Review of Blue Period

Dedicating yourself to the world of art is not easy, and even dedicating yourself to what you like does not mean that you will always go down a path of happiness, and this is what Blue Period transmits, teaching in a realistic way, the path of some people in the world of art, and above all, being so realistic, it is easy to empathize with the characters, with whom you will feel identified because of their fears, decisions... (even if you do not dedicate yourself to art). This work not only talks about the world of art, but it goes further, it is much deeper, reachingtopics such as the existential void, or how much society can suffocate you by perhaps not giving everything they expect from you. whether or not you go the way they expect you to go.

We begin with perhaps the most complicated thing when wanting to dedicate yourself to this, I mean telling your family what you want to dedicate yourself to, which in this case would be the world of fine arts, and here we will see it through the main character, Yatora, You can see how much it cost him to tell his mother "Mom, I want to dedicate myself to art", because we know that art is highly stigmatized, that many do not see any way out of it.

Yatora, despite being a good student, had no ambitions, he didn't know he wanted to study, he lived in a 'blue period', full of sadness and uncertainty. He liked art but he only took it as a hobby, until he saw a painting from a student in the art club and was fascinated.That's when this teenager who feels she doesn't fit in with anything or anyone, begins her new dream, leaving everything behind to dedicate herself to it body and soul.

Throughout the work, concepts of art are explained, they show famous paintings and artists, but someone I am going to highlight is Picasso, well, the title of the work perhaps has to do with him and the "Blue Period" that He had between 1901 and 1904, a stage in which the artist conveyed his pain and sadness in his works.

The anime was short for me, but the manga is gorgeous, Blue Period is a work that touches your soul.