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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4

“Natsume is kidnapped by monkey youkai seeking the Book of Friends; Nyanko-sensei and allies race to rescue him.”

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4

8.63
91 rank · 265,091 viewers · 2,112 favorites
Slice of Life Supernatural Iyashikei Mythology Shoujo
13 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Winter 2012 · Brain's Base · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Natsume is kidnapped by monkey youkai seeking the Book of Friends; Nyanko-sensei and allies race to rescue him.

Takashi Natsume, the timid youkai expert and master of the Book of Friends, continues his journey towards self-understanding and acceptance with the help of friends both new and old. His most important ally is still his gluttonous and sake-loving bodyguard, the arrogant but fiercely protective wolf spirit Madara—or Nyanko-sensei, as Madara is called when in his usual disguise of an unassuming, pudgy cat. Natsume, while briefly separated from Nyanko-sensei, is ambushed and kidnapped by a strange group of masked, monkey-like youkai, who have spirited him away to their forest as they desperately search for the Book of Friends. Realizing that his "servant" has been taken out from right under his nose, Nyanko-sensei enlists the help of Natsume's youkai friends and mounts a rescue operation. However, the forest of the monkey spirits holds many dangerous enemies, including the Matoba Clan, Natsume's old nemesis. Stretching from the formidable hideout of the Matoba to Natsume's own childhood home, Natsume Yuujinchou Shi is a sweeping but familiar return to a world of danger and friendship, where Natsume will finally confront the demons of his own past.

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A Tv Production · Winter 2012

Brain's Base.
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TV Tokyo · Aniplex

  • Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2012 – Mar 2012 Winter 2012
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-6561 catalog

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