Hey there, this is GKR.
I am a big fan of Japanese manga comics as you all know. It all started when I read this manga (manga is the Japanese word for comics) called Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It is a manga about the process of drawing manga comics.
The story is about two teenage boys Mashiro and Takagi who join hands to write and draw a manga comic for the famous publishers Shueisha. This Weekly Shonen Jump manga was a great hit in Japan as it revealed all the details about the long-hidden mystery behind manga making.
The reason I read this as my first manga was because I wanted to know about the world of the manga before I stepped into it.
It was in 2015, a nice September day, my dad was browsing the online store for purchasing something. I had published my first book back then and so I was at the peak of excitement. To reward the hard work my dad purchased a manga comic as a box set to gift me. It was a great surprise for me as I had a long time ago asked him if he would buy me this comic and he said he didn't have enough money to do so. The box set had twenty volumes, each 200 pages long. It was the entire series in one box. It cost about 6900 Indian rupees (USD 99) and by far it was the best gift my dad had ever given me.
The box set arrived and I unboxed it (I even took a video of the unboxing but unfortunately back then I had a very low-quality camera and no smartphone)
The series was my first read as a manga series and what could I say, it was the best! The storyline, gimmicks, humour, wit and all the plot twists were all amazing. More than anything it was an inspirational manga. Being a story writer myself I felt that the characters were so relatable. Their pain and sufferings motivated me to go through my own pain and sufferings.
In a nutshell, it is one of the best manga I have ever read and I can place this series in the top five series of all time. (After reading Bakuman I went on to read twenty more series)
If you are a writer or if you are someone with a big dream, then reading Bakuman is the right way to start your life.
Also, my favourite character from Bakuman is Eiji Nizuma (I know he's the most popular character in the manga)
My other favourite characters are Takagi, Miho and Hiramaru.
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I am a big fan of Japanese manga comics as you all know. It all started when I read this manga (manga is the Japanese word for comics) called Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It is a manga about the process of drawing manga comics.
The story is about two teenage boys Mashiro and Takagi who join hands to write and draw a manga comic for the famous publishers Shueisha. This Weekly Shonen Jump manga was a great hit in Japan as it revealed all the details about the long-hidden mystery behind manga making.
The reason I read this as my first manga was because I wanted to know about the world of the manga before I stepped into it.
It was in 2015, a nice September day, my dad was browsing the online store for purchasing something. I had published my first book back then and so I was at the peak of excitement. To reward the hard work my dad purchased a manga comic as a box set to gift me. It was a great surprise for me as I had a long time ago asked him if he would buy me this comic and he said he didn't have enough money to do so. The box set had twenty volumes, each 200 pages long. It was the entire series in one box. It cost about 6900 Indian rupees (USD 99) and by far it was the best gift my dad had ever given me.
The box set arrived and I unboxed it (I even took a video of the unboxing but unfortunately back then I had a very low-quality camera and no smartphone)
The series was my first read as a manga series and what could I say, it was the best! The storyline, gimmicks, humour, wit and all the plot twists were all amazing. More than anything it was an inspirational manga. Being a story writer myself I felt that the characters were so relatable. Their pain and sufferings motivated me to go through my own pain and sufferings.
In a nutshell, it is one of the best manga I have ever read and I can place this series in the top five series of all time. (After reading Bakuman I went on to read twenty more series)
If you are a writer or if you are someone with a big dream, then reading Bakuman is the right way to start your life.
Interesting fact: If you are a fan of Death note series, Bakuman will interest you because it was written and drawn by the same people who made Death note. The story is totally different as death note was a dark comic whereas Bakuman is a light-hearted romantic tale.
Also, my favourite character from Bakuman is Eiji Nizuma (I know he's the most popular character in the manga)
My other favourite characters are Takagi, Miho and Hiramaru.
For more blogs visit https://hiriakstudios.com/blogs-1
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
G.Karthik Raja
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer"
Shortly known as GKR, he was born in 1998 January 29. He is an Indian author with a passion for fiction, film and photography. Accomplished writing his first book at the age of 17. He started out as a rookie in making short films at the age of 15. He has made several short films since then. He is also an engineering graduate!
Published Books:
1) The Strange Hiriak (Available worldwide in all formats)
2) The Crime hunter (Published independently in Amazon.US)
3) The Peregrination (Published independently in Amazon.US)
4) Team Deteqto - Formation of the team
5) Team Deteqto – Code Cracker
6) Team Deteqto – Game of death_1
7) Team Deteqto – Game of death_2
8) Team Deteqto – Game of death_3
9) Team Deteqto – A cryptic vacation
10) Team Deteqto – Phantom Pirates
(Team Deteqto series was published as a box set including all seven books)
For more information visit https://hiriakstudios.com/founder
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