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 him.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 86
- Latest aired
- S07E12
- Total runtime
- 1d 10h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 July 2008 – September 2008 13 episodes
- Season 2 January 2009 – March 2009 13 episodes
- the show was away for 2 years and 3 months
- Season 3 July 2011 – September 2011 13 episodes
- Season 4 January 2012 – March 2012 13 episodes
- the show was away for 4 years and 6 months
- Season 5 October 2016 – December 2016 11 episodes
- Season 6 April 2017 – June 2017 11 episodes
- the show was away for 7 years and 3 months
- Season 7 October 2024 – December 2024 12 episodes
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S03E01 The Name of a Monster
July 5 · 24min find the promo
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One day, Natsume finds a yokai named Kagejawan running around near his home, which he soon learns means disaster is about to strike.
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S03E02 Ukihara Village
July 12 · 24min find the promo
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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...
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S03E03 False Friend
July 19 · 24min find the promo
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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...
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S03E04 Young Days
July 26 · 24min find the promo
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Midterms are over, and Natsume leaves on a trip with Nishimura, Kitamoto, and Sasada. He realizes that the scenery he's viewing from the train is from one of the places he grew up in, when he was passed around from one family to the next. He'd thought he didn't have any good memories of the time, but then he remembers what happened when he lived there...
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S03E05 The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom
August 2 · 24min find the promo
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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
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S03E06 That Which Is Not Human
August 11 · 24min find the promo
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There is something killing Youkai and draining them of their blood. Natsume can't help but investigate and runs into old friends.
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S03E07 Exorcist
August 16 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E08 The Fox Child's Watch
August 23 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E09 Through the Autumn Wind
August 30 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E10 The Broken Mirror
September 6 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E11 What the Mirror Shows
September 13 · 24min find the promo
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Tanuma is experiencing how Natsume lives every day. While Natsume and the youkai gain an understanding.
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S03E12 A place to go home to
September 20 · 24min find the promo
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A youkai from Natsume past has found him and memories of living with relatives before the Fujiwaras are explored.
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S03E13 Natsume's Book of Play
September 27 · 24min find the promo
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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...