Natsume's Book of Friends — 2008-2025 · 7 seasons · 91 eps

★ 8.1

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Natsume's Book of Friends

2008-2025 7 seasons 91 episodes

★ 8.1 (3,151 votes) Top 24%

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.

Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

E1

7.3

7.6

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.3

7.8

E2

7.8

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.9

5.7

7.9

E3

7.2

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

7.7

E4

7.3

5.8

6.3

5.8

5.6

5.7

7.9

E5

7.3

6.0

5.6

5.6

5.9

5.9

7.7

E6

8.0

6.0

5.4

5.8

5.7

5.7

7.7

E7

7.5

6.0

5.5

5.8

5.7

5.7

7.8

E8

7.6

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.9

5.8

7.6

E9

7.0

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

7.8

E10

7.4

6.2

5.5

5.6

6.4

5.6

8.7

E11

7.2

5.9

5.6

5.8

5.7

6.0

9.4

E12

7.6

5.8

5.8

5.8

9.3

9.1

8.7

E13

7.7

5.9

5.9

6.3

8.9

8.8

9.0

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7.5

6.0

5.7

5.8

6.3

6.3

8.1

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Episode Power Rankings

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 9.4

S7E11 Tell Me Your Name

Natsume meets the very first Yokai whose name was written in the Book of Friends.

#2

S5E12 9.3

One Night's Cups

Natsume meets a yokai couple whom his grandmother had met and who specialize in making sake cups, particularly sake cups that add glorious tastes to whatever is drunk from them but then turn to dust after one night.

#3

S6E12 9.1

Suzunaru no Kirikabu

Takashi encounters an old man who asks for help with getting home. The old man turns out to be a yokai who will soon disappear and he asks Takashi to help him to fulfill a promise that he had made.

4. S7E13 "The Outstretched Hand" 9.0
5. S5E13 "Yuugi no Utage" 8.9
6. S6E13 "Mugen no Kakera" 8.8
7. S7E10 "The House Where a Promise Remains" 8.7
8. S7E12 "From the Path of Dreams" 8.7
9. S1E6 "Swallow at the Lake Bottom" 8.0
10. S7E2 "Someday's Garden" 7.9

📉 Bottom Episodes

#91

S3E6 5.4

Hito naranu mono

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

90. S6E9 "What Flows" 5.5
89. S5E9 "Following a Narrow Path" 5.5
88. S4E8 "Madoi shi koro ni" 5.5
87. S3E10 "Wareta kagami" 5.5

The Quality Arc

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7 Standouts

43 Infamous

17 Hidden Gems

24 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E2 Tsuyukami no hokora

Most Infamous: S3E6 Hito naranu mono

Best Hidden Gem: S7E11 Tell Me Your Name

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