History YMMV / Bakuman

** Azuki has her fair share of people (including RolloT of ''Weekly Manga Recap'') who find her relationship with Mashiro to be completely ridiculous and unbelievable, and [[SatelliteLoveInterest that she isn't defined as a character beyond that.]]

* Azuki has her fair share of people (including RolloT of ''Weekly Manga Recap'') who find her relationship with Mashiro to be completely ridiculous, and [[SatelliteLoveInterest that she isn't defined as a character beyond that.]]

* Azuki has her fair share of people (including RolloT of ''Weekly Manga Recap'') who find her relationship with Mashiro to be completely ridiculous, and [[SatteliteLoveInterest that she isn't defined as a character beyond that.]]

* ValuesDissonance: ''"Men have dreams that women will never be able to understand!"'' See UnfortunateImplications above.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: One can argue that Nakai never quite TookALevelInJerkass, and was mainly repressing the less admirable aspects of his personality, as he never admits how much Fukuda's reminding him that his career is going nowhere upsets him to his face. Over time, he does so less often, such as when he loses his temper at an assistant when Hideout Door is doing poorly.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: It's OK to lie to and manipulate a lonely, and quite possible depressed man, if you need him to write more manga. {{Played for laughs}} with Kazuya Hiramaru and his editor.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/52342/bakuman_ch156_by_muda-scantrad/17 Poor Mashiro...]]

* ShipToShipCombat Quite a few fans have been clamoring for an Aoki/Shujin ship, despite his OfficialCouple status with Kaya [[spoiler:and his powerful confession of love to her coupled with a marriage proposal which she accepts.]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: An editorial decision to put Mashiro's manga on hiatus because he's severely overworking himself is shown in a completely negative light even though he had been hospitalized for said overworking with the doctor saying his condition could easily get worse. Even though there actually was some overreaction on the chief editor's part -- such as extending the hiatus after the hospitalization was over -- it still doesn't change the fact that Masahiro's self-proclaimed supporters also encouraged him to give it his all during his hospitalization, which the doctor had already declared unhealthy.

* UnfortunateImplications: Chapter 38 can easily be read as a glorification of stalking and emotional blackmail in order to get what you want.
** Though this was reversed in a later chapter, when Nakai got a bit too confident and tried to use emotional blackmail to play the two women he was obsessed with against each other. This resulted in [[spoiler:Aoki ''vehemently'' rejecting him, and it later turned out that Kato wasn't interested either.]]
*** Fukuda notes that he "looks like a stalker" at one point in Chapter 38, but eventually starts to sympathize with him and becomes angry with Aoki for ignoring him despite how far he's going.
** Takagi once talked about how girls have to appear [[ObfuscatingStupidity dumb]] to be cute.
*** Around the same time, he also discusses voice acting as being an acceptable female ambition, and girls being meant to get married and [[ProperLady be graceful and polite]]. Within the same chapter, Moritaka's father tells his mother that "men have dreams that women will never be able to understand." The last episode of the anime, however, has Moritaka's mother talking with her husband, and responding to his previous statement by saying that women ''also'' have dreams, so it could only be Moritaka's father's perspective.

** Miura would like you to know you need more gags.[[hottip:*: Miura has a strong preference for gag manga, whereas the main characters are best at serious manga or "serious humor"]]

** Mashiro getting bed-ridden eventually teaches the audience that "Your dreams are more important than your physical health."

** Iwase, too, gets treated as this from time to time. [[BrokenBase Other circles]] of the fandom [[EnsembleDarkhorse like her]] and consider her a victim of [[UnfortunateImplications author sexism.]] Ironically, Ohba appears to be fond of her.

** Iwase, too, gets treated as this from time to time. [[BrokenBase Other circles]] of the fandom [[EnsembleDarkhorse like her]] and consider her a victim of [[UnfortunateImplications author sexism.]] Ironically, Ohba appears to be fond of her, at least at first (he says he likes her in Volume 2, but in Volume 6, he moves on to liking Aoki).

* KarmaHoudini: Nakai, in Chapter 129. [[spoiler:He goes to Aoki's apartment in a drunken rage. He hurts Hiramaru when he tries to intervene, says he plans to beat Aoki, and judging from several lewd reactions of his, possibly intended to sexually assault her as well.]] Nothing came of it, but things went back to normal, and it's never brought up again.

*** Around the same time, he also discusses voice acting as being an acceptable female ambition, and girls being meant to get married and [[YamatoNadeshiko be graceful and polite]]. Within the same chapter, Moritaka's father tells his mother that "men have dreams that women will never be able to understand." The last episode of the anime, however, has Moritaka's mother talking with her husband, and responding to his previous statement by saying that women ''also'' have dreams, so it could only be Moritaka's father's perspective.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Nanamine's Classroom of Truth manga. Let's face it, that got ''incredibly'' disturbing at times. Also overlaps with ParanoiaFuel.

* DesignatedVillain: Iwase, to [[BrokenBase some of the base]] that believe that her portrayal as a snobby bitch because she's smart and talented is sexist.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/52342/bakuman_ch156_by_muda-scantrad/17 Poor Mashiro...]]

* FanPreferredCouple: Aoki with either [[BirdsOfAFeather Takagi]] or especially [[spoiler:[[OppositesAttract Shinda]] [[RescueRomance Fukuda]].]] In the end, [[spoiler:Takagi ends up married to Miyoshi, while Aoki is in a relationship wtih Hiramaru]].

** Miura would like you to know you need more gags.

** As of Chapter 102, Shiratori. As if having a crummy home life wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler:when he makes a good enough concept for a manga and works with Takagi on it and makes it great,]] his mother, [[AnimationAgeGhetto someone who knows ]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and cares nothing about manga]], doesn't give a shit and gives him an ultimatum:[[spoiler: move to Paris to pursue only art, or quit being a mangaka's assistant and work for his father's makeup company. Though, he ''is'' aware of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain another course of action]] [[TakeAThirdOption that he decides to take.]]

* AuthorAppeal: In-universe, the creator of "True Human" starts putting heavy HappinessInSlavery elements into his manga after discovering hostess clubs. The ratings rapidly dropped. Yoshida sets up a meeting of Real Human's creator with Aoki and her assistants, making it clear through example that hostesses are just nice to men because they're getting paid. "False love" is inserted into the manga's plotline; we don't see the results, but some months later True Human is back to being a top ten title.
* BadassLongcoat: Part of his usual attire when heading home for the day, but also how Heishi emphasizes his authority [[spoiler: after being promoted to Chief Editor]].
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In-universe, Mashiro and Takagi's reaction to Classroom of Truth, in which [[KillEmAll everyone]], [[TheHeroDies including the protagonist]], [[DownerEnding dies by]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog]].

* DudeLooksLikeALady: [[ViewerGenderConfusion Shiratori]]. Lampshaded when he's hitch-hiking and the driver points out that he's 'as pretty as a girl.'
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hattori is the best.

* MemeticMutation: It's common habit to discuss the series mentioned in Bakuman as if they are actual series.

* TheScrappy: Miura, especially in the later chapters, though the authors seem to be trying to avert it as of chapter seventy.
** I'd say Nakai got this spot too with the way he's acting recently.

*** Around the same time, he also discusses voice acting as being an acceptable female ambition, and girls being meant to get married and [[YamatoNadeshiko be graceful and polite]]. Within the same chapter, Moritaka's father tells his mother that "men have dreams that women will never be able to understand." The rest of the manga is filled with similar sexism.
**** The last episode of the anime, however, has Moritaka's mother talking with her husband, and responding to his previous statement by saying that women ''also'' have dreams, so it could only be Moritaka's father's perspective.

* WhatAnIdiot: Takagi doesn't tell Miyoshi about his seeing Aoki for ideas on his manga, and meeting Iwase while he's there, claiming that she'll get jealous if he goes to other women for help. As a result, when she finds Iwase's book, with a letter to him in it, while cleaning, she assumes [[MistakenForCheating he's cheating on her]].

* TheWoobie: Previously Nakai, who'd been trying to get serialized and a girlfriend for over 10 years, without any success. Especially [[spoiler:after he gets canceled because Aoki refuses to change anything]]. This was broken however when [[spoiler: he acted like a total dick towards Aoki on ''rebound'' after being rejected by another girl, and has quit manga entirely.]] However, recent flashes to him show he's not completely content...
** As of Chapter 102, Shiratori. As if having a crummy home life wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler:when he makes a good enough concept for a manga and works with Takagi on it and makes it great,]] his mother, [[AnimationAgeGhetto someone who knows ]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and cares nothing about manga]], doesn't give a shit and gives him an ultimatum:[[spoiler: move to Paris to pursue only art, or quit being a mangaka's assistant and work for his father's makeup company. Though, he ''is'' aware of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain another course of action]] [[TakeAThirdOption he could take...]]]][[spoiler:and he does.]]

* ThreeYay: Sometimes it seems like Kaya acts like a housewife to both Takagi and Masahiro, and Kaya has joked about it when drunk while both Takagi and Masahiro have flirtily called her cute when they were high from the happiness caused by [[spoiler:the announcement of ''Reversi'' getting an anime]].

* ThreeYay: Sometimes it seems like Miyoshi acts like a housewife to both Takagi and Masahiro, and Miyoshi has joked about it when drunk while both Takagi and Masahiro have flirtily called her cute when they were high from the happiness caused by [[spoiler:the announcement of ''Reversi'' getting an anime]].

* AuthorAppeal: In-universe, the creator of "Real Human" starts putting heavy HappinessInSlavery elements into his manga after discovering hostess clubs. The ratings rapidly dropped. Yoshida sets up a meeting of Real Human's creator with Aoki and her assistants, making it clear through example that hostesses are just nice to men because they're getting paid. "False love" is inserted into the manga's plotline; we don't see the results, but some months later Real Human is back to being a top ten title.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Nakai. The narrative indicates the audience is still supposed to feel some measure of sympathy for him, yet the majority of them has long since completely lost the capacity to be able to.

** Hell, just look around some manga forums and you'll see this series is full of them. Hiramaru, Eiji, Aoki, and now it looks like [[spoiler: Iwase]] is becoming one after the most recent chapters.

** As of Chapter 102, Shiratori. As if having a crummy home life wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler:when he makes a good enough concept for a manga and works with Takagi on it and makes it great,]] his mother, [[AnimationAgeGhetto someone who knows ]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and cares nothing about manga]], doesn't give a shit and gives him an ultimatum:[[spoiler: move to Paris to pursue only art, or quit being a mangaka's assistant and work for his father's makeup company. Though, he ''is'' aware of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain another course of action]] [[TakeAThirdOption he could take...]]]]
*** [[spoiler: As of the latest chapter, he's taken it!]]

* UnintentionalyUnsympathetic: Nakai. The narrative indicates the audience is still supposed to feel some measure of sympathy for him, yet the majority of them has long since completely lost the capacity to be able to.