Barakamon - Season 1

Barakamon - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes12
DatesJul 6, 2014 - Sep 28, 2014

Episodes

Cheerful Child
Season 1Episode 125 min

Cheerful Child

Handsome 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...
Jul 6, 2014
Annoying
Season 1Episode 225 min

Annoying

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!
Jul 13, 2014
Mochi Thrown in Celebration
Season 1Episode 325 min

Mochi Thrown in Celebration

Tama 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, Handa is suffering his own angst after not placing first in a calligraphy competition. Maybe a friendly mochi-picking session with the villagers will cheer him up...
Jul 20, 2014
Island Dads
Season 1Episode 425 min

Island Dads

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?
Jul 27, 2014
Going Swimming at the Beach
Season 1Episode 525 min

Going Swimming at the Beach

After 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 girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...
Aug 3, 2014
Guys from Tokyo
Season 1Episode 625 min

Guys from Tokyo

Handa's only friend, Kawafuji, arrives with a kid named Kanzaki Kousuke in tow, but their trip to Handa's house ends up being very roundabout. Why does Kousuke want to meet Handa so badly, and why did Kawafuji agree to bring him?
Aug 10, 2014
A High-Grade Fish
Season 1Episode 725 min

A High-Grade Fish

To 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 farewell.
Aug 17, 2014
Buddhist Prayer Dance
Season 1Episode 825 min

Buddhist Prayer Dance

It'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, but also declares a battle to get Naru the best bug! Later, Handa is invited along for a visit to the Kotoishi family gravesite, but finds the local Obon customs unusually cheerful.
Aug 24, 2014
Was Almost Seriously Injured
Season 1Episode 925 min

Was Almost Seriously Injured

It's only two weeks until the Naruka Exhibition. Handa waits for inspiration as he deals with a broken bath heater and various scuffles with the kids. Unfortunately, not long after inspiration falls, so does Handa...
Sep 7, 2014
Let's All Go Together
Season 1Episode 1025 min

Let's All Go Together

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?
Sep 14, 2014
I Am in Tokyo
Season 1Episode 1125 min

I Am in Tokyo

Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?
Sep 21, 2014
Glad You're Back
Season 1Episode 1225 min

Glad You're Back

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?
Sep 28, 2014

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