Objectively, though, the art was very good. I won't ever be able to look at Death Note again without thinking about how much I hate this. I can only hope the majority of them are smart enough to see through this. There is nothing to be gained from young boys or girls reading a message so blatantly sexist and demeaning towards women. I hate the message in this book so much I wish I hadn't begun collecting it for our library, despite its popularity and the several requests for it by tween boys. They can take pride in the things they do well and they don't need to worry about being graceful and polite.

Conveniently, they are also free to be academic without seeming snobby. In case you were worried that men were also bashed in this story, don't be, because 'Men have dreams that women can never understand'. Iwase is pretty good looking, but she's not very likable, is she? She's the smartest girl in class grade-wise, but I don't like how she takes pride in that. 'No matter how cute a girl is, you can't really like her if she's utterly dumb, right? The same goes for the opposite. She knows by instinct that the best thing for a girl is to get married and become somebody's wife.and until then-no even after she's married she'll remain graceful and polite' 'That's right, she knows what it means to be a girl. 'The reason that she's thinking about becoming a voice actress is she naturally chose a dream that many girls have nowadays, and she's just trying to enjoy her life fully as a girl'. She knows by instinct that a girl won't look cute if she's overly smart' and because she is a girl she should be earnest about things and get average grades. Azuki naturally knows that a girl should be graceful and polite. 'Azuke isn't calculating, she's just being a girl in the natural way. Let me express why through a few quotes which are drawn directly from the text. This manga wins the prize of being the one I hate the most.

Bakuman, Band 1 by Tsugumi Ohba