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Natsume's Book of Friends S3E13 — Natsume's Book of Play

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 3•Episode 13

Natsume's Book of Play

6.4/10 · 110 votesSep 27, 201124 min

Ranked #3 of 13 in Season 3•−0.1 vs season avg

The youkai hold a party to celebrate Natsume. Things get out of hand when they ask Natsume for a human game, and he suggests Shadow Tag. When Nyanko-sensei becomes "it", he starts stomping youkai left and right. And then Misuzu-sama, the 100 foot tall youkai,

Written bySadayuki Murai

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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)

Kyoko Chikiri

Kyoko Chikiri

Kappa (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

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M

Masakazu Kawazoe

Animation Director

R

Risako Yoshida

Animation

N

Natsuko Kondou

Animation Director

T

Takahiro Omori

Storyboard Artist

Sadayuki Murai

Sadayuki Murai

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Natsume's Book of Play" is episode 13 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 3. It scored 6.4/10 from 110 votes, ranking #3 of 13 episodes this season (season average 6.5). Written by Sadayuki Murai, it aired on September 27, 2011.

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