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Blue Period, Vol. 12 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
4.0
informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 Why did this feel like a boss battle? I’m impressed how this series manages to continually up the ante/ tension with art.

“Somehow when I’m drawing […] my brain is attached to my hand.”

Yatora is still in crippling self-doubt with his artistic imposter syndrome, but he’s made it to his 2nd year.

I still have a low opinion of the majority of the art professors here, and while the latest one is quirky, he still appears to be a pretentious professor trying to “weed out” students. So many seem to be trying to break the students' spirits. But maybe he's not all bad?

There’s also a new wildcard character who is charismatic, which makes Yatora question whether staying in art school is worth it.

“Making a choice is both a luxury and exhausting.”

Ultimately, I learned a lot about art here. I knew about gesture drawing and sketching, but not the other types or the breakdown of the definitions.