Blue Period 16 (Afternoon KC)

[Machine Translation] Hachitaro wins a prize in an off-campus competition for the first time. When Hachitora sees his work exhibited at a museum, a path to becoming an artist opens up before him! Hachitaro Yaguchi discovered the joy of painting in his second year of high school, and after hard work, he was accepted into the Tokyo University of the Arts. In the summer of his second year at the university, Hachitora's work was entered in a competition outside the university for the first time, and won a prize. Hachitaro is confused by the influence of "strangers" who have seen his work and whom he has never met, and he realizes that the reason for his confusion is the power and depth of art. He realizes that the painting he encountered in his second year of high school changed his life, and that he, too, can change someone else's life. The path to becoming an artist (writer) was open to me. My vague dream turned into a concrete goal, and the step toward adulthood began. New encounters, new challenges, new ways of relating to art, and a new phase in Hachitaro's life. The latest edition of this never-before-seen art-related coming-of-age manga, which details the history and possibilities of art and depicts the passions and struggles of the young men who enter art school, is already here!

学外のコンクールで初めて入賞した八虎。美術館に展示された自分の作品を見た八虎の前に開かれた「作家」への道！高2で絵を描くことの楽しさに目覚め、猛烈な努力の末に東京藝大に合格した矢口八虎。藝大2年目の夏に描き上げ、初めて学外のコンクールに出品した作品が入賞し、美術館に展示されることになった八虎は、大学での「講評」以外の評価、アートの他人への影響力に驚く。自分の作品を見た、会ったこともない「他人」への影響力に混乱する八虎は、その困惑の理由が、アートの持つ力、深さであることに気づく。高2で出会った絵が自分の人生を変え、自分もまた誰かの人生を変えうるのだと。アーティスト「作家」への道が自分にも開かれていたのだ。漠然とした夢が具体的な目標に変わり、大人へのステップが始まる。新しい出会い、新しい課題、美術との関わり方、八虎の人生も新しい局面へ。アートの歴史や可能性を詳細に活写、美大に進学した青年たちの情熱や奮闘を描く、今までになかった美術系青春漫画、早くも最新刊登場！！