Natsume's Book of Friends
Takashi Natsume, who can see yokai, inherits the Book of Friends left by his grandmother Reiko and returns the names within it alongside his bodyguard Nyanko-sensei, gradually building a home among both humans and yokai.
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- 妖怪 / ドラマ / ファンタジー / 日常
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- Anime
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Natsume's Book of Friends — Timeline12 events
Toko and Shigeru prepare to welcome Natsume
After seeing an isolated Takashi Natsume at a distant relative's funeral, Shigeru Fujiwara begins clearing a spare room at home. He and Toko choose to welcome the boy who has been passed among relatives.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 伍 第十話 塔子と滋Ch. — Places the official season 5 episode 10 and season 3 episode 12 flashbacks in story chronology. ↗
Natsume begins returning names with Nyanko-sensei
While fleeing a yokai, Natsume meets Madara in the form of a lucky cat and learns that Reiko's heirloom is the Book of Friends, which binds yokai. Calling Madara Nyanko-sensei, he takes him as a bodyguard and resolves to return the names.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 第一期 第一話 猫と友人帳／第二話 露神の祠Ch. — Official season 1 episode 1–2 synopses. ↗
Natsume befriends Tanuma, who senses yokai
Kaname Tanuma, newly arrived in Yatsuhara, can sense yokai even if he cannot see them clearly. Natsume meets him as the first peer who may understand his world, and gradually shares part of his secret.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 第一期 第三話 八ツ原の怪人／第十三話 秋の夜宴Ch. — Official season 1 episode 3 and 13 synopses. ↗
Natsume meets the exorcist Shuichi Natori
Natsume meets the popular actor Shuichi Natori, who can also see yokai. Natori works secretly as an exorcist and invites Natsume to join him, but his hatred of yokai contrasts with Natsume's work returning names.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 第一期 第九話 あやかし祓いCh. — Official season 1 episode 9 synopsis. ↗
Natsume helps break Toru Taki's curse
Toru Taki can see yokai that enter a circle devised by her grandfather, but a yokai's curse has forbidden her from speaking to people. Natsume and Nyanko-sensei search for it with Taki and work to free her from isolation.
Vol.TVアニメ 続 夏目友人帳 第六話 少女の陣／第七話 呼んではならぬCh. — Official season 2 episode 6–7 synopses. ↗
Natsume confronts Seiji Matoba, head of the Matoba clan
While investigating someone stealing yokai blood, Natsume meets Seiji Matoba, head of an exorcist clan, and is captured by his familiars. Matoba's willingness to use yokai without mercy exposes the gulf between his values and those of Natsume and Natori.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 参 第六話 人ならぬもの／第七話 祓い屋Ch. — Official season 3 episode 6–7 synopses. ↗
Natsume's human and yokai friends search for him after Matoba captures him
After masked yokai seeking the Book of Friends abduct him, Natsume is also captured by Matoba in the Eastern Forest. While he and Nyanko-sensei attempt to escape, Hinoe and Misuzu head into the forest to find their missing friend.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 肆 第一話 とらわれた夏目／第二話 東方の森Ch. — Official season 4 episode 1–2 synopses. ↗
Natsume returns one last time to the home he shared with his parents
When a buyer is found for the house where he lived with his father as a child, Natsume tells the Fujiwaras he wants to visit once more. He confronts painful memories and longing for his parents before moving forward toward his present home.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 肆 第十一話 一枚の写真〜第十三話 遠き家路Ch. — Official season 4 episode 11–13 synopses. ↗
Natsume enters an exorcists' gathering at Matoba's invitation
A letter from Matoba leads Natsume to consult Natori. Accepting Matoba's invitation, he disguises himself as a clan familiar and enters an exorcists' gathering to search for someone attacking exorcists.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 伍 第三話 祓い屋からの手紙／第四話 連鎖の陰Ch. — Official season 5 episode 3–4 synopses. ↗
Natsume's friends protect him after he is turned into a child
As thanks for helping the yokai Moon-Eater, Natsume is transformed into a child and loses his memories. Nyanko-sensei, Tanuma, Taki, and the others support the boy who seems returned to his lonely past and seek a way to restore him.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 陸 第一話 つきひぐいCh. — Official season 6 episode 1 synopsis; the friends' response follows the same episode's progression. ↗
Natori learns that the Book of Friends exists
Natori, investigating reports of the Book of Friends, joins Natsume in searching for the late Hakozaki's hidden study. When questioned about the book during the search, Natsume resolves to tell Natori everything.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 陸 第十話 閉ざされた部屋／第十一話 大切なモノCh. — Official season 6 episode 10–11 synopses. ↗
Natsume meets Soranome, the first yokai named in the Book of Friends
Following rumors of a yokai seeking the return of its name, Natsume visits Yomotani Forest and meets the mind-reading Soranome. Said to be the first yokai whose name Reiko placed in the book, Soranome recounts memories of her and another girl.
Vol.TVアニメ 夏目友人帳 漆 第十一話 名前を教えてCh. — Official season 7 episode 11 synopsis. ↗
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