Blue Period Vol. 01

Blue Period Vol. 01, a manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. 

Popular guy Yatora realizes he’s just going through the motions to make other people happy and finds himself in a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…

STILL LIFE

In Blue Period Vol. 01, Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be…

Biographical Notes:

Tsubasa Yamaguchi is the author of the hit manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s short film She and Her Cat, published in English by Vertical Comics, and the art student drama Blue Period from Kodansha Comics.

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2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize Winner

YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection

Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List unanimous selection

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