Blue Period — Season 1
01 Awakening to the Joy of Painting
Oct 2, 202124m★ 4.5
Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
02 He's Not Tanned At All
Oct 9, 202124m★ 4.0
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.
03 Prep School Debut of the Dead
Oct 16, 202124m★ 3.7
Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
04 Where Are We Headed?
Oct 23, 202124m★ 4.0
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.
05 Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
Oct 30, 202124m★ 4.0
As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
06 Serious Mental Breakdown
Nov 6, 202124m★ 5.0
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.
07 The Start of the First Exam
Nov 13, 202124m★ 4.0
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!
08 Brain-Racking
Nov 20, 202124m★ 4.0
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.
09 Wandering Knife
Nov 27, 202124m★ 3.4
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.
10 Our Color Blue
Dec 4, 202124m★ 3.0
Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
11 The Start of the Second Exam
Dec 11, 202124m★ 3.0
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.
12 When I Started to be Dyed in Color
Dec 18, 202124m★ 3.4
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.