I am Blue in Pain and Fragile Novel
This heart-wrenching drama about two university students and their growing disillusionment–from Yoru Sumino, the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and the Eisner-nominated I Had That Same Dream Again–was adapted into a live-action film that’s now on Netflix (Blue, Painful, Fragile).
Two young people in their first year of university, drawn to each other’s passion, establish a secret society to pursue those ideals. But as time passes, the demands of a world that isn’t kind to dreamers threatens to force them apart, filling the space between them with shattered hopes and the fallout of lies. A tender, tragic tale about growing past pain and the cruelty of youth, by acclaimed author Yoru Sumino.
Biographical Notes:
Yoru Sumino is an acclaimed Japanese author known for titles such as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, I Had That Same Dream Again, and At Night, I Become a Monster.
Title Notes:
FOR FANS OF: Yoru Sumino’s entire catalog (original novels and manga adaptations of some of those novels), which is a genre unto itself at this point
POPULAR GENRES: Slice of life, drama, college novel, (non-romantic) relationship novel
MEDIA TIE-IN: adapted into a live-action film in Japan that’s now on Netflix
SERIES INFO: Single novel
AGE RANGE: This Adult title has crossover appeal with YA audiences (rated Teen 13+)
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