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Natsume's Book of Friends S2E4 — A Chick Hatches

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 2•Episode 4

A Chick Hatches

7.7/10 · 118 votesJan 27, 200924 min

Ranked #4 of 13 in Season 2•+0.5 vs season avg

Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, not considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches it turns out it is a rare baby spirit called Tatsumi, who thinks that Natsume is it's parent. Natsume can't help but get attached to

Written byNoboru Takagi

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Cast18

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (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)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

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Kyoko Kametani

Animation Director

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Noboru Takagi

Writer

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Episode Summary

"A Chick Hatches" is episode 4 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 2. It scored 7.7/10 from 118 votes, ranking #4 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Written by Noboru Takagi, it aired on January 27, 2009.

Next: E5 · Tree of Promise Best of Season 2