Blue Spring

Paperback, 216 pages

English language

Published Dec. 22, 2004 by VIZ Media LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-59116-645-0
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OCLC Number:
57469968

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3 stars (1 review)

From the author of the masterful TekkonKinkreet , Taiyo Matsumoto's Blue Spring is a short story collection focusing on the lives of a small group of disenchanted high school students. Although spring usually connotes the blossoming of new life and a time of nurturing and anticipation, the spring for these characters is "blue." They can't wait for school to end and the summer to come. Their lives are balanced on the edge of a knife as they flirt with crime and their own deaths in the form of a deadly rooftop game. Each character has a different story to tell and the rebellion, questioning and frustration of these youths are palpable.

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3 stars

Not the kind of manga I generally pick up, so I did end up feeling a bit lost, but that doesn't necessarily comment on the quality. It was still a pretty interesting read however due to the fact I just finished up Matsumoto's other series Sunny. While both series are pretty different, there are also a lot of similarities.

For one, Matsumoto really takes an interest in the struggles of "lower class" people, not something I have read previously in manga. And while the art style did initially strike me as much more main stream at first, I was pleasantly surprised by how stylized and caricatured it ultimately felt - subtle but still very expressive. The page layouts were also extremely interesting.

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  • Graphic Novels - Manga
  • Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Graphic Novels-Manga
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Novels / Manga
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Comic books, strips, etc.
  • High school students
  • Japan
  • Juvenile delinquents

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