The BEST episodes written by Masatsugu Arakawa

8.84

82 votes

#1 - Let's Go Together

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 10

After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking the girls to the summer festival. Meanwhile, Kawafuji gets the exhibition hall director to agree to welcome Handa back to Tokyo. How will he bid farewell to the kind islanders who've taught him so much?

8.41

64 votes

#2 - Glad You're Back

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 12

With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?

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8.19

77 votes

#3 - Annoying

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 2

A week after coming to the island, Handa is trying to focus on improving his calligraphy. However, he keeps getting interrupted by Naru and her friends, including middle-school girls Miwa and Tama, who want their old base back!

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8.06

66 votes

#4 - Island Dads

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 4

After his computer and cell phone break, Handa's only link to the outside world is the phone at the general store. He decides to focus on his entry for the upcoming Naruka Institute competition, but hits a wall. Can a job from Miwa's gangsterish dad help him break through it?

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