Collect the manga that became the hit Netflix Original Anime! 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. Includes Vol. 1-6 of Blue Period and an exclusive color art book! 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize Winner YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List unanimous selection 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. This premium slipcase collects the first six volumes of the acclaimed manga and an exclusive, 16-page booklet containing color and black-and-white illustrations never before published in English!.