About this season
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Episodes (12)
1. Awakening to the Joy of Painting
4.5Aired 2 October 2021 • 24 min
Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
2. He's Not Tanned At All
4.0Aired 9 October 2021 • 24 min
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.
3. Prep School Debut of the Dead
3.7Aired 16 October 2021 • 24 min
Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
4. Where Are We Headed?
4.0Aired 23 October 2021 • 24 min
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.
5. Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
4.0Aired 30 October 2021 • 24 min
As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
6. Serious Mental Breakdown
5.0Aired 6 November 2021 • 24 min
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.
7. The Start of the First Exam
4.0Aired 13 November 2021 • 24 min
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!
8. Brain-Racking
4.0Aired 20 November 2021 • 24 min
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.
9. Wandering Knife
3.4Aired 27 November 2021 • 24 min
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.
10. Our Color Blue
3.0Aired 4 December 2021 • 24 min
Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
11. The Start of the Second Exam
3.0Aired 11 December 2021 • 24 min
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.
12. When I Started to be Dyed in Color
3.4Aired 18 December 2021 • 24 min
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.