Aoi Haru
Blue Spring
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Synonyms: Matsumoto Taiyo Tanpenshuu, Matsumoto Taiyo's Short Stories
Japanese: 青い春
English: Blue Spring
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 7
Status: Finished
Published: 1993
Genre: Drama Drama
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: None
Authors: Matsumoto, Taiyou (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.551 (scored by 19191,919 users)
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Ranked: #159242
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Popularity: #4174
Members: 5,411
Favorites: 60

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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.

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Aoi Haru was published in English as Blue Spring by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint on November 24, 2004.

The manga was adapted to film in 2002 by director Toshiaki Toyoda, and released in Japan on June 29th of that year, under the same title.
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Kujo
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Suzuki
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Kimura
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Dec 20, 2021
joanagiur30
Recommended
[ versión en español más abajo]

english:

"Blue Spring" (Aoi Haru) is an anthology of seven rebellious, badass and crazy stories. These stories are a reflection of a turbulent, harsh, carefree and, above all, lost adolescence. Starring heroes who, as Matsumoto himself points out, respond to reason with fists and never question their raised passions. The particular drawing style of the mangaka carries the feelings of these characters: even without aiming for their lives, they are faithfully honest to themselves. His irregular and messy line and the angles with which he draws the characters, reflects this unstable reality that is their adolescence, which according to the author, ...
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Jan 9, 2019
SequentialNel
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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 don't have any plot or character development. They are tone pieces through and through. The art isn't all that great either, but it oozes with charm and really captures that punk rock vibe that's present throughout the book. I loved how there were tons of graffiti, to the point that the bottom of the page was chock-full of annotations from the translator. Loved all the music references too (Jimi Hendrix, The ...
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Nov 27, 2016
TheJrdzone
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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, dissatisfaction, or death.

As one might expect from Taiyo Matsumoto, the presentation is unconventional both in visuals and style. Matsumoto's drawing style is aesthetically pleasing and captures the gritty reality he is examining. The stories are understandable enough, but I feel a lot of it is lost on me due to a lack of cultural knowledge. I think after some research and time, a reread would allow me to give a better analysis.
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