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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 deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 11 - Tell Me Your Name
    9.2/10(47 votes)

    #1 - Tell Me Your Name

    S7:E11

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

    Director:Hideki Ito
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  2. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 12 - From the Path of Dreams
    8.5/10(37 votes)

    #2 - From the Path of Dreams

    S7:E12

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

    Director:Hideki Ito
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  3. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 10 - The House Where a Promise Remains
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    #3 - The House Where a Promise Remains

    S7:E10

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

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

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  4. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 6 - Swallow at the Lake Bottom
    8.0/10(125 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.

    Director:Harume Kosaka
    Writer:Mayori Sekijima

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  5. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 2 - The Dew God's Small Shrine
    7.8/10(146 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.

    Director:Sakai Hashido
    Writer:Kenichi Kanemaki

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  6. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Episode 1 - Stolen Book of Friends
    7.6/10(131 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!

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 7 - The Little Fox's Hat
    7.5/10(112 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Hidehito Ueda
    Writer:Mayori Sekijima

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  8. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 1 - The Fragment's Lament
    7.5/10(48 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?

    Director:Hideki Ito
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

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  9. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 2 - Someday's Garden
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #9 - Someday's Garden

    S7:E2

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

    Director:Hideki Ito
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  10. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 4 - Depths of the Page
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #10 - Depths of the Page

    S7:E4

    Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.

    Directors:Hideki Ito, Jun Takada
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  11. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 7 - A Difficult Two
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #11 - A Difficult Two

    S7:E7

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

    Director:Tomomi Kawatsuma
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  12. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 9 - That Which Blocks the Ceremony
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

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  13. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 1 - The Cat and the Book of Friends
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Kenichi Kanemaki

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  14. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 4 - Shigure and the Girl
    7.3/10(119 votes)

    #14 - 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...

    Director:Koichiro Kuroda
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  15. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 5 - Heart-Colored Ticket
    7.3/10(112 votes)

    #15 - Heart-Colored Ticket

    S1:E5

    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...

    Director:Tomoyuki Kawamura
    Writer:Kenichi Kanemaki

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  16. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 3 - Tookanya
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #16 - Tookanya

    S7:E3

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

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  17. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 5 - Chobi's Treasure
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #17 - Chobi's Treasure

    S7:E5

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

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Takahiro Omori

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  18. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 6 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #18 - The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels

    S7:E6

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

    Director:Miyuki Ooshiro
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  19. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
    7.2/10(128 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Masayuki Matsumoto
    Writer:Kenichi Araki

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  20. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 Episode 8 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Natsume on the Moonlit Night

    S7:E8

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

    Director:Takahiro Omori
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  21. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 13 - Autumn Banquet
    6.2/10(107 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Hisatoshi Shimizu
    Writer:Kenichi Kanemaki

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  22. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Episode 10 - Touko and Shigeru
    6.2/10(89 votes)

    #22 - 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?

    Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  23. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 1 - The Days Eater
    6.2/10(101 votes)

    #23 - 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?

    Director:Kotomi Deai
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  24. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 Episode 8 - Fleeting Light
    6.1/10(109 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Shigeki Hatakeyama
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  25. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 4 - Young Days
    6.0/10(99 votes)

    #25 - 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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tell Me Your Name" is the best rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored 9.2/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Hideki Ito and written by Sadayuki Murai, it aired on 12/17/2024. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "From the Path of Dreams".