Natsume's Book of Friends — Season 1 Episode 1
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S01E01
The Cat and the Book of Friends
Natsume discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that his grandmother, Reiko, gave him possesses the names of the spirits she defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a cat whom Natsume addresses as Nyanko-Sensei (lit. Master Little Meow), Natsume aims to return all of the names to their rightful owners.
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Episode
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S01E01
8 Jul 08
★ 8.0
23m
Sedang diputar
The Cat and the Book of Friends
Natsume discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that his grandmother, Reiko, gave him possesses the names of the spirits she defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a cat whom Natsume addresses as Nyanko-Sensei (lit. Master Little Meow), Natsume aims to return all of the names to their rightful owners.
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S01E02
15 Jul 08
★ 8.5
23m
The Dew God's Small Shrine
Natsume is visited by the village's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees.
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S01E03
22 Jul 08
★ 7.5
23m
The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
Natsume is implored to help spirits who are currently being exorcised. He finds a kindred spirit in Tanuma, a boy who also senses spirits although not as powerful as Natsume.
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S01E04
29 Jul 08
★ 8.0
23m
Shigure and the Girl
Natsume's secret is found out by Sasada, the class president, during the "Trial of Courage." She asks for his help to find the spirit that lives in the abandoned school. Natsume denies the fact that he can see anything, but she won't take no for an answer. Meanwhile, the spirit, Shigure, captures the rest of their school mates, in fury of the school being torn down...
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S01E05
5 Agu 08
★ 8.0
23m
Heart-Colored Ticket
Natsume comes across an old ticket in Reiko's belongings and decides to go to the abandoned train station to see why she kept it. There, he meets a slow witted spirit named Santo, who was waiting for Reiko the entire time to go Kiriganuma, to see and make up with his friend, Mikuri, but the trip isn't as easy as it first seems...
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S01E06
12 Agu 08
★ 8.5
23m
Swallow at the Lake Bottom
Natsume goes to a dam and finds a town that had been submerged in water. Just then, Natsume gets possessed by a yokai and falls unconscious.
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S01E07
19 Agu 08
★ 8.0
23m
The Little Fox's Hat
Natsume goes to a hot spring for a school trip, with an errand from Shigeru to pick up teacups from a near by pottery. While there he meets and helps a little fox spirit, who quickly grows attached to him.
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S01E08
26 Agu 08
★ 8.5
23m
Fleeting Light
Natsume meets a spirit who used to be friends with a man who could also see spirits, but one day lost this ability.
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S01E09
2 Sep 08
★ 7.5
23m
Ayakashi Exorcism
Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist.
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S01E10
9 Sep 08
★ 8.0
23m
Asagi's Koto
Natsume is possessed by a sick koto player, whose friend wants her to be able to play one last time.
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S01E11
16 Sep 08
★ 7.7
24m
Nyanko's Book of Boredom
When Natsume finally has enough of Nyanko's behavior Nyanko leaves, wandering about by himself and causing trouble.
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S01E12
23 Sep 08
★ 8.0
24m
Five Day Mark
Natsume is cursed by an evil spirit which is sealed to a tree, not wanting to trouble his adopted family, he decided to run away from home.
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S01E13
30 Sep 08
★ 8.0
24m
Autumn Banquet
Tanuma finds out Nyanko-Sensei is a spirit. Tanuma and Natsume enjoy the autumn festival and previous acquaintances are seen again.
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S02E01
6 Jan 09
★ 8.7
24m
Stolen Book of Friends
While outside during school Natsume is hit with a ball while reading. He goes to retrieve the ball and ends up breaking a Youkai's seal (much like he had with Nyanko-sensei). Later that night Natsume and Nyanko-sensei discover a look-a-like of Nyanko, only to have him steal the Book Of Friends!
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S02E02
13 Jan 09
★ 7.5
24m
Melting into Spring
While fooling around in the snow, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei run in to Gen, a forest guardian who lives inside a statue. Gen tries to take over Natsume's body, but instead takes over a snow rabbit that Natsume had made. Gen pleads Natsume to help him find an evil spirit who destroyed Sui, his guardian partner, and Natsume agrees. But it seems Gen isn't telling everything he should...
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S02E03
20 Jan 09
★ 8.0
24m
Youkai Exorcism Amid the Steaming Springs
Natori invites Natsume on a Hot Spring trip. But noises from the closet and a kimono-clad figure dangled from the ceiling make Natsume uneasy. Not wanting to trouble Natori because of his kind gesture to enjoy the Hot Spring with him, Natsume investigates the Hot Spring himself. During the night Natsume meets with the Youkai, where she comments that he is too soft, and attacks!
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S02E04
27 Jan 09
★ 8.0
24m
A Chick Hatches
Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, not considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches it turns out it is a rare baby spirit called Tatsumi, who thinks that Natsume is it's parent. Natsume can't help but get attached to the little spirit even as Tatsumi grows tired and sick. But as Natsume takes care of Tatsumi a mysterious spirit comes, and wants to take away Tatsumi for his master... who wants to eat him!
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S02E05
3 Feb 09
★ 7.7
24m
Tree of Promise
Natsume encounters a spirit who was enslaved by his grandmother Reiko 50 years ago by writing his name on a torn page from the Book of Friends, and tying it to a tree in a forest. Can Natsume help locate the torn page? What was Reiko's intention of tying it to a tree?
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S02E06
10 Feb 09
★ 8.0
24m
The Maiden's Circle
There is a new girl in school Taki Tooru. And with her appearance at school comes these strange circles in the ground. Much like UFO circles. As Natsume tries to figure out the circles and Taki he is visited by another Youkai. Only this time the Youkai isn't looking for his name, but for a snack.
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S02E07
17 Feb 09
★ 8.0
24m
That Which You Must Not Call
Natsume is dragged off into the cave of the evil spirit that is after Tooru. He temporarily loses the ability to see youkai after being poisoned by the spirit. Will he be able to stop the youkai from eating Tooru without his sight?
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S02E08
24 Feb 09
★ 8.0
24m
Emotions Undying
Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some quality time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn is a lake; that is believed to be home to a mermaid.
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S02E09
3 Mar 09
★ 8.0
24m
The Man Amidst the Rows of Cherry Trees
From the day that a picture of a row of cherry trees in a desolate winter was obtained, every time Natsume wakes up, his rooms is covered in petals. Trying to solve the root of this activity, Natsume and Nyako Sensei try and return the picture to Miya, a shadowy figure who accompanies the picture. But why can't they return it to Miya...?
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S02E10
10 Mar 09
★ 7.5
24m
Temporary Home
Mysterious footprints and markings are left on the gate of the Fujiwara house. Strange things start going on inside the house and Shigeru verifies with Natsume that the cause of this activity involves the husband and wife who used to live there. And so Shigeru tells story of those two but in a unusually childlike manner...
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S02E11
17 Mar 09
★ 8.0
24m
Assembly of Conjurers
After chasing an injured yokai around, Natsume encounters Natori, who then invites him to go to a meeting of sorcerers. There, Natsume meets others with similar powers and similar problems.
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S02E12
24 Mar 09
★ 8.0
24m
The Young Boy in the Empty House
At a house rumored to be haunted by ghosts, Natsume hears the voice of a child. Following the voice to its source, Natsume finds a child named Kai, who is trapped in a casket-like box. Kai tells Natsume that he someone is chasing him every day.
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S02E13
31 Mar 09
★ 8.0
24m
Humans and Youkai
Why don't you decide already? Which is more important to you? When Natsume finds out what Kai really is, that is what Natori asks him.
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S03E01
5 Jul 11
★ 8.0
24m
The Name of a Monster
One day, Natsume finds a yokai named Kagejawan running around near his home, which he soon learns means disaster is about to strike.
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S03E02
12 Jul 11
★ 7.5
24m
Ukihara Village
Natsume is accosted by a spirit who asks for her brother's name back. She says that both of them have come from the village of floating spring, a paradise sealed off from the land of men. Meanwhile, the local Youkai are happy that the local priest is no longer in his temple. Natsume worries for his friend Tanuma, the priest's son, but isn't sure what to say...
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S03E03
19 Jul 11
★ 7.0
24m
False Friend
Natsume is approached by someone he knew from elementary school. He wants nothing to do with them, but they threaten to reveal his secret: that he can see Youkai, if he doesn't come along with them. He reluctantly goes with them, and is taken to meet a strange girl...
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S03E04
26 Jul 11
★ 7.7
24m
Young Days
Midterms are over, and Natsume leaves on a trip with Nishimura, Kitamoto, and Sasada. He realizes that the scenery he's viewing from the train is from one of the places he grew up in, when he was passed around from one family to the next. He'd thought he didn't have any good memories of the time, but then he remembers what happened when he lived there...
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S03E05
2 Agu 11
★ 7.0
24m
The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom
Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was an old doll youkai, who was trying to recover its body which was torn apart when her grandfather sealed it
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S03E06
11 Agu 11
★ 8.0
24m
That Which Is Not Human
There is something killing Youkai and draining them of their blood. Natsume can't help but investigate and runs into old friends.
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S03E07
16 Agu 11
★ 7.5
24m
Exorcist
Natsume finds out who's been stealing the youkai blood: the exorcist Matoba Seiji. He investigates with the help of Natori, but is captured by Matoba's servant youkai. Matoba is willing to sacrifice any number of youkai for his own ambitions. He tells Natsume why he's gathering blood: to release the seal on a powerful youkai. Natsume learns that there are people who treat Youkai in a totally different way than he or even Natori.
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S03E08
23 Agu 11
★ 7.5
24m
The Fox Child's Watch
Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It's being held in an inn where he once stayed. When he goes there, he meets an old friend: the young fox child he once saved.
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S03E09
30 Agu 11
★ 7.0
24m
Through the Autumn Wind
Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break.
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S03E10
6 Sep 11
★ 7.0
24m
The Broken Mirror
After a brief incident in the forest, Tanuma has become distant to Natsume like he is avoiding something. In the meantime, there is something breaking glass around the school.
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S03E11
13 Sep 11
★ 7.5
24m
What the Mirror Shows
Tanuma is experiencing how Natsume lives every day. While Natsume and the youkai gain an understanding.
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S03E12
20 Sep 11
★ 7.5
24m
A place to go home to
A youkai from Natsume past has found him and memories of living with relatives before the Fujiwaras are explored.
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S03E13
27 Sep 11
★ 7.0
24m
Natsume's Book of Play
The youkai hold a party to celebrate Natsume. Things get out of hand when they ask Natsume for a human game, and he suggests Shadow Tag. When Nyanko-sensei becomes "it", he starts stomping youkai left and right. And then Misuzu-sama, the 100 foot tall youkai, shows up...
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S04E01
3 Jan 12
★ 8.3
24m
Natsume Captured
Natsume is jumped by a group of Youkai trying to steal the Book of Friends for their master. Once captured, Natsume discovers that an old problem is back in a big way.
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S04E02
10 Jan 12
★ 7.0
24m
The Eastern Forest
Natsume, now trapped in the mansion, is trying to keep the Monkey Mask youkai from revealing the Book of Friends to Matoba. While Hinoe and Misuzu attempt to find the strange youkai's master.
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S04E03
17 Jan 12
★ 6.5
24m
The Little Ones
After Natsume returned Amana's name, she accused him of stealing her ring. He has three days to find and return it before she burns down his house. To make matters worse, the ring is trapped in the hair of a migratory youkai, and Nyanko-sensei is unable to use his powers.
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S04E04
24 Jan 12
★ 7.7
24m
Stand-In
Natsume is at home early one evening when he hears a knock on the door. He sees Tohko outside, asking to be let in. But when he opens the door, there's nobody there, and a gust of wind rushes past. Another Youkai is after the book of friends!
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S04E05
31 Jan 12
★ 8.0
24m
To You, From Bygone Days
An old classmate Yuriko, remembers her time watching Natsume and how he was a little weird. A clingbug from Natsume's past reminds him of the time he spent running from a youkai with a grudge.
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S04E06
7 Feb 12
★ 7.5
24m
The Other Side of the Glass
Natsume overhears whispers that a powerful youkai is reviving, later that evening he is trapped in a bottle as an offering. Humans can't see or hear him, so Nyanko-sensei decides to help the “best” way he can…
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S04E07
14 Feb 12
★ 7.5
24m
The Gap Between Humans and Youkai
Natsume's greatest fear has come true. Someone not involved in the world of youkai is hurt because of him. Natori needs Natsume to regain his composure or they will be eaten by Omibashira!
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S04E08
21 Feb 12
★ 7.5
24m
When I Was Deceived
Natsume is walking home one day when he's accosted by a flying Tengu, who lifts him up into the sky! Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei is stuck in a well, where Nanase tells him a story about how she learned to never get close to a youkai.
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S04E09
28 Feb 12
★ 8.0
24m
The Moon-Splitting Festival
Every 10 years the followers of Houdzuigami and Fudzukigami have a battle to determine the fate of the land. Natsume is approached by the followers of Houdzukigami to act as their missing god. Natori has been given the job of finding the missing god or seal Fuduzkigami before he wins.
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S04E10
6 Mar 12
★ 8.0
24m
The God, Enshrined
While being swept down the river, Natsume managed to feel the presences of Hudzuki-gami. Natori must make the choice to follow Natsume instincts or seal Fudzuki-gami.
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S04E11
13 Mar 12
★ 6.5
24m
A Single Photo
Natsume gets a call from a relative: his parents home is being sold. He tells himself that it doesn't matter, and that he's forgotten his past. But he's not nearly as over it as he thinks...
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S04E12
20 Mar 12
★ 7.0
24m
The Door of Memories
Natsume is going home for the last time, but first he must stop by his relative's house to get the key. But he is cautious, as inside is a youkai that tormented Natsume, and a girl that has always resented him.
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S04E13
27 Mar 12
★ 7.0
24m
A Long Way Home
Natsume is possessed by a spirit. Obsessed with returning home, he remembers the events that occured just after his father's death.
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S05E01
4 Okt 16
★ 8.5
24m
Unchanging Form
Natsume continues to spend his days giving back Youkai their names from the book of friends. One day, as he's heading home, he finds himself chased by a giant, rolling pot. The youkai in the pot insists that his grandmother Reiko stole a doll from her. When she threatens to hurt his family, however, he's forced to go out and find it. But would his kind, smiling grandmother Reiko really steal a doll from someone?
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S05E02
11 Okt 16
★ 8.3
24m
Mischievous Rain
On a rainy day, Natsume meets a young girl youkai. Her name isn't in the Book of Friends, but she wants his help anyway: she wants him to find a man she met once. The man couldn't see youkai normally, but a mischievous trick of the weather let him see her for just one day. For the next fifty years she visited him, hoping he'd see her one more time, but he never did. Now he's vanished. Can Natsume find him for her?
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S05E03
18 Okt 16
★ 8.0
24m
The Letter from the Exorcist
Natsume receives a letter from Matoba, an exorcist whom he's had unpleasant dealings with in the past. The world of exorcists is a dangerous place lately, and Matoba wants Natsume's help. Natsume wants to refuse, but Matoba threatens to reveal Natsume's powers to his adopted family, which would spell the end of his peaceful life.
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S05E04
26 Okt 16
★ 8.5
24m
Shadow Linked Chains
An inexperienced exorcist tries and fails to completely seal a youkai near Natsume's school. Natsume decides to take the pot the youkai is sealed in to Natori, in hopes that it can be disposed of properly. While he's there, he learns that there is an ongoing feud between exorcists lately, and that one exorcist in particular is attacking his rivals. When Natsume gets home, he finds that Matoba, another exorcist who's tried to take advantage of him in the past, wants his help dealing with just that particular problem...
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S05E05
2 Nov 16
★ 8.5
24m
It Must Not Be Bound
Natsume arrives at the exorcist meeting to help smoke out the youkai that Matoba wants to find. But he quickly discovers that the situation is more complicated than it first seemed. The youkai is capable of replicating itself to possess targets, and no one but Natsume is able to see who is possessed. Natsume and Nyanko-sensei search the halls, still unsure if they even want to be there.
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S05E06
9 Nov 16
★ 7.5
24m
Soundless Valley
Natsume's friend Taki lives in a house filled with traps and mazes for youkai. She can't see the youkai herself without the aid of a special circle, but she can hear them when they're trapped in her house. She saves one of them, but it refuses to leave her home. Natsume suspects that there may be danger involved, and visits her to make sure that everything is okay.
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S05E07
23 Nov 16
★ 8.0
24m
Distant Festival Lights
Natsume and his friends go to a distant hot springs to help with the renovations. When he arrives, he meets an old friend of Tanumas, but he quickly gets caught up in local youkai trouble. Tanuma's old friend is actually a youkai, and she threatens terrible things if Natsume reveals her secret.
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S05E08
30 Nov 16
★ 8.5
24m
A World Unbent
Natori's family has always been exorcists... until they lost the abililty to see youkai. After generations of fearing the youkai's revenge, Natori is suddenly born with the ability to see them. His family doesnt want anything to do with his powers, though, and he's left to figure out how to live on his own. His life changes when he meets a young Matoba at an exorcist gathering, and the two of them end up hunting a powerful youkai together...
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S05E09
7 Des 16
★ 8.0
24m
Following a Narrow Path
While on the run from a fearsome youkai, Natsume accidently sits on a tiny mushroom youkai. The mushroom youkai is incensed, as it has a meeting with a 'noble person' later in that day. It insists on Natsume helping it prepare for its meeting with this 'noble person', and Natsume finds himself drawn into the strange story of its past...
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S05E10
14 Des 16
★ 9.5
24m
Touko and Shigeru
Touko and Shigeru are the kind elderly couple who took in Natsume when no one else would. But what were they like before they let Natsume move in?
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S05E11
21 Des 16
★ 8.0
24m
To the Ephemeral Ones
Natsume has come down with a cold after adventuring in the hills. All of his friends, both human and youkai, do their best to make him feel better. As he lies in bed, he begins to realize how much the people around him care for him, and how valuable the bonds he's established are.
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S06E01
12 Apr 17
★ 9.0
24m
The Days Eater
Natsume helps a youkai out of a pot, and as a "reward," is made young again. But Natsume is already young, and making him younger just confuses him and addles his memories. When he doesn't know who to trust, will he have the strength to know who his real friends are?
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S06E02
19 Apr 17
★ 7.0
24m
It Blooms Tomorrow
Natsume's town is visited by a stonewasher: a powerful magical being capable of purifying tainted rocks. The stonewasher is looking for its lost student, and turns to Natsume for help.
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S06E03
26 Apr 17
★ 8.0
24m
Nitai-sama
Natsume gets a call from his old "friend" Shibata, who he once helped with a youkai problem. Shibata wants him to come visit, and Natsume reluctantly agrees. He and Tanuma pay Shibata a visit, and have a pleasant chat at a park. But when Shibata mentions a local haunted house, Natsume finds his visit has turned into more than he expected...
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S06E04
3 Mei 17
24m
Lying Eyes
Natsume watches a movie starring Natori, and when he's done he finds one of Natori's paper dolls. The doll is soaked and the text on it is impossible to read, and Natsume becomes concerned for Natori's safety. He travels to the location that's just barely legible on the doll, and finds a young woman whose home is haunted by not one, but three youkai.
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S06E05
10 Mei 17
24m
The Bound Ones
Natsume finds that Tsukiko's home is haunted by not one, but three separate youkai, each with its own motivations. One wants to protect Tsukiko's father, and the other two... Natori wants to exorcise them and protect Tsukiko, but Natsume wants to find some way to protect them. Is there a peaceful solution?
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S06E06
17 Mei 17
24m
Nishimura and Kitamoto
Natsume's friends reflect on how they met him, and the difference he made in their lives. He's found a home, and he means a lot to the people who live there.
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S06E07
24 Mei 17
24m
Gomochi's Benefactor
Natsume meets a youkai named Gomochi, who has come in search of Reiko. The youkai has a message for Reiko, and wants to thank her for a favor she did him long ago. In hearing his story, Natsume comes to learn more about his mysterious grandmother.
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S06E08
31 Mei 17
24m
A Day That Will Someday Come
Natsume is on his way home when he finds a letter on the ground. The letter seems to belong to a nearby man, who asks Natsume to take him to his school. The man is actually a youkai, who was once deeply involved with a human girl. He cut the relationship off, but the girl isn't ready to give up...
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S06E09
7 Jun 17
24m
What Flows
Natsume travels to an inn for a study session with the rest of his class. While he's there, a flood washes away a local shrine. The shrine is said to house three masks, but Natsume can see four...
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S06E10
14 Jun 17
★ 5.0
24m
The Sealed Room
Natori is trying to find information on Natsume and his book of friends. Meanwhile, Natsume visits his house to deliver some of Touko's homemade jam. But this is the start of an adventure...
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S06E11
21 Jun 17
24m
What Matters
Natori's group searches the Hakozaki mansion for the study. But other forces want the powerful magics contained within, and Natsume doesn't want them to have it...
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S07E01
8 Okt 24
★ 7.0
24m
The Fragment's Lament
Tanuma gives Natsume some clay, and he tries his hand at sculpting a figure. However, the next day, the figure has disappeared, and other strange things are happening in the house. Is a Yōkai causing mischief in the house? Or is it just a rat?
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S07E02
15 Okt 24
★ 8.0
24m
Someday's Garden
Natsume is forced to help rebuild a tiny house that's a residence for a goddess.
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S07E03
22 Okt 24
★ 8.0
24m
Tookanya
Natsume is caught up in a mysterious game between youkai and man.
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S07E04
29 Okt 24
★ 8.0
24m
Depths of the Page
Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.
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S07E05
5 Nov 24
★ 8.0
25m
Chobi's Treasure
Chobi is depressed because his favorite comb broke. Meanwhile, Natsume sees a white dragon in the sky...
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S07E06
12 Nov 24
★ 7.0
25m
The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels
Natsume meets Matoba in an unusual place. Matoba hunts for a dangerous yokai at an abandoned mansion.
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S07E07
19 Nov 24
★ 7.0
25m
A Difficult Two
Taki's brother suddenly comes home from college, and has something very important on his mind...
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S07E08
26 Nov 24
★ 6.0
25m
Natsume on the Moonlit Night
Nishimura finds Natsume coming to visit him each night at his house, but something seems strange...
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S07E09
3 Des 24
★ 8.0
25m
That Which Blocks the Ceremony
Natsume finds himself in a house with a strange ritual, and unknown forces moving against those who would perform it.
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S07E10
10 Des 24
★ 8.0
25m
The House Where a Promise Remains
Natsume, Natori and Matoba work to complete the ritual to welcome a powerful god.
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S07E11
17 Des 24
★ 8.0
25m
Tell Me Your Name
Natsume meets the very first Yokai whose name was written in the Book of Friends.
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S07E12
24 Des 24
★ 8.5
25m
From the Path of Dreams
Natsume takes in a strange origami doll that shows wonderful dreams.