List of Natsume Yūjin - chō episodes - wikipedia List of Natsume Yūjin - chō episodes Natsume Yūjin - chō is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series Natsume 's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa. The first anime series was produced by Brain 's Base under the direction of Takahiro Omori. It was broadcast on the TV Tokyo network in two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first from July 7 to September 29, 2008 and the second, called Zoku Natsume Yūjin - chō ( 続 夏目 友人 帳, Natsume 's Book of Friends Continued ), from January 5 to March 30, 2009. For the first season, the opening theme was `` Issei no Sei '' ( 一斉 の 声, `` Simultaneous Voice '' ) by Shūhei Kita, and the ending theme was `` Natsu Yūzora '' ( 夏 夕空, `` Summer Evening Sky '' ) by Kousuke Atari. For the second season, the opening theme was `` Ano Hi Time Machine '' ( あの 日 タイム マシン, `` That Day 's Time Machine '' ) by Long Shot Party and the ending theme was `` Aishiteru '' ( 愛し てる, `` I Love You '' ) by Kourin ( Also known as Callin ' ). Both seasons were released on five DVDs each. The third season, titled Natsume Yūjin - chō San ( 夏目 友人 帳 参, Natsume 's Book of Friends Three ) aired between July 5 to September 27, 2011. The opening theme is `` Boku ni Dekiru Koto '' ( 僕 に できること, `` I Can Do '' ) by HOW MERRY MARRY and the ending theme is `` Kimi no Kakera '' ( 君 ノカケラ, `` Pieces of You '' ) by Kousuke Atari featuring Emiri Miyamoto. The fourth season, titled Natsume Yūjin - chō Shi ( 夏目 友人 帳 肆, Natsume 's Book of Friends Four ) aired between January 2 to March 26, 2012. The opening theme is `` Ima, Kono Toki '' ( 今 、 この とき., `` Now, This Time '' ) by Hiiragi and the ending theme is `` Takaramono '' ( たから もの, `` Treasure '' ) by Marina Kawano. The fifth season, titled Natsume Yūjin - Chō Go ( 夏目 友人 帳 伍, Natsume 's Book of Friends Five ) began airing on October 4, 2016. The opening theme is `` Takarabako '' ( タカラバコ ) by Sasanomaly and the ending theme is `` Akane Sasu '' ( 茜 さす ) by Aimer. The sixth season, titled Natsume Yūjin - chō Roku ( 夏目 友人 帳 陸, Natsume 's Book of Friends Six ) began airing on April 11, 2017. The opening theme is Furōria ( フローリア, `` Floria '' ) by Tomohisa Sako and the ending theme is `` Kimi no Uta '' ( きみ の うた, lit. `` Your Song '' ) by Rei Yasuda. Contents 1 Episode list 1.1 Natsume Yūjin - cho 1.2 Zoku Natsume Yūjin - chō 1.3 Natsume Yūjin - chō San 1.4 Natsume Yūjin - chō Shi 1.5 Natsume Yūjin - Chō Go 1.6 Natsume Yūjin - chō Roku 1.7 OAD and OVA LaLa Specials 2 References Episode list Natsume Yūjin - chō No. Title Original air date 01 `` The Cat and The Book Of Friends '' `` Neko to Yūjinchō '' ( 猫 と 友人 帳 ) July 7, 2008 Natsume discovers that the heirloom `` Book of Friends '' that he inherited from his grandmother, Reiko, contains the names of the yōkai she had defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a spirit in the form of a Maneki Neko ( lucky cat figure ), whom he calls Nyanko - Sensei ( lit. `` Master Little Meow '' ), Natsume decides to return all the names to their original owners. 02 `` The Dew - God 's Small Shrine '' `` Tsuyukami no Hokora '' ( 露 神 の 祠 ) July 14, 2008 Natsume is visited by the village 's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees. 03 `` The Mysterious Person At The Eight Fields '' `` Yatsuhara no Kaijin '' ( 八 ツ 原 の 怪人 ) July 21, 2008 Natsume is implored to help spirits who are currently being exorcised. He finds a kindred spirit in Tanuma, a boy who can sense yōkai although he is not powerful enough to see them. 04 `` Shigure and the Girl '' `` Shigure to Shōjo '' ( 時雨 と 少女 ) July 28, 2008 Natsume 's secret is found out by Sasada, the class president, during a `` trial of courage. '' She asks for his help to find the spirit that lives in the abandoned school. Natsume denies the fact that he can see anything, but she wo n't take no for an answer. Meanwhile, the spirit, Shigure, captures the rest of their school mates, in fury of the school being torn down. 05 `` Heart - Colored Ticket '' `` Kokoro - iro no Kippu '' ( 心 色 の 切符 ) August 4, 2008 Natsume finds an old ticket among Reiko 's belongings and decides to go to the abandoned train station to see why she kept it. There, he meets a slow - witted spirit named Santo, who was waiting for Reiko the entire time to go to Kiriganuma, and there to see and make up with his friend, Mikuri. But the trip is n't as easy as it first seems. 06 `` Swallow at the Lake Bottom '' `` Kotei no Tsubame '' ( 湖底 の つばめ ) August 11, 2008 Natsume is possessed by a swallow spirit, who wishes to meet a human who once helped her. Natsume agrees to help her and the two grow attached. When Swallow finds the human, Natsume feels bad that she ca n't actually meet him, but when he hears of a kimono that can turn a spirit into a human for a day, he looks for it. 07 `` The Little Fox 's Hat '' `` Kogitsune no Bōshi '' ( 子 狐 の ぼうし ) August 18, 2008 Natsume goes to a hot spring for a school trip, with an errand from Shigeru to pick up teacups from a nearby potter. While there he meets and helps a little fox spirit, who quickly grows attached to him. 08 `` Fleeting Light '' `` Hakanai Hikari '' ( 儚い 光 ) August 25, 2008 Natsume meets a spirit who used to be friends with a man who could also see Yōkai, but one day lost this ability. 09 `` Ayakashi Exorcism '' `` Ayakashi - barai '' ( あやかし 祓い ) September 1, 2008 Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist. 10 `` Asagi 's Koto '' `` Asagi no Koto '' ( アサギ の 琴 ) September 8, 2008 Natsume is possessed by a sick koto player, whose friend wants her to be able to play one last time. 11 `` Nyanko 's Book Of Boredom '' `` Nyanko Tsurezure - chō '' ( ニャンコ 徒然 帳 ) September 15, 2008 When Natsume finally has enough of Nyanko 's behavior Nyanko leaves, wandering about by himself and causing trouble. 12 `` Five - Day Mark '' `` Itsuka - jirushi '' ( 五 日 印 ) September 22, 2008 Natsume is cursed by an evil spirit which had been sealed to a tree. Not wanting to trouble his adoptive family, he decided to stay away from home. 13 `` Autumn Banquet '' `` Aki no Yaen '' ( 秋 の 夜宴 ) September 29, 2008 Tanuma finds out that Nyanko - Sensei is a spirit. Tanuma and Natsume enjoy the autumn festival and previous acquaintances are seen again. Zoku Natsume Yūjin - chō Series no. Season no. Title Original air date 14 `` Stolen Book Of Friends '' `` Ubawareta Yūjinchō '' ( 奪 われ た 友人 帳 ) January 5, 2009 Natsume is attacked by a yokai while retrieving a ball at school. In his haste to run away, he ends up breaking a yokai 's seal, similar to how he met Nyanko - sensei. Later that night, Natsume discovers a black lookalike of Nyanko - sensei, only to have him steal the Book Of Friends ! 15 `` Melting Into Spring '' `` Haru ni Tokeru '' ( 春 に 溶ける ) January 12, 2009 While fooling around in the snow, Natsume and Nyanko - sensei run into Gen, a forest guardian who lives inside a statue. Gen tries to take over Natsume 's body, but instead takes over a snow rabbit that Natsume had made. Gen pleads with Natsume to help him find an evil spirit who destroyed Sui, his guardian partner, and Natsume agrees. But it seems Gen is n't telling everything he knows. 16 `` Youkai Exorcism Amid The Steaming Springs '' `` Yōkai Taiji Yukemuri - kō '' ( 妖怪 退治 湯けむり 行 ) January 19, 2009 Natori invites Natsume on a hot spring trip. But noises from the closet and a kimono - clad figure dangled from the ceiling make Natsume uneasy. 17 `` A Chick Hatches '' `` Hina, Kaeru '' ( 雛 、 孵る ) January 26, 2009 Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, without considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches a rare baby spirit, called Tatsumi, emerged and thought that Natsume is its parent. Natsume ca n't help but get attached to the little spirit even as Tatsumi grows tired and sick. Then, a mysterious spirit came and wants to take away Tatsumi for his master -- who wants to eat it. 18 5 `` Tree Of Promise '' `` Yakusoku no Ki '' ( 約束 の 樹 ) February 2nd, 2009 Natsume encounters a spirit who had been enslaved by his grandmother Reiko fifty years ago by writing his name on a torn page from the Book of Friends, and tying it to a tree in a forest. Can Natsume help locate the torn page ? What was Reiko 's intention for tying it to a tree ? 19 6 `` The Maiden 's Circle '' `` Shōjo no Jin '' ( 少女 の 陣 ) February 9, 2009 There is a new girl in school, Taki Tooru. With her appearance at the school, circles resembling crop circles begin to appear. As Natsume tries to find out more about the circles and Taki, he is visited by another Youkai. Only this time, the Youkai is n't looking for his name to be released. 20 7 `` That Which You Must Not Call '' `` Yonde wa Naranu '' ( 呼ん では なら ぬ ) February 16, 2009 Natsume temporarily loses the ability to see youkai after being poisoned by the spirit. Will he be able to stop the youkai from eating Taki without his sight ? 21 8 `` Emotions Undying '' `` Fushi no Omoi '' ( 不死 の 想い ) February 23, 2009 Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn there is a lake ; in which is believed to live a mermaid. Does mermaid blood really give eternal life ? 22 9 `` The Man Amidst the Rows Of Cherry Trees '' `` Sakura Namiki no Kare '' ( 桜 並木 の 彼 ) March 2, 2009 From the day where a picture of a row of cherry trees in a desolate winter was obtained, every time Natsume wakes up, his room is covered in petals. Trying to solve the root of this mystery, Natsume and Nyanko Sensei try to return the picture to Miya, a shadow figure who accompanies the picture. But why ca n't they return it to Miya ? 23 10 `` Temporary Home '' `` Kariie '' ( 仮 家 ) March 9, 2009 Strange things start happening at Natsume 's home, like Toukou 's plants get destroyed, and a strange Youkai starts wandering around his house. Natsume then learns more about Reiko and her life in this town. He also learns how to get rid of the Youkai who 's wandering around the house. 24 11 `` Assembly Of Conjurers '' `` Jujutsushi no Kai '' ( 呪術 師 の 会 ) March 16, 2009 While out with Tōko - san, Natsume spots a hurt youkai. Quickly he chases after it but as he goes to help it, it is eaten by a much bigger youkai. Natori and Hiiragi appear right after the youkai escapes and they invite Natsume to the Assembly of Conjurers. Here Natsume can not distinguish between human and youkai and is hopeful of finding people who understand him. But he is too soft - heartened to realize everyone 's intent. 25 12 `` The Young Boy in the Empty House '' `` Haioku no Shōnen '' ( 廃屋 の 少年 ) March 23, 2009 Natsume encounters a young boy named Kai sealed in a coffin in an abandoned house. Natsume sets Kai free and finds out that Kai is being stalked by a youkai. After a time, Natsume becomes the target of this youkai and stops the youkai 's stalking with Nyanko - sensei 's help. In the end Natori, who turns out to be the stalker and who sealed Kai in the coffin, tells Natsume that Kai is a Youkai. 26 13 `` Humans and Ayakashi '' `` Hito to Ayakashi '' ( 人 と 妖 ) March 30, 2009 Natori tells Natsume of a well near the mansion that holds a group of Oni. They are calling out to any Youkai. He also learns that Kai came down from the mountains to free the Oni. While looking for Kai, Natsume sets off one of Natori 's traps in the mansion. Kai saves Natsume and heads off to kill Natori. Natsume follows him, to save Natori from getting killed. After he encounters him, he is forced to make an important decision : Which ones are more important to him ? Humans or Youkai ? Natsume Yūjin - chō san Series no. Season no. Title Original air date 27 `` The Name of a Monster '' `` Ayashiki Mono no Na '' ( 妖しき ものの 名 ) July 5, 2011 Natsume meets a shrine god in the form of an elderly woman. He is forced to help her return a mirror to a youkai said to bring disaster. The youkai turns out to be Reiko, Natsume 's grandmother, who the shrine god only mistook as a youkai. Reiko had lent out the mirror so that the shrine god could save the life of an old tree, but the two parted after Reiko learned that the elderly woman was a youkai. 28 `` Ukihara Village '' `` Ukihara no Sato '' ( 浮 春の 郷 ) July 12, 2011 Tanuma 's father leaves on a trip and a strange youkai invades his house, spreading miasma that makes all the nearby youkai suffer. Natsume tracks it down and discovers that the noxious youkai was once a resident in an all - youkai village. A portal had opened for a short time during a human ceremony that he had taken his sister to watch. However, they became trapped in the human world, and his sister died. After returning to the old temple where the ceremonies were held, the portal opens and he returns home. 29 `` False Friend '' `` Itsuwari no Yūjin '' ( 偽り の 友人 ) July 19, 2011 It 's Shigeru 's birthday and Touko has asked Natsume to buy some strawberry shortcakes to celebrate. However, Shibata, an old classmate of Natsume 's, finds him and asks for his help. He remembered Natsume used to say weird things, so he wanted to know if a girl he 's been seeing is real or not. When Natsume meets the girl, Murasaki, she seems normal. He reassures Shibata that she is a human. Natsume later has a vision that reveals her to be a tree youkai with intention to eat Shibata. Natsume tries to warn Shibata, he refuses to listen and accuses Natsume of lying. Natsume tries to talk to Murasaki, but she does not waver. It is then revealed that although she had initially planned to eat Shibata, she fell in love with him as they spent time together, and because her tree has been cut down, she will die soon anyway. Shibata receives a note from Murasaki just in time for the two of them to spend her last moments together. 30 `` Young Days '' `` Osanaki Hibi ni '' ( 幼き 日々 に ) July 26, 2011 Summer has arrived for Natsume and his friends in the school. After exams, Natsume, Sasada, Nishimura and Kitamoto go on a trip to an art museum. Upon his return, Tohko reminisces about an old friend that she felt she 'd wronged, this makes Natsume think back to his own turbulent childhood. In the present day, a youkai living in the branches of a tree thinks back to Natsume. She had been bored because no one could see her, and when she found out that Natsume could see youkai, she often scared him to be noticed. Both of them parted ways on bad terms. The story returns to Natsume in the present day, who makes a stop at his old neighborhood to visit the youkai. The youkai, who had isolated herself from humans, is relieved to see that Natsume is okay and has found a reason to smile. The episode ends with Natsume 's thoughts, `` If there is somebody that you wish to meet, then you are not alone anymore. '' 31 5 `` The Thing That Lurks In The Storeroom '' `` Kura ni Hisomu Mono '' ( 蔵 に ひそむ もの ) August 2, 2011 Natsume and Tanuma take shelter under a roof from the rain. As it turns out, the house belongs to Taki, and they work together to clean her warehouse where her grandfather studied youkai. Natsume accidentally breaks a seal that Taki 's grandfather made to trap a dangerous kimono youkai. The three of them race around the house to find its misplaced limbs before the youkai does -- its power will be returned upon completing its body. Natsume and Taki try to get the resident youkai to help, but they refuse. When the kimono youkai comes close to hurting Natsume, they come to the rescue. After Taki thanks them, they all reminisce about their fondness for Taki 's grandfather and leave elsewhere. 32 6 `` That Which Is Not Human '' `` Hito Naranu Mono '' ( 人 なら ぬ もの ) August 9, 2011 Natsume accidentally bumps into a woman with blood covering her body. He follows the bloody footsteps that the woman left and discovers a small house. When he opens the door, he sees badly injured youkai. There is someone killing youkai for blood, and with the help of Natori, Natsume tracks down who he believes to be the murderer : Matoba. However, Matoba captures him. 33 7 `` Exorcist '' `` Haraiya '' ( 祓い 屋 ) August 16, 2011 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. 34 8 `` The Little Fox 's Watch '' `` Kogitsune no Tokei '' ( 子 狐 の とけい ) August 23, 2011 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. 35 9 `` Through The Fading Autumn Wind '' `` Akikaze Kitte '' ( 秋風 切っ て ) August 30, 2011 Because of his poisonous arrow wound, Madara spends most of his time sleeping to heal. Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. Especially since a strange stone seems to stir strange phenomena everywhere around him. To make things worse, it 's the cultural festival and Natsume is appointed to serve the clients at the bazaar set by his class. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break. 36 10 `` The Broken Mirror '' `` Wareta Kagami '' ( 割れ た 鏡 ) September 6, 2011 An event in the forest causes Tanuma to avoid Natsume the following days, which he becomes concerned about. Mirrors are mysteriously breaking around the school and one day Natsume catches Tanuma acting weirdly. It turns out that Tanuma has been possessed by a youkai looking for her mirror, which had been broken into pieces during a storm a few days before. Using him as a vessel until she reclaims her mirror, Natsume has no choice but to help her. The youkai warns that there may be others seeking the mirror. 37 11 `` What The Mirror Shows '' `` Utsusu Mono '' ( 映す もの ) September 13, 2011 Because of his possession, Tanuma is able to see the youkai around him and thus better understand how Natsume lives. 38 12 `` A Place To Go Home To '' `` Kaeru Basho '' ( 帰る 場所 ) September 20, 2011 When a dangerous youkai from Natsume 's past finds his current home, he comes down with a fever and dreams about his life right before moving in with the Fujiwaras. 39 13 `` Natsume 's Book of Play '' `` Natsume Yūgi - chō '' ( 夏目 遊戯 帳 ) September 27, 2011 Natsume spends time playing `` human '' children games with youkai he has befriended. Games he had been left out of as a child. Natsume Yūjin - chō Shi Series no. Season no. Title Original air date 40 `` Natsume Captured '' `` Torawareta Natsume '' ( とらわれ た 夏目 ) January 2, 2012 Natsume encounters some strange, monkey - mask wearing demons while out in a forest. They want the book of friends, and start physically threatening him until Natsume is saved by Nyanko - Sensei. Later on, Natsume encounters the demons again and is captured by them, and brought to their forest. Meanwhile, Nyanko - sensei learns some interesting things about the forest the monkey mask demons live in. Running away from the demons, Natsume and Nyanko - sensei are unintentionally saved by an exorcist - Matoba ! 41 `` The Eastern Forest '' `` Touhou no Mori '' ( 東方 の 森 ) January 9, 2012 Natsume and Matoba talk, but when the conversation does n't go the way he wants, Matoba orders Natsume to be put in a cell. Natsume escapes with the help of Nyanko - sensei. Along with his other demon companions, Natsume helps the monkey - masked demons living in the forest. 42 `` The Little Ones '' `` Chisaki Mono '' ( 小さき もの ) January 16, 2012 Natsume befriends a small fluffball youkai. 43 `` The Stand - In '' `` Daitou '' ( 代 答 ) January 23, 2012 Yobiko, a youkai that can imitate the voices of others, sneaks into Natsumes ' house and asks him to call out another youkai named Karikami. Long ago, Yobiko had been watching over a woman named Youko who was meeting with a man at a nearby shrine. One day the man stopped coming, due to an arranged marriage to another woman, so Yobiko decided to use his talent to talk to the girl. Eventually, he told her the truth about the man and ran away. When he came back to the shrine many years later, he found an old letter that had been sealed shut and wrinkled. Natsume and Yobiko later meet Karikami and after returning his name, Karikami restores the letter. Unable to read human letters, Yobiko asks Natsume to read it to him. Instead of a hateful message he was expecting, it is actually a letter of thanks for telling her the truth. 44 5 `` To You, From Bygone Days '' `` Sugishi Hi no Kimi ni '' ( 過ぎ し 日 の 君 に ) January 30, 2012 In the town Natsume used to live in, a girl recalls Natsume. She remembers his strange actions and wanted to understand him. Meanwhile, Natsume encounters a small Youkai which reminds him of the same girl and town. 45 6 `` Other Side of the Glass '' `` Garasu no Muko '' ( 硝子 の む こう ) February 6, 2012 Natsume is trapped in a bottle by a youkai to be offered to another named Omibashira. Nyanko - sensei transforms into Natsume and goes around his school to ask his friends about Omibashira, but gets Tanuma involved. Tanuma is attacked by one of the youkai that trapped Natsume and loses him, but as he runs through the forest looking for Natsume he finds a mansion behind the school. When Tanuma is suddenly able to see the youkai walking up the steps to the mansion, he is found out by a youkai with a bag over its head. 46 7 `` The Gap Between Humans and Youkai '' `` Hito to no Made '' ( 人 と 妖 の 間 で ) February 13, 2012 Natsume is saved by Tanuma and the two escape from the banquet hall with the help of Natori, who was disguised as a youkai. Tanuma is drawn more into the world of the youkai and experiences it first - hand, which greatly worries Natsume. Blood marks are found all around the mansion and Natsume 's fears come true when Tanuma is attacked by Omibashira, but is protected by a stone Natori gave him. After Natsume helps Natori seal Omibashira everyone is able to escape the previously sealed exits. Promising Tanuma that he 'd tell him his complaints at school the next day, Natsume finally arrives back home. 47 8 `` When I was Deceived '' `` Madoi Shi Koro Ni '' ( 惑い し 頃 に ) February 20, 2012 Nyanko - sensei falls into a well and discovers that there is a barrier inside it, as well as Nanase, Matoba 's assistant. She is looking for a certain stone with a youkai she had sealed in it, and tells Nyanko - sensei the story of how she met the youkai to pass the time. 48 9 `` The Moon - Splitting Festival '' `` Tsukiwake Matsuri '' ( 月 分 祭 ) February 27, 2012 Natori is tasked with the job of finding and breaking the seal of Houzukigami, a god that was to participate in the Moon - Splitting Festival done every 10 years against Fuzukigami, another god. The festival is used by the youkai around the mountains to determine whether the harvest would be bountiful that year or not. Without Houzukigami, the match would end in a default win for Fuzukigami, causing the land to become barren. Natori tries to find the seal but is surprised to find Natsume at the festival disguised as Houzukigami, having been asked by Houzukigami 's servants to stand in for their god. The match to be the winner is to catch a beast that was released from a pot. Houzukigami 's servants tell Natsume to look for the real Houzukigami while they track down the beast. Joined by Natori, Hiiragi, Nyanko - sensei, and one of the servants, they look in a building by a waterfall. The beast suddenly appears and Natsume and Hiiragi are knocked off the deck of the building. After recuperating from being dragged down the river, they try to run back to the building but are caught in a trap by Fuzukigami 's servants which was meant for the beast. While unconscious, one of the servants is able to pick up a human scent from `` Houzukigami '', making them wonder if it 's truly the god or not. 49 10 `` The God, Enshrined '' `` Matsurareta Kamisama '' ( 祀 られ た 神様 ) March 3, 2012 Natsume is pretending to be the god Houzukigami, so the moon splitting festival will end with a victory and the mountain will not be ruined. Winning the contest will not be easy, but with help from Natori he will find the way. 50 11 `` A Single Photo '' `` Ichi Mai no Shashin '' ( 一 枚 の 写真 ) March 12, 2012 Natsume looks back at a photo of his parents, and old wounds are reopened. Natsume is having a fun day with his friends, but all of a sudden he gets a phone call. The house Natsume used to live in with his father will be sold. How will Natsume handle all of this ? 51 12 `` The Door of Memories '' `` Kioku no Tobira '' ( 記憶 の 扉 ) March 19, 2012 Natsume, accompanied by Nyanko - sensei, set out to visit his old home. He visits a relative to pick up the key to the house, but is being followed by a youkai who wants him to draw a mouth for it. He leads the youkai away from the home of his relatives and Nyanko - sensei drives it away. When the two get back on track to finding the house, Natsume is suddenly attacked by the youkai and becomes lost in old memories. 52 13 `` Long Way Home '' `` Tooki Ieji '' ( 遠き 家路 ) March 26, 2012 Natsume, possessed by the youkai, thinks of an painful incident from his childhood involving the family he was living with at the time. The youkai offers to eat all his memories, so that he will no longer have to relive his pain. Natsume Yūjin - chō go Series no. Season no. Title Original air date 53 `` Unchanging Form '' `` Kawaranu Sugata '' ( 変わら ぬ 姿 ) October 4, 2016 A yokai in a pot wants Natsume to find her doll. When he finds it, she does not recognize it because it has been outside for years. Natsume cleans the doll and makes it a new kimono and the yokai recognizes it in its new clothes. 54 `` Mischievous Rain '' `` Itazura na Ame '' ( 悪戯 な 雨 ) October 11, 2016 Natsume finds a towel in the forest during a walk in the rain, and encounters a female yokai who demands it back. The yokai follows Natsume to his home and manages to get Natsume to help her find the `` handsome man '' who gave it to her 50 years ago at a bus stop. She wants to return the towel the man gave her after he was concerned seeing her play in the rain. The child yokai smells the man 's scent in his granddaughter, who tells Natsume her grandfather is in the hospital for an illness. 55 `` The Letter From the Exorcist '' `` Haraiya kara no Tegami '' ( 祓い 屋 から の 手紙 ) October 18, 2016 Natsume finds a letter addressed to him from Matoba. Walking in the forest, he loses it when an amateur exorcist seals a yokai in a pot. Noticing the weak seal, Natsume and Nyanko - sensei take it to Natori 's condo to re-seal it. When Natsume returns home he sees Matoba and learns the letter was a request for Natsume to attend a meeting of strong exorcists to weed out the person who has been targeting exorcists. 56 `` Shadow of Linked Chains '' `` Rensa no Kage '' ( 連鎖 の 陰 ) October 25, 2016 Matoba brings Natsume to one of the Matoba clan villas to attend the exorcist meeting. Natsume learns that a mask yokai called `` Magatsumen '' is controlling people and disguises himself as a shiki in order to test attendees if they have been possessed. By following a strange spring sound, Natsume finds the culprit behind the mask possessions and drives the yokai out. Matoba shoots the yokai with an arrow to exorcise it. 57 5 `` It Must Not Be Bound '' `` Musunde wa Ikenai '' ( 結ん では いけない ) November 1, 2016 Natsume sees strange writing on the chalk board in the Earth Science classroom. Taki tells Natsume of the hairy yokai she helped leave her home. Natsume comes to Taki 's home and learns that three yokai had been trapped there -- two `` rabbit '' yokai and a hairy white one. The hairy yokai is enchanted by Taki and helps find the rabbit yokai in Taki 's home. Natsume learns the hairy yokai was the one who wrote on the school chalkboard and goes back to read the yokai 's feelings on it. 58 6 `` Soundless Valley '' `` Oto Nashi no Tani '' ( 音 無し の 谷 ) November 8, 2016 Natsume is chased by two yokai who cast a voice - sealing spell on him. A large bird yokai saves him and brings him to a valley before Nyanko - sensei finds him. Natsume regains his voice after the group of yokai attack him in his room, and then returns the bird yokai 's name. 59 7 `` Distant Festival Lights '' `` Tōi Matsuri Hi '' ( 遠い 祭り 火 ) November 22, 2016 Tanuma invites his friends to an inn run by his relatives. While sweeping outside, Tanuma is greeted by an old woman named Ito - san. Natsume learns that Ito - san is a yokai that serves the Mizunagi shrine by protecting the mountain festival. Ito - san has come into the inn because another yokai has stolen the festival 's white mask and has disguised itself as an inn guest. Natsume finds the yokai who stole the mask for the festival 's power, and Ito - san exorcises her. Ito - san warns Natsume to keep her identity a secret until after the festival is over so she can complete the festival. Natsume says he will tell no one she is a yokai so she can stay in this town as long as possible. 60 8 `` A World Unbent '' `` Yugami naki Sekai '' ( 歪み なき 世界 ) November 29, 2016 An episode depicting the story of Natori Shuuichi and Matoba Seiji when they were young. This episode shows Natori 's family and his childhood of being able to see youkai, getting hated by his family and becoming an exorcist. 61 9 `` Following A Narrow Path '' `` Kewashiki wo Yuku '' ( 険 しき を ゆく ) December 6, 2016 The episode starts with Natsume being chased by a hairy youkai. He comes across a tiny mushroom youkai who tells him about a noble youkai named Shuon who was on a journey. Natsume helps the little youkai prepare for his meeting with the noble youkai. When they meet, however, the noble youkai warns the mushroom youkai that the path he takes is a narrow one and asks the little youkai to go back home. But then the little youkai realizes he need to become worthy in order to follow him. Another youkai, who appears to be one of the noble youkai followers, appears and gives a book to the mushroom youkai and tells him to complete the training to join Shoun - sama. 62 10 `` Touko and Shigeru '' `` Tōko to Shigeru '' ( 塔子 と 滋 ) December 13, 2016 The story of why Touko and Shigeru adopted Natsume. 63 11 `` To The Ephemeral Ones '' `` Hakanaki Mono e '' ( 儚き 者 へ ) December 20, 2016 The mid-ranks show Natsume flowers at the top of a hill. Natsume later catches a cold and the mid-ranks go and get medicine for him, doing difficult chores for the yokai with the medicine. Amid Natsume 's fever dreams are the memory of when he got sick as a child and he briefly talks to Reiko. With the medicine in hand, the mid-ranks give it to him and his fever goes down. They later learn the medicine does n't work on humans and are disheartened as they wasted their time, but smile when Natsume thanks them for their efforts. Natsume Yūjin - chō Roku Series no. Season no. Title Original air date 64 `` The Days Eater '' `` Tsukihigui '' ( つき ひ ぐい ) April 11, 2017 A yokai known as `` The Days Eater, '' turns Natsume back to a young child. Nyanko - sensei enlists the aid of Tanuma and Taki. 65 `` It Blooms Tomorrow '' `` Ashita Saku '' ( 明日 咲く ) April 18, 2017 Natsume helps a rock washer look for his apprentice who has stopped writing him. 66 `` Nitai - sama '' `` Nitai - sama '' ( 二 体 さま ) April 25, 2017 Natsume 's old classmate Shibata ( from `` False Friend '' / `` Itsuwari no Yūjin '' ( 偽り の 友人 ) ) calls. Natsume visit Shibata together with Tanuma, where Shibata tells them about the `` Doll Mansion of Sotogi ''. A youkai from the mansion later attacks them. 67 `` Lying Eyes '' `` Chigaeru Hitomi '' ( 違える 瞳 ) May 2, 2017 Natsume meets Tsukiko, a daughter of an exorcist named Takuma Yousuke who has recently lost his ability to see or hear youkai. Because she lacks the ability to see youkai, she asked Natori to check around the house because she feels something is wrong and a youkai may be out to hurt her father. 68 5 `` The Bound Ones '' `` Shibarareshi Mono '' ( 縛 られ し もの ) May 9, 2017 Natsume and Natori discover that the youkai shiki ( demon servants and friends ) of Takuma Yusuke have been trying to bring misfortune into the house. 69 6 `` Nishimura and Kitamoto '' `` Nishimura to Kitamoto '' ( 西村 と 北本 ) May 16, 2017 This episode shows how Natsume first befriended Nishimura and Kitamoto, along with a better look at their family lives and point of view. 70 7 `` Gomochi 's Benefactor '' `` Gomochi no Onjin '' ( ゴモチ の 恩人 ) May 23, 2017 Natsume is surprised when a youkai comes to seek Reiko in gratitude. Years ago, the youkai 's to - be-bride received freedom from her help, and now is about to be wed. They invite Natsume to the wedding. 71 8 `` A Day That Will Someday Come '' `` Itsuka Kuru Hi '' ( いつか くる 日 ) May 30, 2017 Natsume talks to a teenage boy at the station, who turns out to be a youkai that left a human because of their feelings for one another. The boy wants to find her because he received a wedding invitation. 72 9 `` What Flows '' `` Nagare Yuku Ha '' ( ながれ ゆく は ) June 6, 2017 After a flood occurs on Four Mask Hill during Natsume 's summer school session, a mask randomly appearing in the school worries Natsume. 73 10 `` The Sealed Room '' `` Tozasareta Heya '' ( 閉ざさ れ た 部屋 ) June 13, 2017 A competition is opened to search for a famous researcher 's sealed room. The prize are his research books, and many exorcists are gathered. Natori is invited, Natsume wants to help as this might mean finding something that might let him find information about the Book of Friends. 74 11 `` What Matters '' `` Taisetsu Na Mono '' ( 大切 な モノ ) June 20, 2017 Natsume decides to tell Natori about his secret, when the search for the seal room is over... Oad and ova lala specials No. Title Original air date OAD 01 `` Nyanko - Sensei and the First Errand '' `` Nyanko - sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai '' ( ニャンコ 先生 と はじめて の お つかい ) December 15, 2013 Nyanko - Sensei wanders off from Natsume during a walk, and with the help of some of his fellow youkai, leads a pair of wandering children to the place they are searching for which they call, `` mitsumonster. '' OVA 01 `` On a certain snowy day '' `` Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni '' ( いつか ゆきの ひ に ) February 1, 2014 During a winter walk, Natsume meets a snowman yokai who is searching for something she lost but ca n't seem to recall and decides to help her despite not knowing what exactly she was looking for. OVA `` One Night Sake Cup '' `` Hitoyosakazuki '' ( 一夜 盃 ) March 22, 2017 Natsume meets a youkai couple who specialize in making sake cups, particularly sake cups that add glorious tastes to whatever ( usually sake ) is drunk from them but then turn to dust after one night. OVA `` Party of Fun & Games '' `` Yuugi no Utage '' ( 遊戯 の 宴 ) April 26, 2017 Extension of `` One Night Sake Cup '' where Natsume helps the youkai couple reach the spring they use to make their cups. OVA `` The Stump of the Suzunaru Tree '' `` Suzunaru no Kirikabu '' ( 鈴 鳴る の 切り株 ) September 27, 2017 Natsume 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 Natsume to help him to fulfill a promise that he had made OVA `` Fragments of Dreams ( A Fragment of Fantasy ) '' `` Mugen no Kakera '' ( 夢幻 の かけら ) October 25, 2017 A girl ventures into the woods to return a ring to an owl she helped, following the instructions he gave her in a dream. There she meets a strange boy and his talking cat who help her to find the owl. References Jump up ^ `` Natsume Yujin - Cho Manga to be Animated for TV ''. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` あにてれ : 夏目 友人 帳 '' ( in Japanese ). TV Tokyo. Retrieved June 20, 2009. Jump up ^ `` あにてれ : 続 夏目 友人 帳 '' ( in Japanese ). TV Tokyo. Retrieved June 20, 2009. Jump up ^ `` 夏目 友人 帳 '' ( in Japanese ). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2010. Jump up ^ `` あにてれ : 夏目 友人 帳 '' ( in Japanese ). TV Tokyo. Retrieved June 20, 2009. Jump up ^ `` あにてれ : 続 夏目 友人 帳 '' ( in Japanese ). TV Tokyo. 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Question: how many seasons of natsume yuujinchou are there
Answer: two