Season 1
7.5/10311 votesAwakening to the Joy of Painting
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2021
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
7.8/10245 votesHe's Not Tanned At All
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2021
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
7.3/10217 votesPrep School Debut of the Dead
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2021
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
7.6/10199 votesWhere Are We Headed?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2021
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
7.7/10194 votesHelpless Even If I Know What To Do
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2021
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
7.5/10185 votesSerious Mental Breakdown
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2021
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
7.7/10184 votesThe Start of the First Exam
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2021
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
7.9/10190 votesBrain-Racking
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2021
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
8.3/10218 votesWandering Knife
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2021
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
8.2/10208 votesOur Color Blue
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2021
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
8.0/10186 votesThe Start of the Second Exam
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2021
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
8.3/10185 votesWhen I Started to be Dyed in Color
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2021
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