Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately…a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst — and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
Blue Period It is also Known as: ブルーピリオド, The Blue Period., النقطة الزرقاء, 藍色時期, Blue Period.
Genres: Drama , School Life , Seinen , The Arts
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Top 5 Manga Like Blue Period [2026 List]
- 5. Skeeter Rabbit!!
- 4. Kakunaru Ue wa
- 3. Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
- 2. Kasane
- 1. Blue Period
5. Skeeter Rabbit!!
Usa Ayano is a middle-school girl who is bad at physical activities. One day at gym class, she sees another girl in her grade, Hoshihara Chika, a transfer student who muddles through the dancing lesson like she couldn't care less.
Ayano, intrigued by how mysterious Chika is, tries to approach the new girl but gets pushed away. That is until she later discovers Chika's secret.
Skeeter Rabbit!! has finished publishing and it has 19 Chapters. It is also Known as: スキーターらびっと!!, Skeeter Rabbit!!
4. Kakunaru Ue wa
Uehara-kun loves 2-dimensional characters and his dream is to become a manga artist!
One day, a gal in his class, Miyamoto-san, sees his manuscript and starts a pseudo-romance with him that's a little too close to comfort, to help him with his manga!
This is a manga artist x adolescent love comedy!
Now That We Draw is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 描くなるうえは, Kakunaru Ue wa
3. Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
Asakusa Midori wants to create an anime, but she's too disheartened to make that first step by herself. But by pure chance, she meets Mizusaki Tsubame, an up-and-coming socialite secretly dreaming of becoming an animator. Together with Midori's money-loving best friend Kanamori Sayaka, the energetic trio slowly work towards making their "ultimate world" a reality!
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 映像研には手を出すな！, Hands off the Motion Pictures Club!
2. Kasane
Beautiful people are loved and revered. They have everything they desire right at their fingertips... Even if that beauty is a complete illusion.
Before Kasane's mother died, she was given a special tube of lipstick from her mother. She was told that if times ever got really really hard, she should wear the lipstick and kiss whatever she really desires.
But is this keepsake a blessing? Or a curse?
Kasane has finished publishing and it has 126 Chapters. It is also Known as: 累－かさね－, Rui
1. Blue Period
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately…a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst — and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
Blue Period is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ブルーピリオド, The Blue Period., النقطة الزرقاء, 藍色時期, Blue Period.
