Natsume's Book of Friends backdrop
Animation•Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Worst Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends

Every episode of Natsume's Book of Friends ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends!

Binge this in 1d 10h•Peaking at 9.5/10

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 deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround

Airs on
TV TokyoTV AichiTVQTV Osaka
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons7

All1234567

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
    Click to reveal
    Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 4 - Lying Eyes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Lying Eyes

    S6:E4

    Natsume watches a movie starring Natori, and when he's done he finds one of Natori's paper dolls. The doll is soaked and the text on it is impossible to read, and Natsume becomes concerned for Natori's safety. He travels to the location that's just barely legible on the doll, and finds a young woman whose home is haunted by not one, but three youkai.

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 5 - The Bound Ones
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Bound Ones

    S6:E5

    Natsume finds that Tsukiko's home is haunted by not one, but three separate youkai, each with its own motivations. One wants to protect Tsukiko's father, and the other two... Natori wants to exorcise them and protect Tsukiko, but Natsume wants to find some way to protect them. Is there a peaceful solution?

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 6 - Nishimura and Kitamoto
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Nishimura and Kitamoto

    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.

    Director:Tsutomu Murakami
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 7 - Gomochi's Benefactor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Gomochi's Benefactor

    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.

    Director:Yoko Kanamori
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 8 - A Day That Will Someday Come
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - A Day That Will Someday Come

    S6:E8

    Natsume is on his way home when he finds a letter on the ground. The letter seems to belong to a nearby man, who asks Natsume to take him to his school. The man is actually a youkai, who was once deeply involved with a human girl. He cut the relationship off, but the girl isn't ready to give up...

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Mariko Kunisawa

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 9 - What Flows
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - What Flows

    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...

    Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends

    READ
  7. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 11 - What Matters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - What Matters

    S6:E11

    Natori's group searches the Hakozaki mansion for the study. But other forces want the powerful magics contained within, and Natsume doesn't want them to have it...

    Director:Kotomi Deai
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 10 - The Sealed Room
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Sealed Room

    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...

    Director:Shizutaka Sugahara
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 8 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night

    S7:E8

    Nishimura finds Natsume coming to visit him each night at his house, but something seems strange...

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 3 - The Little Ones
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Little Ones

    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.

    Director:Satomi Nakamura
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 11 - A Single Photo
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - A Single Photo

    S4:E11

    Natsume gets a call from a relative: his parents home is being sold. He tells himself that it doesn't matter, and that he's forgotten his past. But he's not nearly as over it as he thinks...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 3 - False Friend
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - False Friend

    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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 5 - The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

    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

    Director:Hideya Takahashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 9 - Through the Autumn Wind
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Through the Autumn Wind

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 10 - The Broken Mirror
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - The Broken Mirror

    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.

    Director:Hideya Takahashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 13 - Natsume's Book of Play
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Natsume's Book of Play

    S3:E13

    The youkai hold a party to celebrate Natsume. Things get out of hand when they ask Natsume for a human game, and he suggests Shadow Tag. When Nyanko-sensei becomes "it", he starts stomping youkai left and right. And then Misuzu-sama, the 100 foot tall youkai, shows up...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 2 - The Eastern Forest
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Eastern Forest

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 12 - The Door of Memories
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Door of Memories

    S4:E12

    Natsume is going home for the last time, but first he must stop by his relative's house to get the key. But he is cautious, as inside is a youkai that tormented Natsume, and a girl that has always resented him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 13 - A Long Way Home
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - A Long Way Home

    S4:E13

    Natsume is possessed by a spirit. Obsessed with returning home, he remembers the events that occured just after his father's death.

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 2 - It Blooms Tomorrow
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - It Blooms Tomorrow

    S6:E2

    Natsume's town is visited by a stonewasher: a powerful magical being capable of purifying tainted rocks. The stonewasher is looking for its lost student, and turns to Natsume for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 1 - The Fragment's Lament
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Fragment's Lament

    S7:E1

    Tanuma gives Natsume some clay, and he tries his hand at sculpting a figure. However, the next day, the figure has disappeared, and other strange things are happening in the house. Is a Yōkai causing mischief in the house? Or is it just a rat?

    Director:Hideki Ito
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 6 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels

    S7:E6

    Natsume meets Matoba in an unusual place. Matoba hunts for a dangerous yokai at an abandoned mansion.

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 7 - A Difficult Two
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - A Difficult Two

    S7:E7

    Taki's brother suddenly comes home from college, and has something very important on his mind...

    Director:Tomomi Kawatsuma
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  24. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields

    S1:E3

    Natsume is implored to help spirits who are currently being exorcised. He finds a kindred spirit in Tanuma, a boy who also senses spirits although not as powerful as Natsume.

    Director:Masayuki Matsumoto
    Writer:Kenichi Araki

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  25. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 9 - Ayakashi Exorcism
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Ayakashi Exorcism

    S1:E9

    Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist.

    Director:Hisatoshi Shimizu
    Writer:Kenichi Araki

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Worst Episodes Summary

"Lying Eyes" is the worst rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Miyuki Ooshiro and written by Hiroshi Onogi, it aired on 5/3/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Bound Ones".