
Naru Kotoishi
main character


Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions. As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Barakamon has been very well received, with an average AniList score of 82/100 — 79% of 64,813 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #6 highest-rated anime of 2014, and #23 most popular anime of 2014, and #1 highest-rated anime of Summer 2014 on AniList.
Of the 101.3K AniList users who started it, 2.3% dropped it, so it is rarely abandoned; 88.9K have finished it.
At about 4 h 24 min in total, it is a short commitment — a weekend binge.
Best for viewers who enjoy Slice of Life — especially rural, calligraphy, found family, iyashikei.
A streaming link is not listed for this title yet.
12 episodes are listed.
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Barakamon has 12 episodes of about 22 minutes each, roughly 4 h 24 min in total.
About 4 h 24 min back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 6 days; at one hour a day, about 5 days.
Yes. Barakamon has finished airing — the final episode aired September 28, 2014.
No sequel is listed for Barakamon as of October 2026. You can continue the story in the original manga.
Watch Handa-kun first — Barakamon is a direct sequel.
Yes. Barakamon adapts the manga by Satsuki Yoshino.
Barakamon was animated by Kinema Citrus and directed by Masaki Tachibana.
The opening, "Rashisa", is performed by SUPER BEAVER.