Blue period 1 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 1]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2020)

BTSB #: 971252 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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. In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 2 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 2]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2020)

BTSB #: 971248 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Art has changed the course of Yatora's once dull life, and now he's aiming for Japan's most competitive art school. With entrance exams a year away, he'll need to expand his limited eye for art, and quickly. He turns to new peers and the masters to envision pieces only he can produce, and soon dives into his first competition--the same one where his Art Club role model nearly scored last place. Among geniuses and lifelong art kids, does Yatora even stand a chance? In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 3 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 3]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2020)

BTSB #: 971250 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Yatora now has new materials in his tool box and a wider range of expression under his belt. But a week before the first exam, Ooba-sensei says he's missing a crucial edge. With so much at stake, Yatora's self-doubt brings him lower than ever before. Still, he has his fire, his resilience--and he might just get a lucky break, too. In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 4 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 4]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2021)

BTSB #: 971251 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Yatora now has new materials in his tool box and a wider range of expression under his belt. But a week before the first exam, Ooba-sensei says he's missing a crucial edge. With so much at stake, Yatora's self-doubt brings him lower than ever before. Still, he has his fire, his resilience--and he might just get a lucky break, too. In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 5 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 5]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2021)

BTSB #: 971254 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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 help of an old friend, Yatora bares his soul and some skin to take on his latest challenge: the nude self-portrait. In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 6 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 6]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2021)

BTSB #: 971258 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: A surprising setback before the second exam shakes Yatora up, but after everything he's been through, he must persevere. This time, the subject turns out to be something both new and familiar. But does an average guy like Yatora stand a chance against the geniuses and prodigies vying for a spot in the nation's most competitive art school? In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 7 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 7]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2022)

BTSB #: 971260 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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. In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 8 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 8]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2022)

BTSB #: 971259 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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? In manga graphic novel format.

Blue period 9 [Blue Period (Manga) Volume: 9]by Yamaguchi, Tsubasa 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2022)

BTSB #: 971263 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Art - Study and teaching - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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! In manga graphic novel format.