 If you liked
Natsume Yuujinchou San
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 ...then you might like
Hotarubi no Mori e
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Not only do Natsume Yuujinchou and Hotarubi no Mori e have the same original creator and similar setting, they are animated by the same studio, with the same director and even the composer is the same. Without any doubt there is more than one that these two would both be liked by the same people.
The girl, Hotaru, in Hotarubi no More e and the boy, Takashi (mostly referred to by his family name Natsume), both see demon and spirits and they both befriend them. Both the film and the series play with a melancholic feeling and the relationship between humans and spirits.
Hotarubi no Mori e and Natsume Yuujinchou are written by Yuki Midorikawa and published by Brain's Base studio, so it's not surprising that both are very similar. Both Natsume and Hotarubi are stories about humans' interaction with youkai.
Soft animation, haunting music, heart-wrenching story. To those of you who like bitter-sweet stories about humans and youkai.