The WORST episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends
Every episode of Natsume's Book of Friends ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. 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 deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits.
#6 - The Fragment's Lament
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2024
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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#7 - The Cat and the Book of Friends
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2008
Natsume discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that his grandmother, Reiko, gave him possesses the names of the spirits she defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a cat whom Natsume addresses as Nyanko-Sensei (lit. Master Little Meow), Natsume aims to return all of the names to their rightful owners.
#8 - The Dew God's Small Shrine
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2008
Natsume is visited by the village's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees.
#9 - Heart-Colored Ticket
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2008
Natsume comes across an old ticket in Reiko's belongings and decides to go to the abandoned train station to see why she kept it. There, he meets a slow witted spirit named Santo, who was waiting for Reiko the entire time to go Kiriganuma, to see and make up with his friend, Mikuri, but the trip isn't as easy as it first seems...
#11 - Shigure and the Girl
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2008
Natsume's secret is found out by Sasada, the class president, during the "Trial of Courage." She asks for his help to find the spirit that lives in the abandoned school. Natsume denies the fact that he can see anything, but she won't take no for an answer. Meanwhile, the spirit, Shigure, captures the rest of their school mates, in fury of the school being torn down...
#12 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2008
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.
#13 - Nyanko's Book of Boredom
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/15/2008
When Natsume finally has enough of Nyanko's behavior Nyanko leaves, wandering about by himself and causing trouble.
#14 - Autumn Banquet
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/2008
Tanuma finds out Nyanko-Sensei is a spirit. Tanuma and Natsume enjoy the autumn festival and previous acquaintances are seen again.
#15 - When I Was Deceived
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2012
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.
#16 - Lying Eyes
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2017
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.
#17 - Distant Festival Lights
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2016
Natsume and his friends go to a distant hot springs to help with the renovations. When he arrives, he meets an old friend of Tanumas, but he quickly gets caught up in local youkai trouble. Tanuma's old friend is actually a youkai, and she threatens terrible things if Natsume reveals her secret.
#18 - What Flows
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2017
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...
#19 - The Broken Mirror
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/6/2011
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.
#20 - Nitai-sama
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2017
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...
#21 - Soundless Valley
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2016
While out on an errand for Touko-san, Natsume is caught by two hairy-ball youkai, who influence him with dark energy and make him unable to speak. He is rescued by a bird-like youkai name Hidaka, who takes him to her "nest" in an abandoned valley.
#22 - The Young Boy in the Empty House
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/2009
At a house rumored to be haunted by ghosts, Natsume hears the voice of a child. Following the voice to its source, Natsume finds a child named Kai, who is trapped in a casket-like box. Kai tells Natsume that he someone is chasing him every day.
#23 - Asagi's Koto
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2008
Natsume is possessed by a sick koto player, whose friend wants her to be able to play one last time.
#24 - Natsume Captured
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2012
Natsume is jumped by a group of Youkai trying to steal the Book of Friends for their master. Once captured, Natsume discovers that an old problem is back in a big way.
#25 - A World Unbent
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2016
Natori's family has always been exorcists... until they lost the abililty to see youkai. After generations of fearing the youkai's revenge, Natori is suddenly born with the ability to see them. His family doesnt want anything to do with his powers, though, and he's left to figure out how to live on his own. His life changes when he meets a young Matoba at an exorcist gathering, and the two of them end up hunting a powerful youkai together...