Book

Yamaguchi, Tsubasa, author, artist.

Blue period. 8 / Tsubasa Yamaguchi ; translation, Ajani Oloye ; lettering, Lys Blakeslee.

New York : Kodansha Comics, 2022.

©2022

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm

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... 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 "exam art" that got him into art school...?

Rated: OT (Older teen) ages 16+

Art students -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.

High school students -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Art schools -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Friendship -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Tokyo (Japan) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Coming-of-age comics.

Graphic novels.

Oloye, Ajani A., translator.

Blakeslee, Lys, 1985- letterer.

"A Kodansha Comics trade paperback original"--Colophon.

Reads from right to left.

First published in Japan in 2020 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo

Translated from Japanese.

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