Blue Period -the biggest insult to an artist.
Channel: Cra3ture
Date: 2022-02-17

Blue Period is  a manga that captured me from the beginning. I hadn't heard of it until a Tiktok in my feed brought it to my attention. I read through almost the entirety of its available chapters and recently finished the Netflix Anime adaptation of the manga. 
I made a number of different versions of this video and left it for a while to see if I would change my mind as the manga continued , but reading the newer chapters it only strengthened my original idea of it.  
I've seen people say that its a perfect manga for artists as it empathizes with the struggles of creating art in the modern world. But I think this is a must read manga for anyone, maybe more so for non-artists than it is for artists. ( Please do not misunderstand it's great to read as an artist but I think calling it 'just for artists' is doing it a disservice) 
I wanted to make this video share with people why I thought that and to see if anyone else also felt the same about it. 
There will be no spoilers in the video , only things form the first few chapters and out of context gifs of the anime but in case you know nothing about the manga itself, please read it. It is excellent.  
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Some Resources I looked at ,
Afternoon Class ( Gorgeous Short film by Youtuber)  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYDRIbXFAc
Guardian Article on the Big Bang Theory - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/aug/23/big-bang-theory-finally-ending-after-twelve-seasons
Interview with the Mangaka ( thanks to u/vasamoto On reddit for translating) - https://vasamoto.wordpress.com/2021/01/28/about-blue-periods-creator-yamaguchi-tsubasa/
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Music by ystr - Midnight - https://thmatc.co/?l=A7A1B58A
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