Casts & Crew
Hiroshi Kamiya
Kazuhiko Inoue
Kazuma Horie
Takaya Kuroda
Akemi Okamura
Chō
Hisako Kanemoto
Also Directed by Hideki Itō
The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a "Yokai seed" that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras' garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!
Short animation produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Shabake novel series. Directed by Hideki Itou.