The BEST episodes of Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear
Every episode of Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear!
The anime follows Machi, a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden at a Shinto shrine and takes care of a bear, who lives on mountain in Japan's northern Tohoku region. The bear, Natsu, has the ability to talk and is Machi's guardian. When Machi explains to Natsu that she will attend a school in the city, he gives Machi a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive city life.
#1 - The One Who Upholds Tradition
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2016
Machi is already losing her enthusiasm to work on her assignments to prepare herself to go to school in the city, so she suggests that they perform the kagura ritual for a change of pace.
#2 - Time for Bear and Girl to Part
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2016
Fourteen-year-old Machi Amayadori is sick and tired of life in her "boring" mountain village, but can a girl raised by a bear make it in the big city?
#3 - The Opposite
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2016
One of the kids in the village is put in a cell with Natsu as punishment for being naughty. Later, Natsu tells Machi how important it is to sense the mood in order to maintain a good relationship with others.
#4 - A Hard Road
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2016
While it was previously decided that Machi should go to a local high school, she still cannot give up on going to school in the city. After her begging, Natsu is persuaded and gives her homework to prepare her.
#5 - Kikase
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2016
When one of the old guys in the village stops by at the shrine, Machi, Natsu, and Yoshio realize that some sort of a ritual is supposed to be held today. Since Fuchi is out of town, they try to figure it out on their own.
#6 - Commercial
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/2016
Kumade Village’s residents decide to create a commercial and broadcast it on TV as a village revitalization project. Yoshio has already discussed it with a TV station, so all they have to do now is shoot a commercial...
#7 - Village Treasure
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2016
Yoshio asks Machi if she can survive without Natsu. Offended by Yoshio’s question, she starts listing the things she can do by herself. On a different occasion, she is harassed by a punk and cries to Natsu for help.
#8 - On the Floor
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2016
Yoshio and Natsu trick Machi into working at a supermarket to sell nameko, one of Kumade Village’s specialties. Having difficulty selling it, she longs to abandon the job and go home.
#9 - Is That an Idol?!
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2016
Machi becomes envious of Shota and Kaori when she realizes that they have their own cell phones even though they are only elementary school students. Yoshio tries again to turn Machi into the village idol.
#10 - Village of Vanguards
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2016
As part of the Kumade Village revitalization plan, Machi is asked to go check out a bookstore that is said to be very popular among young people.
#11 - Go to the City?
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/2016
Yoshio doesn’t seem to know when to give up on Machi becoming an idol. He went ahead and sent in an application for Machi to be in the Tohoku idol contest. Now, the results of the initial screening are in.
#12 - Decision
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/2016
Machi has gone missing after making a blunder during the idol contest rehearsal. Yoshio and Hibiki look all over for her, but she’s nowhere to be found, and the time for her to appear on the stage is fast approaching.