Natsume's Book of Friends (English Subtitled)

Natsume, with the help of his self-proclaimed bodyguard, Nyanko-sensei, spends his days returning the names of yokai from his grandmother's Book of Friends. One day, the Book of Friends is stolen by a black cat that looks exactly like Nyanko-sensei.

After Nyanko-sensei hurts his back, he and Natsume go to Shibanohara to find some herbs. There, they meet the forest guardian, Gen, who is actually a yokai. Gen tells them about an evil spirit who has started wreaking havoc in the forest.

Natsume is at a suburban hot spring after being invited by Natori. Natsume had planned to spend his time relaxing, but he is greeted by incomprehensible things, like strange, hanging bodies and mysterious pots...

Natsume finds a bird's nest in the backyard with one egg left, so he and Nyanko-sensei decide to warm it up. A yokai comes to Natsume, looking for the egg. He tells them that you can gain a special power by eating the hatchling inside the egg.

A shy yokai named Kirinoha makes his way to Natsume in the form of a young boy. He tells Natsume that the Book of Friends page with his name on it was tied to a tree branch, and Reiko promised that she'd give him back his name in 50 years.

Natsume meets a shy girl named Toru Taki. She was forced to play a very unfair game with a yokai, which she is trying to win. Natsume decides to come to her aid, but a few days later, he is captured by a yokai that has a big gash on its forehead.

Natsume is able to escape, but due to his interaction with the yokai that captured him, he can no longer see yokai. Although they get Nyanko-sensei's support, Natsume and Taki struggle to fight something they can't see.

Natsume and his classmates go on a field trip to a place with a mermaid legend. During the trip, Natsume meets a mermaid yokai named Sasafune. Chizu, the owner of the hotel, tells Natsume about her bitter memories of the mermaid, so he looks into it.

Natsume gets a picture of withered up cherry blossoms. After hanging it on his wall, he finds flowers in his room every morning. Natsume and Nyanko-sensei try to figure out why, and are greeted by a yokai named Miya, who wears an eerie-looking mask.

There are mysterious footprints and graffiti in front of the Fujiwara house's gate. The yard has been tampered with and someone is running through the house. When Natsume decides that this is all the work of a yokai, he stands up to save the house.

After chasing an injured yokai around, Natsume encounters Natori, who then invites him to go to a meeting of sorcerers. There, Natsume meets others with similar powers and similar problems.

At a house rumored to be haunted by ghosts, Natsume hears the voice of a child. Following the voice to its source, Natsume finds a child named Kai, who is trapped in a casket-like box. Kai tells Natsume that he someone is chasing him every day.

Why don't you decide already? Which is more important to you? When Natsume finds out what Kai really is, that is what Natori asks him. While chasing Kai, who tries to ambush Natori, Natsume searches for the answer.