Blue Spring (manga)

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Blue Spring
Volume cover
青い春
(Aoi Haru)
GenreDrama, thriller[1]
Manga
Written byTaiyō Matsumoto
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
PublishedMay 1, 1993
Volumes1

Blue Spring (Japanese: 青い春, Hepburn: Aoi Haru) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It is an anthology collection of short stories, all revolving around teenage boys at high school and the lives they live. A live action film adaptation was released in 2001. The manga was licensed for English-language release by Viz Media.

Release[edit]

Blue Spring is written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. Shogakukan released a tankōbon volume under the Big Spirits Comics imprint on May 1, 1993.[2] Shogakukan re-released it in wide-ban volume on December 19, 1998.[3] Shogakukan re-released it again in a bunkoban edition on January 14, 2012.[4]

In North America, Blue Spring was published in English language by Viz Media on January 4, 2005.[5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 May 1, 1993[2]978-4-09-183221-4January 4, 2005[5]978-1-59116-645-0
  1. If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands (しあわせなら手をたたこう, Shiawase nara te wo tatakō)
  2. Revolver (Original Story by Caribu Marley) (リボルバー[原作/狩撫麻礼], Riborubā (Gensaku/ Karibu Marei))
  3. Mahjong Summer! (夏でポン!, Natsu de Pon!)
  4. Suzuki-san (鈴木さん)
  5. Peace (ピース, Pīsu)
  6. The Family Restaurant is Our Paradise! (ファミリーレストランは僕らのパラダイスなのさ!, Famirī Resutoran wa bokura no Paradaisuna no sa!)
  7. This is Bad (だみだこりゃ, Damida Korya)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Official Website for Blue Spring". Viz Media. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ a b 青い春―松本大洋短編集 (ビッグコミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4091832210.
  3. ^ 青い春 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. December 19, 1998. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  4. ^ 青い春(コミック文庫) (in Japanese). Shogakukan. January 14, 2012. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Blue Spring". Viz Media. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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