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Aug 18, 2010 6:20 AM
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Kai is a youkai? Not unexpected.
Aug 21, 2010 12:53 PM

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An okay episode.
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Dec 23, 2010 9:45 AM

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I didn’t think Kai was a youkai, but it makes sense.

I loved Natsume’s expressions in this episode. He has changed a lot since the first time we saw him.
I still wonder how the writing can be so outstanding, it’s a slice-of-life, slow-paced and relaxing, but at the same time every episode is packed with so much character development… It’s amazing.

Why does this has to have only one episode left?!
I think, then procrastinate.
Therefore, I am.
Mar 4, 2011 1:37 AM

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These last episodes were really awesome, but what happened to my super relaxing show??? It went creative badass!!! I love this show!
Jul 1, 2011 4:53 AM

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Jan 2010
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Another good episode. I'm curious to find out Kai's motives in all this...

Fun to see all the characters coming together, though.
Aug 8, 2011 10:06 PM

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Mar 2011
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Nice twist. I didn't see that coming.

Did anyone else feel the Higurashi vibe there? lol
Aug 22, 2011 10:11 AM

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May 2010
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Great episode.

I thought we're just getting another standard (in a good way) episode of the show with lots of characters involved

but the twist at the end made it much better.

But before that, just like everybody says, the overall ambience and atmosphere was magnificent esp. when they are in the flowerfield.

The comedy is still there esp. when Taki and Nyanko-sensei is together. xD

Ok, unto the last ep. :)
Sep 23, 2011 6:21 PM

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Jul 2011
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Natsume wondered if he was bad with kids... So cute when he is depressed. XD


Wow at the ending. o.o
That thing was creepy... x.x
Sep 24, 2011 4:58 AM

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Tanuma is being ignored :\ i wish they would develop his character more..
Yay more Taki <3!
Well i think it was quite obvious that Kai was a youkai from the start..that's how this show works..
Nov 25, 2011 7:01 PM

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It was an interesting episode, I kind of suspected that he was a youkai, but either way I find that a little strange. One more episode to go ):
Dec 30, 2011 3:46 AM

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This episode was a little boring for me. Guess I don't really feel anything for this arc.
Jan 15, 2012 11:33 AM

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Oijoi. Major plot twist in the end O_o

This series is just soo damn good.
Jan 19, 2012 12:50 AM

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I don't really trust Natori, so I'm waiting to find out the whole story in episode 13. Any episode with Taki is a big win--Natsume should recognize that she is someone he could trust and develop a relationship with.
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Feb 27, 2012 10:11 AM

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I felt that the kid was an Ayakashi, there are enough people who can see Yoakai already, for another one to get involved(that’s what I thought). Natsume was too naive for not thinking about this possibility. But I totally forgot about Natori whom’s appearance at the beginning was rather ghostly, so he really surprised me at the end. It’s good that he’s getting so much attention in this show, ‘cause he’s my favorite character there. It's great that Taki appeared too.
May 15, 2012 6:47 AM

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Yeah, don't know why but I just can't find myself trusting Natori yet.
Oct 6, 2012 11:43 AM

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So Kai is the one Natori referred to as the "high level" one. He seems completely like a human child to me 0,0
Jan 1, 2013 5:12 PM

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Wow Kai has the same voice actor as Naruto! nice episode btw
Jan 6, 2013 12:41 PM

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Glad to see Taki again this episode. Her and her adoring ways towards cute things like Madara :P

Anyways, good episode. It seems that Natori knows that kid is a....you-know-what. Well, I wonder what his motivations are anyways. So glad Taki is back this episode though :3
Jan 8, 2013 4:00 PM
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TemetNosce said:
Wow Kai has the same voice actor as Naruto! nice episode btw


Every time Kai spoke, I could only think of Naruto LOL.

We don't get to see Tanuma very often so I'm glad we did see him in this episode...even if he was just awkwardly sitting on a bench next to Natsume and Taki. I liked how Taki and Natsume hung out Kai, it was like a cute family! Although it wasn't too obvious that Kai is a youkai, I was a little suspicious of him (maybe because he has gray hair and everyone else has black, brown, or orange hair?). And I totally agree that you can easily tell that the shadow was Natori. He's almost always wearing that hat! There was also foreshadowing in the end of the last episode about his new task.
Oct 16, 2013 1:34 PM

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Dyxanije said:
Taki <3. She is the best supporting character in the entire show. Taki x Natsume please.


hahaha i agree for the couple, but i think Reiko is the best supporting chara :p Taki is awesome though..


and still waiting patiently for a 3rd season of Spice & Wolf :'|
Nov 9, 2013 2:01 AM

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Taki is back yay~ What an interesting twist at the end of the episode :o
Dec 26, 2013 1:20 PM

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Well that was nice, let's see what the last episode of this season has to offer!
Jan 29, 2014 10:00 AM
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So that axe that was thrown at Natsume a couple episodes back was indeed that runt youkai, I assume. Didn't Nyano-sensei say the kid didn't smell like youkai? Perhaps youkai that look like humans carry a different scent or have no scent of youkai.

Poor Sasada, Taki is getting closer and closer to Natsume. I actually like Taki with Natsume more than Sasada now.

Aug 12, 2014 5:29 PM

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Jul 2013
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That kid seems like an interesting case. So what is he half youkai and half human? That's the only explanation I can think of.
Sep 22, 2014 4:39 PM

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Why should Natsume choose between humans and youkai? It's not like people were so much better towards him....
May 23, 2015 10:10 AM

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i thought we have another character who shares the same power as natsume -_-

but really, that twist had me going like " whoa! really?! "
Jul 21, 2015 1:43 AM
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Considering how many seasons of this show there are I wouldn't mind at all if this trend of episodic for the first ~9 episodes, serial for the last couple continues. Really enjoyable.

Looking forward to the next ep.
Nov 5, 2015 8:32 PM

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Whoa!! Didn't see that coming.
Dec 27, 2015 9:16 AM

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I loved the foreshadowing from the previous episode - 'don't open your heart to an Ayakashi'.
I wonder if a similar thing happened to Reiko?
May 29, 2016 4:52 AM

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For once an episode is not self-contained, and after a long time it revises Sasada and Tanuma a bit more in the narrative. pretty interesting story, that there was some strangeness in the events narrated, was immediately sprang to my eyes. I'm curious to see what will choose Natsume, very storytelling fun.
Sep 29, 2016 11:58 AM

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Wow, Japanese schools are pretty progressive, letting a Youkai enroll like that. Those Youkai exterminators ought to learn a thing or two. You hear me, Natori?
Oct 1, 2016 3:12 AM
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Aug 2011
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those elementary girly boy insults tho

It's okay Natsume, you still have me.
Nov 12, 2016 7:08 PM
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It's amazing that Kai's a Yokai. But then how could the kids see him.
Nov 18, 2016 5:46 AM

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Natsume has shown so many emotions in this episode.. love this. laughed my ass off at him. also many heartwarming scenes with Kai and Taki
see you, space cowperson . . .
Jan 10, 2017 6:38 PM
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Is it me or was madara like 2x as big?^"
Jan 16, 2017 4:18 PM

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Dam, everyone's going hard trying to get Sasada excluded from anything supernatural : /
Apr 12, 2017 11:04 PM

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While searching for ghosts in an old mansion with Taki and Sasada Natsume finds Kai, a mysterious young boy trapped in a coffin. It soon becomes apparent that all is not as it appears as a cleaver wielding youkai stalks young Kai. Boy, Nyanko-sensei saves Natsume's ass yet again. He certainly earned that 200 yen. :D I know this isn't really that kind of series, but it's fun to ship so I can't decide if I prefer Natsume with Taki or Sasada. :D Yeah, I figured that was Natori in the hat, and Kai's story had a hole or two. Like there being no lock, and what was the promise he made that youkai? Will we find out in the finale?
Nov 2, 2017 3:59 PM

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Woah, what a twist! Spent most of the episode thinking Natori tried to attract the axe wielding youkai using Kai, since it looked like there was some sort of seal on the ground of the room where Natsume first finds the kid. Turns out it was nothing like that. I did find weird how fast Kai became attached to Natsume, I just hope he isn't evil. Also, this part here freaked me out:
Anyway, I love Taki and I love when Nyanko-sensei transforms and saves the day, so I obviously loved this episode! Let's hope for a great season finale now, I'm sure it'll be great.
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Nov 10, 2017 9:12 AM

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Tanuma needs more screen time.
Apr 1, 2018 1:04 PM

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Meh, I thought that youkai would be strong but I was wrong.
Kai is a youkai, wow, Natori surprised me.
Nov 12, 2018 5:02 AM

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Well it's not that unexpected, Kai, Kai and Youkai, get it?
Dec 8, 2018 2:02 AM

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Kai is a youkai! He looked a bit special to be human.
So that Guy was Natori behind the window.
Apr 15, 2019 4:44 PM
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Mar 2018
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Natsume getting all down from the kids’ comments was gold. I hope the kid sticks with him, though
Apr 16, 2019 3:16 PM
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Mar 2018
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Okay. I didn’t expect that plot twist. Can’t wait for the next episode
Apr 19, 2019 10:37 PM

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Pretty sweet having two double episode stories this season. This was pretty solid. Right as Natsume revved up that punch I starting playing OPM op in head only for him to finally get blocked. Feelsbadman.
Dec 3, 2019 4:23 PM

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Taki is back! Madara comes in with the save and showed mercy to that low level yokai. I was expecting it but what a twist. Kai is a Yokai. Natori seems so shady.
Jan 15, 2020 12:55 PM
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Poor Sasada, nobody seems to pay attention to her. I'd like Natsume to get closer to her, she's a nice girl and her interest in the yokai could help Natsume as a relief to share his worries.

I wonder if Kai is aware that he's a yokai. Perhaps he's unconsciously causing harm to humans, hence Natori wanted to seal him, although I'm surprised that Madara didn't recognise him as such.

I'm so happy to see Tanuma again, he's had so little involvement this season.
Jun 30, 2020 4:05 PM

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Kai certainly wasn't acting like a regular youkai, and he didn't really act like he knew anything about the youkai world. Maybe his memory is wiped out as a human.


Jun 10, 2021 10:19 PM

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Oh wow I didn’t expect that in the end. What a twist. I’m honestly surprised
Oct 2, 2021 6:06 PM

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Apr 2019
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I didn't remember this episode.
It was a good episode, and I didn't think the boy was a Youkai.
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