Eiji Niizuma

Eiji Niizuma is a character from the Bakuman series.
==Charactah Account==
The author of Crow and now Zombie Gun. He is also the artist for Natural. He sees Ashirogi Muto as his primary rivals. Unlike Takagi, who plans what he writes based on what he can do and what is popular, Eiji writes whatever comes to mind.
After a few year he becomes more humble, even claiming to not be "good enough of a Mangaka to be judging other people's work" when asked by his editor to judge for Jump's monthly award. (He judges anyway, but is not very helpful, only expressing his interest in Ashirogi and Ryu Shizuka). Niizuma shows great respect for his fellow authors, calling them sensei regardless of age. He loves manga, considering his job fun and reading every comic in Jump. He despises sleeping, but does so when needed. However, with how long he can stay awake, he will be out for a long time. His earliest assistant, Nakai, said Niizuma usualy slept for 20 hours (which is practically a coma.)
He tends to make noises and sound effects when drawing or writing his manga. At times, he is often seen making weird poses or doing things bizarrely, such as drinking four glasses of soda at the same time. Eiji is constantly chastised by his editor. At first, he seems to be rather oblivious towards his rivals' feelings towards him, even expressing great excitement when he meets Ashirogi Muto and saying he is their fan. He is a great lover of manga and his opinion are valued by everyone at Jump, including his rivals. He refers to himself as an "Eternal Boy" and that's why he writes Shonen manga.
==Appearance==
===Anime===
*Bakuman
*Bakuman 2nd Season
*Bakuman 3rd Season
*Bakuman: Deraman
===Light Novels===
*Bakuman
===Manga===
*Bakuman
*Bakuman: Age 13
==Trivia==
*He ranked 1st in Weekly Shonen Jump popularity character polls, making him the most popular character in the series.
*Nizuma is truly a manga-creating genius
**Crow managed to consistently get single digits in popularity without Eji really trying.
**When he wanted to end Crow, Eiji put more thought into creating the chapters and took more time to revise them, successfully getting 1st place for fifteen weeks.
*When Crow ended, and he was offered the chance for Jump to pay for a trip to anywhere in the world to broaden his horizons, Eiji expressed interested in seeing the Aurora Borealis, the pyramids and the Louvre museum. It's unknown if he did go or to which one.
*Given the large amounts of food he's been seen eating at once, Eiji may either have a hyperactive metabolism (which is when someone's body burns calories faster than normal) or he simply forgets to eat a lot.
*Eiji seems to be fond of lobsters, as he's always seen eating several of them all at once during various manga award parties.
*Eiji almost seems psychic, being able to see things ahead of everyone else, often being questioned by Yujiro.
**Its possible Eiji has sharp intuition and is able to piece together scenarios from simple fragments and clues.
*Unlike Hiramaru, Eiji doesn't seem to suffer negative effects from not getting enough sleep (he said he hates to sleep); he's always cheerful and happy, while Hiramaru's negativity is only increased.
*Eiji makes an appearance in Chapter 72 of Sket Dance where a character named Shinzou dresses up as him.
*Eiji seems to be more serious than he appears, as whenever his thoughts are shown, his usual goofy smiling is replaced with a serious look.
*The odd posing seems to be a conscious choice on Eiji's part rather than impulsive behavior. The few times he's shown drawing at night, Eiji is acting calmer and barely gives off sound effects.
*When Team Fukuda boycotted to get Trap back in Jump, Eiji had 100 million yen saved up as he never spent more than he needed for work and living conditions.
*When attending Takagi's wedding, Eiji wore a white suit; oddly this is the color Fukuda normally wears, and one of the few times he didn't have feathers in his clothes.
*In the later half of the series, Eiji usually greets Ashirogi sensei saying "Long time, no Bleach".
*In Chapter 139, while having an editorial discussion with Yujiro Hattori on a new manga, Eiji considered writing a manga about space cockroaches. Naoko Takeuchi of Sailor Moon fame wrote a manga about space cockroaches that was discontinued after four chapters.
*Eiji is speculated to be based on Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece. Oda is known to be a genius mangaka who won the 2nd Prize of the Tezuka Award at the age of 17, similar to Eiji's achievement at 15. Oda also mentioned in an interview that his characters move on their own, and Eiji made a similar remark in chapter 19. Oda also seems to be in the habit of wearing sandals everywhere, even to supposedly formal events like award giving ceremonies and parties. This is not unlike Eiji's own habit of wearing his usual pair of sweats everywhere he goes.
*Eiji's odd behavior and talent are possibly taken from L, a character Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba previous work Death Note, who is equally skilled and of odd behaviour.
*His favorite manga is Doraemon.
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Eiji Niizuma at Bakuman Wiki
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