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“Dark high-school drama where gang leader Kujo defends his title through deadly rooftop battles.”
Blue Spring
青い春
6.55
17,210 rank · 5,796 readers · 59 favorites
Seinen
Drama
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Synopsis
Dark high-school drama where gang leader Kujo defends his title through deadly rooftop battles.
This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has also been made into a film which has shown in various festivals throughout the world. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.17
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.80
Running avg · Sep 2008 → Dec 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Blue Spring is a collection of short stories centered around the theme of questioning one's future. The characters are all high school delinquents, and the answer to their question lies in crime,...”
- 7 “This is my first Matsumoto manga, and it won't be my last. Taiyo Matsumoto really knows how to elicit a very specific feeling and tone. These short stories aren't great stories in themselves; they...”
- 10 “This work is Matsumoto's sandbox and it's up to you whether you want to play in it or not. His style is completely devoid of mainstream boundaries; linear narration is substituted for juxtaposition...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Jan 1993 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3245 catalog