Barakamon (2014–2014)

TV ShowEndedNippon TVAnimation, Comedy1 season, 12 episodes
Barakamon posterReview score: 81%

Plot

After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Barakamon S01E12Glad You're BackS01E12 · 9.0With 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?
  2. 02Barakamon S01E01Cheerful ChildS01E01 · 8.5Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...
  3. 03Barakamon S01E02AnnoyingS01E02 · 8.5A 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!

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2014Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Barakamon S01E01Cheerful ChildJuly 5, 2014 8.5Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his wri
  2. S01E02Barakamon S01E02AnnoyingJuly 12, 2014 8.5A week after coming to the island, Handa is trying to focus on improving his calligraphy. However, he keeps getting interrupted by Naru and
  3. S01E03Barakamon S01E03Mochi Thrown in CelebrationJuly 19, 2014 8.0Tama hides a deep, dark secret, and meeting Handa may have led her to reveal it. Is it too late for her to save her reputation? Meanwhile, H
  4. S01E04Barakamon S01E04Island DadsJuly 26, 2014 8.5After 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 hi
  5. S01E05Barakamon S01E05Going Swimming at the BeachAugust 2, 2014 8.5After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the gir
  6. S01E06Barakamon S01E06Guys From TokyoAugust 9, 2014 8.5Handa's only friend, Kawafuji, arrives with a kid named Kanzaki Kousuke in tow, but their trip to Handa's house ends up being very roundabou
  7. S01E07Barakamon S01E07A High-Grade FishAugust 16, 2014 8.5To make up for the turmoil of the previous two days, the village kids and Handa treat his guests to a fun day of fishing before bidding them
  8. S01E08Barakamon S01E08OndeAugust 23, 2014 8.5It's Naru's birthday, and Handa wants to present her with a new rhinoceros beetle. However, Kenta not only refuses to help him catch one, bu
  9. S01E09Barakamon S01E09Almost Got Badly HurtSeptember 6, 2014 8.0It's only two weeks until the Naruka Exhibition. Handa waits for inspiration as he deals with a broken bath heater and various scuffles with
  10. S01E10Barakamon S01E10Dacchi IkodeSeptember 13, 2014 8.5After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking t
  11. S01E11Barakamon S01E11I am in TokyoSeptember 20, 2014 8.5Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Han
  12. S01E12Barakamon S01E12Season's bestGlad You're BackSeptember 27, 2014 9.0With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his

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Cast

Daisuke OnoDaisuke OnoSei 'Seishu' Handa (voice)Suzuko HaraSuzuko HaraNaru Kotoishi (voice)

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