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36. Blue Period
https://anilist.co/anime/128705/Blue-Period/

Note: This is being retroactively added in.

Blue Period was a pretty hyped show, and based on the anime I can see why it was. But from what I understand the adaptation was not the best ever, and it shows. So I don't know how many of my problems are anime only.

When I say problems, I really mean one, and that's how Yaguchi doesn't really have any development as a character. I mean he develops as an artist because the show is obviously heavily focused on art. But a lot of it is just him learning new techniques and improving on that. To be fair, he is different when compared from the start to the end of the show, but his change just kind of happens. He's only kind of challenged at the very end of the show, and challenged is like a very strong word.

Ryuuji has a stronger development arc, and a lot of that is because we do see more of her background and has a much more obvious struggle to overcome. The other side characters add a little "flavor" to the rest of the anime, but not much more.

Again, this is a show where I understand why people would think this is amazing, the show is what I call "awards bait" but I also know (from word of mouth) that it could have been better with a more faithful adaptation as this one apparently cut out a lot of stuff.