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Natsume's Book of Friends S1E4 — Shigure and the Girl

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 1•Episode 4

Shigure and the Girl

7.4/10 · 146 votesJul 29, 200823 min

Ranked #8 of 13 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

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

Directed byKoichiro Kuroda

Written byNoboru Takagi

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Cast18

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Akari Higuchi

Akari Higuchi

Urihime (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Satoshi Tsuruoka

Satoshi Tsuruoka

Enkou (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama

Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Shuuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Jun Sasada (voice)

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Miho Nakata

Animation Director

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Kaoru Maehara

Key Animation

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Masayoshi Nishida

Storyboard Artist

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Takanori Suzuki

Key Animation

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Yusuke Adachi

Key Animation

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Kim Jung-chul

Key Animation

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Takahiro Sasaki

Key Animation

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Noboru Takagi

Writer

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Atsushi Komatsu

Key Animation

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Kim Bong-duk

Key Animation

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Noriyuki Fukuda

Animation Director

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Koichiro Kuroda

Director

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Episode Summary

"Shigure and the Girl" is episode 4 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 1. It scored 7.4/10 from 146 votes, ranking #8 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.6). Directed by Koichiro Kuroda and written by Noboru Takagi, it aired on July 29, 2008.

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