Moritaka Mashiro, an average student with a talent for drawing, forgets his notebook at school, where his classmate A...

Mashiro chats with Takagi, who tells him that he chose Mashiro because he is smarter than many of his peers in matter...

Mashiro and Takagi arrive at Mashiro's uncle's apartment, where they look around and Mashiro shows Takagi the manuscr...

Mashiro shows Takagi all that he has drawn and points out all the mistakes he has made, as well as the finer points o...

Recalling when he and Azuki turned back to look at each other at the same time, Mashiro tells Takagi that he and Azuk...

Mashiro and Takagi meet with Akira Hattori, one of the editors at Shonen Jack. He notes that their work has flaws, as...

After meeting with Hattori, Mashiro and Takagi continue working on new submissions, and Mashiro writes notes to Azuki...

Takagi comes up with some more ideas, including One Hundred Millionth, a story about people being ranked according to...

Takagi is suspended for a week after punching Ishizawa, causing Mashiro to worry about him. He goes over to visit Tak...

Mashiro and Takagi meet with Hattori, who says the manga artists liked their work, but the editors judging it thought...

Mashiro and Takagi work on Money and Intelligence while applying to the relatively easy North High School. Miyoshi qu...

After celebrating by eating out, Hattori, Takagi and Mashiro discuss Money and Intelligence, and what changes they ne...

Mashiro, at Miyoshi's suggestion, sends an email to Azuki to begin correspondence with her. During the first day of h...

Mashiro has come to the conclusion that doing mainstream battle manga is the way forward, and draws characters from o...

Hattori goes over the weaknesses of Mashiro and Takagi's storyboard, and tells them that they need good characters, s...

Mashiro and Takagi, incorporating Hattori's suggestions, comes up with a concept for a story about an angel fighting ...

Mashiro starts work as an assistant for Nizuma, and meets the other two assistants; Shinta Fukuda, who had placed low...

While reworking Chapter 5, Fukuda reveals that he is dissatisfied with many aspects of Jack, particularly how series ...

Summer ends without Mashiro hearing back from Takagi, and Takagi returns the key to Mashiro's uncle's apartment, apol...

Mashiro and Takagi discuss how to improve the concept behind the story, now known as Detective Trap, and Takagi begin...

Mashiro and Takagi continue submitting a story every two weeks, with Mashiro sacrificing sleep to do so, but they hav...

Team Fukuda reaches the editorial offices, but despite their protests, the editors do not believe Koogy's advantage i...

Mashiro and Takagi both decide to rewrite their manga. Fukuda, Aoki and Nakai also rewrite their manga. Later Fukuda'...

Koogy's manga does poorly in the Golden Future Cup, leaving Mashiro and Takagi, Fukuda, and Nakai and Aoki as the top...

Thirteen series are submitted for the serialization meeting and are discussed by the team captains, editor in chief a...