Natsume Yuujinchou Go

Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life. Nonetheless, Natsume never fails to show the same kindness to the benevolent youkai and happily returns their names by using the infamous Book of Friends he inherited from his late grandmother, Reiko.

Meanwhile, the exorcist clan Matoba still wishes for Natsume to join their ranks due to his overwhelming gift. However, Natsume firmly rejects the clan's invitation since not all exorcists are as reasonable as his friend Shuuichi Natori, and many improperly and indiscriminately seal away every youkai in their way. Unsatisfied with Natsume's answer, Seiji Matoba blackmails Natsume into attending a grand gathering of powerful exorcist families. Natsume soon finds himself in the company of dangerous people and youkai alike. But even then, he continues to defy the exorcists' hard-handed methods and believes that peace between both worlds is possible.

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Natsume, Takashi Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Madara Main

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

Natsume, Reiko Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae Japanese

Tanuma, Kaname Supporting

Horie, Kazuma Japanese

Natori, Shuuichi Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Matoba, Seiji Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Taki, Tooru Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

Hinoe Supporting

Okamura, Akemi Japanese

Fujiwara, Touko Supporting

Itou, Miki Japanese

Hiiragi Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Yokoyama, Shuko Producer

Satou, Kazuya Producer

Yazaki, Fumi Producer

Satou, Yumi Producer

Reviews

Jan 3, 2022

lamaraptor

Recommended

Natsume Yuujinchou continues to be the feel good anime that leaves you crying. Doing reviews for a show like this is hard, because it's so episodic and after 5 seasons the overarching story hasn't changed much. The best I can do is try to analyze themes present in this season that I think were emphasized more than in others.

We of course have more youkai of the week episodes, which even after all these seasons are still great. Natsume is found dealing not just with the consequences of his grandmother's actions, but the passage of time in general as he realizes how short human lives are ... when compared to youkai. We see some more of his grandmother's life and Natsume seems to want to learn more about her and why she did the things she did. There were a lot of flashback episodes in general showing us origin stories for various characters, but still nothing concrete on what happened with Reiko. It seems to be a mystery they are saving for the end of the story.

We get some more episodes where Natsume is bonding with his new friends that know his youkai secret. Taki and Tanuma have become integral parts of his happy life. The Fujiwara's continue to be the most adorable family and even get their own spotlight episode. We see more of how Natsume values his life with them and the lengths he will go to to protect it.

There is more lore with the Matoba clan of exorcists, not as much as I thought there would be but they did show up now and then. I think like the mysteries surrounding Reiko it's something that will drive the plot to being too serialized and they wanted to keep it going as long as possible. I'm fine with that because the youkai of the week episodes are still always really well done. Nothing seems stale even after this long.

Natsume seems to have gotten to a point where he is comfortable and happy and even the conflicts he still occasionally faces with youkai seem much less scary than they once did. He had a group of friends both human and supernatural that have created such a strong support system for him, you'd barely recognize the boy he once was. I love watching his journey and overall this is just a show that leaves you with warm fuzzies inside... when it's not making you cry at the melancholy of life being too short. 9/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 5, 2021

yukihaneda

Recommended

Natsume is such an adorable main character *cries*
Also fujiwaras were so kind and its so nice and sweet of them to help natsume *cries x 100* This anime makes me teary eyed by every ending, and im so blessed to have found this gem i wish to get to see many many more seasons, im so happy with all the seasons until now *cries again* this anime is so wholesome *i really need emojis to express my gratitude now *heart eyes*
This anime is just adorable amazing relaxing very creative and such a lowkey cute/relaxing themed animation which i just love. the story never gets boring ... and every episode is a new concept and its so so so amazing to have nyanko sensei lol, that little cat is so precious, natsume and nyanko are the best main characters from all of the anime that i have watched

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 4, 2017

GrayRealm

Mixed Feelings

It is more of the same thing that was in previous seasons: A somewhat melancholic, calm slice of life kind of show that deals with supernatural elements. If you watched and liked previous seasons, you'll like this one as well.

Detailed breakdown:

Story: Story is on a melancholic side, and moves slowly, without haste, giving enough time to think about events/characters in the show. This anime does a good job being subtle and creating highly emotional scenes effortlessly. There's no overarching story here, while events probably happen in order, they're pretty much separate from each other, and are only connected by protagonist. The anime occasionally gets darker, ... but does not go overboard with it.

Art:
Same as before. Decent above average modern "realistic" (as in character proportions and all) anime. Youkai have unique designs and are interesting to look at. So, art is good.

Sound:
Complements the anime nicely, not much add to that.

Characters:
Characters are beleivable, and this anime does a good job portraying subtle reactions, or otherwordly behavior of youkai. Although it on occasion feels that it goes a bit oto far when natsume starts worrying about other people, otherwise all the characters are quite believable.

Enjoymenet:
Same as with previous seasons - it won't put you at the edge of your seat, but it is interesting to watch.

Overall: Recommended, especially if you liked previous seasons.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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