Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume's Book of Friends (Series)

Bittersweet/ Chill/ Melancholic
9 Titles· 2008–2025

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Takashi Natsume

Takashi Natsume is the main protagonist of Natsume's Book of Friends.

Hiroshi Kamiya

Madara

Madara Uchiha, a legendary Uchiha clan leader, co-founded Konohagakure with Hashirama Senju.

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume

Reiko Kashiwaba is a character whose role and details are currently unknown.

Sanae Kobayashi

Kaname Tanuma

Kaname Tsukahara is an 18-year-old student council president and class representative known for his intelligence and responsibility.

Kazuma Horie

Shuuichi Natori

Shuuichi Natori is the head of the Natori exorcist clan, balancing his career as a popular actor with his duties as an exorcist.

Akira Ishida

Seiji Matoba

Seiji Matsuo is a character whose details are currently limited.

Junichi Suwabe

Kogitsune

Koki is a male Zokushou residing in Amawakuni.

Aki Uechi

Tooru Taki

Toru Takase is the captain of the Shiro High School boys' rhythmic gymnastics team.

Rina Satou

Hinoe

Hinoe is a powerful and beautiful youkai with a proud personality and a twisted sense of humor.

Akemi Okamura

Touko Fujiwara

Touko Fujiwara is a female character from the series "December When There Is No Angel".

Miki Itou

Tree Youkai

The Tree Youkai is a youkai residing in a tree near a road Natsume used to walk.

Fuyuka Ono

Hiiragi

Hiiragi is a leader of the Odawara Onizaru.

Satsuki Yukino

Tsubame

Tsubame Otorii is a 13-year-old girl who initially displays a twisted view of friendship and lacks a concept of family.

Ryouka Yuzuki

Misuzu

Misuzu is a 16-year-old shy girl who is the protagonist of the yuri series "Yuri Seijin Naoko-san." She attends Mariya all girls academy and has only one friend.

Takaya Kuroda

Satoru Nishimura

Satoru Nishimura is an office worker and the boyfriend of Fumino Inoue.

Ryouhei Kimura

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Synopsis

Due to an unusual ability to see strange creatures called youkai, Takashi Natsume has never fit in. Passed around from one foster home to another, he was left isolated and lonely. Over time, he has accepted that no one would ever believe him and has closed himself off to his current caretakers and classmates. When Natsume accidentally breaks an intangible barrier, he frees Madara—a mighty spirit in the form of a lucky cat. Madara notices that Natsume bears a remarkable resemblance to his late grandmother Reiko Natsume, an outcast girl who became known across the youkai world for creating the Book of Friends. It is now in Natsume's possession, along with its power to call upon the written names of the youkai Reiko had defeated. With no interest in its powers, Natsume decides to keep the book for the sake of his grandmother's memories and to protect it from scheming youkai. Therefore, he makes a deal with Madara: he will hand him the book once his time is up, and in turn, Madara will act as Natsume's unofficial bodyguard, nicknamed Nyanko-sensei. With his newfound goal of freeing those Reiko had sealed, Natsume's relationship with both youkai and humans slowly begins to improve.