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Premiered

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Ended: Tuesday, September 27, 2011

When does Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 come out?

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 premiered Tuesday, July 5, 2011 on TV Tokyo and ended Tuesday, September 27, 2011. The season has 13 episodes.

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 follows Takashi Natsume, a boy who is able to see youkai. Natsume and his bodyguard Madara, nicknamed Nyanko-sensei, continue on their quest to release youkai from their contracts in the "Book of Friends." Natsume comes to terms with his ability to see youkai and stops thinking of it as a curse. As he spends more time with his human and youkai friends, he realizes how much he values them both and decides he doesn't have to choose between the spirit and human worlds to be happy.

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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 release schedule

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1. The Name of a Monster

One day, Natsume finds a yokai named Kagejawan running around near his home, which he soon learns means disaster is about to strike.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

2. Ukihara Village

Natsume is accosted by a spirit who asks for her brother's name back. She says that both of them have come from the village of floating spring, a paradise sealed off from the land of men. Meanwhile, the local Youkai are happy that the local priest is no longer in his temple. Natsume worries for his friend Tanuma, the priest's son, but isn't sure what to say...

Tuesday · 15 years ago

3. False Friend

Natsume is approached by someone he knew from elementary school. He wants nothing to do with them, but they threaten to reveal his secret: that he can see Youkai, if he doesn't come along with them. He reluctantly goes with them, and is taken to meet a strange girl...

Tuesday · 15 years ago

4. Young Days

Midterms are over, and Natsume leaves on a trip with Nishimura, Kitamoto, and Sasada. He realizes that the scenery he's viewing from the train is from one of the places he grew up in, when he was passed around from one family to the next. He'd thought he didn't have any good memories of the time, but then he remembers what happened when he lived there...

Tuesday · 15 years ago

5. The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was an old doll youkai, who was trying to recover its body which was torn apart when her grandfather sealed it

Tuesday · 15 years ago

6. That Which Is Not Human

There is something killing Youkai and draining them of their blood. Natsume can't help but investigate and runs into old friends.

Thursday · 15 years ago

7. Exorcist

Natsume finds out who's been stealing the youkai blood: the exorcist Matoba Seiji. He investigates with the help of Natori, but is captured by Matoba's servant youkai. Matoba is willing to sacrifice any number of youkai for his own ambitions. He tells Natsume why he's gathering blood: to release the seal on a powerful youkai. Natsume learns that there are people who treat Youkai in a totally different way than he or even Natori.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

8. The Fox Child's Watch

Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It's being held in an inn where he once stayed. When he goes there, he meets an old friend: the young fox child he once saved.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

9. Through the Autumn Wind

Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

10. The Broken Mirror

After a brief incident in the forest, Tanuma has become distant to Natsume like he is avoiding something. In the meantime, there is something breaking glass around the school.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

11. What the Mirror Shows

Tanuma is experiencing how Natsume lives every day. While Natsume and the youkai gain an understanding.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

12. A place to go home to

A youkai from Natsume past has found him and memories of living with relatives before the Fujiwaras are explored.

Tuesday · 15 years ago

13. Natsume's Book of Play Finale

The youkai hold a party to celebrate Natsume. Things get out of hand when they ask Natsume for a human game, and he suggests Shadow Tag. When Nyanko-sensei becomes "it", he starts stomping youkai left and right. And then Misuzu-sama, the 100 foot tall youkai, shows up...

Tuesday · 15 years ago

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 guest stars

  • Yoshimi Komiyama

    Elementary School Girl (voice)

  • Mika Ishibashi

    Schoolboy (voice)

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 FAQ

When does Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 come out?

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 premiered Tuesday, July 5, 2011 on TV Tokyo.

How many episodes are in Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3?

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 has 13 episodes.

Are new episodes of Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 finale?

The Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 finale (Episode 13) aired Tuesday, September 27, 2011.

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