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Blue period. 1 / Tsubasa Yamaguchi ; translation, Ajani Oloye ; lettering, Lys Blakeslee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Kodansha Comics, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: Kodansha Comics editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781646511129
  • 1646511123
Uniform titles:
  • Burū piriodo. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Still life. 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 in headfirst--and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be..."--Page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Book YA Book Main Library YA Graphic Novel YAMAGUCH TSUBASA Available 33111010759567
Total holds: 0

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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...

2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize Winner
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection
Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List unanimous selection

STILL LIFE

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 in headfirst--and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be...

In English, translated from the Japanese.

"First published in Japan in 2017 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo."--Colophon.

Reads from right to left.

Rated: OT, for ages 16+.

"Still life. 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 in headfirst--and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be..."--Page [4] of cover.

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