#Bakuman ep18: glad some of this idealized crap is starting to fade, good episode. #anime 

Looks like Mashiro's little stint as an assistant is over. It's a shame because
I really enjoyed it. But it does appear that not only did the story start to
move forward in a meaningful way, but we got some real diversity and rivalry
going on amongst the comraderie. To top that off I'm glad that Mashiro's and
Takagi are starting to rub each other the wrong way. It has been way too
perfect up until this point, and there is no reason for Takagi to take crap when
he already gave him a deadline. He has a right to live a somewhat normal life.
I doubt accusations are going to help things along.

This series may be starting a decent trend of making me look forward to the next
episode. I don't think it's too late for me to learn to love this series either
(though I seriously doubt that will happen).

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