The Princess of Tennis

Todays' 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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