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Natsume's Book of Friends S5E2 — Mischievous Rain

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 5•Episode 2

Mischievous Rain

6.4/10 · 100 votesOct 11, 201624 min

Ranked #4 of 11 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

On a rainy day, Natsume meets a young girl youkai. Her name isn't in the Book of Friends, but she wants his help anyway: she wants him to find a man she met once. The man couldn't see youkai normally, but a mischievous trick of

Directed byHironori Aoyagi

Written byAya Yoshinaga

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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)

Crew9

H

Hironori Aoyagi

Director

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Orie Tanaka

Animation Director

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Hideaki Nakano

Storyboard

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Tomomi Shimazaki

Key Animation

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Aya Yoshinaga

Writer

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Satomi Nakamura

Co-Director

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Mana Uchiyama

Co-Director

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Takashi Kawabata

Co-Director

Masayuki Kojima

Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard Artist

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Episode Summary

"Mischievous Rain" is episode 2 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 5. It scored 6.4/10 from 100 votes, ranking #4 of 11 episodes this season (season average 6.6). Directed by Hironori Aoyagi and written by Aya Yoshinaga, it aired on October 11, 2016.

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