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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Specials

“Natsume joins magical youkai banquets, crafts ephemeral sake cups, and plays supernatural hide-and-seek in haunted mansions.”

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Specials

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304 rank · 52,284 viewers · 68 favorites
Slice of Life Supernatural Iyashikei Mythology Shoujo
2 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Shuka · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Natsume joins magical youkai banquets, crafts ephemeral sake cups, and plays supernatural hide-and-seek in haunted mansions.

One Night Sake Cup On his way back home from an errand, Takashi Natsume gets lost in the forest. Luckily, he is rescued by a traveling youkai couple who make sake cups for a living. Taking a sip of water from one, Natsume feels a surge of energy rush throughout his body, thanks to the "One Night Cup." It is a special cup that makes every drink delicious, but unfortunately, its effects last only for one night. The following day, Natsume attends the youkai banquet with his loyal protector, the sake-loving chubby cat Madara, and gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn how to make sake cups. Party of Fun & Games Natsume is filled with regret after hastily declining a rare invitation to a banquet from Madara. Curious, he chases after the cat to an old, run-down mansion but soon enough feels the uncanny presence of numerous youkai nearby. When he runs into the seductive youkai Hinoe, she explains that the empty estate serves as a hide-and-seek playground where the winning spirit acquires authority over a valley. With still no trace of Madara, Natsume starts having eerie dreams of the mansion, but this time as the game's participant.

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A Special Production

Shuka.
  • Format 2 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 0h 46m all episodes
  • Aired Mar 2017 – Apr 2017
  • Source Special media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-12089 catalog

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