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Natsume's Book of Friends S5E4 — Shadow Linked Chains

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 5•Episode 4

Shadow Linked Chains

6.4/10 · 102 votesOct 26, 201624 min

Ranked #6 of 11 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

An inexperienced exorcist tries and fails to completely seal a youkai near Natsume's school. Natsume decides to take the pot the youkai is sealed in to Natori, in hopes that it can be disposed of properly. While he's there, he learns that there is an

Directed by矢部哲平

Written byHiroshi Onogi

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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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Kim Yong-sik

Animation Director

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Konomi Sato

Animation Director

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Hiroshi Onogi

Writer

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Yumiko Kinoshita

Animation Director

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Katsumi Terahigashi

Storyboard Artist

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Hideki Ito

Supervising Animation Director

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矢部哲平

Director

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Episode Summary

"Shadow Linked Chains" is episode 4 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 5. It scored 6.4/10 from 102 votes, ranking #6 of 11 episodes this season (season average 6.6). Directed by 矢部哲平 and written by Hiroshi Onogi, it aired on October 26, 2016.

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