Barakamon

Seishuu Handa, a talented calligrapher, is sent to a remote island in the countryside for literally slapping an exhibition director who was dissatisfied with his work. While he initially drags his feet about going, he gradually grows attached to the villagers: children, parents, grandparents... all have a story to tell and an experience to share with Seishuu.

Barakamon is not about calligraphy. It is about a young man who has spent his whole life being told he is exceptional and never once asked what he actually wants to say. The island does not fix him. The people on it just make him start asking the right questions.