latest ranks of Trap - Everyone is working hard with their new assistants to improve their manga - Trap got tied with Crow in 3rd place.
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End of Volume 5

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Volume 6: Unreasonableness and Guts

Release Date: January 4, 2010 (JP) - August 2, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 044: Returning Favors and Turning Things Upside Down
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Saiko's Doctor.
- Main Plot Points: Saiko is asked to do the color pages for their next chapter, as well as the cover for the first volume - Saiko collapsed and got carried to the hospital.
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Chapter 045: Sickness and Motivation
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko is going to have an operation for his liver - Saiko insists of going back to work despite everyone's objections - Shujin calls Azuki for help.
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Chapter 046: Strong Eyes and Hard Work
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuki tries to stop Saiko from keeping on drawing - Azuki tells Saiko about how she fell in love with him - Shujin brings the manuscript for Saiko to work on the color pages.
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Chapter 047: Contradicion and Reason
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The Editor In Chief puts Detective Trap on hiatus untill April of the next year.
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Chapter 048: Mortality and Motionlessness
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The editors discuss the reasons for Trap's hiatus - the authors decideds on a boycott to support Trap
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Chapter 049: Recall and Call
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The authors are discussing the boycott with their editors - The editors tells the Editor In Chief about the boycott - Issue 32 of Jump is published without the five series'
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Chapter 050: Unreasonableness and Guts
- Pages: 22 (3 in color + 1 informative)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The mangakas agreed to drop the boycott if Trap is reinstated as soon as Saiko goes out of the hospital - Despite everything, the Editor In Chief still makes the hiatus till graduation - Saiko gets out of the hospital and goes to convience the Editor In Chief - The Editor In Chief will reinstate Trap as soon as possible
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Chapter 051: Resumption and Low Ranks
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko & Shujin are back to work - Takahama is working on a manuscript on his own - a discussion between Saiko & Shujin with Muira about the rankings and new manga series' - Trap enters a state of warning from getting cancelled - Saiko & Shujin decides to use the fan letters for ideas and suggestions
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Chapter 052: Impressions and Headlong Dashes
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Hibiki Kyotaro and his editor
- Main Plot Points: Muira is against using fan ideas for the manga - Aoki decides to end her story - Takahama's One-Shot manga is published in Jump - The meeting declares canceling two mangas, one of them is Hideout Door.
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End of Volume 6

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Volume 7: Gag and Serious

Release Date: March 4, 2010 (JP) - October 4, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 053: 18 and 40
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Yamahisa
- Main Plot Points: Detective Trap is cancelled along with Hideout Door - Aoki will move to another magazine - Ashirogi Muto will start again with a new project.
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Chapter 054: Gag and Serious
- Pages: 19 + Jump cover
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko thinks of making a Oneshot for his and Shujin's new sereis - Muira suggests gag manga from Ashirogi Muto - Niizuma suggests dark manga from Ashirogi Muto - Ashirogi Muto will have an argue with Muira about their next work.
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Chapter 055: 3 Illustrations and 3 Stories
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nakai got rejected by Aoki - Yamahisa asks Aoki to draw an eiichi manga for Jump - Ashirogi Muto are arguing with Muira about being against making gag manga as their next series - Shujin bets on making two stories (a serious and a gag) with 6 chapters both - Ashirogi Muto will do a one-shot for "Treasure".
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Chapter 056: Adults and Children
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Takagi came up with three names: 1- "2 of me" (serious), 2- "Hitman TEN" (Gag) and the one shot for Treasure "Future Watch". - Miura decides to go with Hitman TEN for serielization - Muira finds out about submiting the one shot for Treasure from Yoshida, and decides to quit his job as an editor if it got better results than Hitman 10.
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Chapter 057: Division and a Tie
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Ishizawa (Return)
- Main Plot Points: Future Watch will be judged with the other Tresasure stories - Niizuma as a judge picks Future Watch as first, and Shapon by Saitama as the second - The editors decided to run Hitman TEN and Future Watch in Jump as one shots
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Chapter 058: Single and Double Digit
- Pages: 22 (3 in color)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: TEN and Future Watch will be published as One Shots in Jump - Takahama's Business Boy Kenichi started serialization in Jump - Nakai begins to work as Takahama's assistant - Final results: TEN got 10th place, and Future Watch got 9th place.
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Chapter 059: Experiance and Data
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Muira checks out the results and data of older mangas - Yamahisa asks Aoki to redo her name from a boy's POV - Muira rejects the name for Future Watch and decideds to go with TEN, going against his promise - Muira tells Shujin if Saiko doesn't want to work with him, he should find someone else to with - Shujin decides that they had enough are with Muira.
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Chapter 060: Men and Women
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Iwase (Return)
- Main Plot Points: Aoki meets Iwase and talk a bit about their experince - Ashirogi Muto recives manga, notes and books about humor from Muira - Ashirogi Muto works out their problem with Muira and decided to do gag manga - Shujin meets Aoki and decided to help each other with their writing problems.
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Chapter 061: Alliances and Classmates
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin and Aoki chats on the phone for hours, catching Myoshi's attention - Ashirogi Muto decided to make the gag manga about an inventor and his grandchild - Aoki decides to arrange a meeting between Iwase and Shujin.
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End of Volume 7

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Volume 8: Panchira ((Upskirts)) and the Savior

Release Date: May 4, 2010 (JP) - December 6, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 062: Novel and Letter
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Iwase meets Shujin at the zoo, and gives him her novel - Iwase decides to write manga for Jump - Miyoshi finds the novel, with a letter from Iwase to Shujin in it.
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Chapter 063: Doubt and Trust
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A meeting between Ashirogi Muto and Muira about the new gag manga "Run, Daihatsu Tanto" - Everyone submits his name for the Editorial meeting for the next Akamaru Jump issue
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Chapter 064: Truth and Secrets
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto reads the Akamaru Jump issue - It revealed that Aoki's "The Time of Green Leaves" is based on Saiko's and Azuki's relationship - Azuki calls Saiko about what's going on between Shujin and Iwase, and about his Uncle, but he refuses - Azuki tells Saiko that she can't trust him, and ends her relationship with him.
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Chapter 065: Stubborness and Meekness
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin thinks about stoping from exchanging ideas with Aoki - Tanto gets first place in both early and final results - Yamahisa tries to get Aoki to work again with Nakai - Nakai asks Aoki to be his girlfriend if she wanted to work together with him, and she rejects him.
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Chapter 066: Monkeys and Marriage
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin calls Miyoshi and asks her to meet him at the zoo - Shujin meets Aoki at the zoo and Miyoshi sees them both together - Shujin asks Miyoshi to marry him - Miyoshi forgives Shujin after talking with each other about it.
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Chapter 067: Panchira ((Upskirts)) and the Savior
- Pages: 21 (1 in Colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Aoki wants to find an assistant to draw what boys like, and Miyoshi suggests Ishizawa - Fukuda searchs for Takahama's house to talk with Nakai - Ishizawa makes perverted suggestions for Aoki - Fukuda gets into a fight with Nakai, and looks for Aoki - Fukuda will teach Aoki how to draw panchira.
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Chapter 068: Toilet and Bath
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Fukuda and Yujiro about the rating by questionnairs and tankobon sales - Iwase submits her story to Hattori who became her editor - The editors submits their names, and the chapter ends with both Muira and Yamahisa looking surprised at somthing.
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Chapter 069: Home and a Special Relationship
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Tanto got rejected, while Green Leaves did great in the meeting - Business Boy Kenichi got cancelled - Nakai quits working with manga and decides to go back to his home.
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Chapter 070: The 3rd Time and The 2nd Title
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hattori is impressed with Iwase's script, and decides to look for an artist - Takahama complains about Muira with the Editor-In-Chief - Hattori asks Yujiro to let Niizuma be the artist for Iwase's story - Niizuma agrees with the offer, and he will work on two series' in the same time.
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End of Volume 8

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Volume 9: Ability and Pride

Release Date: August 9, 2010 (JP) - February 7, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 071: Ability and Pride
- Pages: 22 (3 in color + Jump cover)
- New Characters: Shizuka
- Main Plot Points: Everyone is having a meeting with their editors for their names - Hattori submits Iwase's new name (+ Natural) to the meeting with Niizuma's pen name "Moneys" - The Editor-In-Chief discovers Hattori Yuujiro and Akira's plan - Tanto will get serialized - Miura informs Ashirogi about the collaboration between Niizuma and Iwase.
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Chapter 072: Complaints and a Roar
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: All the members of Team Fukuda knows about Niizuma doing two series in Jump - A meeting of Team Fukuda to exchange ideas, but Iwase refuses - Shujin goes to meet Miyoshi's father.
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Chapter 073: Fate and Stars
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Miyoshi's parents
- Main Plot Points: Shujin meets Miyoshi's parents for the proposal - It's reveled that Miyoshi's father was a friend to Saiko's uncle - Miyoshi's father asks to meet Saiko, and he talks about his memories with his uncle - The Jump staff goes to the New year's party
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Chapter 074: Classmates and Conflict
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Orihara
- Main Plot Points: Everyone ignores Ashirogi Muto, and concentrate on Niizuma and Iwase - The team meets Orihara, the new assistant - All the copies of WSJ are sold out with the debut of +Natural - Tanto's first chapter runs.
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Chapter 075: A New Home and a New Series
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin and Kaya moves to their new apartment - Iwase pays Shujin and kaya a visit, and tells them that she loves hattori - Niizuma announces to Yujiro that he does not read Tanto
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Chapter 076: A Gag and a Message
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin is having a really hard time thinking of new gags - Akira demands for Miura to tell Ashirogi Muto about the new developments, like Niizuma doesn't read Tanta, and Networks fight for +Natural - Niizuma guest stars in a TV show, and announces his rivalry to Ashirogi Muto - Saiko calls Azuki and tells her that he wants to quit Tanto
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Chapter 077: Love and Rejection
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko talks with Azuki about quiting Tanto - Shujin and Kaya are having their wedding party - Shizuka gives Yamahisa his name
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Chapter 078: To Quit and Not to Quit
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Kaya tells Shujin that Saiko is worried about his condition - Saiko tells Shujin about his plan to quit Tanto, and then to Miura - Saiko comes to the Editor-In-Chief and tells him his plan to quit, and then asks Shujin if he wants to quit as well.
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Chapter 079: Selfishness and Advice
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto stays with Jump and quit Tanto after two chapters - Miura goes for help from Akira.
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End of Volume 9

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Volume 10: Expressive Power and Imaginative Power

Release Date: October 4, 2010 (JP) - April 3, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 080: Appearance and Greetings
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Akira suggests a new version of "Money & Intelligence" - The new name is called "Money & Intelligence & Appearance" ((KTM)) and it was submitted to the meeting - Yamahisa submits Shizuka's "True Human" to the meeting - "True Human" was accepted, while "KTM" was rejected.
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Chapter 081: Adventure and Persuasion
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Akira suggests to Miura of going to mainstream fantasy - The new name is rejected, leaving one last chance to Ashirogi Muto - Akira comes with Miura and tell Ashirogi Muto to incorporate everything they've learned in one last try.
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Chapter 082: Hints and Best
- Pages: 21 (1 in color)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Ashirogi Muto, Miura and Akira about their next step - Otters 11 anime debutes - Shujin picks up a postcard from Akira.
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Chapter 083: Spying and Next Time
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin and Saiko are going to trail Akira all the day - Iwase keeps asking Akira about their relationship - Shujin decides their name is going to be about "serious laughs".
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Chapter 084: One Piece Dress and Surprise
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin makes the next manga about "perfect crimes" - Ashirogu Muto test their new idea in real life with Kaya's present to Azuki - Ashirogi Muto finish their first chapter of "Perfect Crime Club".
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Chapter 085: The Perfect Crime and the First Hurdle
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Miura checks out Ashirogi's new name - Takahama gives Miura his new name, but it turned down - The day of the deadline comes, and Miura gives Aida Ashirogi's new name.
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Chapter 086: Win and Lose
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Aida and Akira gives their okay to the new name - The serilization meeting starts - The Editor-In-Chief does not approve the new name - It has been decided by the editors to go with majority votes to determine wether the name is going to be serialized or not - The votes goes with three votes for "yes" and three for "no", and the Editor-In-Chief ends with "It's no good".
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Chapter 087: Cake and Powerfull Enemy
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The majority votes goes with three wins and four loses, But in the last minute, everyone changes to "yes" after rethinking it and "Perfect Crime Club" is going to be serilaized - Akira is going to be Ashirogi's editor due to having problems with him being Iwase's, and Miura will take his place - Akira is worried if it was the right choice for him being Ashirogi's editor.
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Chapter 088: Expressive Power and Imaginative Power
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Fukuda decides to end "Kiyoshi Knight" and plans for a one shot - Akira and Miura transfer their duties at Ashirogi's - A discussion between Ashirogi and Akira about their weaknesses compared to "+Natural" - Saiko suggests to Shujin to do text only names to use his imagination when drawing - Iwase is furious knowing that Akira left her and she's now working with Miura.
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Volume 11: Title and Character Design

Release Date: December 29, 2010 (JP) - June 5, 2011 (US)

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Chapter 089: Title and Character Design
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi will redo chapter 1 using their new method during New Year break - A discussion about the title, the main character's name and design - Saiko chose to use cell phone straps as tools for the character along with a "mode".
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Chapter 090: Art and Merchandise
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Moriya - Shiratori
- Main Plot Points: Shujin struggles coming up with a name for the main character - Two new assistants, "Moriya" and "Shiratori" are introduced - Saiko tests the new assistants' abilities of drawing realistic backgrounds - Shiratori was chosen to do the under sketches for backgrounds - Shujin comes up with the main characters names based on "Truth" and "Morality", as well as the new title "Perfect Crime Party".
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Chapter 091: Votes and Charts
- Pages: 19 + Jump Cover
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Fukuda works on a one shot about motorbikes called "Road Racer Buchiri" - Jump's issue with the first chapter is released - First chapter of "PCP" is voted first place - Fukuda's manga will get serialized and decides to end Kiyoshi - Iwase and Niizuma are going to to redo everything that hasn't been submitted yet.
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Chapter 092: Disposition and Decision
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuki is chosen to be auditioned to voice the heroin of "+Natural" - Azuki declines the offer, and gets dragged out by Saiko.
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Chapter 093: Center and Strongest
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko and Azuki walked together till they went their own ways - Akira reveals that if "PCP" can't compete with "Crow" or "+Natural" within half a year, they will get canned - Knowing that, Iwase calles Shujin and wishes him good luck with the manga in order to beat him fair and square.
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Chapter 094: Tea and Chiaroscuro
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Yamahisa asks Yoshida for an advice about Shizuka going to cabaret clubs - Yoshida suggests having a tea party with Aoki, her assistants, Shizuka and Hiramaru - A discussion about the art of "PCP" and what's wrong with it - "PCP" goes up to fifth place, and Niizuma thinks it'll beat "Crow" and "+Natural" at this rate.
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Chapter 095: Every night and Fusion
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Yujiro notices how Niizuma and Iwase are meeting up alone frequently - "+Natural" the anime starts airing - It is revealed that Iwase was persuading Niizuma for something - A chapter of "Crow" was released with no dialogue - New series' are starting: Takahama's "Seigi No Mikata", Hibiki Kytaro's "Nande?!", and Fukuda's "Road Racer Giri" - Chapter ends with revealing a collaboration of "Crow" and "+Natural".
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Chapter 096: 4th Place Votes and Arcs
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone is shocked by the surprise collaboration between "Crow" and "+Natural" - Miura points out to Akira that PCP is getting a lot of 3rd places in the most interesting manga votes - Ashirogi Muto will try and do a 5-chapter arc.
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Chapter 097: Last and Password
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about the plot of the arc and how it goes - Shujin gets inspiration of doing passwords from Azuki's E-Mails to Saiko.
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Volume 12: Artist and Mangaka

Release Date: March 4, 2011 (JP) - July 3, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 098: Handshake and Adjustment
-Pages 22 (2 in color) + Jump cover
-New Characters: None
-Main Plot Points: A flashback of Iwase's days at school and her first meeting with Shujin - Chapter 25 of PCP is released, and the chapter ends with a call about the results.
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Chapter 099: Tears Of Disappointment And Tears Of Joy
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: "PCP"'s 25th chapter had passed "+Natural", but lost to "Crow" by 2 votes - The IEC allows PCP to continue in Jump - PCP will get a Novelization and a Drama CD, and Saiko requests Azuki for the heroin role - Chapter ends with a proposal for a PCP anime on the EIC's desk.
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Chapter 100: Leeway And Pitfall
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion in the editorial section about the anime proposal for PCP - Moriya and Shiratori are drawing their own names - Shujin works on improving the script for the CD Drama - Chapter ends with Akira telling Ashirogi that PCP is going to have a novelization, but not an anime.
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Chapter 101: Complaints and Anime High
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about PCP and why it won't be an anime - Akira takes a look at Moriya's and Shiratori's names - Akira approves of Shiratori's name, and asks if he can submit it to Treasure.
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Chapter 102: Artist and Mangaka
- Pages: 20 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: Shiratori's Family
- Main Plot Points: Saiko allows Shujin to work with Shiratori with his name - Shiratori's family are against him working with manga, and arrange for art classes in Paris - Shiratori's "Rabuta & Peace" will run in Jump.
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Chapter 103: Futility And A Challenge
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion in the editorial department about the increase of young writers with the lack of new artists - Shiratori and Shujin will keep working on "Rabuta & Peace" - Saiko decides that he is going to draw another series.
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Chapter 104: Step and Watch
- Pages: 23 (3 in colors + Jump cover)
- New Characters: Manakasa - Shiratori's Father
- Main Plot Points: Saiko tries to see how fast can he draw the manuscript - Moriya asks another editor (Manakasa) to check his name - Shiratori's family persist that he can't make manga, and he runs away followed by Peace.
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Chapter 105: Defects and Outlines
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shiratori is having a hard time looking for a place for him and Peace - The studio have noticed something wrong with Shiratori, and he tells them everything - Kaya allows Shiratori to stay at he old house - Based on Shiratori's suggestion, Saiko tries to draw just outlines instead of detailed one - Shiratori's family comes to the studio and demands for his return - Shujin announces to the family that he and Shiratori will make Rabuta & Peace and proof that manga is not a game.
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Chapter 106: Match and Fest
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone except the mother supports Shiratori's manga business - Otter 11 and Time Of Green Leaves has been canceled - Akira announces "Super Leader Fest." - Ashirogi, Niizuma and Iwase are going to participate in the Fest.
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Volume 13: Avid Readers and Love At First Sight

Release Date: June 3, 2011 (JP) - August 7, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 107: Suitable Things and Favorite Things
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko is determined to do the one shot on his own - Saiko and Niizuma are going to do a romance manga.
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Chapter 108: Avid Readers and Love At First Sight
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko is having a hard time with his romance story - At the new years party, Fukuda demands to enter the Super Leader Fest with everyone else - Everyone learns that they all are going for romance stories - The EIC announces to take the readers votes to determine the best one shot based on Fukuda's suggestion - Chapter ends with Saiko calling Azuki about her love with him.
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Chapter 109: Romeo and the First Anniversary
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko completes his manuscript - PCP is going to have its first anniversary in Jump - At the meeting, Saiko's story had done better than Shujin's chapter 2 of Rabuta - Shujin is having a hard time with the story and leaves the studio with anger.
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Chapter 110: Together and Separate
- Pages: 22 (3 In colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin keeps working on Rabuta by playing with Peace - Both of Saiko and Shujin are meeting Akira separately for their perspective works - Shujin is going to stay for a while alone with Rabuta, and Shiratori asks if he can quit as an assistant.
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Chapter 111: Interference and Trust
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi are still separate from each other till the serialization date - Otters 11 ends and Yoshida tries to convince Hiramaru to work on something new - Katou returns to work in Shiratori's place - It turned out that Shujin was teaching Shiratori all the time about all what it takes to make him do his story on his own.
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Chapter 112: A Punch and a Single Stance
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiku asks Shujin to punch him, and Shujin asks the same thing to work out everything that happened between them in the last few days - Everyone has done with their romance one shots - Chapter ends with Shujin unimpressed with Niizuma's story
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Chapter 113: Weak Points and Dedication
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Niizuma, Saiko, Iwase and Fukuda's one shots has lost against Hiarmaru and Aoki - Fukuda's Racer Giri is going to be an anime - A tea party is in plans between Hiramaru and Aoki, and they both disappears without telling anyone.
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Chapter 114: Love's Path and the Footbridge
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Yoshida and Yamahisa are on the case of finding Hiramaru and Aoki - Everyone is getting to the search party - Hiramaru asks Aoki if she can go out with him, and she agrees under the condition of him keeping drawing.
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Chapter 115: Commemorative Photoshoot and Classroom
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko is thinking about getting into a training institute - A discussion about what type of manga should Ashirogi do next - All the current Jump artists and authors are gathered to the serialization commendation ceremony - Ashirogi are going to judge the works of new candidates.
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Volume 14: Psychological Warfare and Catchphrases

Release Date: August 4, 2011 (JP) - September 4, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 116: Goals and Assessment
- Pages: 20 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto are giving their thoughts on "Classroom Of Truth" by Nanamine Toru - It's reveled that Nanamine Toru was one of Ashirogi Muto's biggest fans since Jr. High.
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Chapter 117: Fan Letter and Blog
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Kosugi - Nanamine Toru
- Main Plot Points: It turned out that Nanamine Toru was an Ashirogi Muto fan since he read "Money and Intelligence" - At the editorial meeting, it's been decided that Kosugi is going to be Nanamine's editor - "Classroom of Truth" was not suitable for Jump, and didn't receive an honorable mention either - Kosugi is having a meeting with Nanamine and asks him to redo his manuscript to make it suitable for kids - The next day, it's reveled that Nanamine has uploaded his manuscript on his blog, and got a lot of popularity - Chapter ends with Nanamine deleting his blog after getting complaints from his editor.
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Chapter 118: Back and Forth
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nanamine was brought up to the E.I.C due to his actions - a discussion between Saiko & Shujin about Nanamine and the type of manga they should do next - The E.I.C. gives his approval personally on Nanamine's new work - Nanamine meets Ashirogi Muto and reveals all his secrets to them.
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Chapter 119: Overconfidence and Publicity
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nanamine reveals more of his secrets - Ashirogi did not approve of his methods and considered it cheating - In a meeting with Kosugi, Nanamine shows changes that were different that what he was told to, but they were approved by the higher-ups - Nanamine's new manga is going to be serialized.
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Chapter 120: The Internet and Faces
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Another discussion between Saiko & Shujin about their manga - Nanamine's new one shot manga "Nervousness" got published, and it'll be followed by the serialization of "What Is Required" - Nanamine reveals his secrets to Kosugi and forces him to follow his way.
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Chapter 121: Confidence and Resolve
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nanamine's "What is Required" along with Aoki's "The Gift That God Gave Me" are going to be serialized - Hiramaru gets desperate over a misunderstanding between him and Aoki - Shiratori's Peace & Rabuta got canceled - Ashirogi tells Akira about Nanamine's secret - Chapter ends with Ashirogi declaring their challenge to Nanamine.
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Chapter 122: Psychological Warfare and Catchphrases
- Pages: 20 (1 In colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Akira talks with Kosugi about Nanamine and Kosugi's role as an editor - Yoshida saves Hiramaru from the brinks of suicide by telling him that he'll work as Aoki's assistant - Nanamine tells Kosugi that he has a "secret weapon" being an expert assistant.
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Chapter 123: Pizza and Tea
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Nanamine's assistants - Nakai (Return)
- Main Plot Points: Nakai returns as Nanamine's chief assistant - Nakai finds out about Nanamine's secret, but he turns a blind eye - Nanamine's first chapter gets 2nd place in the early results, but he lies to his peers by saying it got 1st.
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Chapter 124: Examination and Provocation
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about the quality of "What Is Required" - WIR's third chapter gets ninth place, but Nanamine lies again by saying it got seventh - Nanamine loses some of his peers - WIR's fourth chapter falls to the thirteen's place - Nanamine asks Ashirogi if they can compete with the same story, but Shujin declines his offer.
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Volume 15: Encouragement and Feelings

Release Date: October 4, 2011 (JP) - October 2, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 125: Impatience and Comeback
- Pages: 19 (1 In colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Since Ashirogi refused Nanamine's request, he decides to steal it from them - The editors find out about Nanamine's methods - Kosugi gives Aida a transfer request, but Aida does not accept it, and Kosugi is going to take responsibility for Nanamene's cancellation - Hiramaru's "Boku ni wa Tsuujinai" is going to be serialized - Nanamine asks Kosugi to steal Ashirogi's story for him to use before them - Kosugi asks for Ashrigo's help, and they gave him the basic story for him to use
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Chapter 126: Analysis and Result
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about Nanamine's methods about having too many people giving ideas - WIR's eighth chapter get's sixteenth place - Nakai blurts out to Nanamine's remaining partners that WIR got sixteenth place, and they all leave - Kosugi arrives, and tells that WIR got nineteenth place in the ranking - Chapter ends with Nanamine laughing like crazy.
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Chapter 127: Hot Blood and Utter Defeat
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Kosugi tries to convince Nanamine to work again on his manga - Nanamine is convinced at the end and works on his own - Nanamine meets Ashirogi at the New Year party and announce his defeat to them.
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Chapter 128: Portraits and Jeering
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: It has been revealed that Nakai has been fired and he's not going work as an assistant again - Nakai starts working by drawing portraits on the street, and he ends up getting tricked by three girls mocking him in the process - Nakai gets in a fight at the bar, and then decides to take his revenge on Aoki who he blames for all his troubles - Chapter ends with Hiramaru arriving to stop nakai's actions.
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Chapter 129: Youth and Destiny
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hiramaru and Nakai are having an all-out fight between each other with Hiramaru being at a disadvantage against nakai's strength - Hiramaru goes down to the count, but Fukuda's team arrive at the scene - Aoki decides to end this by asking Nakai to hit her, but he gave up on that - After hearing Nakai's story, Hiramaru asks him to be his assistant, and they end up living together.
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Chapter 130: Fever and Ashes
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Saiko and Shujin's old classmates
- Main Plot Points: Saiko goes to the class reunion by himself - A talk between Saiko and his classmates about his life as a mangaka - A discussion between Saiko and Shujin about their youth - Chapter ends with news about someone braking into a bank in a PCP style
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Chapter 131: Copycat and Subconscious
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone at the editorial department talks about the news with PCP - Shujin gets affected by this, and subconsciously changes his writing style - Niizuma tries to think of a name makes him get the 1st place
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Chapter 132: Headstands and Reorganizing
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin can't think up of good ideas for the manga and reuses an old one - PCPs ranking goes down to 12th place, while Crow does better - Yuujirou reveals Niizuma's condition to Akira - Shujin's ideas are getting worse and didn't realize he was rehashing older ideas - Chapter ends with both sides of Ashirogi determining to outdo themselves to help each other.
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Chapter 133: Encouragement and Feelings
- Pages: 20 (3 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shujin manages to finish his name in time for the meeting - Shujin's ideas are still not considered good enough - Another vault break-in happens using PCP style, Shujin gets even more affected than the last time - Due to this, Saiko and Shujin both came up with the idea of having a copycat criminal as an answer to these incidents.
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Volume 16: Newcomers and Veterans

Release Date: January 4, 2012 (JP) - November 6, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 134: Running Solo and Slow Footedness
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Crow got the first place for the third week in a row - Niizuma informs Miura that +Natural's story is boring - Crow gets the first place for the fourth and fifth time - Chapter ends with Niizuma meeting the Editor-In-Chief directly to discuss his promise.
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Chapter 135: Succession and Interference
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone is focused on Niizuma's right to end a manga he hates and think it could be +Natural - Team Fukuda gathers together and decided to ask Niizuma directly - Niizuma tells them that he would do it if he got first place for another five weeks, and reveals that the manga he wants to end is his own Crow - The team discuss about ending the story whenever the author wants and how would it affect the magazine - Chapter ends with Niizuma declaring a challenge of having the team beating him anytime they want.
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Chapter 136: Extensions and Countermeasures
- Pages: 21 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone is working up and trying to do their best taking on Niizuma's challenge.
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Chapter 137: Lead Color and Center Color
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Crow's position hasn't changed yet - PCP is getting a center color - Crow gets first place for twelve weeks in a row - Seigi No Mikata gets second place in the twelfth week, and Road Racer Giri gets the second place a week after - Four weeks left till Crow's ending - Ashirogi finishes their color page in time, but they didn't tell Akira about the setup they made for.
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Chapter 138: Power and Idea
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Crow has taken first place for the fourteenth consecutive week, and thus making it three more weeks till the end - Akira was amazed on the setup done for the latest PCP chapter - Chapter ends with having the results of the last week's preliminary results.
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Chapter 139: Final Chapter and Comments
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: PCP gets second place and Crow gets first place. Thus, gives the right to Niizuma to end his manga - Niizuma already starts thinking of his next manga that he plans to be the best in the world.
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Chapter 140: Limits and Phoenix
- Pages: 19 + Jump cover
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Ashirogi team about the best manga in the world - The editorial department are searching for Jump's next star after the end of Crow - +Natural's state is getting worse which leads Iwase to a depression - Everyone rushes to help Iwase to overcome her mental state.
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Chapter 141: Age and Achievement
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Azuma Mikihiko - "Mysterious Figure"
- Main Plot Points: +Natural recovers after the events of the previous chapter - Miura gets to have a meeting with a guy called "Azuma Mikihiko" who turned out to be an old man - Azuma rejects Miura due to his first impression on Azuma, and then he calls a mysterious figure - Azuma calls again, and this time it's Akira - Ashirogi discuss their next series with Akira and how to make it "Non-mainstream, yet mainstream battle" - Akira meets Azuma and checks out his one shot "Panty-Flash Fight", and he approves it - Akira discusses with Azuma about his age and if he can write for Jump - Azuma's one shot will get published in Jump - Chapter ends with Azuma calling the mysterious figure again.
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Chapter 142: Newcomers and Veterans
- Pages: 19 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuma meets Akira to improve his one shot - Azuma meets Arai who turned out to be one of his assisstants 10 years ago - Ashirogi discuss Azuma's one shot - Arai comes with a new story despite being taken off Jump - Azuma finishes three chapters of his series, and the editors discuss weather to publish it or not - Another veteran with Arai and Azuma called "Nangoku" sends a one shot for Jump, thus making them three veterans in Jump.
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Volume 17: One-Hit Battle and Stand-Alone Story

Release Date: March 2nd, 2012 (JP) - December 4, 2012 (US)

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Chapter 143: Money and Recycling
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Nanamine (Return) - Nanamine's Father - Hibiki Kyotaro (Return)
- Main Plot Points: Panty-Flash Fight is going to be a short series - Niizuma doubts the originality of Panty Flash Fight - It is revealed that Azuma and his story are the result of a gathering of ideas of multitudes of ghost writers in a special company called "Shinjitsu Corporation" with Hibiki as a lecturer - A discussion about veteran authors and their increasing number - It is revealed at the end that the president of the mysterious company is non other than Nanamine himself.
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Chapter 144: Companies and the Desperate Plan for Victory
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The first chapter of Panty-Flash Fight and Arai's one shot "Tournament & School" are released - Nanamine invites Ashirogi Muto and reveals them his company and his new method and system that he promised in the previous new year's party.
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Chapter 145: Offers and Suspension
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Shigure Yanagi
- Main Plot Points: Nanamine continues explaining his new plan for Ashirogi - Panty-Flash Fight and the other one shots T&S and "Samurai Batter Kill" takes the first three places - Ashirogi reveals Nanamine's secret to Akira - Azuma confess' to Akira about his story, and revelas that he was Nobuhiro's assistant back in the day - Shigure Yanagi; the author of the one shot "The Sword That Transcends Time" gets 7th place and Nanamine offers him a job of assistant if he wanted to continue working for him.
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Chapter 146: The Real Fight and Desires
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about Nanamine's company and his new method - Azuma does not receive his new names from the company - Azuma goes and pays Saiko a visit - Nanamine fires Azuma and reveals that he was just using him for his plans.
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Chapter 147: Disposables and Fighting Spirit
- Pages: 21 (3 in colors + JUMP cover)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuma and Akira are going to continue working on Panty-Flash Fight - Arai reveals to the editorial department of his secret and Nanamine's company - Nanamine begins his plan of making a manga of his own - The editorial department discuss the current situation - The E.I.C. calls Nanamine personally and says that he'll let him publish if he got in the top three with a one shot. If he doesn't, he won't let him get involved with any of the JUMP staff, and Nanamine agrees.
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Chapter 148: One-Hit Battle and Stand-Alone Story
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The E.I.C. gives a final condition to Nanamine saying he should show his name to Kosugi and receive his approval - A discussion on the current situation and how to counter it - Nanamine gives his name "One Hundred Billion and The Beautiful Girl" to Kosugi, and he gives his approval - Based on the E.I.C.'s advice, Ashirogi are going to make a "stand-alone chapter that isn't a stand-alone".
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Chapter 149: Unique Flavor and Theme
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Shuujin re-reads PCP from the beginning to look for any possible foreshadowing to use for the stand-alone chapter - Azuma keeps working with Akira on his manga - Nanamine discusses his one shot with Kosugi - Everyone submits their names with the exception of Hiramaru who dislocated his hips by accident - The final results were: 1# Takahama's Seigi No Mikata, 2# Ashirogi's PCP, #3 Azuma's Hirapara Paradise, and #4 Nanamine's One Hundred Billion and The Beautiful Girl. - Azuma declares his retirement to Akira.
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Chapter 150: Selfishness and Favored
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Nanamine throws a fit after his loss against not just Ashirogi, but Azuma as well - The editorial department gets some position movement. Sasaki moves from being the Editor In Chief for JUMP to Hisshou JUMP along with Nakano, Heishi moves from Vice E.I.C. to being the new JUMP E.I.C., and Aida becomes the new Vice, and Yujiro becomes the new team leader - Sasaki pays visit to Niizuma and Ashirogi - Chapter ends with Niizuma telling Yujiro that he plans to have a "super cool dark hero".
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Chapter 151: Zombies and Emons
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Niizuma plans to make a zombie-themed manga - Saiko and Shujin are discussing their new dark hero plans
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Volume 18: Smooth Sailing and Pandemonium

Release Date: May 2, 2012 (JP) - March 5, 2013 (US)

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Chapter 152: Synergy Effect and A New Record
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: The editorial department discuss' Ashirogi Muto's new one shot "Reversi" - Niizuma's new one shot "Zombie Gun" will get published in issue 21, and Ashirogi's Reversi in the 22nd - Azuki get's the role of a heroin - Zombie Gun gets 692 votes.
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Chapter 153: The World and His Opponent
- Pages: 20 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Reversi gets 1st place with 694 votes - Niizuma stops drawing more names for Zombie Gun after his loss against Ashirogi - A discussion in the editorial department on serializing either Ashirogi or Niizuma - It has been decided to publish Reversi in the new monthly Hissho JUMP magazine - Chapter ends with Niizuma accepting drawing serialization names for Zombie Gun, and declaring Ashirogi his enemy and not the world.
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Chapter 154: Weekly and Monthly
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Akira reminds Ashirogi that he'll be their editor for PCP, and Nakano will be their editor for Reversi - Akira gets upset because he won't be the editor for Reversi - The Editorial department suggests publishing Reversi in Weekly JUMP, and PCP in Hisshou JUMP, and invites Ashirogi and Hattori to hear their opinions.
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Chapter 155: Studio and Notebook
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: It has been decided to publish Reversi in Weekly JUMP, and PCP in Hisshou JUMP - Saiko's grandpa gives him his uncle's diary to read.
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Chapter 156: Smooth Sailing and Pandemonium
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Okino, Miyakawa (Ogawa returns)
- Main Plot Points: Preparations are done for the assistants to start working on both PCP and Reversi - Ogawa keeps pointing out how Saiko is getting little behind schedule, and everyone is working themselves to death - Ogawa goes, and bring back two new assistants: Okino and Miyakawa.
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Chapter 157: Antagonists and Switching
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Zombie Gun starts in the magazine and gets first place - Reversi starts the issue after Zombie Gun and gets first place as well, but with less votes - Reversi gets first place three times in a row - Azuki will do a radio show - Zombie Gun's fifth chapter gets first place, while Reversi is third.
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Chapter 158: Drawn Out and In One Go
- Pages: 20 (3 in colors + JUMP cover)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi Muto are discussing the weakness of Reversi - Reversi's fifth chapter gets fifth place - A discussion about story quality compared to its length - Azuki's online radio show starts - Chapter ends with Ahirogi agreeing it's okay not to make Reversi a long running series.
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Chapter 159: Tempo and Ferris Wheel
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Reversi and Zombie Gun kept getting first and second places - Hiramaru's Bokutsu will get an anime adaptation - Aoki's "What God Gave Me" is ending - Hiramaru decides to take Aoki to the amusement park to cheer her up - Yoshida helps Hiramaru to propose to Aoki - Hiramaru loses the ring given to him by Yoshida.
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Chapter 160: Doing Your Best and Nine Hundred Thousand
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Hiramaru panics while looking for the lost ring - Aoki catches on to the situation and agrees on Hiramaru's proposal, and now officially engaged - A discussion about Zombie Gun and Reversi's volume sales, with 900 thousand for Zombie Gun and 380 thousand for Reversi.
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End of Volume 18

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Volume 19: Decision and Delight

Release Date: June 4, 2012 (JP) - May 7, 2013 (US)

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Chapter 161: Breather and Party
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Kitami Ririka
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about the difference in volume sales between Reversi and Zombie Gun - Kato asks Ashirogi if she can invite her friend Kitami Ririka to the Double Grand Prize ceremony for the Tezuka and Akatsuka Awards - Niizuma is getting offerings for Zombie Gun animation.
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Chapter 162: Hot Springs and Two Nights
- Pages: 19 + 1 New Year extra
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Ashirogi are approached by a guy from ANN Studio offering them animate Reversi - Takagi invites Mashiro to go with him and Kaya to the hot springs for the New Year - Chapter ends with a meeting on choosing between Reversi or Zombie Gun to have animated.
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Chapter 163: Confirmation and Consent
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion on choosing between Reversi or Zombie Gun to have animated - Akira asks Ashirogi on their opinions of the Reversi anime - Niizuma makes original names for the TV adaptations of Zombie Gun.
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Chapter 164: Decision and Delight
- Pages: 21 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion on Niizuma's original names for Zombie Gun's anime - The EIC decides to choose Reversi for the anime adaption instead of Zombie Gun
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Chapter 165: Practicing and Charging Up
- Pages: 20 (3 in colors + JUMP cover)
- New Characters: None (Ishizawa returns)
- Main Plot Points: Azuki practices her role of Naho from Reversi - A discussion about choosing voice actors and auditioning - Ishizawa reads Ririka's blog about Saiko and his relationship with Azuki.
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Chapter 166: Rumors and Articles
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Touzai Sports staff
- Main Plot Points: Shujin discovers Ririka's blog and informs Saiko about it - Ririka deletes her blog, but Ishizawa spreads rumors about Azuki and her relationship - The word has spread all over the place, and Azuki's fans are in an uproar about it - The rumors has reached JUMP and it got covered by Touzai Sports.
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Chapter 167: Foolish Words and a Word
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: The anime staff (Konaka, Ehara, Tamiya, Oobayashi)
- Main Plot Points: A discussion between Saiko and Shujin about the current situation - Ririka apologizes for what she has done, and Azuki forgives her - Ashirogi are having a meeting with the anime staff - Fukuda looks up the details of Ashirogi and Azuki's situation - chapter ends with Fukuda talking in a radio show about the situation.
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Chapter 168: Correction and Declaration
- Pages: 17
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Fukuda talks over the radio on what's going on - Yujiro asks Fukuda to apologies for what he said on the radio, but he refuses. He does however apologize to Saiko and Azuki - In Azuki's radio show, her manager asks her to deny the rumors and her relationship, but she ended up telling the truth.
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Chapter 169: Voices and Responses
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuki keeps talking in her radio show and reveals everything - Azuki receives a harsh call from a listener, and a supporting call next - Saiko stands up and calls the show and talks live with Azuki - The next day, Touzai Sports writes and article about the radio show showing their support to Saiko and Azuki's relationship.
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End of Volume 19

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Volume 20: Dreams and Reality

Release Date: July 4, 2012

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Chapter 170: Celebrity and Popularity
- Pages: 21 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: Gotuo, Furuke
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about the voice actress' popularity - A meeting with the anime staff telling Ashirogi that the role for Naho will be decided by public voting - Shujin is against the public voting because he thinks it'll be for their disadvantage, but Saiko approves it.
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Chapter 171: Microphone and Script
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: Otsuki Nanami, Natara, Goda, Tanaka Mikan
- Main Plot Points: Preparations for the auditions for Naho's role starts - The Internet is filled with personal polls for the most wanted voice actress' - The auditions starts and they are broadcasted one by one - Azuki's turns comes up, and she'll do it without the script.
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Chapter 172: Miho and Naho
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Azuki performs without reading her script, and she reads a line differently from the others - It turned out to be that Azuki's lines were from the manga that had the corrected lines and not from the script which is based on the magazine version that contained an error - Azuki wins the role with 102,801 votes.
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Chapter 173: Moment and Last Volume
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Everyone congratulates Saiko on Azuki receiving her role as Naho and hence getting married in the future - A discussion with Akira about concluding the story of Reversi - Shujin goes and tells Akira that there's 8 chapters left.
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Chapter 174: How is Should Be and How it Ends
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Akira negotiates with Heishi about the end of Reversi - A discussion between Heishi and the anime staff about Reversi's end - Ashirogi discuss how to end Reversi - The final chapter of Reversi is published
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Chapter 175: Release Date and the Night Before
- Pages: 19
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: A discussion about the sales of Reversi - Reversi sold 1.22 million copies, and thus passing Niizuma in both questionnaires and comic sales - Saiko will propose to Azuki the next night after the airing of the first episode of Reversi anime - Chapter ends with Saiko looking at his uncle's notes.
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Chapter 176: Dreams and Reality (END)
- Pages: 20 (1 in colors)
- New Characters: None
- Main Plot Points: Saiko goes to Azuki's house and watch the anime episode in his new Ferrari - a talk between Saiko and Azuki about their past lives and achieving their dreams - Chapter ends with Saiko and Azuki having their first kiss.
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End of Volume 20

SHINOBI-03 · Aug 6, 2009