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Blue Period 17

By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Series: Blue Period
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Blue Period 17 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi is the winner of the Manga Taisho Grand Prize! This captivating manga explores the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The story follows a popular guy named Yatora who realises he's just going through the motions to... Read More
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Blue Period 17 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi is the winner of the Manga Taisho Grand Prize! This captivating manga explores the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art.

The story follows a popular guy named Yatora who realises he's just going through the motions to make other people happy. He discovers a new passion—painting. However, breaking free from all past expectations proves to be both dangerous and thrilling.

This manga has now been adapted into a hit anime!

Yatora is a diligent student who studies hard and earns good grades. He also enjoys his social life by partying hard, staying out late, drinking, and watching soccer with his friends. He meets all the criteria for the perfect high school student. Yet, it all starts to feel empty, prompting him to question what truly expresses who he is or if he even has a unique voice at all.

One day, he wanders into the art room, where a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed by this newfound interest, he immerses himself fully—only to learn how savage, unforgiving, and exhilarating creating art can be!

Series: Blue Period

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  • Blue Period 1
    Blue Period 1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi 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...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 2
    Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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... Art has changed...
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  • Blue Period 3
    Relief is short-lived for Yatora after his first competition, where his piece ranks higher than expected but is far from his dream school's standards. He's prepared to give Ooba-sensei's challenges everything he's got... but what if all he's got is still not enough? With 100 days until university exams, Yatora must toil to produce a piece only he can. Blue...
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  • Blue Period 4
    Blue Period 4, Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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......
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 5
    Blue Period 5 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi Yatora makes the best of a bad situation during TUA's first exam, and he must surpass these efforts for the second. But after all he's gone through, Yatora is feeling a little out of sorts. To get back on track, he'll have to step out of the studio and into new lighting... With the...
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  • Blue Period 6
    Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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... Blue Period 6...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 7
    Blue Period 7 Tokyo University of the Arts is now Yatora's campus, where each new encounter with colleagues, professors, and assignments challenges everything he's ever known! Self-doubt and life's hardships still lurk around every corner, but running into an old friend may just turn things around. Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 8
    Blue Period 8 - CITYSCAPE After a disappointing first assignment, Yatora is encouraged by Maki and is determined to move forward. His next assignment is a scenery of Tokyo. As he takes on new materials and methods, he also becomes exposed to new ways of seeing the city he thought he knew so well. Can Yatora finally evolve beyond the...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 10
    Blue Period 10, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a manga that delves into the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The story follows Yatora, a popular guy who realises he's just going through the motions to make other people happy. He discovers a newfound passion in painting, but untethering himself from past expectations...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 11
    Blue Period 11 Yatora's first year at TUA has left his soul and his bank account drained. To recover, he takes a part-time job at a community art class, working for none other than his former mentor, Saeki-sensei. However, teaching painting to young students is a creative challenge on its own! Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 12
    Blue Period 12, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a compelling manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The story follows Yatora, a popular guy who realises he's just been going through the motions to make others happy, only to discover a new passion: painting. Breaking away from all his past expectations...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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  • Blue Period 9
    Blue Period 9 Summer whizzes by like a typhoon, and Yatora has learned that large-scale pieces—in production and concept—only come together with elbow grease and teamwork. TUA opens its gates once more for the second term and Yatora's back at it... But he hasn't picked up a brush in months! Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798888777466

Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 February 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Kodansha America, Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 207.0mm

Weight: 221g

Pages: 192

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Fiction Graphic Novels Manga Penguin Books Series: Blue Period Tsubasa Yamaguchi

About the Author

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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  • Blue Period 1
    Blue Period 1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi 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...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
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  • Blue Period 2
    Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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... Art has changed...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
    In Stock
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  • Blue Period 3
    Relief is short-lived for Yatora after his first competition, where his piece ranks higher than expected but is far from his dream school's standards. He's prepared to give Ooba-sensei's challenges everything he's got... but what if all he's got is still not enough? With 100 days until university exams, Yatora must toil to produce a piece only he can. Blue...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
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    $2600
    In Stock
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  • Blue Period 4
    Blue Period 4, Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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......
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
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    $2600
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  • Blue Period 5
    Blue Period 5 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi Yatora makes the best of a bad situation during TUA's first exam, and he must surpass these efforts for the second. But after all he's gone through, Yatora is feeling a little out of sorts. To get back on track, he'll have to step out of the studio and into new lighting... With the...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
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    $2600
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  • Blue Period 6
    Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises 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... Blue Period 6...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
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  • Blue Period 7
    Blue Period 7 Tokyo University of the Arts is now Yatora's campus, where each new encounter with colleagues, professors, and assignments challenges everything he's ever known! Self-doubt and life's hardships still lurk around every corner, but running into an old friend may just turn things around. Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
    In Stock
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  • Blue Period 8
    Blue Period 8 - CITYSCAPE After a disappointing first assignment, Yatora is encouraged by Maki and is determined to move forward. His next assignment is a scenery of Tokyo. As he takes on new materials and methods, he also becomes exposed to new ways of seeing the city he thought he knew so well. Can Yatora finally evolve beyond the...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
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  • Blue Period 10
    Blue Period 10, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a manga that delves into the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The story follows Yatora, a popular guy who realises he's just going through the motions to make other people happy. He discovers a newfound passion in painting, but untethering himself from past expectations...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
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  • Blue Period 11
    Blue Period 11 Yatora's first year at TUA has left his soul and his bank account drained. To recover, he takes a part-time job at a community art class, working for none other than his former mentor, Saeki-sensei. However, teaching painting to young students is a creative challenge on its own! Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Blue Period 12
    Blue Period 12, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a compelling manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The story follows Yatora, a popular guy who realises he's just been going through the motions to make others happy, only to discover a new passion: painting. Breaking away from all his past expectations...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $2600
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Blue Period 9
    Blue Period 9 Summer whizzes by like a typhoon, and Yatora has learned that large-scale pieces—in production and concept—only come together with elbow grease and teamwork. TUA opens its gates once more for the second term and Yatora's back at it... But he hasn't picked up a brush in months! Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga...
    By Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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