Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku
The Lines that Define Me
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Japanese: 線は、僕を描く
English: The Lines that Define Me
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 32
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 19, 2019 to Feb 12, 2020
Genre: Drama Drama
Theme: Visual Arts Visual Arts
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Authors: Horiuchi, Atsunori (Art), Togami, Hiromasa (Story)

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Score: 7.611 (scored by 10781,078 users)
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Ranked: #22732
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Popularity: #6960
Members: 2,750
Favorites: 29

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Synopsis

Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...

(Source: Kodansha, translated)

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Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku is an adaptation of Hiromasa Togami's novel of the same title. It will be adapted into a live action movie in 2022.

The series was published digitally in English as The Lines that Define Me by Kodansha USA from January 18, 2022 to April 19, 2022.

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Characters

Aoyama, Sousuke
Aoyama, Sousuke
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Komae
Komae
Supporting
Kawagishi
Kawagishi
Supporting
Najima
Najima
Supporting
Toudou, Suizan
Toudou, Suizan
Supporting
Saitou, Kosei
Saitou, Kosei
Supporting
Shinoda, Chiaki
Shinoda, Chiaki
Supporting
Nishihama, Kohou
Nishihama, Kohou
Supporting
Shinoda, Kozan
Shinoda, Kozan
Supporting

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Oct 11, 2020
MurukoHiiragi
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Now this manga ended, I don't know how to explain it. The paintings with messages made me tear up unlike other art manga and this has a relaxing yet sad feeling because of the mc's life. You watch him grow as well and feel the same way too with his master and friends especially his rival.

The story is so relatable as well especially if you're coming with problems. It gave me a much better view of life as well.

The art in manga is also superb, not only the paintings but everything.

This manga is equals to Beauty. That's all I can say.
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Oct 10, 2020
pitchblackskyblu
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"I didn't care what the outcome would be i just wanted to pass down what my master had left me, i just wanted to have a sense of purpose in life". this manga does exatcly what it sets out to do in a beautiful way. Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku is about sumi-e painting, we follow aoyama who meets kozan-sensei (a famous sumi-e painter) at a painting convention, kozan-sensei ends up taking him in as a student and teaches him how to paint sumi-e paintings, we follow him through the story as he deals with his past, aoyama meets chiaki who is kozan-sensei's grandaughter ...
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Oct 14, 2020
bakenisekuro
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So, I've never written a review before, but considering how few people have read this manga I feel as though I should try to help convince people to read it.

This is a fairly short manga, though I feel that it accomplishes everything it needs to. The characters have realistic personalities, and they're easy to sympathize with. I even liked the side characters I thought that I would find annoying.

The big selling point of this art manga is, well, the art. The sumi-e paintings that we are shown are all beautiful, and portray character growth just as much as the dialogue does.

Overall, I'd highly ...
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