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Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 6 - That Which Is Not Human
    6.1/10(104 votes)

    S3:E6

    There is something killing Youkai and draining them of their blood. Natsume can't help but investigate and runs into old friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  2. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 7 - Exorcist
    6.1/10(102 votes)

    S3:E7

    Natsume finds out who's been stealing the youkai blood: the exorcist Matoba Seiji. He investigates with the help of Natori, but is captured by Matoba's servant youkai. Matoba is willing to sacrifice any number of youkai for his own ambitions. He tells Natsume why he's gathering blood: to release the seal on a powerful youkai. Natsume learns that there are people who treat Youkai in a totally different way than he or even Natori.

    Director:Satomi Nakamura
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  3. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 10 - The Broken Mirror
    6.1/10(103 votes)

    S3:E10

    After a brief incident in the forest, Tanuma has become distant to Natsume like he is avoiding something. In the meantime, there is something breaking glass around the school.

    Director:Hideya Takahashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  4. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 3 - False Friend
    6.2/10(106 votes)

    S3:E3

    Natsume is approached by someone he knew from elementary school. He wants nothing to do with them, but they threaten to reveal his secret: that he can see Youkai, if he doesn't come along with them. He reluctantly goes with them, and is taken to meet a strange girl...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  5. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 8 - When I Was Deceived
    6.2/10(100 votes)

    S4:E8

    Natsume is walking home one day when he's accosted by a flying Tengu, who lifts him up into the sky! Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei is stuck in a well, where Nanase tells him a story about how she learned to never get close to a youkai.

    Director:Masayuki Kojima
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  6. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Episode 9 - Following a Narrow Path
    6.2/10(100 votes)

    S5:E9

    While on the run from a fearsome youkai, Natsume accidently sits on a tiny mushroom youkai. The mushroom youkai is incensed, as it has a meeting with a 'noble person' later in that day. It insists on Natsume helping it prepare for its meeting with this 'noble person', and Natsume finds himself drawn into the strange story of its past...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mariko Kunisawa

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  7. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Episode 7 - That Which You Must Not Call
    6.3/10(110 votes)

    S2:E7

    Natsume is dragged off into the cave of the evil spirit that is after Tooru. He temporarily loses the ability to see youkai after being poisoned by the spirit. Will he be able to stop the youkai from eating Tooru without his sight?

    Director:Hisatoshi Shimizu
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 - The Man Amidst the Rows of Cherry Trees
    6.3/10(112 votes)

    S2:E9

    From the day that a picture of a row of cherry trees in a desolate winter was obtained, every time Natsume wakes up, his rooms is covered in petals. Trying to solve the root of this activity, Natsume and Nyako Sensei try and return the picture to Miya, a shadowy figure who accompanies the picture. But why can't they return it to Miya...?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  9. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Episode 11 - Assembly of Conjurers
    6.3/10(107 votes)

    S2:E11

    After chasing an injured yokai around, Natsume encounters Natori, who then invites him to go to a meeting of sorcerers. There, Natsume meets others with similar powers and similar problems.

    Director:Hisatoshi Shimizu
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  10. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Episode 12 - The Young Boy in the Empty House
    6.3/10(108 votes)

    S2:E12

    At a house rumored to be haunted by ghosts, Natsume hears the voice of a child. Following the voice to its source, Natsume finds a child named Kai, who is trapped in a casket-like box. Kai tells Natsume that he someone is chasing him every day.

    Director:Masayuki Matsumoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 2 - Ukihara Village
    6.3/10(108 votes)

    S3:E2

    Natsume is accosted by a spirit who asks for her brother's name back. She says that both of them have come from the village of floating spring, a paradise sealed off from the land of men. Meanwhile, the local Youkai are happy that the local priest is no longer in his temple. Natsume worries for his friend Tanuma, the priest's son, but isn't sure what to say...

    Director:Satomi Nakamura
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  12. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 5 - The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom
    6.3/10(106 votes)

    S3:E5

    Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was an old doll youkai, who was trying to recover its body which was torn apart when her grandfather sealed it

    Director:Hideya Takahashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  13. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 8 - The Fox Child's Watch
    6.3/10(104 votes)

    S3:E8

    Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It's being held in an inn where he once stayed. When he goes there, he meets an old friend: the young fox child he once saved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  14. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 9 - Through the Autumn Wind
    6.3/10(106 votes)

    S3:E9

    Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  15. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 11 - What the Mirror Shows
    6.3/10(104 votes)

    S3:E11

    Tanuma is experiencing how Natsume lives every day. While Natsume and the youkai gain an understanding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  16. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 12 - A place to go home to
    6.3/10(105 votes)

    S3:E12

    A youkai from Natsume past has found him and memories of living with relatives before the Fujiwaras are explored.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  17. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 3 - The Little Ones
    6.3/10(100 votes)

    S4:E3

    After Natsume returned Amana's name, she accused him of stealing her ring. He has three days to find and return it before she burns down his house. To make matters worse, the ring is trapped in the hair of a migratory youkai, and Nyanko-sensei is unable to use his powers.

    Director:Satomi Nakamura
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  18. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 4 - Stand-In
    6.3/10(102 votes)

    S4:E4

    Natsume is at home early one evening when he hears a knock on the door. He sees Tohko outside, asking to be let in. But when he opens the door, there's nobody there, and a gust of wind rushes past. Another Youkai is after the book of friends!

    Director:Kotomi Deai
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  19. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 6 - The Other Side of the Glass
    6.3/10(101 votes)

    S4:E6

    Natsume overhears whispers that a powerful youkai is reviving, later that evening he is trapped in a bottle as an offering. Humans can't see or hear him, so Nyanko-sensei decides to help the “best” way he can…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  20. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Episode 9 - What Flows
    6.3/10(96 votes)

    S6:E9

    Natsume travels to an inn for a study session with the rest of his class. While he's there, a flood washes away a local shrine. The shrine is said to house three masks, but Natsume can see four...

    Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  21. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 Episode 13 - Natsume's Book of Play
    6.4/10(110 votes)

    S3:E13

    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, shows up...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  22. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 5 - To You, From Bygone Days
    6.4/10(103 votes)

    S4:E5

    An old classmate Yuriko, remembers her time watching Natsume and how he was a little weird. A clingbug from Natsume's past reminds him of the time he spent running from a youkai with a grudge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  23. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 7 - The Gap Between Humans and Youkai
    6.4/10(103 votes)

    S4:E7

    Natsume's greatest fear has come true. Someone not involved in the world of youkai is hurt because of him. Natori needs Natsume to regain his composure or they will be eaten by Omibashira!

    Director:Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  24. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 9 - The Moon-Splitting Festival
    6.4/10(102 votes)

    S4:E9

    Every 10 years the followers of Houdzuigami and Fudzukigami have a battle to determine the fate of the land. Natsume is approached by the followers of Houdzukigami to act as their missing god. Natori has been given the job of finding the missing god or seal Fuduzkigami before he wins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  25. Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 Episode 10 - The God, Enshrined
    6.4/10(104 votes)

    S4:E10

    While being swept down the river, Natsume managed to feel the presences of Hudzuki-gami. Natori must make the choice to follow Natsume instincts or seal Fudzuki-gami.

    Director:Satomi Nakamura
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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Worst Episodes Summary

"That Which Is Not Human" is the worst rated episode of "Natsume's Book of Friends". It scored 6.1/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 8/11/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Exorcist".