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Blue Period

Drama, Anime · 2021

Last aired: S1 E12, When I Started to Be Dyed in Color · 2021-12-11

Yatora Yaguchi is a fairly popular student who excels in school, but often deals with inner emptiness and frustrations. One day he became fascinated by a painting at his high school's art club so deeply that it inspired him to try his hand at painting. Later he was inspired by a friend Ryuji and subsequently joining the art club, becoming more deeply involved, and attempts to apply for the Tokyo University of the Arts as his choice of college.

Cast

Season 1

E1 Awakening to the Joy of Painting 2021-09-25 · 25 min Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
E2 He's Not Tanned at All 2021-10-02 · 25 min Yatora enters the art club. Over summer break he takes part in special training to improve his skills after switching his college choice to art school.
E3 Prep School Debut of the Dead 2021-10-09 · 25 min Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
E4 Where Are We Headed? 2021-10-16 · 25 min TAI's night students join the intimidating afternoon classes to gear up for the next competition as the stress of art exams weigh on Yatora's friends.
E5 Helpless Even If I Know What to Do 2021-10-23 · 25 min As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
E6 Serious Mental Breakdown 2021-10-30 · 25 min Yatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students' health.
E7 The Start of the First Exam 2021-11-06 · 25 min Oba tells Yatora his weakness, which sends him spiraling. But a heart-to-heart with a close friend reignites his confidence as the first exam begins!
E8 Brain-Racking 2021-11-13 · 25 min The first exam subject is "self-portrait." A mishap gives Yatora the hint he needs; Oba takes the class to a museum before exam results are announced.
E9 Wandering Knife 2021-11-20 · 25 min Three move on to the second exam, including Yatora, who must master "color." Yatora worries after Yuka gets a seedy job and refuses to go to art school.
E10 Our Color Blue 2021-11-27 · 25 min Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
E11 The Start of the Second Exam 2021-12-04 · 25 min After drawing his own body, Yatora is ready for the second exam: a nude model. But when his health declines from stress, Oba offers a secret weapon.
E12 When I Started to Be Dyed in Color 2021-12-11 · 25 min The second exam is in full swing. Yatora struggles with illness and an unclear theme when sudden inspiration delivers answers and a final secret weapon.

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