Chocolate and Akamaru (チョコと赤マル Choko to Akamaru) is the second volume in the Bakuman series, it was released by Shueisha on March 4, 2009 in Japan and by Viz Media on November 2, 2010 in Enghlish. There are 200 pages in total covered throughout 9 chapters.

Volume Cover CharactersEdit

• Moritaka Mashiro
• Akito Takahi

Characters IntroducedEdit

• Akira Hattori
• Niizuma Eiji
• Yujiro Hattori
• Sasaki

Stories IntroducedEdit

• Crow
  

ChaptersEdit

• Chapter 8: The Carrot and The Stick (アメとムチ Ame to Muchi) October 6, 2008
• Chapter 9: Conditions and Moving to Tokyo (条件と上京 Jōken to Jōkyō) October 11, 2008
• Chapter 10: Anxiety and Anticipation (不安と期待 Fuan to Kitai) October 20, 2008
• Chapter 11: Regret and Understanding (後悔と納得Kōkai to Nattoku) October 27, 2008
• Chapter 12: 10 and 2 (10と2 Jū to Ni) November 1, 2008
• Chapter 13: Chocolate and Akamaru (チョコと赤マル Choko to Akamaru) November 10, 2008
• Chapter 14: Feast and Graduation (御馳走と卒業Gochisō to Sotsugyō) November 17, 2008
• Chapter 15: Send and Reply (送信と返信 Sōshin to Henshin) November 24, 2008
• Chapter 16: Early Results and The Real Deal (速報と本ちゃん Sokuhō to Honchan) December 1, 2008

TriviaEdit

• The manga's that Takagi are holding on the cover are Bleach volume 36, Naruto volume 43, and One Piece volume 52.