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The Worst Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his...

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  1. 4.6/10(71 votes)

    #1 - That Which Is Not Human

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    S3:E6

    There is something killing Youkai and draining them of their blood. Natsume can't help but investigate and runs into old friends.

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  2. 4.6/10(68 votes)

    #2 - When I Was Deceived

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    S4:E8

    Natsume is walking home one day when he's accosted by a flying Tengu, who lifts him up into the sky! Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei is stuck in a well, where Nanase tells him a story about how she learned to never get close to a youkai.

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  3. 4.6/10(61 votes)

    #3 - What Flows

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    S6:E9

    Natsume travels to an inn for a study session with the rest of his class. While he's there, a flood washes away a local shrine. The shrine is said to house three masks, but Natsume can see four...

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  4. 4.7/10(72 votes)

    #4 - The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

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    S3:E5

    Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was an old doll youkai, who was trying to recover its body which was torn apart when her grandfather sealed it

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  5. 4.7/10(71 votes)

    #5 - Exorcist

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    S3:E7

    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.

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  6. 4.7/10(71 votes)

    #6 - The Fox Child's Watch

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    S3:E8

    Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It's being held in an inn where he once stayed. When he goes there, he meets an old friend: the young fox child he once saved.

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  8. 4.7/10(71 votes)

    #7 - The Broken Mirror

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    S3:E10

    After a brief incident in the forest, Tanuma has become distant to Natsume like he is avoiding something. In the meantime, there is something breaking glass around the school.

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  9. 4.7/10(69 votes)

    #8 - Following a Narrow Path

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    S5:E9

    While on the run from a fearsome youkai, Natsume accidently sits on a tiny mushroom youkai. The mushroom youkai is incensed, as it has a meeting with a 'noble person' later in that day. It insists on Natsume helping it prepare for its meeting with this 'noble person', and Natsume finds himself drawn into the strange story of its past...

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  10. 4.8/10(76 votes)

    #9 - Youkai Exorcism Amid the Steaming Springs

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    S2:E3

    Natori invites Natsume on a Hot Spring trip. But noises from the closet and a kimono-clad figure dangled from the ceiling make Natsume uneasy. Not wanting to trouble Natori because of his kind gesture to enjoy the Hot Spring with him, Natsume investigates the Hot Spring himself. During the night Natsume meets with the Youkai, where she comments that he is too soft, and attacks!

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  11. 4.8/10(75 votes)

    #10 - Ukihara Village

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    S3:E2

    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...

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  12. 4.8/10(73 votes)

    #11 - False Friend

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    S3:E3

    Natsume is approached by someone he knew from elementary school. He wants nothing to do with them, but they threaten to reveal his secret: that he can see Youkai, if he doesn't come along with them. He reluctantly goes with them, and is taken to meet a strange girl...

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  13. 4.8/10(72 votes)

    #12 - Through the Autumn Wind

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    S3:E9

    Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break.

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  14. 4.8/10(72 votes)

    #13 - What the Mirror Shows

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    S3:E11

    Tanuma is experiencing how Natsume lives every day. While Natsume and the youkai gain an understanding.

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  15. 4.8/10(69 votes)

    #14 - The Little Ones

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    S4:E3

    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.

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  16. 4.8/10(65 votes)

    #15 - Nishimura and Kitamoto

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    S6:E6

    Natsume's friends reflect on how they met him, and the difference he made in their lives. He's found a home, and he means a lot to the people who live there.

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  17. 4.8/10(64 votes)

    #16 - Gomochi's Benefactor

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    S6:E7

    Natsume meets a youkai named Gomochi, who has come in search of Reiko. The youkai has a message for Reiko, and wants to thank her for a favor she did him long ago. In hearing his story, Natsume comes to learn more about his mysterious grandmother.

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  18. 4.8/10(64 votes)

    #17 - The Sealed Room

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    S6:E10

    Natori is trying to find information on Natsume and his book of friends. Meanwhile, Natsume visits his house to deliver some of Touko's homemade jam. But this is the start of an adventure...

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  19. 4.9/10(80 votes)

    #18 - A Chick Hatches

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    S2:E4

    Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, not considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches it turns out it is a rare baby spirit called Tatsumi, who thinks that Natsume is it's parent. Natsume can't help but get attached to the little spirit even as Tatsumi grows tired and sick. But as Natsume takes care of Tatsumi a mysterious spirit comes, and wants to take away Tatsumi for his master... who wants to eat him!

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    Director:高田淳
  20. 4.9/10(78 votes)

    #19 - Emotions Undying

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    S2:E8

    Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some quality time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn is a lake; that is believed to be home to a mermaid.

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    Director:Yui Umemoto
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  21. 4.9/10(71 votes)

    #20 - The Eastern Forest

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    S4:E2

    Natsume, now trapped in the mansion, is trying to keep the Monkey Mask youkai from revealing the Book of Friends to Matoba. While Hinoe and Misuzu attempt to find the strange youkai's master.

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  22. 4.9/10(69 votes)

    #21 - The Moon-Splitting Festival

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    S4:E9

    Every 10 years the followers of Houdzuigami and Fudzukigami have a battle to determine the fate of the land. Natsume is approached by the followers of Houdzukigami to act as their missing god. Natori has been given the job of finding the missing god or seal Fuduzkigami before he wins.

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  23. 4.9/10(71 votes)

    #22 - The God, Enshrined

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    S4:E10

    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.

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  24. 4.9/10(69 votes)

    #23 - The Letter from the Exorcist

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    S5:E3

    Natsume receives a letter from Matoba, an exorcist whom he's had unpleasant dealings with in the past. The world of exorcists is a dangerous place lately, and Matoba wants Natsume's help. Natsume wants to refuse, but Matoba threatens to reveal Natsume's powers to his adopted family, which would spell the end of his peaceful life.

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  25. 4.9/10(69 votes)

    #24 - Shadow Linked Chains

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    An inexperienced exorcist tries and fails to completely seal a youkai near Natsume's school. Natsume decides to take the pot the youkai is sealed in to Natori, in hopes that it can be disposed of properly. While he's there, he learns that there is an ongoing feud between exorcists lately, and that one exorcist in particular is attacking his rivals. When Natsume gets home, he finds that Matoba, another exorcist who's tried to take advantage of him in the past, wants his help dealing with just that particular problem...

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  26. 4.9/10(68 votes)

    #25 - Soundless Valley

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    S5:E6

    Natsume's friend Taki lives in a house filled with traps and mazes for youkai. She can't see the youkai herself without the aid of a special circle, but she can hear them when they're trapped in her house. She saves one of them, but it refuses to leave her home. Natsume suspects that there may be danger involved, and visits her to make sure that everything is okay.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"That Which Is Not Human" is the worst rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored 4.6/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 8/11/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "When I Was Deceived".