7.5/10228 votes#1 - Awakening 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
7.7/10172 votes#2 - He'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
7.5/10153 votes#3 - Prep 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
7.5/10142 votes#4 - Where 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
7.7/10137 votes#5 - Helpless 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
7.5/10131 votes#6 - Serious 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
7.7/10132 votes#7 - The 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
7.8/10136 votes#8 - Brain-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
8.2/10151 votes#9 - Wandering 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
8.2/10145 votes#10 - Our 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
8.0/10129 votes#11 - The 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
8.2/10125 votes#12 - When 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
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Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Genre:Animation
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Awakening to the Joy of Painting" is the best rated episode of "Blue Period" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 228 votes. Directed by Juria Matsumura and written by Reiko Yoshida, it aired on 10/2/2021. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "He's Not Tanned At All".