Bakuman. #20

The penultimate volume of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's celebrated manga-about-manga series arrives here in its French-language edition from Kana. The cover says it all: the two leads charge forward with fierce determination — one clutching a tablet and pen, the other brandishing a drawing nib — while a whole cast of supporting characters erupts behind them in a burst of speed lines and comic-book explosions. With nearly every major player from the series gathered on this single image, volume 20 radiates the kind of high-energy camaraderie that has made Bakuman. such a compelling read throughout its run.