The Princess of Tennis
Nov. 4th, 2015 10:27 pmTodays' rec is The Princess of Tennis (also available on Amazon), which is Jamie Lynn Lano's true life story about working as an assistant for Prince of Tennis manga-ka Takeshi Konomi. It's a really fascinating behind-the-scenes look into the making of a Shonen Jump manga. For those who have read the Bakuman manga, it's remarkably similar (minus the over-the-top melodrama and romance): the manga-ka procrastinating while his editor pushes him to turn in his story on time, and the assistants and manga-ka pulling all-nighters, working frantically to meet the deadline.
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