is a

yaoi , also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivale ...

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written and illustrated by

est em is the pen name of Maki Satoh, a Japanese manga artist. Career She made her debut as a professional manga artist with three yaoi collections after being scouted in art school. She was a student of Rachel Thorn, who provided translations for s ...

. It was published by Tokyo Mangasha on January 17, 2008, in Japan. The first three chapters of ''Age Called Blue'' were published on the internet by Netcomics prior to the release of the paperback edition.

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A poll hosted by Deb Aoki of About.com picked ''Age Called Blue'' as its fifteenth most popular yaoi series of 2008, it came second in the following year. Melinda Beasi felt that "nothing comes easy" in ''Age Called Blue'', feeling that this was a strength of the manga, and enjoyed the storytelling which did not include

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for fanservice's sake. She felt the translation of ''Age Called Blue'' was not as good as

Rachel Thorn Rachel Thorn (formerly Matt Thorn; born May 12, 1965) is a cultural anthropologist and a faculty member at the Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Global Culture (in the Japanese Culture Course) in Japan. She is best known in North America ...

's translations of est em's other works. Kinukitty of

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praised est em's tale, saying "The relationships feel very real, even if the settings are not strictly plausible." David Welsh has called est em's character designs "distinctively real", and praised her characterisations. Sandra Scholes praised the character artwork, and noted that their personalities came through in their speech patterns.

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Neonime
Josei manga Yaoi anime and manga

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