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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 2 - We Went to the Candy Store
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #1 - We Went to the Candy Store

    S1:E2

    Ichijou Hotaru is enjoying life with her classmates at her new school. In particular, she has come to think of the diminutive Koshigaya Komari, at less than 140cm, as her “cute Senpai.” This feeling soon grows into absolute adoration. Then, one day, Komari calls Hotaru and invites her to hang out together…

    Director:Kazumi Nakano
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  2. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 1 - A New Transfer Student Came
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #2 - A New Transfer Student Came

    S1:E1

    In the countryside village of Asahigaoka, a fifth grade elementary school girl named Hotaru Ichijou moves in from the city and transfers into the village’s branch school, which consists of only four other students; a first grader named Renge Miyauchi and three middle school siblings, Natsumi, Komari and Suguru Koshigaya, along with their teacher, Renge’s older sister Kazuho. After school, Renge invites Hotaru and the others to her house, where she shows off her pet tanuki. The next day, the girls take Hotaru to a blooming cherry blossom tree to eat their sakuramochi, though they end up missing the bus home on the way back.

    Director:Shinya Kawatsura
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  3. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 3 - I Ran Away from Home with My Sister
    8.1/10(75 votes)

    #3 - I Ran Away from Home with My Sister

    S1:E3

    The class goes on a school trip to help out in a rice field, where Natsumi and Komari end up getting stuck in the mud. Later that night, Komari gets frightened after seeing a scary movie, which is not helped by Natsumi. After getting into a fight with her mother, Natsumi runs away from home with Komari in tow and goes to her secret hideout. They eventually spot a cat that had put Natsumi in trouble in the first place, but leave her alone when they see she is feeding her family and eventually head home.

    Director:Matsuo Asami
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  4. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 5 - I Pretended I Forgot My Swimsuit
    8.2/10(69 votes)

    #4 - I Pretended I Forgot My Swimsuit

    S1:E5

    Hotaru and Renge are invited to the Koshigaya’s house for breakfast. Afterwards, the girls, accompanied by Kazuha, go to the beach, where Komari’s height leads her to be mistaken for a lost child. On their way home, the girls stop at a railside noodle restaurant, where a prank by Natsumi on Komari backfires due to Renge’s innocence. They manage to catch the last train home on time, but accidentally leave Kazuha behind.

    Director:Jin Tamamura
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  5. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 6 - I Became a Ghost and Tried Hard
    8.2/10(66 votes)

    #5 - I Became a Ghost and Tried Hard

    S1:E6

    Natsumi gets chewed out by her mother over her poor school grades whilst also trying to hide her poor test results from her. Afterwards, the girls visit Hotaru, who attempts to hide the vast number of handmade Komari plushies in her room. This ultimately fails, but she manages to pass them off as part of a school project. Later that night, the gang have a test of courage at the shrine, which proves a bit too much for Komari.

    Director:Koji Sawai
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  6. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 9 - We Tried Having a Cultural Festival
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #6 - We Tried Having a Cultural Festival

    S1:E9

    Since the school doesn’t hold cultural festivals, Natsumi suggests they hold their own and invite the alumni, including Kaede, Konomi and Hikage. At the festival, the girls run a café, hold an art exhibit and put on a play. However, they’re play ends up being overwhelming and they end up slacking on food orders. They do eventually work together to prepare some food and have fun. Afterwards, Komari and Konomi help clean Natsumi’s room, where they find a lot of old toys.

    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  7. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 2 - We Went to Look at the Stars
    8.2/10(60 votes)

    #7 - We Went to Look at the Stars

    S2:E2

    A few days after transferring in, Hotaru and the others play a game in which they try to knock each other’s rulers off a table. Later, Hotaru gets lost while walking her dog Pechi, but manages to get pointed back towards home thanks to Pechi’s scent. Afterwards, Hotaru goes with Komari to watch the stars together, but run into trouble when their flashlight runs out of battery before they head back. Thanks to a wayward bottle cap Komari dropped, they soon manage to make their way back home.

    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  8. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 3 - We Got Motivated During the Holiday Break
    8.2/10(59 votes)

    #8 - We Got Motivated During the Holiday Break

    S2:E3

    It’s the day before Golden Week, and the students of Asahigaoka Branch School listen to the voice of their unmotivated teacher, Kazuho, as they take tests. Natsumi struggles the most with the tests, so the others help her study during the break. Then, during Golden Week, the students agree to do their holiday homework together, so Renge decides to do something about their lazy teacher before the others arrive…

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  9. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 8 - We Cooked Rice at School
    8.3/10(64 votes)

    #9 - We Cooked Rice at School

    S1:E8

    Hotaru gets along with the Koshigaya family’s next door neighbour, Konomi Fujimiya, whilst Komari laments that the two seem more grown up than she is. Later, Komari joins Hotaru and Renge in doing some sketching, where she ends up becoming a model for them. Afterwards, Konomi helps Komari and Natsumi make dried persimmons.

    Director:Naoki Horiuchi
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  10. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 1 - I Became a First Grader
    8.3/10(69 votes)

    #10 - I Became a First Grader

    S2:E1

    Renge, who is about to start first grade, goes with the others to check out the school before the entrance ceremony, before seeing Hikage off as she goes to Tokyo. The next day, as Renge and the others enjoy the entrance ceremony and begin their first lessons, Hotaru starts moving in.

    Director:Shinya Kawatsura
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  11. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 6 - We Made Friends With Fireflies
    8.3/10(58 votes)

    #11 - We Made Friends With Fireflies

    S2:E6

    As everyone is cleaning up the school on the last day of the semester, Natsumi and Hotaru end up weeding and watering the garden together. Natsumi realizes she’s never been alone with Hotaru before and tries to come up with things to talk about… Then summer vacation begins and the kids start to work on their summer homework, but quickly grow bored. Hotaru then tells everyone her parents are going to buy some fireworks…

    Director:Koji Sawai
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  12. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 7 - My Rice Cracker Turned Into Curry
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #12 - My Rice Cracker Turned Into Curry

    S1:E7

    With Kazuha absent at the start of the new semester, the girls try and find ways to pass the time in class. Later, Hotaru and Renge try and catch a rabbit that had escaped from its pen, only for it to lock them inside the pen themselves, though they are eventually rescued by Kazuha. Afterwards, Renge visits the candy store run by Kaede Kagayama, who finds her to be a handful.

    Director:Junya Koshiba
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  13. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 8 - I Took Lunch Duty
    8.4/10(60 votes)

    #13 - I Took Lunch Duty

    S2:E8

    The second semester has begun, and the Asahigaoka students are making wood crafts in class. Renge and Natsumi pair up to make something together, but can’t come up with any ideas. Just when Natsumi starts to panic, Renge demonstrates her unique sensibilities again. Then at lunchtime, the smell of curry fills the air, and the Koshigaya sisters recall a tragedy that befell the school long ago…

    Director:Tatsuya Abe
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  14. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 11 - I Became a Pampered Child
    8.4/10(58 votes)

    #14 - I Became a Pampered Child

    S2:E11

    One morning during winter break, Ichijo Hotaru and Koshigaya Komari are on a walk when they run into Fujimiya Konomi on her way back from practice. Komari takes great interest in Konomi’s cellphone.

    Director:Yuuta Takamura
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  15. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 12 - Spring Came Again
    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #15 - Spring Came Again

    S1:E12

    As Spring arrives again, Hotaru and Komari go on a picnic together, where Hotaru ends up eating Komari’s botched up homemade lunch in order to not hurt her feelings. Later, the girls get together to search for some edible plants, eventually coming to a field of renge flowers where Natsumi makes a costume for Renge.

    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  16. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 5 - We Ate Okonomiyaki
    8.5/10(59 votes)

    #16 - We Ate Okonomiyaki

    S2:E5

    One morning, Natsumi uses a toy fortune dispenser to read Komari’s fortune, and tells it her, “bad luck: beware of water.” Komari says she won’t be near any water that day anyway, but when they get to school, they’re told that they’ll be cleaning the school pool… The next day, the Koshigaya sisters are bored at home on a day off from school, so Natsumi reads Komari’s fortune again and draws yet another “bad luck”…

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  17. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 9 - We Looked at the Moon Together
    8.5/10(57 votes)

    #17 - We Looked at the Moon Together

    S2:E9

    Natsumi’s mother asks Natsumi to go catch something to live in the family’s pond, and Natsumi agrees when she’s told she’ll be paid. She lends Natsumi a watch and tells her to be home by curfew, and all the kids go out for a day of fishing. Later, Konomi sees that Natsumi still doesn’t seem like a girl at all even now that she’s in middle school, and brings some of her old outfits over for her to try on…

    Director:Takashi Ikehata
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  18. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 12 - A Year Passed
    8.5/10(58 votes)

    #18 - A Year Passed

    S2:E12

    During spring break, Renge and Hotaru head to school to feed the rabbits and end up finding Renge’s Legendary Sword.

    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  19. Non Non Biyori Season 1 Episode 11 - We Made Snow Houses
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #19 - We Made Snow Houses

    S1:E11

    Due to a snowy blizzard, the girls end up having to spend the night at school, with Hotaru and Natsumi competing against each other to see who gets to sleep in a futon, eventually decided to just kick Kazuho out of hers. Later that night, Hotaru decides to check out the snow and see the starry night sky, leading to some misunderstandings from Komari and Natsumi. Later, on another snowy day, the gang decide to try their hand at skiing before building a snow house and having some hot food.

    Director:Rokou Ogiwara
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  20. Non Non Biyori Season 3 Episode 1 - I Played the Frog Song
    8.7/10(68 votes)

    #20 - I Played the Frog Song

    S3:E1

    It’s another idyllic day in the countryside, but things are anything but ordinary when Renge meets Akane, a flutist who has trouble playing in front of other people.

    Director:Kento Shintani
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  21. Non Non Biyori Season 3 Episode 9 - We Made Tasty Food
    8.7/10(56 votes)

    #21 - We Made Tasty Food

    S3:E9

    Komari receives an unexpected visitor. Now she’s making a weird face and can’t seem to knit properly. But don’t worry — Natsumi will cover for her. Sort of.

    Director:Yuki Inaba
    Writer:Fukuro Kamiza

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  22. Non Non Biyori Season 2 Episode 7 - We Bravely Dove In
    8.8/10(62 votes)

    #22 - We Bravely Dove In

    S2:E7

    Hotaru is finally getting used to how kids play in the country, although she’s still afraid to jump off the bridge into the river. Hotaru returns home from playing to find a letter from her friend in Tokyo, with a photo of her old friends at an amusement park, making her feel nostalgic. Meanwhile, Hikage is home for a visit and shows off pictures of Tokyo Tower to Renge.

    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  23. Non Non Biyori Season 3 Episode 3 - We Were Always Like This
    8.8/10(62 votes)

    #23 - We Were Always Like This

    S3:E3

    After breaking a bonsai planter with a Surefire Kill Shot, Natsumi and Hikage practice the art of apology… sort of. Turns out neither one of them is very good at it.

    Director:Kento Shintani
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  24. Non Non Biyori Season 3 Episode 2 - Hotaru Was Really Mature?
    8.9/10(61 votes)

    #24 - Hotaru Was Really Mature?

    S3:E2

    Sometimes it’s hard to believe Hotaru is still in elementary school! But even Hotaru needs to act like a kid now and then… or at least that’s what Konomi thinks.

    Director:Yusuke Tomita
    Writer:Reiko Yoshida

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  25. Non Non Biyori Season 3 Episode 5 - I Made Something Incredible
    8.9/10(60 votes)

    #25 - I Made Something Incredible

    S3:E5

    Beep boop! Koma-plushie is live, boop beep! But Hotaru isn’t a master of robotics just yet, and her pet project still has a long way to go before it’s ready to fly.

    Director:Yasufumi Soejima
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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Worst Episodes Summary

"We Went to the Candy Store" is the worst rated episode of "Non Non Biyori". It scored 7.6/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Kazumi Nakano and written by Reiko Yoshida, it aired on 10/14/2013. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A New Transfer Student Came".