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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. Background image for Nitai-sama
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    #1 - Nitai-sama

    S6:E3

    Natsume gets a call from his old "friend" Shibata, who he once helped with a youkai problem. Shibata wants him to come visit, and Natsume reluctantly agrees. He and Tanuma pay Shibata a visit, and have a pleasant chat at a park. But when Shibata mentions a local haunted house, Natsume finds his visit has turned into more than he expected...

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    #2 - 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.

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    #3 - 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?

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    #4 - 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.

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    #5 - 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.

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    #6 - 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...

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    #7 - 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...

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    #8 - 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...

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    #9 - 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?

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    Director:Hideki Ito
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    #10 - Someday's Garden

    S7:E2

    Natsume is forced to help rebuild a tiny house that's a residence for a goddess.

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    Director:Hideki Ito
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    #11 - Tookanya

    S7:E3

    Natsume is caught up in a mysterious game between youkai and man.

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    #12 - Depths of the Page

    S7:E4

    Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.

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    #13 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels

    S7:E6

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

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    #14 - A Difficult Two

    S7:E7

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

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    #15 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night

    S7:E8

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

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    #16 - That Which Blocks the Ceremony

    S7:E9

    Natsume finds himself in a house with a strange ritual, and unknown forces moving against those who would perform it.

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    #17 - The House Where a Promise Remains

    S7:E10

    Natsume, Natori and Matoba work to complete the ritual to welcome a powerful god.

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  19. Background image for Natsume's Book of Play
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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...

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Little Ones
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    #20 - 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...

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    Director:Unknown
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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Sealed Room
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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...

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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...

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    Director:Unknown
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Young Days

    S3:E4

    Midterms are over, and Natsume leaves on a trip with Nishimura, Kitamoto, and Sasada. He realizes that the scenery he's viewing from the train is from one of the places he grew up in, when he was passed around from one family to the next. He'd thought he didn't have any good memories of the time, but then he remembers what happened when he lived there...

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nitai-sama" is the worst rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Yui Umemoto and written by Mariko Kunisawa, it aired on 4/26/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Lying Eyes".