Bakuman. Vol. 17 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

As veteran creators reassert their presence, unease spreads among the younger artists. Meanwhile Moritaka finds himself overlaying the shadow of his late uncle Taro Kawaguchi onto the editor Higashi, wrestling with feelings he can't quite sort out. In the middle of this quiet reshuffling of the magazine's power balance, a single phone call from a certain man reaches Ashirogi Muto and sends events lurching in a new direction. Volume 17 lays crucial groundwork for the back half of the series, where pride and generational change collide.