Natsume's Book of Friends

Season 5

TV-14
Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life.

Meanwhile, the exorcist clan Matoba still wishes for Natsume to join their ranks due to his overwhelming gift. However, Natsume firmly rejects the clan's invitation since not all exorcists are as reasonable as his friend Shuuichi Natori, and many improperly and indiscriminately seal away every youkai in their way. Unsatisfied with Natsume's answer, Seiji Matoba blackmails Natsume into attending a grand gathering of powerful exorcist families. Natsume soon finds himself in the company of dangerous people and youkai alike. But even then, he continues to defy the exorcists' hard-handed methods and believes that peace between both worlds is possible.

11 Episodes

  • Unchanging Form
    E1
    Unchanging FormNatsume 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?
  • Mischievous Rain
    E2
    Mischievous RainOn 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?
  • The Letter from the Exorcist
    E3
    The Letter from the ExorcistNatsume 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.
  • Shadow Linked Chains
    E4
    Shadow Linked ChainsNatsume 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.
  • It Must Not Be Bound
    E5
    It Must Not Be BoundNatsume 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.
  • Soundless Valley
    E6
    Soundless ValleyNatsume'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.
  • Distant Festival Lights
    E7
    Distant Festival LightsNatsume 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.
  • A World Unbent
    E8
    A World UnbentNatori was born in a family of exorcist who was closed business. His family gave him the cold shoulder because of his ability. When he was a high school student, he knew exorcists Matoba and Takuma each other.
  • Following a Narrow Path
    E9
    Following a Narrow PathTo run from a spirit aim at "The Book of Friends", Natsume damaged another spirit Mitsuzara's precious hat. Mitsuzara orders Natsume to help him instead of apology.
  • Touko and Shigeru
    E10
    Touko and ShigeruTouko 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?
  • To the Ephemeral Ones
    E11
    To the Ephemeral OnesNatsume 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.

Cast of Season 5

  • Hiroshi KamiyaTakashi Natsume (voice)
  • Kazuhiko InoueNyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)
  • Eiji ItohShigeru Fujiwara (voice)
  • Miki ItoTouko Fujiwara (voice)
  • Takashi MatsuyamaHitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)
  • Hisayoshi SuganumaAtsushi Kitamoto (voice)
  • Akira IshidaShuuichi Natori (voice)
  • Sanae KobayashiReiko Natsume (voice)
  • Ryohei KimuraSatoru Nishimura (voice)
  • Miyuki SawashiroJun Sasada (voice)
  • Kazuma HorieKaname Tanuma (voice)
  • Hiroshi ShimozakiUshikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)
  • Satsuki YukinoHiiragi (voice)
  • Akemi OkamuraHinoe (voice)
  • Takaya KurodaMisuzu (voice)
  • ChoChobi-hige (voice)
  • Rina SatoTaki Tooru (voice)
  • Mayumi ShintaniHidaka (voice)
  • Yurika KuboYoukai girl (voice)
  • Misa WatanabeBenio (voice)
  • Aya EndoKayatsubo (voice)
  • Junichi SuwabeMatoba Seiji (voice)
  • Kotomi DeaiDirector
  • Takahiro OmoriDirector
  • Sadayuki MuraiWriter
  • Yuki MidorikawaWriter

 

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