Bakuman｡/Awesome

"Hiramaru: "What is with your excuses? This is ridiculous." *Storms out*
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Takagi punching out a classmate that mocked Mashiro's artwork. Takagi again, and recently
 * The first has occurred in the anime and it was EPIC and satisfying. Shujin PAWNCH!
 * There is a, in this troper's opinion, overlooked but very cool one for Hiramaru in Chapter 48. So far, we've seen nothing to make us take him seriously, or give him much respect. Then, when the Editor-in-Chief is telling Ashirogi Muto they are on Haitus till April, no matter what... Hiramaru suddenly comes to his feet, gets in the Cheif's face, looks him square in the eye, and says 2 lines. And it is the most deadly serious he's ever been shown thus far. It's all but a Shut UP, Hannibal. It even shows up loud-mouth Fukuda. And then Hiramaru, who has an addition to avoiding work, storms out to work on his manga, leaving his editor in utter shock.

Yoshida: !!..... "Hiramaru, where do you think you're going?"

Hiramaru: "To work on my manga.""

"Yujiro: *applauds*"
 * Chapter 67 is a pretty much just a series of Crowning Moments of Awesome for
 * And Chapter 70's a chance for to unleash a Death Note quality Xanatos Gambit:  to reignite the rivalry between them and  taking full advantage of their personal lives.
 * Up till now, Yamahisa's just been a Jerkass lech out for his own career. He's also Shizuka Ryu's editor (the guy who got the "Niizuma Eiji Award", a recluse Hikikomori who plays video games and doesn't talk). Shizuka Ryu finally submitted a name and is actually motivated to be a proper mangaka. His mom disapproves. Very vocally. So, Yamahisa's still a lech out for his own career, but this makes you want to cheer for him.


 * Then again, the rest of the editorial department then calls him out for being a Jerkass to Ryu's mom.
 * Takagi gets another one in Chapter 124.
 * Who else was cheering when Kosugi ?
 * First time or second time?
 * And Miyoshi's subtle CMOA? After the, Takagi asks what she would feel if their future kids imitate the things that they read on mangas  , she answers with a smile: "I will tell them what they should imitate or not." Kudos to you, Miyoshi! (it also is a CMOH)
 * Watch as Yoshida rocks the house.
 * Niizuma Eiji Keeps his word and
 * DON'T YOU FUCK WITH ME
 * For me, Eiji Niizuma's moment of awesome came in his second (or maybe it was his third) appearance. When he shows up at the editorial department at the same time as Mashiro and Takagi. Once he finds out they are the creators of Money and Intelligence he walks straight up to them and  His first appearance made me want to punch him in the face, but reading that made me completely change my opinion of him. He's probably my favorite character now.
 * Azuki gets hers in chapter 168. Her relationship with Mashiro has been revealed to the public and her fans are pissed as hell over it. She is ordered by the President of her company to deny the rumors on the radio..
 * Have you forgotten that just before, Fukuda took the time away from his own radio play to yell at the Ashirogi and Azuki Fan Dumb? You truly are a pal Fukuda.
 * CHAPTER 172:
 * Which then rolls along to the series of wins that happen over the next few chapters - 173/174 have  175 continues this   When the dust settles, one thing is clear - Ashirogi Muto has won - they've achieved their main goals (get an anime series, get Azuki as the female lead in it, beat Niizuma in both the reader poll and book sales) clearly and decisively.
 * Everyone sticking up for Shiratori against his mother.
 * In Chapter 139,