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.
#1 - Someday's Garden
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2024
Natsume is forced to help rebuild a tiny house that's a residence for a goddess.
#2 - Depths of the Page
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2024
Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.
#3 - Tookanya
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2024
Natsume is caught up in a mysterious game between youkai and man.
#4 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2024
Natsume meets Matoba in an unusual place. Matoba hunts for a dangerous yokai at an abandoned mansion.
#5 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2024
Nishimura finds Natsume coming to visit him each night at his house, but something seems strange...
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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...
#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 - A Difficult Two
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2024
Taki's brother suddenly comes home from college, and has something very important on his mind...
#10 - That Which Blocks The Ceremony
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2024
Natsume finds himself in a house with a strange ritual, and unknown forces moving against those who would perform it.
#11 - 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?
#12 - 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...
#13 - 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.
#14 - From the Path of Dreams
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2024
Natsume takes in a strange origami doll that shows wonderful dreams.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Chobi's Treasure
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2024
Chobi is depressed because his favorite comb broke. Meanwhile, Natsume sees a white dragon in the sky...
#18 - The House Where a Promise Remains
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2024
Natsume, Natori and Matoba work to complete the ritual to welcome a powerful god.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Ayakashi Purification
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2008
Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - The Swallow at the Water Bottom
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2008
Natsume gets possessed by a swallow spirit, who wishes to meet a human that helped her before. Natsume agrees to help her and the two grow attached. When Swallow finds the human, Natsume feels bad that she can't actually meet him, but when of he hears of a kimono that can turn a spirit human for a day, he strives to find it...
#25 - Emotions Undying
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2009
Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some quality time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn is a lake; that is believed to be home to a mermaid.