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"Art has changed the course of Yatora's once dull life, and now he's aiming for Japan's most competitive art school. With entrance exams a year away, he'll need to expand his limited eye for art, and quickly. He turns to new peers and the masters to envision pieces only he can pr...

"Relief is short-lived for Yatora after his first competition, where his piece was higher ranked than he expected, but far from his dream school's standards. While he's prepared to give Ooba-sensei's challenges everything he's got ... what if all he's got is still not enough? Wit...

"Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately ... a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compe...

"Yatora now has new materials in his tool box and a wider range of expression under his belt. But a week before the first exam, Ooba-sensei says he's missing a crucial edge ... With so much at stake, Yatora's self-doubt brings him lower than ever before. Still, he has his fire, h...

"Yatora makes the best of a bad situation during TUA's first exam, and he must surpass these efforts for the second. But after all he's gone through, Yatora is feeling a little out of sorts. To get back on track, he'll have to step out of the studio and into new lighting ... With...

"For their second summer at TUA, Yatora and his art school friends stay at Momoyo's family temple. There, Yatora enters an art contest with hopes for the cash prize and a professional debut. However, as he works on his piece, he learns of Yakumo's friend Machiko ... a remarkable ...

"As they continue their stay in Hiroshima, Yatora and his classmates grapple with the legacy of Machiko Sanada's untimely death. While Yatora struggles in his mind and on the canvas, Yakumo and the others contend with the specter of the person who brought them together. However, ...

"Thanks to the influence of the guru-like leader of No Marks, Yatora is ready to return to TUA with a fresh perspective and renewed love for art--until a series of jarring events makes him question his recent choices. But as he considers what is right or wrong in his pursuit of a...

"Summer whizzes by like a typhoon, and Yatora has learned that large-scale pieces--in production and concept--only come together with elbow grease and teamwork. TUA opens its gates once more for the second term and Yatora's back at it ... But he hasn't picked up a brush in months...

"Tokyo University of the Arts is now Yatora's campus, where each new encounter with colleagues, professors, and assignments challenges everything he's ever known! Self-doubt and life's hardships still lurk around every corner, but running into an old friend may just turn things a...

"A surprising setback before the second exam shakes Yatora up, but after everything he's been through, he must persevere. This time, the subject turns out to be something both new and familiar ... But does an average guy like Yatora stand a chance against the geniuses and prodigi...

"After a disappointing first assignment, Yatora is encouraged by Maki and is determined to move forward. His next assignment is a scenery of Tokyo. As he takes on new materials and methods, he also becomes exposed to new ways of seeing the city he thought he knew so well. Can Yat...