The anime adaptation has finally begun, but even those who haven't read the source material will likely note the similarities to the plot of a Bakuman story. The story was told over 14 manga volumes, with the final one releasing in Japan earlier this year in February. Some of these other angels have far less than benign motives for their planned godhood, and they're not above mercilessly killing others of their kind to do so. Mirai is now one of many angels who will compete to potentially replace God as he retires in the near future. RELATED: Shadow Star: Narutaru Is a Poke-Clone That Deserves Another Look Nasse gives him special powers with which to enact justice upon the world, but Mirai soon learns that there's far more to his new role. The plot of Platinum End, which is also created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, involves a young man named Mirai who is saved from committing suicide by his guardian angel Nasse. The reason that Takagi and Moritaka chose an angel for the main character was that the concept hadn't been used for a mainstream Shonen Jump manga anytime recently. Despite the manga in Bakuman failing, the basic concept is revisited in Platinum End, which is a more greatly expanded version of the story. There's another angel-themed manga in the series that's a romance story between an angel and a human.

RELATED: Discotek Finally Brings the Japanese Gobots to the WestĮventually titled 'Angel Days,' the manga, which is one of five that the duo creates over the course of the series, doesn't get much traction. The plot has angels attacking and killing humans for their own ends, with one lone angel deciding to fight against his own kind and defend the human race. Bakuman is a series from Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata about two teenagers who begin a career as mangaka while they're still in high school. In the anime and manga, protagonists Moritaka and Takagi come up with the idea for a manga about angels and humans.

Bakuman, Band 1 by Tsugumi Ohba