Have you ever been truly passionate about something?

Blue Period is, before every thing, about passion. It may sound cliché but this is the best manga I've ever read about "following your dreams and make them come true" as generic-shounen as it may sound.

Yatora was an uninterested high school student until he found himself in love with art. The first few chapters are about him finding his passion and dealing with the doubt and problems that come with it, the later chapters are more focused on the process of creating art.

This manga is beautiful, from the first few chapters you can see how each character is drawn with a slightly different artstyle, reflecting the intricacies of each one of them. The artworks featured in the manga were all created by different artists and the colored pages are works of art on their own.

The story is a classic coming-of-age so the focus is clearly on character development, the main characters (as you can include Ryuji with Yatora) are amazingly portrayed and it's really interesting to see their hardships and how each one of them deal with it. The secondary characters are also nicely done, with each and everyone of them having a solid characterization and motivation.

I think this is not only the best manga currently being published but the best manga overall, never before a manga moved me to the point of tears and made me question myself if I've ever been passionate about something in my life.

I recommend this manga for everyone, don't be intimidated by the art thing, before reading Blue Period I wasn't interested in art at all, now I see myself going to museums every now and then.

I really can't praise Blue Period enough, if you are reading this review, go read this manga as soon as possible, it's truly one of the masterpieces of our time.