S01E01 Awakening to the Joy of Painting
Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
Blue Period
S01E12: When I Started to be Dyed in Color
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.
Overview
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Episodes
S01E02 He's Not Tanned At All
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.
S01E03 Prep School Debut of the Dead
Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
S01E04 Where Are We Headed?
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.
S01E05 Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
S01E06 Serious Mental Breakdown
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.
S01E07 The Start of the First Exam
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!
S01E08 Brain-Racking
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.
S01E09 Wandering Knife
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.
S01E10 Our Color Blue
Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
S01E11 The Start of the Second Exam
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.
S01E12 When I Started to be Dyed in Color
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.
Cast
Hiromu Mineta
Yatora Yaguchi (voice)
Yumiri Hanamori
Ryuji Ayukawa (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
Yotasuke Takahashi (voice)
Kengo Kawanishi
Haruka Hashida (voice)
Yume Miyamoto
Maki Kuwana (voice)
Mayu Aoyagi
Maru Mori (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Masako Saeki (voice)
Masaya Fukunishi
Sumida (voice)
Shinichiro Kamio
Koigakubo (voice)
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Utashima (voice)
Miku Hiratsuka
Umino (voice)
Ikumi Hasegawa
Shirai (voice)
