Bakuman 95

I was away last week, so I couldn't fo 94. I'm still gonna do it but it'll be late.
There's no Bakuman next week and the following week there's no Jump, so this is the last chapter for a bit. Unless you count 94 coming out late.

[Bakuman 95 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Eiji: Forget about "+NATURAL", they'll even overtake "CROW", at this rate.
Yuujirou: Ni... Niizuma-kun...
Insert Text: Eiji declares defeat...!? But there is no urgency in that expression!!
Title: Bakuman
Page 95 Every Night and Partnership
Original Author / Ooba Tsugumi Manga / Obata Takeshi
Eiji: Ashirogi-sensei, your pictures have changed. And, in the sample magazine I got, they've gotten even better in chapter 9.
Yuujirou: Th... Then the reason last week's manuscript was drawn like that, different from what we had in our meeting, was...?
Eiji: Yes, I fixed those pages after seeing chapter 8 of "PCP". [Note the italics on "those"]
Yuujirou: But if you change those, then won't you get overtaken...?
Eiji: That won't happen.
After Ashirogi-sensei sees that manuscript, the gap between us may shrink.
Yuujirou: Hm? An arrangement with someone at a time like this?
Eiji: I didn't arrange anything, but go check outside.

Page 2:
Yuujirou: ! Akina-kun...
You here for a "+NATURAL" meeting?
Iwase: Yes.
Huh? Where's Miura?
Iwase: Not here, I'm alone.
Eiji: And here, a zoom-out!
Yuujirou: ......Eh......
These two......?
Pencil: *shah*
*shah*

Page 3:
Yuujirou: No, a meeting between the original author and artist... Isn't it odd for them to have a meeting?
At least with it being the two of them alone at Niizuma-kun's place...
Eiji: Zugyan!
Zugyan!
Yuujirou: Well, Niizuma-kun, it's not like you to hand in a manuscript late. Make sure you have it by Tuesday.
Eiji: Roger~~~~~~
And pose,
Pen: *shah*
*shah*
Eiji: And now high in the skyyyyyy!!
Pen: *scratch*
*scratch*
Yuujirou: ...Now that I think about it, Hattori-san was saying Akina-kun might've been coming onto him, as a woman. I also heard "+NATURAL"'s editor is Miura now, but.........
.........So she's not satisfied with Miura, so she's going to Niizuma?
..........No, I've gotta be over thinking it..............

Page 4:
Shuujin: At 5th place, chapter 8 had a 6 vote difference with "NATURAL"...
We had a 50 vote difference with "CROW", but...
From my perspective, chapter 9 is even better than 8 was. And, chapter 10 is even more so. I'm pretty excited to see what kind of results we get from this.
Saikou: With serious drawings, we won't even lose to Eiji.
But as for the work as a whole, we're losing...
Pen: *scratch*
Saikou: I can't just make the whole thing serious.
I incorporate plenty of expressions you can only do in manga.
Shuujin: You really are amazing, Saikou. With just that theory we've been brought this far, after all.
Saikou: I'm still far from taking reference from other mangas......... Cause at this point, in a sense, that would just be plagiarism.
I've got to draw in our own style, naturally.
And do drawings that are truly interesting, with nothing holding me back.

Page 5:
Pen: *scratch*
*scratch*
*scratch*
*scratch*
*scratch*
Iwase: ..........
You sure take quite a bit of time drawing "CROW", don't you?
Eiji: YEEEEES!
Pen: *shah*
*shah*
Iwase: Do you think "+NATURAL" will be all right?
Eiji: What about it?
Iwase: I mean if it will lose to "PCP".
I think, in the early report for chapter 9 of PCP which goes on sale next week, it'll lose.
Iwase: ! ..........What Niizuma Eiji's saying is right...
Eiji: But...
Starting at 6:30 that Tuesday, "+NATURAL"'s anime sta~~~~~rts!
Therefore, it'll put up a good fight for the real deal results.
Ashirogi-sensei's drawings have been changing little by little since the 8th chapter.
So, let me run these pages that'll take "CROW" even higher than "PCP" by you.
Iwase: !?
Pen: *shah*

Page 6:
Box: April 15th, Tuesday. Early report.
Miura: Uh oh....... "+NATURAL"'s been overtaken by "PCP"...........
Even with commemorative opening color pages for the anime, at this rate..........
Hattori: 4th
5th... [Under the respective pictures]
But with this small difference, and "+NATURAL"'s anime starting today, it'll move up in the real deal...
Box: 6:30 PM, the "+NATURAL" anime starts.
Guy: All right, it's being born!
SFX Box: *Paki* *Pari*
Shiratori: It's a really high quality anime, isn't it?
Orihara: Yeah, it might even be better than the original work.
Moriya: They've managed to aim it towards kids even more than the original.
Kaya: Waaaa, amazing.
Shuujin: This'll get the kids' votes, won't it?
Saikou: ..........
This is an anime Azuki could've been in...
For her sake, I've got to get "PCP" turned into an anime...

Page 7:
Sign: Niizuma
Limited Company
Eiji
Yuujirou: ..........I know the drawings are amazing, but....
I'm worried how you're not doing them like we had in our meetings......
Please do these the last pages, like that.
Eiji: Roge~~~~~r!
Yuujirou: Akina-kun, again...?
Eiji: Yep.
SFX: PINPOOON (doorbell)
Yuujirou: She's coming this often?
Eiji: She's actually coming pretty much every day after the assistants go home.
Yuujirou: Every night!? ...........
Niizuma-kun, you and Akina-kun are both adults.
I wouldn't want to say anything unrefined, but please don't go overboard......
'Kay?
Eiji: Don't go overboard with what?
And I'll be a kid forever, that's why I draw shounen manga.
Yuujirou: ........A kid forever, huh...? You could certainly say that's true, but...

Page 8:
Yuujirou: ...........
Maybe this is a part of youth, too....... But.......
Iwase: It was just by a little, but it seems that in the early report, "+NATURAL" was overtaken by PCP.
Eiji: I just heard from Yuujirou-san, but as I expected, it went just as I said it would.
Iwase: ..............
Sign: Shueisha
Miura: Eh!?
Isn't that like a wife who commutes to see her husband!?
Aida: Hm?
Yamahisa: What?
Yuujirou: You idi- keep your voice down.
Miura: S-Sorry. But those two together means....... And every night....... I'm kind of jealous.......
Ah! T-This is bad, isn't it?
Yuujirou: ..........I knew it, so you weren't aware... They're free to be in love, but...............
Even if it is Niizuma-kun, if she's there almost everyday, it could affect his work.
You're Akina-kun's editor, so you'd better give her a stern warning.
Miura: Eh!? No way... Akina-kun won't listen to anything I say about her love life.......

Page 9:
Miura: Let's go together, Yuujirou-san, I'm begging you!
Yuujirou: I only just left, but I guess I have to.
Hattori: .........This time, Akina-kun's going for Niizuma-kun..........
She's young. And, it's not like I don't know what it's like to want love, but................
Anyhow, I'd better take this sample book to Ashirogi-kun's place.
Pen: *scratch*
*scratch*
*scratch*
Iwase: ......
Miura: This atmosphere is certainly.............
Iwase: Niizuma-san, did you say anything about me seducing you?
Pen: *scratch*
*scratch*
Eiji: I haven't said anything, really.
Miura: Seduce......
!
......
She just said it herself! For Akina-kun to use such lewd language, she really must be head over heels...................
Yuujirou: Well... Um, we'd like to say...
Miura: We... We'd like to have a civilized talk as adults.

Page 10:
Hattori: This is the sample issue of 24, with "PCP"'s 10th chapter.
Take a look at "CROW"...
Saikou: ?
"CROW"?
!

Page 11:
Shuujin: There aren't any words.
Saikou: It's a story with just pictures......
Hattori: It seems that after seeing chapter 8 of "PCP", Niizuma-kun immediately switched to this method of display.
Saikou: ..........Chapter 8 is where I got the phone call from Akina-san and started to put in changes to the drawings.
Although I'd just started changing them, he already picked up on it...
"If I can make the work this expressive with pictures alone.... How far can you go?"
That must be what he's saying..........
Shuujin: B... But, will this gain popularity?
Hattori: It's certainly a risk. Like Mashiro-kun said, it's an advanced technique using nothing but pictures to tell a story.
I don't think the readers will satisfied with no lines, and the votes will go down a little.
Saikou: So, he wanted to show me this, even if it drops in popularity a little, huh?.............

Page 12:
Saikou: Dammit!
Shuujin: Eh!? Saikou...
Saikou: Drawing wise, I've totally lost.
I need to draw more! Eiji has two series' running simultaneously. I've got plenty more time.
I'll put in more effort and study, and I will surpass him.
Shuujin: But, "PCP" is different from a battle manga.
Saikou: That's not it. Like I thought, Eiji is completely above us as a mangaka.
Hattori: ...I know you have a policy about not asking about the early reports, but...
Chapter 9 of "PCP" is a tad bit above "+NATURAL", right now.
Shuujin: Ooh!
Saikou: ..........
Hattori: But, I think with the anime starting, there'd be a reversal with the real deal. Make no mistake.
Saikou: ...It's no good for us to not even beat either of Niizuma-kun's works once, right?
Even if we're one below and the vote tally is close..........
Hattori: That's for the editor-in-chief to decide. Honestly, it'll be hard to get above "CROW".......... First, we need to get above "NATURAL".

Page 13:
Box: Friday, April 18th
Sign: Shueisha
Miura: Phew, thank goodness it's 4th. [The egg thing is in the sentence right before he says "is 4th".]
Hattori: So, like we expected, it was the opposite in the real deal...
The anime version of "+NATURAL"...
And next week's challenge-like "CROW", with no lines...
If we're gonna go above them, then now's our chance, with Akina-kun in a daze over Niizuma-kun.
Box: The next week, Friday, the 25th.
Shuujin: Eeh!!? With "CROW" having no lines, the number of votes it got actually went up!? Woaaaah.
Hattori: Yeah, I'm surprised, too.
Normally, it'd go down.......... But Niizuma-kun is doing something new and incredible that won over the readers..........
Saikou: ...Eiji got even further above me in both drawings and votes...
Hattori: ..........

Page 14:
Hattori: Anyhow, "NATURAL" didn't go as far up as I thought it would.
This week, it was 4th, with a 9 vote difference to "PCP".
Ashirogi: A 9 vote difference! All right! "PCP"'s doing great.
Hattori: Yes. "PCP" is making progress.
Starting next week, there'll be 3 new series making their debut. After those three, and one more the week after, it'll be issue 30 and "PCP"'s 15th chapter.
And, it'll have an opening color and be on the cover of "Jump"!
Saikou: Seriously!?
Hattori: This'll be what makes the match! For getting above "NATURAL"!
Ashirogi: Right!
Hattori: Also...
This may not be the best time to say this, but I'm desperate to continue the serialization, too...
And I thought this could give us leverage, so I'll tell you.
Ashirogi: ?
Hattori: Recently, Akina-kun has been keeping Niizuma-kun close company every night, and it seems like she's seducing him.
Ashirogi: EEH!?

Page 15:
Shuujin: So this time it's Niizuma-san...?
She's caused trouble for you, too, hasn't she, Hattori-san?
Hattori: Hm? Well......
What, is Akina-kun that desperate for romance?
Shuujin: ..........I think she's displayed a sense of rivalry to me, too.
Hattori: ? What do you mean?
Shuujin: She's a very proud person, so the fact that I'm married and Mashiro has a girlfriend while she herself has no significant other, must be humiliating.
Also, her pride won't allow her significant other to be some talentless person..............
Hattori: Talent, huh...? In that aspect, there's no one better than Niizuma-kun.
Shuujin: Indeed.
Hattori: Okay then, we won't lose to an opponent getting distracted by such things!
Shuujin: Right! Issue 30... For chapter 15, I'll prepare the ultimate story.
Saikou: And, I'm gonna forego my break for Golden Week, and work up an amazing cover and color opening!

Page 16:
Sasaki: What's this about?
Yuujirou: Ni... Niizuma-kun and Akina-kun's partnership...

Sasaki: ......
Yuujirou: ..........
........
Yamahisa: What? You don't think Akina-kun is pregnant, do you?
[What the fuck? This is a shonen manga, isn't it!???]
Yoshida: Don't be stupid.
But, with her going to Niizuma-kun's place every night like that...
Yuujirou: Stop her?
Sasaki: I didn't say that. Did Niizuma-kun consent to it, too?
Miura: Uh... Honestly, Akina-kun seemed to be high-handedly trying to win him over, but..........
Yuujirou: Afterward, Niizuma-kun wasn't really against it, he was actually pretty positive.
Sasaki: Well, Niizuma-kun is "CROW"'s author and "+NARUTAL"'s illustrator.
And Akina-kun is the original story author, and they're both consenting to it.
Miura: Th-Thank you very much. So, you're saying you want both of them want to keep going at it.

Page 17:
Box: Monday, April 28th. The start of Spring's new series. The first shot is "Seigi no Mikata", by Takahama Shouyou.
A male detective, a male prosecutor, and female defense attorney appear, which is rare for a Shounen magazine. It's a defiant courtroom-battle work.
Cover:
Insert Text: In the year 202X, the first of his kind in Japan!! [Middle center]
A boy detective, a boy prosecuter, and a girl defense attorney. [Just below and to the left of that]
Formation!![Below that in bigger bolder letters]
Side: Spring's new series ["Spring's new" in white, "series" in black]
The first shot, P54 [P54 in black, the rest in white.]
Above Title: Hating crime, but not people!! To set the world aright, they enter the courtroom[cut off]
Title: Seigi no Mikata
Box: The second shot, "NANDE!?", by Hibiki Kyoutarou.
A comedy where Hensa Gon, in a whirlwind of quiz shows, aims to become the Quiz King...
Cover 2:
Insert Text Right: There's no quiz I can't beat[cut off on bottom]
Insert Text Center: Aiming to be the Quiz King!!
Left: Spring's new series, the 2nd shot. P49
NANDE
Box: Both "Seigi no Mikata" and "NANDE!?" put up a good fight at 3rd place for their first chapters.
"CROW" was 4th, "+NATURAL" 5th, "PCP" 6th, and
keeping up the force it had as a one-shot, Fukuda-san's "Road Racer Giri" took 1st place with chapter 1!
Cover 3:
Insert Text: No matter who it is, [center, small]
I'll cut them apart!!! [big, center]
Side: The 3rd Shot!!
Above Title: From the creator of "KIYOSHI KNIGHT"[cut off]
Road Ra[cut off]
Bottom Right: Shinta [Below title]
Center Color
"CROW"
Fukuda: ALLRIIIIGHT!
With this, I'll surpass Master Niizuma!

Page 18:
Shuujin: Fukuda-san sure is awesome.
Saikou: Not just Fukuda-san, Takahama's been studying a ton.
"Seigi no Mikata" took 3rd place with chapter 1, and 7th place with chapters 2 and 3. He's always stuck right after us.
Shuujin: Yeah. "NANDE!?" fell to 11th on chapter 2, though...........
Saikou: All I can think about is wanting "PCP" to win over "+NATURAL" in its opening and cover issue, and not get involved with Fukuda-san and Takahama-san's works...............
Shuujin: Yeah... As long as we win against "+NATURAL" I wouldn't mind losing to Fukuda-san and the others, though............... Keeping on par with Eiji's work is our objective, after all.
Saikou: We've already submitted the opening color manuscript. So, no matter what we think now, there's nothing more we can do...
Let's just keep drawing with everything we've got!
Shuujin: Yeah, you're right.
Box: That day was the issue that "PCP" had the color opening.
SFX: PINPOOON (doorbell)
Shuujin: Huh? Hattori-san?..........
You came specifically to show us the sample issue where we have the color opening!?
Hattori: Haa
Haa
Bottom: Bakuman
...Page 95
/ End
Next issue, in Weekly Jump issue 35, Bakuman will be taking a break from print.

Page 19:
Hattori: They did it!!
Ashirogi: Eh!?
Hattori: It wasn't Niizuma-kun Akina-kun was seducing, well, it was him, but
Shuujin: ? What do you mean by that?
Hattori: Anyhow, just take a look...
Saikou: !
Shuujin: Eh? This is... "+NATURAL" isn't it...?
Why!?
Crow appears in it!! A collaboration!?
Insert Text: The black wings transcending borders covers the two's eyes...!!
Natural Guy: !?
You're Psycholife, too!?
Somebody: Yeah! And this isn't just little collaboration, they're really serious!! They're making the story better!
This is what Akina-kun intended by seducing him.