Ongoing
Natsume Yuujinchou
小説・夏目友人帳
7.74
1,808 rank · 1,852 readers · 206 favorites
Shoujo
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Collection of short stories.
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7.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 5
σ 2.50
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Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.50
Running avg · Dec 2021 → Jan 2026
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I can't' find all the light novels on MAL so I will just review all of them on this page. For those interested there are three Natsume Yuujinchou light novels as of right now. As far as I can tell...”
- 5 “The Natsume Yuujinchou novel is a collection of entirely new stories not present in the anime or manga. That is, unless I’ve already forgot about them being present, which is entirely possible....”
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Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Jan 2013 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M23303 catalog