Edit Pace — frame-to-frame color delta (bright = fast cuts)
Color Temperature — warm (gold) vs cool (teal) per frame
Frame Density Comparison — every 2nd vs every 4th frame
Slice · 15s
Avg · 15s
Slice · 30s
Avg · 30s
The arc-down is the quiet confession of *Fruits Basket: The Final Season*. Yoshihide Ibata and TMS Entertainment build this thirteen-episode conclusion on a palette so desaturated—average saturation just 0.226—that even the Red dominance feels muted, like blood under frost. The brightness arc drops from a hopeful 0.602 in the opening act to a crushing 0.471 midpoint, recovering only to 0.540: not a triumphant return, but a hard-won dawn. That dark midpoint is where the curse tightens, where the year’s accumulated grief—Sōma family secrets, unspoken love, generational trauma—p
Brightness Arc (episode progression)
Hue Distribution
Act Breakdown
Opening
0.602
Middle
0.471
Closing
0.540
Avg Brightness
0.571
Avg Saturation
0.226
Warmth
0.528
Color Palette
#EAE7DF
#9F9FA0
#5E5C5F
#202528
#E1D0AB
#91715D
#D2B29B
#62708F
3-Act Color Story
Opening
Middle
Closing
Color Twins
Perceptually nearest palettes — measured in OKLab space, not RGB
The arc-down is the quiet confession of *Fruits Basket: The Final Season*. Yoshihide Ibata and TMS Entertainment build this thirteen-episode conclusion on a palette so desaturated—average saturation just 0.226—that even the Red dominance feels muted, like blood under frost. The brightness arc drops from a hopeful 0.602 in the opening act to a crushing 0.471 midpoint, recovering only to 0.540: not a triumphant return, but a hard-won dawn. That dark midpoint is where the curse tightens, where the year’s accumulated grief—Sōma family secrets, unspoken love, generational trauma—p