I enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Blue Period at the start of the Fall 2021 season but because it was on Netflix I didn't end up doing episodic coverage of the anime. Now that it is finished, what were my final thoughts?
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Blue Period
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「我々はどこへ行くのか」 (Wareware wa doko e iku no ka) "Where Are We Going?" The desire to express one’s soul, once awakened, can never be extinguished – only suppressed at cost.
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「全然焼けてねえ」 (Zenzen yake tenē) "I'm Not Burned At All" As any Shinkai Makoto fan knows, art can capture the essence of something more deeply than any photograph.
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「Episode 1」 I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.
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