The best episode directed by Satomi Nakamura is "Mochi Thrown in Celebration", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Pierre Sugiura". "Mochi Thrown in Celebration" aired on 7/19/2014 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Where Happiness Lies".
Tama hides a deep, dark secret, and meeting Handa may have led her to reveal it. Is it too late for her to save her reputation? Meanwhile, Handa is suffering his own angst after not placing first in a calligraphy competition. Maybe a friendly mochi-picking session with the villagers will cheer him up...
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
Yato introduces Yukine and Hiyori to one of the Seven Gods of Fortune... Except this god is nothing like what they imagined!
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Hiroko Fukuda
Natsume is pretending to be the god Houzukigami, so the moon splitting festival will end with a victory and the mountain will not be ruined. Winning the contest will not be easy, but with help from Natori he will find the way.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: N/A
When Hajime's classmates are threatened by a demon mage to "join or die", it's up to him to rescue them -- whether they like his methods or not.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: N/A
With Yato on the verge of death, Hiyori and friends decide to hold a dangerous purification ritual that requires outside help. But who would willingly risk their life for this unknown god?
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Hiroko Fukuda
While fooling around in the snow, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei run into Gen, a forest guardian who lives inside a statue. Gen tries to take over Natsume's body, but instead takes over a snow rabbit that Natsume had made. Gen pleads with Natsume to help him find an evil spirit who destroyed Sui, his guardian partner, and Natsume agrees. But it seems Gen isn't telling everything he knows. (Source: Wikipedia)
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: N/A
Tanuma's father leaves on a trip and a strange youkai invades his house, spreading miasma that makes all the nearby youkai suffer. Natsume tracks it down and discovers that the noxious youkai was once a resident in an all-youkai village. A portal had opened for a short time during a human ceremony that he had taken his sister to watch. However, they became trapped in the human world, and his sister died. After returning to the old temple where the ceremonies were held, the portal opens and he returns home.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: N/A
Natsume finds out who's been stealing the youkai blood: the exorcist Matoba Seiji. He investigates with the help of Natori, but is captured by Matoba's servant youkai. Matoba is willing to sacrifice any number of youkai for his own ambitions. He tells Natsume why he's gathering blood: to release the seal on a powerful youkai. Natsume learns that there are people who treat Youkai in a totally different way than he or even Natori.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
Natsume befriends a small fluffball youkai.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: N/A
When 14-year-old middle-schooler Tsugumi Harudori discovers she is a weapon, she flies to America to enroll at DWMA. There, she meets the absent-minded Meme Tatane and the patrician Anya Hepburn, both of whom are meisters that are also new enrollees.
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Masakazu Hashimoto