The Best Episodes of Blue Period

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.

Director: Daisuke Kurose

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.

Director: Shujiro Ami

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Shinichi Fukumoto

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Kuniyasu Nishina

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Masatoyo Takada

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Yusuke Onoda

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.

Director: Shigeru Yamazaki

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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!

Director: Yusuke Onoda

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Hiromitsu Hagiwara

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.

Director: Juria Matsumura

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

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.

Director: Ryuta Kawahara

Writer: Reiko Yoshida

Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.

Director: Shigeru Fukase

Writer: Reiko Yoshida