Madara serves as Natsume's bodyguard and spiritual advisor of sorts, even though ostensibly he is motivated by his own desire to possess the Book of Friends. Malicious spirits on the other hand try to kill him to obtain possession of the book, which is where Madara (called Nyanko-sensei by Natsume) comes in.

Takashi spends his time dissolving the contracts that Reiko created and releasing the various spirits that come to him for help. The Book of Friends is considered a highly prized item in the spirit world, and spirits -īoth good and malicious – haunt Takashi constantly because of it. Upon her death, Reiko bequeathed to her grandson her Book of Friends, a book containing the names of spirits she had bullied into servitude. He had also been passed from one relative to another. This ability resulted in his having a lonely childhood because children his age considered him strange. Ī new film titled Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor was released in theaters on January 16, 2021.įor as long as he can remember, Takashi Natsume has had the ability to see spirits, inheriting the power from his grandmother Reiko Natsume. Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World was released in theaters on September 29, 2018. A sixth season began airing on April 11, 2017. A fifth season began airing on October 4, 2016. The first four seasons of the anime have been licensed by NIS America for a North American release in 2012. The manga is licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media, which released the first volume in January 2010. Natsume's Book of Friends has been adapted as a series of drama CDs, as well as an anime television series produced by Brain's Base (seasons 1–4) and Shuka (seasons 5–6), which was broadcast on TV Tokyo for 6 seasons in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 20. Natsume's Book of Friends was a finalist for the first Manga Taishō award in 2008. The series is about Natsume, an orphaned teenage boy who can see spirits, who inherits from his grandmother the notebook she used to bind spirits under her control. The chapters have been collected in twenty-seven bound volumes. It began serialization by Hakusensha in the shōjo manga magazine LaLa DX in 2005, before switching to LaLa in 2008. Natsume's Book of Friends ( Japanese: 夏目友人帳, Hepburn: Natsume Yūjin-chō) is a Japanese manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor.Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World.

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