Volume 1

Dreams and Reality (夢と現実 Yume to Genjitsu) is the first volume of the Bakuman series, it was released by Shueisha on January 5, 2009 in Japan and by Viz Media on August 3, 2010 in English. There are 208 pages in total covered throughout 7 chapters.

Volume Cover Characters

• Moritaka Mashiro

Characters Introduced

• Nobuhiro Mashiro 
• Moritaka Mashiro

  

• Akito Takagi 
• Miho Azuki 
• Kaya Miyoshi 
• Moritaka’s Family 
• Ishizawa 
• Niizuma Eiji (Name Only) 
• Akira Hattori (Name Only)

Stories Introduced

• Large Bander 
• Sunglass Pitcher 
• The Two Earths 

Chapters

• Chapter 1: Dreams and Reality (夢と現実 Yume to Genjitsu) August 11, 2008 
• Chapter 2: Dumb and Smart (馬鹿と利口 Baka to Rikō) August 25, 2008
• Chapter 3: Pen and Storyboard (ペンとネーム Pen to Nēmu) September 1, 2008
• Chapter 4: Parent and Child (親と子 Oya to Ko) September 8, 2008
• Chapter 5: Time and Key (時と鍵 Toki to Kagi) September 13, 2008
• Chapter 6: Best and Worst (ピンとキリ Pin to Kiri) September 22, 2008
• Chapter 7: Smile and Blushes (笑顔と赤面症 Egao to Sekimenshō) September 29, 2008 

Reception

The first volume did quite well in sales, selling roughly 200,000 in the first two weeks. First ranking 4th, then 9th in the next two weeks after it was released.

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Volume 3	17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
Volume 4	26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34
Volume 5	35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43
Volume 6	44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52
Volume 7	53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61
Volume 8	62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70
Volume 9	71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79
Volume 10	80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 8586 • 87 • 88
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Volume 16	134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142
Volume 17	143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151
Volume 18	152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160
Volume 19	161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168
Volume 20	169 • 170 • 171 • 172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176