Bakuman. #10

Volume 10 of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's *Bakuman.* finds its two young manga creators exactly where you'd hope — deep in the work, one hunched over a drafting table surrounded by art supplies and reference books, the other watching intently from behind. It's a fittingly self-referential cover for a series about the grind and passion of making manga, rendered in Obata's clean, expressive style. This 2012 French-language Kana edition is a great entry point into one of the most earnest stories about creative ambition in the medium.