One Piece and Naruto were both great this week, but in my opinion Bakuman took the cake. It really is incredible how what seems to be a primarily didactic manga is able to relay such tension. Truthfully I would expect nothing less from the authors of Death Note. The question that pervades this chapter is will Ashirogi Muto's Detective Trap get serialized? And even though we don't get an answer, we get a simultaneously humorous, informative and nerve-racking look at the Jump name selection process.
Dreams are held by a loose line in the chapter, as each name's author (or authors) are the potential prey of a wizened Jump staff. Yes and no are the two words that will ultimately determine the rest of these aspiring artists' lives.
Mashiro and Tagaki's nervousness is palpable throughout these 19 pages. Their tense behavior is quite realistic and humorous; I can relate because I have gone though several of these determinative situations in my life; most to a lesser extent (as I'm sure most everyone has at some point). I can recall waiting for the results of several grade determining tests, or silently suffering while an opponent makes a conclusive move in a game of go; and while these experiences of mine certainly don't measure up to the fictional Mashiro and Tagaki's, my internal expression during such times of choice ridden hardship is not dissimilar to the expressions on the above panel: ready to have a heart attack from anticipation.
One Piece and Naruto were both great this week, but in my opinion Bakuman took the cake. It really is incredible how what seems to be a primarily didactic manga is able to relay such tension. Truthfully I would expect nothing less from the authors of Death Note. The question that pervades this chapter is will Ashirogi Muto's Detective Trap get serialized? And even though we don't get an answer, we get a simultaneously humorous, informative and nerve-racking look at the Jump name selection process. 
Dreams are held by a loose line in the chapter, as each name's author (or authors) are the potential prey of a wizened Jump staff. Yes and no are the two words that will ultimately determine the rest of these aspiring artists' lives. 
Mashiro and Tagaki's nervousness is palpable throughout these 19 pages. Their tense behavior is quite realistic and humorous; I can relate because I have gone though several of these determinative situations in my life; most to a lesser extent (as I'm sure most everyone has at some point). I can recall waiting for the results of several grade determining tests, or silently suffering while an opponent makes a conclusive move in a game of go; and while these experiences of mine certainly don't measure up to the fictional Mashiro and Tagaki's, my internal expression during such times of choice ridden hardship is not dissimilar to the expressions on the above panel: ready to have a heart attack from anticipation.
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