The facts
Created by
Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Publisher
Kodansha
English publisher
Kodansha USA
Serialised in
Monthly Afternoon
Run
2017–present
Volumes
19 (as of 2026)
Demographic
Seinen
Genres
Coming-of-age, drama
Anime adaptation
Seven Arcs anime TV series (2021); live-action film (2024)
About Blue Period
Blue Period is a coming-of-age drama about art, written and drawn by Tsubasa Yamaguchi.
Kodansha has serialized it in Monthly Afternoon since June 2017, with 19 volumes as of May 2026. Kodansha USA publishes the English edition.
Seven Arcs adapted it as an anime that aired from October to December 2021, and a live-action film opened in Japan in August 2024. In 2020 it won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award (general) and the Grand Prize of the 13th Manga Taishō.
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