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Blue Period 12
Series: Blue Period
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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 is both dangerous and thrilling for Yatora. As he returns to campus for his second year, surprises abound. He's reunited with an old friend, and soon finds himself surrounded by new friends, instructors, and assignments.
However, when Yatora encounters an artists' commune, he begins to question whether TUA is truly the right place for him.
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling... Art has changed...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling......Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling... Blue Period 6...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
Blue Period 13
Blue Period 13, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a compelling manga exploring the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises he's merely going through the motions to please others and discovers a new passion: painting. Untethering oneself from past expectations is both dangerous and thrilling... Now a hit anime! No...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781646515677
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 January 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Kodansha Comics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 232g
Pages: 192
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.
Also by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
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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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling... Art has changed...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling......Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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 passionโpainting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling... Blue Period 6...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
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...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
Blue Period 13
Blue Period 13, winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize, is a compelling manga exploring the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realises he's merely going through the motions to please others and discovers a new passion: painting. Untethering oneself from past expectations is both dangerous and thrilling... Now a hit anime! No...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Blue Period 14
Blue Period 14 is the winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! This manga explores 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 new passion in painting, but untethering himself from his past expectations...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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