List of Natsume's Book of Friends episodes
Natsume's Book of Friends is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. The first anime series was produced by Brain's Base under the direction of Takahiro Omori.[1] It was broadcast on the TV Tokyo network in two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first from July 7 to September 29, 2008 and the second, called Zoku Natsume Yūjin-chō (続 夏目友人帳, Natsume's Book of Friends Continued), from January 5 to March 30, 2009. NIS America later released the series from Volume 1 through Volume 3 alongside Natsume's Book of Friends seasons 1 and 2 on February 4, 2014.[2][3][4][5]
For the first season, the opening theme was "Issei no Sei" (一斉の声, "Simultaneous Voice") by Shūhei Kita, and the ending theme was "Natsu Yūzora" (夏夕空, "Summer Evening Sky") by Kousuke Atari.[6]
For the second season, the opening theme was "Ano Hi Time Machine" (あの日タイムマシン, "That Day's Time Machine") by Long Shot Party and the ending theme was "Aishiteru" (愛してる, "I Love You") by Kourin (Also known as Callin').[7] Both seasons were released on five DVDs each.[8]
The third season, titled Natsume Yūjin-chō San (夏目友人帳 参, Natsume's Book of Friends Three) aired between July 5 to September 27, 2011. The opening theme is "Boku ni Dekiru Koto" (僕にできること, "I Can Do") by HOW MERRY MARRY and the ending theme is "Kimi no Kakera" (君ノカケラ, "Pieces of You") by Kousuke Atari featuring Emiri Miyamoto.
The fourth season, titled Natsume Yūjin-chō Shi (夏目友人帳 肆, Natsume's Book of Friends Four) aired between January 2 to March 26, 2012. The opening theme is "Ima, Kono Toki" (今、このとき。, "Now, This Time") by Hiiragi and the ending theme is "Takaramono" (たからもの, "Treasure") by Marina Kawano.
The fifth season, titled Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go (夏目友人帳 伍, Natsume's Book of Friends Five) began airing on October 4, 2016. The opening theme is "Takarabako" (タカラバコ) by Sasanomaly and the ending theme is "Akane Sasu" (茜さす) by Aimer.
The sixth season, titled Natsume Yūjin-chō Roku (夏目友人帳 陸, Natsume's Book of Friends Six) began airing on April 11, 2017. The opening theme is Furōria (フローリア, "Floria") by Tomohisa Sako and the ending theme is "Kimi no Uta" (きみのうた, lit. "Your Song") by Rei Yasuda.
Episode list[]
First season[]
| No. | Title | Original air date[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Cat and The Book Of Friends" Transcription: "Neko to Yūjinchō" (Japanese: 猫と友人帳) | July 7, 2008 | |
| Natsume discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that he inherited from his grandmother, Reiko, contains the names of the yōkai she had defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a spirit in the form of a Maneki Neko (lucky cat figure), whom he calls Nyanko-Sensei (lit. "Master Little Meow"), Natsume decides to return all the names to their original owners. | |||
| 02 | "The Dew-God's Small Shrine" Transcription: "Tsuyukami no Hokora" (Japanese: 露神の祠) | July 14, 2008 | |
| Natsume is visited by the village's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees. | |||
| 03 | "The Mysterious Person At The Eight Fields" Transcription: "Yatsuhara no Kaijin" (Japanese: 八ツ原の怪人) | July 21, 2008 | |
| Natsume is implored to help spirits who are currently being exorcised. He finds a kindred spirit in Tanuma, a boy who can sense yōkai although he is not powerful enough to see them. | |||
| 04 | "Shigure and the Girl" Transcription: "Shigure to Shōjo" (Japanese: 時雨と少女) | July 28, 2008 | |
| Natsume's secret is found out by Sasada, the class president, during a "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. | |||
| 05 | "Heart-Colored Ticket" Transcription: "Kokoro-iro no Kippu" (Japanese: 心色の切符) | August 4, 2008 | |
| Natsume finds an old ticket among 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 to Kiriganuma, and there to see and make up with his friend, Mikuri. But the trip isn't as easy as it first seems. | |||
| 06 | "Swallow at the Lake Bottom" Transcription: "Kotei no Tsubame" (Japanese: 湖底のつばめ) | August 11, 2008 | |
| Natsume is possessed by a swallow spirit, who wishes to meet a human who once helped her. Natsume agrees to help her and the two grow attached. When Swallow finds the human, Natsume feels bad that she can't actually meet him, but when he hears of a Yukata that can turn a spirit into a human for a day, he looks for it. | |||
| 07 | "The Little Fox's Hat" Transcription: "Kogitsune no Bōshi" (Japanese: 子狐のぼうし) | August 18, 2008 | |
| Natsume goes to a hot spring for a school trip, with an errand from Shigeru to pick up teacups from a nearby potter. While there he meets and helps a little fox spirit, who quickly grows attached to him. | |||
| 08 | "Fleeting Light" Transcription: "Hakanai Hikari" (Japanese: 儚い光) | August 25, 2008 | |
| Natsume meets a spirit who used to be friends with a man who could also see Yōkai, but one day lost this ability. | |||
| 09 | "Ayakashi Exorcism" Transcription: "Ayakashi-barai" (Japanese: あやかし祓い) | September 1, 2008 | |
| Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist. | |||
| 10 | "Asagi's Koto" Transcription: "Asagi no Koto" (Japanese: アサギの琴) | September 8, 2008 | |
| Natsume is possessed by a sick koto player, whose friend wants her to be able to play one last time. | |||
| 11 | "Nyanko's Book Of Boredom" Transcription: "Nyanko Tsurezure-chō" (Japanese: ニャンコ徒然帳) | September 15, 2008 | |
| When Natsume finally has enough of Nyanko's behavior Nyanko leaves, wandering about by himself and causing trouble. | |||
| 12 | "Five-Day Mark" Transcription: "Itsuka-jirushi" (Japanese: 五日印) | September 22, 2008 | |
| Natsume is cursed by an evil spirit which had been sealed to a tree. Not wanting to trouble his adoptive family, he decided to stay away from home. | |||
| 13 | "Autumn Banquet" Transcription: "Aki no Yaen" (Japanese: 秋の夜宴) | September 29, 2008 | |
| Tanuma finds out that Nyanko-Sensei is a spirit. Tanuma and Natsume enjoy the autumn festival and previous acquaintances are seen again. | |||
Second season[]
| Series no. | Season no. | Title | Original air date[10] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Stolen Book Of Friends" Transcription: "Ubawareta Yūjinchō" (Japanese: 奪われた友人帳) | January 5, 2009 | |
| Natsume is attacked by a yokai while retrieving a ball at school. In his haste to run away, he ends up breaking a yokai's seal, similar to how he met Nyanko-sensei. Later that night, Natsume discovers a black lookalike of Nyanko-sensei, only to have him steal the Book Of Friends! | ||||
| 15 | 2 | "Melting Into Spring" Transcription: "Haru ni Tokeru" (Japanese: 春に溶ける) | January 12, 2009 | |
| While fooling around in the snow, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei run into 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 with 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 knows. | ||||
| 16 | 3 | "Youkai Exorcism Amid The Steaming Springs" Transcription: "Yōkai Taiji Yukemuri-kō" (Japanese: 妖怪退治 湯けむり行) | January 19, 2009 | |
| 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. | ||||
| 17 | 4 | "A Chick Hatches" Transcription: "Hina, Kaeru" (Japanese: 雛、孵る) | January 26, 2009 | |
| Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, without considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches a rare baby spirit, called Tatsumi, emerged and thought that Natsume is its parent. Natsume can't help but get attached to the little spirit even as Tatsumi grows tired and sick. Then, a mysterious spirit came and wants to take away Tatsumi for his master—who wants to eat it. | ||||
| 18 | 5 | "Tree Of Promise" Transcription: "Yakusoku no Ki" (Japanese: 約束の樹) | February 2, 2009 | |
| Natsume encounters a spirit who had been enslaved by his grandmother Reiko fifty 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 for tying it to a tree? | ||||
| 19 | 6 | "The Maiden's Circle" Transcription: "Shōjo no Jin" (Japanese: 少女の陣) | February 9, 2009 | |
| There is a new girl in school, Taki Tooru. With her appearance at the school, circles resembling crop circles begin to appear. As Natsume tries to find out more about the circles and Taki, he is visited by another Youkai. Only this time, the Youkai isn't looking for his name to be released. | ||||
| 20 | 7 | "That Which You Must Not Call" Transcription: "Yonde wa Naranu" (Japanese: 呼んではならぬ) | February 16, 2009 | |
| Natsume temporarily loses the ability to see youkai after being poisoned by the spirit. Will he be able to stop the youkai from eating Taki without his sight? | ||||
| 21 | 8 | "Emotions Undying" Transcription: "Fushi no Omoi" (Japanese: 不死の想い) | February 23, 2009 | |
| Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn there is a lake; in which is believed to live a mermaid. Does mermaid blood really give eternal life? | ||||
| 22 | 9 | "The Man Amidst the Rows Of Cherry Trees" Transcription: "Sakura Namiki no Kare" (Japanese: 桜並木の彼) | March 2, 2009 | |
| From the day where a picture of a row of cherry trees in a desolate winter was obtained, every time Natsume wakes up, his room is covered in petals. Trying to solve the root of this mystery, Natsume and Nyanko Sensei try to return the picture to Miya, a shadow figure who accompanies the picture. But why can't they return it to Miya? | ||||
| 23 | 10 | "Temporary Home" Transcription: "Kariie" (Japanese: 仮家) | March 9, 2009 | |
| Strange things start happening at Natsume's home, like Toukou's plants get destroyed, and a strange Youkai starts wandering around his house. Natsume then learns more about Reiko and her life in this town. He also learns how to get rid of the Youkai who's wandering around the house. | ||||
| 24 | 11 | "Assembly Of Conjurers" Transcription: "Jujutsushi no Kai" (Japanese: 呪術師の会) | March 16, 2009 | |
| While out with Tōko-san, Natsume spots a hurt youkai. Quickly he chases after it but as he goes to help it, it is eaten by a much bigger youkai. Natori and Hiiragi appear right after the youkai escapes and they invite Natsume to the Assembly of Conjurers. Here Natsume can not distinguish between human and youkai and is hopeful of finding people who understand him. But he is too soft-heartened to realize everyone's intent. | ||||
| 25 | 12 | "The Young Boy in the Empty House" Transcription: "Haioku no Shōnen" (Japanese: 廃屋の少年) | March 23, 2009 | |
| Natsume encounters a young boy named Kai sealed in a coffin in an abandoned house. Natsume sets Kai free and finds out that Kai is being stalked by a youkai. After a time, Natsume becomes the target of this youkai and stops the youkai's stalking with Nyanko-sensei's help. In the end Natori, who turns out to be the stalker and who sealed Kai in the coffin, tells Natsume that Kai is a Youkai. | ||||
| 26 | 13 | "Humans and Ayakashi" Transcription: "Hito to Ayakashi" (Japanese: 人と妖) | March 30, 2009 | |
| Natori tells Natsume of a well near the mansion that holds a group of Oni. They are calling out to any Youkai. He also learns that Kai came down from the mountains to free the Oni. While looking for Kai, Natsume sets off one of Natori's traps in the mansion. Kai saves Natsume and heads off to kill Natori.Natsume follows him,to save Natori from getting killed. After he encounters him, he is forced to make an important decision: Which ones are more important to him? Humans or Youkai? | ||||
Third season[]
| Series no. | Season no. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "The Name of a Monster" Transcription: "Ayashiki Mono no Na" (Japanese: 妖しきものの名) | July 5, 2011[11] | |
| Natsume meets a shrine god in the form of an elderly woman. He is forced to help her return a mirror to a youkai said to bring disaster. The youkai turns out to be Reiko, Natsume's grandmother, who the shrine god only mistook as a youkai. Reiko had lent out the mirror so that the shrine god could save the life of an old tree, but the two parted after Reiko learned that the elderly woman was a youkai. | ||||
| 28 | 2 | "Ukihara Village" Transcription: "Ukihara no Sato" (Japanese: 浮春の郷) | July 12, 2011[12] | |
| Tanuma's father leaves on a trip and a strange youkai invades his house, spreading miasma that makes all the nearby youkai suffer. Natsume tracks it down and discovers that the noxious youkai was once a resident in an all-youkai village. A portal had opened for a short time during a human ceremony that he had taken his sister to watch. However, they became trapped in the human world, and his sister died. After returning to the old temple where the ceremonies were held, the portal opens and he returns home. | ||||
| 29 | 3 | "False Friend" Transcription: "Itsuwari no Yūjin" (Japanese: 偽りの友人) | July 19, 2011[12] | |
| It's Shigeru's birthday and Touko has asked Natsume to buy some strawberry shortcakes to celebrate. However, Shibata, an old classmate of Natsume's, finds him and asks for his help. He remembered Natsume used to say weird things, so he wanted to know if a girl he's been seeing is real or not. When Natsume meets the girl, Murasaki, she seems normal. He reassures Shibata that she is a human. Natsume later has a vision that reveals her to be a tree youkai with intention to eat Shibata. Natsume tries to warn Shibata, he refuses to listen and accuses Natsume of lying. Natsume tries to talk to Murasaki, but she does not waver. It is then revealed that although she had initially planned to eat Shibata, she fell in love with him as they spent time together, and because her tree has been cut down, she will die soon anyway. Shibata receives a note from Murasaki just in time for the two of them to spend her last moments together. | ||||
| 30 | 4 | "Young Days" Transcription: "Osanaki Hibi ni" (Japanese: 幼き日々に) | July 26, 2011[12] | |
| Summer has arrived for Natsume and his friends in the school. After exams, Natsume, Sasada, Nishimura and Kitamoto go on a trip to an art museum. Upon his return, Tohko reminisces about an old friend that she felt she'd wronged, this makes Natsume think back to his own turbulent childhood. In the present day, a youkai living in the branches of a tree thinks back to Natsume. She had been bored because no one could see her, and when she found out that Natsume could see youkai, she often scared him to be noticed. Both of them parted ways on bad terms. The story returns to Natsume in the present day, who makes a stop at his old neighborhood to visit the youkai. The youkai, who had isolated herself from humans, is relieved to see that Natsume is okay and has found a reason to smile. The episode ends with Natsume's thoughts, "If there is somebody that you wish to meet, then you are not alone anymore." | ||||
| 31 | 5 | "The Thing That Lurks In The Storeroom" Transcription: "Kura ni Hisomu Mono" (Japanese: 蔵にひそむもの) | August 2, 2011[12] | |
| Natsume and Tanuma take shelter under a roof from the rain. As it turns out, the house belongs to Taki, and they work together to clean her warehouse where her grandfather studied youkai. Natsume accidentally breaks a seal that Taki's grandfather made to trap a dangerous kimono youkai. The three of them race around the house to find its misplaced limbs before the youkai does--its power will be returned upon completing its body. Natsume and Taki try to get the resident youkai to help, but they refuse. When the kimono youkai comes close to hurting Natsume, they come to the rescue. After Taki thanks them, they all reminisce about their fondness for Taki's grandfather and leave elsewhere. | ||||
| 32 | 6 | "That Which Is Not Human" Transcription: "Hito Naranu Mono" (Japanese: 人ならぬもの) | August 9, 2011[12] | |
| Natsume accidentally bumps into a woman with blood covering her body. He follows the bloody footsteps that the woman left and discovers a small house. When he opens the door, he sees badly injured youkai. There is someone killing youkai for blood, and with the help of Natori, Natsume tracks down who he believes to be the murderer: Matoba. However, Matoba captures him. | ||||
| 33 | 7 | "Exorcist" Transcription: "Haraiya" (Japanese: 祓い屋) | August 16, 2011[13] | |
| 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. | ||||
| 34 | 8 | "The Little Fox's Watch" Transcription: "Kogitsune no Tokei" (Japanese: 子狐のとけい) | August 23, 2011[13] | |
| 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. | ||||
| 35 | 9 | "Through The Fading Autumn Wind" Transcription: "Akikaze Kitte" (Japanese: 秋風切って) | August 30, 2011[13] | |
| Because of his poisonous arrow wound, Madara spends most of his time sleeping to heal. Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. Especially since a strange stone seems to stir strange phenomena everywhere around him. To make things worse, it's the cultural festival and Natsume is appointed to serve the clients at the bazaar set by his class. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break. | ||||
| 36 | 10 | "The Broken Mirror" Transcription: "Wareta Kagami" (Japanese: 割れた鏡) | September 6, 2011[13] | |
| An event in the forest causes Tanuma to avoid Natsume the following days, which he becomes concerned about. Mirrors are mysteriously breaking around the school and one day Natsume catches Tanuma acting weirdly. It turns out that Tanuma has been possessed by a youkai looking for her mirror, which had been broken into pieces during a storm a few days before. Using him as a vessel until she reclaims her mirror, Natsume has no choice but to help her. The youkai warns that there may be others seeking the mirror. | ||||
| 37 | 11 | "What The Mirror Shows" Transcription: "Utsusu Mono" (Japanese: 映すもの) | September 13, 2011[14] | |
| Because of his possession, Tanuma is able to see the youkai around him and thus better understand how Natsume lives. | ||||
| 38 | 12 | "A Place To Go Home To" Transcription: "Kaeru Basho" (Japanese: 帰る場所) | September 20, 2011[14] | |
| When a dangerous youkai from Natsume's past finds his current home, he comes down with a fever and dreams about his life right before moving in with the Fujiwaras. | ||||
| 39 | 13 | "Natsume's Book of Play" Transcription: "Natsume Yūgi-chō" (Japanese: 夏目遊戯帳) | September 27, 2011[14] | |
| Natsume spends time playing "human" children games with youkai he has befriended. Games he had been left out of as a child. | ||||
Fourth season[]
| Series no. | Season no. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Natsume Captured" Transcription: "Torawareta Natsume" (Japanese: とらわれた夏目) | January 2, 2012 | |
| Natsume encounters some strange, monkey-mask wearing demons while out in a forest. They want the book of friends, and start physically threatening him until Natsume is saved by Nyanko-Sensei. Later on, Natsume encounters the demons again and is captured by them, and brought to their forest. Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei learns some interesting things about the forest the monkey mask demons live in. Running away from the demons, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei are unintentionally saved by an exorcist - Matoba! | ||||
| 41 | 2 | "The Eastern Forest" Transcription: "Touhou no Mori" (Japanese: 東方の森) | January 9, 2012 | |
| Natsume and Matoba talk, but when the conversation doesn't go the way he wants, Matoba orders Natsume to be put in a cell. Natsume escapes with the help of Nyanko-sensei. Along with his other demon companions, Natsume helps the monkey-masked demons living in the forest. | ||||
| 42 | 3 | "The Little Ones" Transcription: "Chisaki Mono" (Japanese: 小さきもの) | January 16, 2012 | |
| Natsume befriends a small fluffball youkai. | ||||
| 43 | 4 | "The Stand-In" Transcription: "Daitou" (Japanese: 代答) | January 23, 2012 | |
| Yobiko, a youkai that can imitate the voices of others, sneaks into Natsumes' house and asks him to call out another youkai named Karikami. Long ago, Yobiko had been watching over a woman named Youko who was meeting with a man at a nearby shrine. One day the man stopped coming, due to an arranged marriage to another woman, so Yobiko decided to use his talent to talk to the girl. Eventually, he told her the truth about the man and ran away. When he came back to the shrine many years later, he found an old letter that had been sealed shut and wrinkled. Natsume and Yobiko later meet Karikami and after returning his name, Karikami restores the letter. Unable to read human letters, Yobiko asks Natsume to read it to him. Instead of a hateful message he was expecting, it is actually a letter of thanks for telling her the truth. | ||||
| 44 | 5 | "To You, From Bygone Days" Transcription: "Sugishi Hi no Kimi ni" (Japanese: 過ぎし日の君に) | January 30, 2012 | |
| In the town Natsume used to live in, a girl recalls Natsume. She remembers his strange actions and wanted to understand him. Meanwhile, Natsume encounters a small Youkai which reminds him of the same girl and town. | ||||
| 45 | 6 | "Other Side of the Glass" Transcription: "Garasu no Muko" (Japanese: 硝子のむこう) | February 6, 2012 | |
| Natsume is trapped in a bottle by a youkai to be offered to another named Omibashira. Nyanko-sensei transforms into Natsume and goes around his school to ask his friends about Omibashira, but gets Tanuma involved. Tanuma is attacked by one of the youkai that trapped Natsume and loses him, but as he runs through the forest looking for Natsume he finds a mansion behind the school. When Tanuma is suddenly able to see the youkai walking up the steps to the mansion, he is found out by a youkai with a bag over its head. | ||||
| 46 | 7 | "The Gap Between Humans and Youkai" Transcription: "Hito to no Made" (Japanese: 人と妖の間で) | February 13, 2012 | |
| Natsume is saved by Tanuma and the two escape from the banquet hall with the help of Natori, who was disguised as a youkai. Tanuma is drawn more into the world of the youkai and experiences it first-hand, which greatly worries Natsume. Blood marks are found all around the mansion and Natsume's fears come true when Tanuma is attacked by Omibashira, but is protected by a stone Natori gave him. After Natsume helps Natori seal Omibashira everyone is able to escape the previously sealed exits. Promising Tanuma that he'd tell him his complaints at school the next day, Natsume finally arrives back home. | ||||
| 47 | 8 | "When I was Deceived" Transcription: "Madoi Shi Koro Ni" (Japanese: 惑いし頃に) | February 20, 2012 | |
| Nyanko-sensei falls into a well and discovers that there is a barrier inside it, as well as Nanase, Matoba's assistant. She is looking for a certain stone with a youkai she had sealed in it, and tells Nyanko-sensei the story of how she met the youkai to pass the time. | ||||
| 48 | 9 | "The Moon-Splitting Festival" Transcription: "Tsukiwake Matsuri" (Japanese: 月分祭) | February 27, 2012 | |
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Natori is tasked with the job of finding and breaking the seal of Houzukigami, a god that was to participate in the Moon-Splitting Festival done every 10 years against Fuzukigami, another god. The festival is used by the youkai around the mountains to determine whether the harvest would be bountiful that year or not. Without Houzukigami, the match would end in a default win for Fuzukigami, causing the land to become barren. Natori tries to find the seal but is surprised to find Natsume at the festival disguised as Houzukigami, having been asked by Houzukigami's servants to stand in for their god. The match to be the winner is to catch a beast that was released from a pot. Houzukigami's servants tell Natsume to look for the real Houzukigami while they track down the beast. Joined by Natori, Hiiragi, Nyanko-sensei, and one of the servants, they look in a building by a waterfall. The beast suddenly appears and Natsume and Hiiragi are knocked off the deck of the building. After recuperating from being dragged down the river, they try to run back to the building but are caught in a trap by Fuzukigami's servants which was meant for the beast. While unconscious, one of the servants is able to pick up a human scent from "Houzukigami", making them wonder if it's truly the god or not. | ||||
| 49 | 10 | "The God, Enshrined" Transcription: "Matsurareta Kamisama" (Japanese: 祀られた神様) | March 3, 2012 | |
| Natsume is pretending to be the god Houzukigami, so the moon splitting festival will end with a victory and the mountain will not be ruined. Winning the contest will not be easy, but with help from Natori he will find the way. | ||||
| 50 | 11 | "A Single Photo" Transcription: "Ichi Mai no Shashin" (Japanese: 一枚の写真) | March 12, 2012 | |
| Natsume looks back at a photo of his parents, and old wounds are reopened. Natsume is having a fun day with his friends, but all of a sudden he gets a phone call. The house Natsume used to live in with his father will be sold. How will Natsume handle all of this? | ||||
| 51 | 12 | "The Door of Memories" Transcription: "Kioku no Tobira" (Japanese: 記憶の扉) | March 19, 2012 | |
| Natsume, accompanied by Nyanko-sensei, set out to visit his old home. He visits a relative to pick up the key to the house, but is being followed by a youkai who wants him to draw a mouth for it. He leads the youkai away from the home of his relatives and Nyanko-sensei drives it away. When the two get back on track to finding the house, Natsume is suddenly attacked by the youkai and becomes lost in old memories. | ||||
| 52 | 13 | "Long Way Home" Transcription: "Tooki Ieji" (Japanese: 遠き家路) | March 26, 2012 | |
| Natsume, possessed by the youkai, thinks of an painful incident from his childhood involving the family he was living with at the time. The youkai offers to eat all his memories, so that he will no longer have to relive his pain. | ||||
Fifth season[]
| Series no. | Season no. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Unchanging Form" Transcription: "Kawaranu Sugata" (Japanese: 変わらぬ姿) | October 4, 2016 | |
| A yokai in a pot wants Natsume to find her doll. When he finds it, she does not recognize it because it has been outside for years. Natsume cleans the doll and makes it a new kimono and the yokai recognizes it in its new clothes. | ||||
| 54 | 2 | "Mischievous Rain" Transcription: "Itazura na Ame" (Japanese: 悪戯な雨) | October 11, 2016 | |
| Natsume finds a towel in the forest during a walk in the rain, and encounters a female yokai who demands it back. The yokai follows Natsume to his home and manages to get Natsume to help her find the "handsome man" who gave it to her 50 years ago at a bus stop. She wants to return the towel the man gave her after he was concerned seeing her play in the rain. The child yokai smells the man's scent in his granddaughter, who tells Natsume her grandfather is in the hospital for an illness. | ||||
| 55 | 3 | "The Letter From the Exorcist" Transcription: "Haraiya kara no Tegami" (Japanese: 祓い屋からの手紙) | October 18, 2016 | |
| Natsume finds a letter addressed to him from Matoba. Walking in the forest, he loses it when an amateur exorcist seals a yokai in a pot. Noticing the weak seal, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei take it to Natori's condo to re-seal it. When Natsume returns home he sees Matoba and learns the letter was a request for Natsume to attend a meeting of strong exorcists to weed out the person who has been targeting exorcists. | ||||
| 56 | 4 | "Shadow of Linked Chains" Transcription: "Rensa no Kage" (Japanese: 連鎖の陰) | October 25, 2016 | |
| Matoba brings Natsume to one of the Matoba clan villas to attend the exorcist meeting. Natsume learns that a mask yokai called "Magatsumen" is controlling people and disguises himself as a shiki in order to test attendees if they have been possessed. By following a strange spring sound, Natsume finds the culprit behind the mask possessions and drives the yokai out. Matoba shoots the yokai with an arrow to exorcise it. | ||||
| 57 | 5 | "It Must Not Be Bound" Transcription: "Musunde wa Ikenai" (Japanese: 結んではいけない) | November 1, 2016 | |
| Natsume sees strange writing on the chalk board in the Earth Science classroom. Taki tells Natsume of the hairy yokai she helped leave her home. Natsume comes to Taki's home and learns that three yokai had been trapped there -- two "rabbit" yokai and a hairy white one. The hairy yokai is enchanted by Taki and helps find the rabbit yokai in Taki's home. Natsume learns the hairy yokai was the one who wrote on the school chalkboard and goes back to read the yokai's feelings on it. | ||||
| 58 | 6 | "Soundless Valley" Transcription: "Oto Nashi no Tani" (Japanese: 音無しの谷) | November 8, 2016 | |
| Natsume is chased by two yokai who cast a voice-sealing spell on him. A large bird yokai saves him and brings him to a valley before Nyanko-sensei finds him. Natsume regains his voice after the group of yokai attack him in his room, and then returns the bird yokai's name. | ||||
| 59 | 7 | "Distant Festival Lights" Transcription: "Tōi Matsuri Hi" (Japanese: 遠い祭り火) | November 22, 2016 | |
| Tanuma invites his friends to an inn run by his relatives. While sweeping outside, Tanuma is greeted by an old woman named Ito-san. Natsume learns that Ito-san is a yokai that serves the Mizunagi shrine by protecting the mountain festival. Ito-san has come into the inn because another yokai has stolen the festival's white mask and has disguised itself as an inn guest. Natsume finds the yokai who stole the mask for the festival's power, and Ito-san exorcises her. Ito-san warns Natsume to keep her identity a secret until after the festival is over so she can complete the festival. Natsume says he will tell no one she is a yokai so she can stay in this town as long as possible. | ||||
| 60 | 8 | "A World Unbent" Transcription: "Yugami naki Sekai" (Japanese: 歪みなき世界) | November 29, 2016 | |
| An episode depicting the story of Natori Shuuichi and Matoba Seiji when they were young. This episode shows Natori's family and his childhood of being able to see youkai, getting hated by his family and becoming an exorcist. | ||||
| 61 | 9 | "Following A Narrow Path" Transcription: "Kewashiki wo Yuku" (Japanese: 険しきをゆく) | December 6, 2016 | |
| The episode starts with Natsume being chased by a hairy youkai. He comes across a tiny mushroom youkai who tells him about a noble youkai named Shuon who was on a journey. Natsume helps the little youkai prepare for his meeting with the noble youkai. When they meet, however, the noble youkai warns the mushroom youkai that the path he takes is a narrow one and asks the little youkai to go back home. But then the little youkai realizes he need to become worthy in order to follow him. Another youkai, who appears to be one of the noble youkai followers, appears and gives a book to the mushroom youkai and tells him to complete the training to join Shoun-sama. | ||||
| 62 | 10 | "Touko and Shigeru" Transcription: "Tōko to Shigeru" (Japanese: 塔子と滋) | December 13, 2016 | |
| The story of why Touko and Shigeru adopted Natsume. | ||||
| 63 | 11 | "To The Ephemeral Ones" Transcription: "Hakanaki Mono e" (Japanese: 儚き者へ) | December 20, 2016 | |
| The mid-ranks show Natsume flowers at the top of a hill. Natsume later catches a cold and the mid-ranks go and get medicine for him, doing difficult chores for the yokai with the medicine. Amid Natsume's fever dreams are the memory of when he got sick as a child and he briefly talks to Reiko. With the medicine in hand, the mid-ranks give it to him and his fever goes down. They later learn the medicine doesn't work on humans and are disheartened as they wasted their time, but smile when Natsume thanks them for their efforts. | ||||
Sixth season[]
| Series no. | Season no. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 1 | "The Days Eater" Transcription: "Tsukihigui" (Japanese: つきひぐい) | April 11, 2017 | |
| A yokai known as "The Days Eater," turns Natsume back to a young child. Nyanko-sensei enlists the aid of Tanuma and Taki. | ||||
| 65 | 2 | "It Blooms Tomorrow" Transcription: "Ashita Saku" (Japanese: 明日咲く) | April 18, 2017 | |
| Natsume helps a rock washer look for his apprentice who has stopped writing to him. | ||||
| 66 | 3 | "Nitai-sama" Transcription: "Nitai-sama" (Japanese: 二体さま) | April 25, 2017 | |
| Natsume's old classmate Shibata (from "False Friend"/"Itsuwari no Yūjin" (偽りの友人)) calls. Natsume visit Shibata together with Tanuma, where Shibata tells them about the "Doll Mansion of Sotogi". A youkai from the mansion later attacks them. | ||||
| 67 | 4 | "Lying Eyes" Transcription: "Chigaeru Hitomi" (Japanese: 違える瞳) | May 2, 2017 | |
| Natsume meets Tsukiko, a daughter of an exorcist named Takuma Yousuke who has recently lost his ability to see or hear youkai. Because she lacks the ability to see youkai, she asked Natori to check around the house because she feels something is wrong and a youkai may be out to hurt her father. | ||||
| 68 | 5 | "The Bound Ones" Transcription: "Shibarareshi Mono" (Japanese: 縛られしもの) | May 9, 2017 | |
| Natsume and Natori discover that the youkai shiki (demon servants and friends) of Takuma Yusuke have been trying to bring misfortune into the house. | ||||
| 69 | 6 | "Nishimura and Kitamoto" Transcription: "Nishimura to Kitamoto" (Japanese: 西村と北本) | May 16, 2017 | |
| This episode shows how Natsume first befriended Nishimura and Kitamoto, along with a better look at their family lives and point of view. | ||||
| 70 | 7 | "Gomochi's Benefactor" Transcription: "Gomochi no Onjin" (Japanese: ゴモチの恩人) | May 23, 2017 | |
| Natsume is surprised when a youkai comes to seek Reiko in gratitude. Years ago, the youkai's to-be-bride received freedom from her help, and now is about to be wed. They invite Natsume to the wedding. | ||||
| 71 | 8 | "A Day That Will Someday Come" Transcription: "Itsuka Kuru Hi" (Japanese: いつかくる日) | May 30, 2017 | |
| Natsume talks to a teenage boy at the station, who turns out to be a youkai that left a human because of their feelings for one another. The boy wants to find her because he received a wedding invitation. | ||||
| 72 | 9 | "What Flows" Transcription: "Nagare Yuku Ha" (Japanese: ながれゆくは) | June 6, 2017 | |
| After a flood occurs on Four Mask Hill during Natsume's summer school session, a mask randomly appearing in the school worries Natsume. | ||||
| 73 | 10 | "The Sealed Room" Transcription: "Tozasareta Heya" (Japanese: 閉ざされた部屋) | June 13, 2017 | |
| A competition is opened to search for a famous researcher's sealed room. The prize are his research books, and many exorcists are gathered. Natori is invited, Natsume wants to help as this might mean finding something that might let him find information about the Book of Friends. | ||||
| 74 | 11 | "What Matters" Transcription: "Taisetsu Na Mono" (Japanese: 大切なモノ) | June 20, 2017 | |
| Natsume decides to tell Natori about his secret, when the search for the seal room ends. | ||||
OAD and OVA LaLa Specials[]
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAD–01 | "Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand" Transcription: "Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai" (Japanese: ニャンコ先生とはじめてのおつかい) | December 15, 2013 | |
| Nyanko-Sensei wanders off from Natsume during a walk, and with the help of some of his fellow youkai, leads a pair of wandering children to the place they are searching for which they call, "mitsumonster." | |||
| OVA–01 | "On a certain snowy day" Transcription: "Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni" (Japanese: いつかゆきのひに) | February 1, 2014 | |
| During a winter walk, Natsume meets a snowman yokai who is searching for something she lost but can't seem to recall and decides to help her despite not knowing what exactly she was looking for. | |||
| OVA | "One Night Sake Cup" Transcription: "Hitoyosakazuki" (Japanese: 一夜盃) | March 22, 2017 | |
| Natsume meets a youkai couple who specialize in making sake cups, particularly sake cups that add glorious tastes to whatever (usually sake) is drunk from them but then turn to dust after one night. | |||
| OVA | "Party of Fun & Games" Transcription: "Yuugi no Utage" (Japanese: 遊戯の宴) | April 26, 2017 | |
| Extension of "One Night Sake Cup". Natsume gets involved with a youkai that is the host of an old house, in which other youkais play Hide and Seek. Unable to escape, he needs to find the host so the host can let him leave the game. | |||
| OVA | "The Stump of the Suzunaru Tree" Transcription: "Suzunaru no Kirikabu" (Japanese: 鈴鳴るの切り株) | September 27, 2017 | |
| Natsume encounters an old man who asks for help with getting home. The old man turns out to be a yokai who will soon disappear and he asks Natsume to help him to fulfill a promise that he had made | |||
| OVA | "Fragments of Dreams (A Fragment of Fantasy)" Transcription: "Mugen no Kakera" (Japanese: 夢幻のかけら) | October 25, 2017 | |
| A girl ventures into the woods to return a ring to an owl she helped, following the instructions he gave her in a dream. There she meets a strange boy and his talking cat who help her to find the owl. | |||
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