Blue Period
Blue Period Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
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About
"Finding purpose through the terror of creating art"
Blue Period follows Yatora, a top-scoring but aimless high schooler who stumbles into an art classroom and is floored by a painting, setting off an obsessive pivot toward becoming a serious artist. The show tracks his grueling push toward a prestigious art school, alongside classmates with their own reasons for painting. It is sincere and unexpectedly tense, turning brushwork and critique sessions into real stakes. The pace is measured and talky, driven by internal monologue and craft detail rather than action, but it captures the specific thrill of discovering a thing you might actually be good at.
the way it makes the process of painting feel as tense as any sports anime rival match.
you need plot momentum rather than internal, talk-heavy exploration of creative obsession.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Awakening to the Joy of Painting | 7.6 | 307 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | He's Not Tanned At All | 7.8 | 243 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Prep School Debut of the Dead | 7.4 | 215 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Where are We Headed? | 7.7 | 198 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Helpless Even If I Know What to Do | 7.8 | 192 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Serious Mental Breakdown | 7.5 | 184 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Start of the First Exam | 7.8 | 182 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Brain-Racking | 8.0 | 187 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Wandering Knife | 8.4 | 214 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Our Color Blue | 8.3 | 204 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Start of the Second Exam | 8.1 | 182 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | When I Started to Be Dyed in Color | 8.4 | 181 | — |