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Dec 3, 2021 9:18 AM
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It's good to always have friends at your back, and in this case, both Sekai-kun (whom Yaguchi mistook as Mori-senpai) and Wakana helped Yaguchi get to the exam venue. True to expectations, having to draw the motif of a nude model for the 2nd Exam kinda saved his ass because of Ryuuji's request to draw naked the last episode. The beauty and the ugliness, yet so muted by Seven Arcs' dull color palette and Netflix's "censoring".

Hearing Sakuraba as a 3rd Year Ronin wanting to quit gives me Ryuuji vibes, it's not easy giving up art when you've practiced for years. Since Yaguchi is having a hard time conceptualizing the nude model and its portrayal of themes along with his rashes, while both Wakana and Hashida are doing fine, Ooba-sensei offers him a secret weapon.

This "secret weapon" for Day 2 of the 2nd Exam, and Yaguchi has to master all 3 elements: theme, composition, portrayal within 2 days (or 10 hours to be precise). But with everyone having very different ideas on their canvases and sketchbooks, Sekai-kun was the only genius capable of finishing his work in time to spare. For Yaguchi, it's time to work on his theme, borrowing the last theme he worked on for this part and adding his own flare for this one: "Naked = True Self".

Conspicuously, the duality of Yaguchi mistaking Sekai-kun for Mori-senpai did give him some ideas, and taking Ooba-sensei's advice and thinking out of the box, the painting represents the art from his own bird's eye view, even a normal painting can be a work of art. All it takes is some risk to make it happen.

It's now or never. The final episode beckons...towards the end of Volume 6.
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Dec 3, 2021 11:18 AM
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Well well, as you see, it's not going great for Yaguchi. He mistook Yotasuke for Mori-senpai because of his fatigue and the rashes one hell of a problem. Kuwana led Yaguchi to his exam room. She's such a tsundere sometimes. First day of the second exam began and the task this time is to draw a nude model. He's pretty lucky with this one because the previous episode was all about nakedness. Sadly, the censoring kinda ruined it but whatever. It was expected from this low-quality adaptation. On the other hand, Sakuraba wants to quit art and it instantly gave off Ryuji vibes. Art is honestly really beautiful but the amount of work you have to put into it is crazy. Second day of the exam and Yaguchi took his previous theme "Naked = True Self" and will put it into practice. Of course, Yotasuke was able to finish it like there's no tommorow. The ''secret weapons'' were useful for sure, Ooba-sensei knows what he needs for real. Ooba-sensei's advice helped Yaguchi to get his answer, it was simple, very simple.. A normal painting is capable of being a masterpiece. Now, he needs to make his words come true.


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Dec 4, 2021 1:38 AM
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Dang, Kuwana's strong. Sure Yaguchi was pretty sick, but still he was basically pulling up his art supplies up the stairs. Kuwana just flung it all over her shoulder lol

Once again it's a good episode but it really makes you want to read the manga if you haven't already. Probably am missing out on a lot. The ed though, always stick around for that.


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Dec 4, 2021 2:27 AM
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loved this part so much, Kuwana Maki was always charming to me but this was the part that really sold me on her as a character, not encouraging or otherwise, just supporting Yaguchi Yatora the same way he did for at her moment of grief.

was curious how they were gonna adapt this chapter of the manga into an anime but it was more decent than I thought.

awesome episode overall and Maki is hella strong for slinging art supplies on top of her own equipment up floors.
Dec 4, 2021 3:52 AM
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Sheeesh. Yaguchi finally recovered on the 2nd day, thank God. This is getting exciting, can't wait for the last ep


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Dec 4, 2021 4:29 AM
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damnn so interesting !!! i loved this shoow !!
Dec 4, 2021 4:39 AM
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wtf she was wearing her robe with the right sleeve over the left
Dec 4, 2021 6:19 AM
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Oh well. Fortunately, Yaguchi atleast recovered a little bit.



Dec 4, 2021 6:22 AM
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any art students (or anyone) have any idea of what he could be planning to do pouring the turpentine on his sketchbook like that? I haven't read the manga, just want to speculate :>
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Dec 4, 2021 6:58 AM
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Yatora didn't manage to do much on the 1st day due to his sickness, but at least he got to come up with some plan. And it was also lucky for him considering he explored the theme of nudity before this second exam, where he gets to draw a nude model.

What's most interesting though is how he just poured turpentine on his sketchbook lol!? This seems like a crazy thing to do, but I'm really excited to see what he's going to pull off with that in the next last episode!
Dec 4, 2021 7:04 AM
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Overthinking at it's finest
Dec 4, 2021 7:25 AM

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矢口って運がついてないな。(w)

Yotasuke is adorable. Chocking is scary, and not supposed to be cute, but it was! lol

Yaguchi keeps coming up with new meanings for the pieces he works on, and I find that very easy to relate to because I do that all the time too.

I wonder if the artists have uploaded the original paintings from the story. I really want to see Yotasuke's painting, and appreciate it. It's so beautiful.
Dec 4, 2021 8:14 AM

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Damn, the anime really did the nude model dirty. Pretty sure the manga showed her breasts and pubic area normally, but the anime just had to be so prudish here too. They didn't show Yatora's own nude painting properly last episode either. If you won't even show the finished art in an anime about art, why bother adapting it at all? I can see now why so many people are calling this anime half-baked.
Dec 4, 2021 9:35 AM

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note that the student girl , who is sitting at the right side of the main boy in the exam room , is the main character of the one-shot manga "nude model" from the mangaka YAMAGUCHI Tsubasa : https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=140080

she makes a cameo in blue period manga / anime .
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Dec 4, 2021 10:10 AM

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daywithoutgames said:
note that the student girl , who is sitting at the right side of the main boy in the exam room , is the main character of the one-shot manga "nude model" from the mangaka YAMAGUCHI Tsubasa : https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=140080

she makes a cameo in blue period manga / anime .

based observation. which leads me to be curious if there are any connections between 彼女と彼女の猫 as well
Dec 4, 2021 10:18 AM
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Failing for the first time is definitely hard, what more if you failed thrice? I feel really sad for Sakuraba, I hope she will make it on her final try during the winter exam.

Yotasuke's current painting is really good, there's a huge possibility that he will pass.

Kuwana is so pure, she helped Yakkun without second thoughts. She's even thinking of Yakkun's current state while taking the exam as well. I hope she will pass and hopefully Kuwana and Yakkun will be classmates.

Yakkun's physical health really went down due to build up of stress. I hope he will finish his work on time. His current work looks weak but maybe after realizing that the only person who knew his true self is himself, his art will have so much impact. I'm excited to see his final output!

Hoping for the best for all of them.

Dec 4, 2021 11:19 AM
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as much as I love art (i do some myself) I feel slightly disappointed with that whole nude posing drawing. in ep 10 the studio did some interesting animation of the sea so I obviously hoped for something good with the nude model as well. overall, imo this episode didn't bring so much to the plot as the previous, 10th episode
Dec 4, 2021 12:04 PM

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Great episode! Yaguchi's condition has gotten much worse as his vision as gotten blurry and he feels sluggish. He mistakes Yotasuke for Mori Senpai and accidentally falls asleep (whcih ended up costing him some time but at least he felt a bit better after that).

It seems to all work out in the end as he is making good progress.

Looking forward to the next episode!
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Dec 4, 2021 1:31 PM
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Our boi survived day 1 and now inspiration has smacked him in the face
Dec 4, 2021 2:32 PM
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Dec 4, 2021 3:33 PM
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Yaguchi focused on this project everything is kind of working out for him I hope it stays that way.
Dec 4, 2021 3:55 PM

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When they said the topic was nude modeling I was immediately locked in and this episode was cool but for the people who know when it comes to nude models my boi Pyo is an expert

Dec 4, 2021 5:08 PM

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Jamk_ said:
When they said the topic was nude modeling I was immediately locked in and this episode was cool but for the people who know when it comes to nude models my boi Pyo is an expert



Lmfao, is it bad that I know what you're referencing xDDD
Dec 4, 2021 5:16 PM
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Yatora is getting close to understanding what it means to pursuit art, and he overcomes the difficult situations with unique solutions.
Dec 4, 2021 7:23 PM
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I didn't think that this would be a 12 episoder, but alas it is.

I'm glad Yatora was able to make it to the exam, and we'll hopefully get to see him complete it in the finale.
Dec 5, 2021 5:07 AM

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It is sad to see how stress is so much, that it affects us physically, Yatora saw the skills that she needed most for the exam affected so she lost a lot of time, she will have to take advantage of previous experiences and talks to do a great work.
I am going to have to watch the last part of the chapter several times because I am having a hard time understanding the conclusion I reached.

One does not want to ship Yatora-Yotasuke but now he even finds her similar to his idol Maru.
Dec 5, 2021 5:33 AM

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i didn't quite get it, what was the secret weapon?




Dec 5, 2021 6:18 AM
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That's why I'm confused there is no way Mori-senpai is here...

Nude Model? Wow

What is the Secret Weapon again?
Dec 6, 2021 4:01 PM

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A brilliant episode finally, good thing I didn't drop it. A bit of overthinking in the middle part but that sleep definitely helped him at that moment. Kuwane also seems to have the rashes. Really sad that it only has 12 episodes.
Dec 7, 2021 3:08 PM

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enjoyed this ep althought i found the art in general to look wonky. they were trying too hard to censor stuff
Dec 8, 2021 7:05 AM
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this anime sucvks and should be cancled. what trashhy trash trash this fooking thing is
Dec 8, 2021 12:40 PM
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it was hard to watch this episode, seeing my man yaguchi suffering is really something painful
Dec 8, 2021 12:48 PM

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A good episode.
I hope that Yaguchi's plan works and that he can pass the test. I'm curious to know what he's going to do and what his painting will look like in the end.
I was also curious to know if Mori and Yotasuke are cousins or something.
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Dec 8, 2021 2:21 PM

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I'm usually just a bit excited before exams. That doesnt mean that I didn't have my very own nasty experience with overwork/burn out symptoms.

Although I didn't like the first day that much, it was nonetheless an enjoyable episode. Yaguchi's thought process had my utmost attention. At times you gotta overthink to get to your answer. Seeing the reactions of the other examinees was hilarious. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I'm looking forward to the theme he came up with in the end.

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Dec 9, 2021 7:03 AM

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Finally an episode i can enjoy,hope the final is of that caliber

i'll probably won't watch a season 2 of this but there have been good moments.
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Dec 10, 2021 2:03 AM

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Portraying a nude model... well that was something I was looking forward to. Yaguchi got his first day messed up, clearly those extra efforts did him good some other way around this time. You don't just need to be mentally but physically in some proper condition too when preparing for any sort of exam, that is something I too learnt over the years. And now with the second day on a close, seems like Yaguchi finally got something to base his work upon.
Dec 10, 2021 4:30 AM

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I'm just glad that Yaguchi was able to draw something even tho he was in so much pain there. Yotasuke is a tsundere but a nice guy for sure. Ooba sensei is great and I just hope that he's gonna be able to draw something out of the ordinary once again in this exam. Also, Yaguchi's mother is so precious.

Looks like it's gonna be the last episode next time. Hoping to see it being ended with at least happy news.
Dec 10, 2021 7:17 PM

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Seeing Yaguchi stressed makes me feel really stressed. And now it seems the madman is gonna restructure his painting with just one and a half days left. Good luck!
Dec 11, 2021 6:20 PM

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Nude Models?! it is the best theme for painting, lmao.
Dec 12, 2021 2:51 PM

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It does not surprise me that the second exam is with nude models, it is a quality of art but what I did not like was the censorship that was done to the model, it looked pathetic, a lack of respect because this was only art, there was nothing malicious about it. at least they should have allowed the upper part to be seen What are the breasts and the back part and profile leaving the lower part with censorship

Yaguchi with his illness is representing the overexertion that some students go through and poor health care that they go through, although a little exaggeration I would have made the scene more realistic instead of going to the house of a person who would be in the hospital receiving an injection for the allergy the headache there the teacher would call nothing to know how the talk about painting is and she tells her the secret technique to avoid getting sick in the exam.

I liked that at this time of the first day of the exam she had help from her classmates that shows what we have to be competitive without forgetting our humanity and respect
Dec 14, 2021 5:25 AM
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nude model is an interesting concept for the exam also yaguchi is surely standing out by puring the chemical on his scrapbook
Dec 26, 2021 4:12 AM
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Worrying how sick he was before and during the 1st part of the 2nd exam, seems like he's doing better now at all, but yeah the nude topic was to expect after the previous episode with Ryuji naked painting, the end is surprising though, I wonder what he is doing
Dec 26, 2021 9:38 PM

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Yaguchi mistook Yotasuke for Mori-senpai lol!

Things don't look great for Yaguchi.
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Dec 30, 2021 12:33 PM

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I loved this episode. Even how it made more important the nude scene from before (even if I disliked how they the little development with the trap character before his arc)
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Jan 2, 2022 5:33 PM

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oh...nude model huh...clever...
hang in there Yaguchi! two more days until your hellhole is over!
4/5.


Jan 5, 2022 9:09 AM
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Given how similar Yotasuke and Mori look Yaguchi might have a type lol. I think he thought that Yotasuke was Mori was because he basically sees Mori as an angel as she was the one who inspired to do art first saving him from directionless place he was in, and that's why in this moment where he really needed help he thought Yotasuke was Mori.
Mar 13, 2022 7:04 AM

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Some bad timing for Yaguchi on day 1 with not feeling all too well, just when his assignment is to draw a nude model ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

Mar 29, 2022 12:59 PM
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Someone enlighten me about the rashes my bois are getting. Is it related to the stress or painting?
Aug 15, 2022 5:58 PM
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It was great like every single other episode! I feel bad for the Ryuuji though, she had to ditch her home and go somewhere with Yatora. But she seems a little bit happier though. So this episode in general makes me feel happy/sad.
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