When
Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class, he
finds his classmate, Akito Takagi, who notes Mashiro's drawings. Takagi asks
him to become a manga artist to his stories. Mashiro declines, citing his late
manga artist uncle, who died from overworking. Takagi incites Mashiro to meet
with Miho Azuki, Mashiro's crush, and tells her the two plan to become manga
artists. In response, Azuki reveals her plans to be a voice actress. Mashiro
proposes to her that they should both marry when Azuki becomes a voice actress
for the anime adaptation of their manga. She accepts, but under the condition
that they not meet face-to-face again until then. The two then start creating
their manga, under the pen name Muto Ashirogi, in hopes of getting serialized
in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
After
submitting many one-shots to Shueisha, Ashirogi begin with their first published
series in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Detective Trap (疑探偵TRAP(ぎたんていトラップ) Gitantei Torappu), which is
eventually canceled due to its declining popularity, after Mashiro is
hospitalized for overworking on the manga. Their next series is the gag manga
Vroom, Tanto Daihatsu (走れ!大発タント Hashire! Daihatsu Tanto), which they
give up on, realizing it will never be popular. After being challenged by the
editor-in-chief of Jump to create a superior manga to their rival's, Ashirogi
develops their current series Perfect Crime Party (PCP -完全犯罪党- PCP -Kanzen Hanzaitō-). It is met
with considerable popularity but due to its theme, is unfit for an anime
series. When their rival, Eiji Nizuma, submits a one-shot for serialization,
Ashirogi competes by submitting Reversi which replaces Perfect Crime Party
while the latter is moved to Shueisha's fictional monthly magazine, Hisshou
Jump. After many conflicts involving the graphic novel sales and the voice
actress choice, Reversi is chosen for an anime adaptation with Miho as the
primary actress, after she passes a public audition. After fulfilling their
dreams, the series ends with Mashiro officially proposing to Miho at the place
they made their promise, followed by their first kiss.
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