

Episodes
12 episodes · 2021
The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling… (Source: Kodansha USA) Note: The anime premiered on Netflix on Sep 25, 2021 in Japan. The TV broadcast started on Oct 2, 2021.
E01Awakening to the Joy of Painting
★4.5Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
E02He's Not Tanned At All
★4Yatora 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.
E03Prep School Debut of the Dead
★3.7Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
E04Where Are We Headed?
★4TAI'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.
E05Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
★4As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
E06Serious Mental Breakdown
★5Yatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students' health.
E07The Start of the First Exam
★4Oba 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!
E08Brain-Racking
★4The 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.
E09Wandering Knife
★3.4Three 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.
E10Our Color Blue
★3Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
E11The Start of the Second Exam
★3After 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.
E12When I Started to be Dyed in Color
★3.4The second exam is in full swing. Yatora struggles with illness and an unclear theme when sudden inspiration delivers answers and a final secret weapon.
