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The Best Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends

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The Best Episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his...

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  1. Background image for Tell Me Your Name
    9.3/10(29 votes)

    #1 - Tell Me Your Name

    S7:E11

    Natsume meets the very first Yokai whose name was written in the Book of Friends.

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    Director:Hideki Ito
  2. Background image for From the Path of Dreams
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #2 - From the Path of Dreams

    S7:E12

    Natsume takes in a strange origami doll that shows wonderful dreams.

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    Director:Hideki Ito
  3. Background image for The House Where a Promise Remains
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #3 - The House Where a Promise Remains

    S7:E10

    Natsume, Natori and Matoba work to complete the ritual to welcome a powerful god.

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  4. Background image for Swallow at the Lake Bottom
    7.9/10(115 votes)

    #4 - Swallow at the Lake Bottom

    S1:E6

    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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  5. Background image for The Dew God's Small Shrine
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #5 - The Dew God's Small Shrine

    S1:E2

    Natsume is visited by the village's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees.

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  6. Background image for Stolen Book of Friends
    7.5/10(120 votes)

    #6 - Stolen Book of Friends

    S2:E1

    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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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Cat and the Book of Friends
    7.3/10(135 votes)

    #7 - The Cat and the Book of Friends

    S1:E1

    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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    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #8 - The Fragment's Lament

    S7:E1

    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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    Director:Hideki Ito
  10. Background image for The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
    7.2/10(114 votes)

    #9 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields

    S1:E3

    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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  11. Background image for Shigure and the Girl
    7.2/10(107 votes)

    #10 - Shigure and the Girl

    S1:E4

    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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  12. Background image for Someday's Garden
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Someday's Garden

    S7:E2

    Natsume is forced to help rebuild a tiny house that's a residence for a goddess.

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    Director:Hideki Ito
  13. Background image for Depths of the Page
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #12 - Depths of the Page

    S7:E4

    Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.

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  14. Background image for Tookanya
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Tookanya

    S7:E3

    Natsume is caught up in a mysterious game between youkai and man.

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  15. Background image for That Which Blocks the Ceremony
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #14 - That Which Blocks the Ceremony

    S7:E9

    Natsume finds himself in a house with a strange ritual, and unknown forces moving against those who would perform it.

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  16. Background image for Chobi's Treasure
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Chobi's Treasure

    S7:E5

    Chobi is depressed because his favorite comb broke. Meanwhile, Natsume sees a white dragon in the sky...

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  17. Background image for The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels

    S7:E6

    Natsume meets Matoba in an unusual place. Matoba hunts for a dangerous yokai at an abandoned mansion.

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  18. Background image for A Difficult Two
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    #17 - A Difficult Two

    S7:E7

    Taki's brother suddenly comes home from college, and has something very important on his mind...

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  19. Background image for Natsume on the Moonlit Night
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night

    S7:E8

    Nishimura finds Natsume coming to visit him each night at his house, but something seems strange...

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  20. Background image for Touko and Shigeru
    5.9/10(81 votes)

    #19 - Touko and Shigeru

    S5:E10

    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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  21. Background image for The Days Eater
    5.9/10(91 votes)

    #20 - The Days Eater

    S6:E1

    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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  22. Background image for Fleeting Light
    5.8/10(98 votes)

    #21 - Fleeting Light

    S1:E8

    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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  23. Background image for Autumn Banquet
    5.8/10(96 votes)

    #22 - Autumn Banquet

    S1:E13

    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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    5.8/10(92 votes)

    #23 - Young Days

    S3:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Little Fox's Hat
    5.7/10(100 votes)

    #24 - The Little Fox's Hat

    S1:E7

    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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  26. Background image for Five Day Mark
    5.6/10(94 votes)

    #25 - Five Day Mark

    S1:E12

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Tell Me Your Name" is the best rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored 9.3/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Hideki Ito and written by Sadayuki Murai, it aired on 12/17/2024. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "From the Path of Dreams".