Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5

Synopsis

Takashi Natsume is a boy who's been able to see youkai ever since he was a child. Ever since he inherited the "Book of Friends" from his grandmother Reiko, he and his self-proclaimed bodyguard Nyanko-sensei have spent their days returning names to the youkai who are bound by the book. As he meets the different youkai and people, he finds himself with many more things that he cares about. He wonders whether it's right to keep secrets to protect someone as little by little he works up the courage to build even more friendships.

Main Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Takashi Matsuyama

Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Akira Ishida

Shuuichi Natori (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Episodes

Episode 1

04 October 2016 - 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?

Episode 2

11 October 2016 - 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?

Episode 3

18 October 2016 - 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.

Episode 4

26 October 2016 - 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...

Episode 5

02 November 2016 - 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.

Episode 6

09 November 2016 - 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.

Episode 7

23 November 2016 - 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.

Episode 8

30 November 2016 - 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...

Episode 9

07 December 2016 - 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...

Episode 10

14 December 2016 - 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?

Episode 11

21 December 2016 - 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.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Theme Song Performance	Aimer
	Sound Director	Takahiro Omori
	Original Music Composer	Makoto Yoshimori
Directing	Series Director	Kotomi Deai Takahiro Omori
Camera	Director of Photography	Tetsuya Kawata Hitoshi Tamura
Writing	Series Composition	Sadayuki Murai
	Comic Book	Yuki Midorikawa
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Akira Takata
	Color Designer	Hiromi Miyawaki
	Creature Design	Tatsuo Yamada
Editing	Editor	Kazuhiko Seki
Art	Art Direction	Yukihiro Shibutani
Crew	Creator	Yuki Midorikawa
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