The Best Episodes Directed By Satomi Nakamura

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

While being swept down the river, Natsume managed to feel the presences of Hudzuki-gami. Natori must make the choice to follow Natsume instincts or seal Fudzuki-gami.

Director: Satomi Nakamura

Writer: Hiroshi Onogi

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 in to 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 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 should...

Director: Satomi Nakamura

Writer: N/A

Natsume is accosted by a spirit who asks for her brother's name back. She says that both of them have come from the village of floating spring, a paradise sealed off from the land of men. Meanwhile, the local Youkai are happy that the local priest is no longer in his temple. Natsume worries for his friend Tanuma, the priest's son, but isn't sure what to say...

Director: Satomi Nakamura

Writer: Sadayuki Murai

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

After Natsume returned Amana's name, she accused him of stealing her ring. He has three days to find and return it before she burns down his house. To make matters worse, the ring is trapped in the hair of a migratory youkai, and Nyanko-sensei is unable to use his powers.

Director: Satomi Nakamura

Writer: Hiroshi Onogi

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