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I don't think the suggestion was, "Read Bakuman to like what Jump does." Merely read it to understand them. The fact of the matter is, even in the West, unless you self-publish (which isn't a reliable way for an author to get their work read and known), you are subject to editors, publishers, contracts, and the ways of the business.

In a perfect world, every author would have 100% full say in everything they write, and in many ways, they still do (I'm reminded of how Toriyama threatened to quit if his editors didn't allow him to age Goku up), but this isn't a perfect world. Kubo chose to publish with Jump. He wasn't press-ganged into service. And in the end, no matter the reasons that are given, or the arguments that are presented on either side of this debate, the nature of the business is just something that has to be accepted.