Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga Blue Period is a story that touched me from its first volume, it's a visual journey of the triumphs and challenges many artists have to battle through. But it's the painstakingly, realistic portrayal of hard-work being mistaken for talent, that really hits the nail on the head for *why* artists sometimes feel their hard efforts are disregarded.

Blue Period is a must-read for artists, whether you're even into manga or not! It's also beneficial for non-artistic audiences too. It showcases the thoughts and feelings some non-artistic people have regarding "naturally talented" creatives, and does so in a way that I hope opens the eyes of people who previously had this mindset.

I really hope you guys enjoy the video, I had a blast making it, and may or may not have cried re-reading the manga for research (like the baby I am)

The anime for this manga is coming out this autumn, so keep an eye out for that too! The PV dropped only a few days ago, it looks so good!

Also, I never got chance to mention it in the video, but if you enjoy Blue Period, I would 100% recommended the autobiographical manga Blank Canvas by Akiko Higashimura for another artistic based manga from her own eyes.

� If you want to buy the manga, the links below are affiliate links which means if you buy something through the link (no extra cost to you!) I'll receive a small commission and put it towards the channel.

1️⃣ Blue Period Volume 1 - https://amzn.to/3x3MBeM

2️⃣ Blue Period Volume 2 - https://amzn.to/3qAfwVh

3️⃣ Blue Period Volume 3 - https://amzn.to/3hfGKwe

� CREDITS �

Manga: Blue Period
Author: Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Translations: Ajani Oloye (https://twitter.com/ajani22121)
Editing: Haruko Hashimoto (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harukohashimoto/)
Lettering: Lys Blakeslee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lys-blakeslee-6a776215/)
Cover designs: Matthew Akuginow

MAJOR BIG thank you to Nies for his lovely help and work on this video!
(Credited at Christopher Nies)
You can find him on twitter: https://twitter.com/MrNiesGuy,
In particular, most of the amazing manga animation he did for me are in the "Summary of the story" section of the video :) Thanks again!

And also Joe over at Beyond Ghibli (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIWuVJE1Ms0-H8gBImjeZg) for helping with the first-ish section of the script! Thank you, man!

� OTHER �

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As usual, all my sources and references can be found here: https://pastebin.com/mwWRbLHY

For a great majority of the music in this video, I used the beautiful soundtracks from Jonny Easton
- Wings (Link: https://youtu.be/Rrf_ChDDjL8​)
- Memories (Link: https://youtu.be/d-LvJ7Orhgg)
- Old Soul (Link: https://youtu.be/5lWXol9acYQ)
Check out his channel
Link: https://www.youtube.com/jonnyeaston

Music:
Jonny Easton

� TIMESTAMPS �

00:00 What is talent?
6:47 Undermining the artistic craft
11:22 Stigma of the arts
15:25 Summary of the story
16:24 Outro