Middle schooler Moritaka Mashiro, a talented artist, resigns to a mundane future until classmate Akito Takagi proposes a collaboration to create a manga after discovering Mashiro's skill. Despite Mashiro's apprehensions due to his late uncle's tragic fate as a mangaka, he is motivated by his crush, aspiring voice actress Miho Azuki, with whom he shares a secret pact to marry once they achieve their dreams. Bakuman. follows Mashiro and Takagi's journey as they aim for serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, navigating the competitive world of manga creation. Will their aspirations materialize, or will they fade into obscurity like many before them?