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Blue Period S1E5 — Helpless Even If I Know What To Do

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Blue Period•Season 1•Episode 5

Helpless Even If I Know What To Do

7.7/10 · 194 votesOct 30, 202124 min

Ranked #7 of 12 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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

Directed byShigeru Yamazaki

Written byReiko Yoshida

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Cast18

Hiromu Mineta

Hiromu Mineta

Yatora Yaguchi (voice)

Yumiri Hanamori

Yumiri Hanamori

Ryuji Ayukawa (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Yotasuke Takahashi (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Kengo Kawanishi

Haruka Hashida (voice)

Yume Miyamoto

Yume Miyamoto

Maki Kuwana (voice)

Mayu Aoyagi

Mayu Aoyagi

Maru Mori (voice)

Fumi Hirano

Fumi Hirano

Masako Saeki (voice)

Masaya Fukunishi

Masaya Fukunishi

Sumida (voice)

Shinichiro Kamio

Shinichiro Kamio

Koigakubo (voice)

Tatsumaru Tachibana

Tatsumaru Tachibana

Utashima (voice)

Miku Hiratsuka

Miku Hiratsuka

Umino (voice)

Ikumi Hasegawa

Ikumi Hasegawa

Shirai (voice)

Crew9

Reiko Yoshida

Reiko Yoshida

Writer

T

Tomoyuki Shitaya

Supervising Animation Director

K

Kenji Masuda

Layout Supervisor

H

Hiroaki Tomita

Storyboard Artist

S

Shigeru Yamazaki

Director

M

Miyako Nishida

Animation Director

A

Aya Tanaka

Animation Director

Z

Zhang Yun

Animation Director

M

Ming Guang

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Helpless Even If I Know What To Do" is episode 5 of Blue Period season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 194 votes, ranking #7 of 12 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Shigeru Yamazaki and written by Reiko Yoshida, it aired on October 30, 2021.

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