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Natsume's Book of Friends S5E11 — To the Ephemeral Ones

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 5•Episode 11

To the Ephemeral Ones

6.5/10 · 105 votesDec 21, 201624 min

Ranked #2 of 11 in Season 5•−0.1 vs season avg

Natsume has come down with a cold after adventuring in the hills. All of his friends, both human and youkai, do their best to make him feel better. As he lies in bed, he begins to realize how much the people around him care for

Directed byHideki Ito

Written bySadayuki Murai

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To the Ephemeral Ones

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)

Crew8

H

Hideyuki Motohashi

Animation Director

M

Masakazu Kawazoe

Key Animation

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Tatsuo Yamada

Key Animation

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Hideki Ito

Storyboard Artist

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Hideki Ito

Director

Sadayuki Murai

Sadayuki Murai

Writer

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Anzu Katsuragi

Key Animation

M

Miyuki Ooshiro

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"To the Ephemeral Ones" is episode 11 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 5. It scored 6.5/10 from 105 votes, ranking #2 of 11 episodes this season (season average 6.6). Directed by Hideki Ito and written by Sadayuki Murai, it aired on December 21, 2016.

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