Natsume Yuujinchou
Look at that, Sensei.
Yatsuhara looks like a sea of light.
Forget that,
let's get home so you can feed me those dango, Natsume!
You do nothing but eat, Sensei.
What's that?
Sake!
It smells great!
There must be a lot of liquor.
We're under attack by some kind of white pig!
What did you say? I'll eat you!
Stop it, Sensei.
Oh, it's Natsume-sama and the Pig Cat!
Pig cat! Pig cat!
I mean, Madara-sama.
Oh, did you bring us snacks?
How nice.
Not for you!
You make too much noise and
that priest will purify you again.
For the past few days
we haven't heard him chanting sutras from that temple.
Did he die, I wonder?
He died! He died!
Did something happen to Tanuma's dad?
Ukihara Village
Tanuma is a dear friend, one of the few people
who knows I can see youkai.
Hey, Natsume, Nishimura.
Gym next?
Yeah.
Gonna be a marathon.
Oh, Tanuma.
No, it's nothing.
See you.
Yeah, see you.
He says that sometimes he can feel youkai's presence,
or see them vaguely.
And so you left without asking him anything?
I didn't know how to ask him.
Why?
He knows you can see youkai.
I felt like I shouldn't talk about it with other people,
if his dad's sick or something.
What?
I don't really know
how appropriate it is for me
to intrude on somebody else's family.
Like I'd know!
Yeah, that's right.
When I was young,
I never had any friends to talk about family with.
So I don't know how to act in these situations.
I'm back.
Well, I guess nobody's here.
My name...
Natsume-sama, of the Book of Friends.
You want your name back?
Sorry, I'm heading to school.
Can we do it later?
Tanuma!
What, you're worried about my dad?
They said they hadn't heard any sutras lately.
He's helping out with a ceremony at the main temple,
and will be gone for a month.
It's like a business trip. He does that sometimes.
I see. I'm glad to hear that.
You were worried?
Thanks.
No, it's nothing.
So, you're alone now?
That must be hard.
Not really.
It's nice and quiet.
Is something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
I'll be going.
See you tomorrow.
See you.
You again?
Return my name.
I guess it'll be okay here.
That which shields me, reveal thy name.
Natsume!
What are you doing standing there?
I don't have her name?
A youkai?
You were going to give back another name?
You fool!
If you keep giving their names back,
by the time I get it, the Book of Friends it's going to be empty!
Oh, the gyuudon blues!
This is a problem.
We were so happy that priest is gone, and now this happens?
When will peace come to Yatsuhara?
It's the white pig again!
Oh, Madara-sama.
What's got you wimps riled up?
Well, you see, he seems to have revived.
He?
You remember, that one youkai who came
and started spreading a miasma everywhere?
Yeah, I guess I do, kind of.
Weak youkai fell sick just from touching it.
It was a big problem.
A problem. A problem.
From what I heard, Natsume Reiko stole their name,
and then they went to the mountain and fell asleep.
Reiko did?
That girl's always so cruel.
We saw their miasma again.
Actually, you see, they're...
I'm sorry about yesterday,
Natsume-sama of the Book of Friends.
Is your name not in the Book of Friends?
Yes.
I didn't mean my name.
I meant my brother's name.
Brother?
My brother is from the village of Ukihara.
The village of "floating spring"?
The village of Ukihara
is a legendary village that humans can't see.
Why would somebody from there come here?
I don't know,
but it had said that it was on a journey,
looking for a way to return to its home for many years.
In the village of Ukihara,
beautiful flowers bloom all year round,
and the voices of the birds never stop.
It normally has no contact with this world,
but sometimes during festivals a bridge opens to here.
My brother and I were tempted by a festival dance,
and we came to this world unintentionally.
My brother and I went on a journey to find the entrance
to the village of Ukihara.
For years, and years...
Eventually my brother fell sick,
and began to give off a miasma.
I was affected by it and weakened.
My brother saw this,
and left me in a holy tree on a certain mountain,
and went somewhere himself.
After that, I recovered
thanks to the spiritual energy of the holy tree,
and followed the rumors of my brother to here.
I've heard that my brother had his name stolen by you,
Natsume-sama, and has since vanished.
So that's why you came to me: because I have the Book of Friends.
But it wasn't me who took his name, it was my grandmother.
I don't know what he looks like,
so I can't even call him.
I see.
Then ,since I know his face, I could call him.
I guess so.
Then...
Give me the Book of Friends!
Stop.
Natsume-dono.
Misuzu!
I felt the presence of a youkai here.
You saved me.
I just happened by.
Several of the weaker youkai have
been eaten in this riverbed,
so I was looking for the culprit.
Oh hey, it's Misuzu!
Madara, it's not you, is it?
The one who's been eating the weaker youkai in my territory.
What?
You can't just make accusations like that!
I'm a gourmet,
I wouldn't just go around eating wimps!
Could those two be...
So the one who hides in that mountain?
The brother of the youkai you met.
He appeared near Tanuma's house, didn't he?
Since the priest is away,
he's started to wander around the temple grounds.
Tanuma...
Where? Where is it?
I will take... Natsume....
Natsume?
Hey!
Are you looking for something?
I'll make you you regret it if you do anything to Natsume!
Rust?
Natsume Yuujinchou
An old map of the temple?
Tanuma went home early?
Yea, he was here this morning,
but he said he was leaving early because of a bad headache.
A headache.
No way.
He must've been affected by that youkai's miasma.
Wimp.
I'm worried about him. Let's hurry.
Roger!
He's not home? Is he at the hospital?
Natsume, I feel a youkai around here.
This is...
Huh, is this a map of the temple?
It's small now, but it was once much bigger.
Every year at the temple they held a festival and a shrine dance.
A shrine dance?
Sometimes a shrine dance
would open the door to the other world.
I see, the building for the shrine dance was right here.
That's at the end of Yatsuhara.
Huh?
Tanuma?
What's wrong?
No... nothing, really.
Your dad's gone right now, right?
It must be hard to be sick when you're alone.
Sorry, I didn't want to stay home.
Don't worry about it.
Natsume was really worried when he heard you collapsed.
This way?
Hey, Nyanko-sensei?
Hey!
He's been hit by the miasma.
Let him sleep it off somewhere over there.
Are you all right, Sensei?
Don't treat me like those wimps!
Let's hurry.
This feels bad.
He's close, Natsume.
Yeah.
Wait!
Natsume?
Natsume... Reiko?
Reiko?
No, I'm...
I see.
Reiko is gone.
I know that my blood is hurting the youkai around me.
I regret this.
But the entrance to the
village of Ukihara responds to its villagers' blood.
So that's why you hurt yourself...
It seems I don't need to do that anymore.
What's wrong?
Are you giving up already?
A youkai calling herself your sister is looking for you.
No, that's impossible.
My sister died ages ago.
It's my fault.
The sound of the shrine dance lured me
to take her out of the village,
and she died soon after in this unknown land.
After that, I wandered alone.
When I'd given up on returning to my village,
I met Reiko.
That when you got your ass kicked?
It was a meaningless battle,
but I lost and gave her my name.
But Reiko died without ever calling my name.
So I went to the mountain and found a cave, and slept.
A long time must have passed.
When I awoke,
the old abandoned temple had been rebuilt.
Tanuma and his father moved in.
For a while, I couldn't get close,
but for the last few days, I haven't felt the priest's presence.
I decided to go see.
And there you found that old map?
I came here because I'd heard a rumor
that the door had once opened here.
That was probably at the remains of this building.
Must've been a fire.
If the building was still here, it might work, but as it is...
Then, that other youkai?
It was probably a youkai named Sagume
who was banished from the village of Ukihara.
She probably thinks that if she follows me
she will someday be able to return to the village.
I see.
So that's why she was after the Book of Friends.
She was going to use you to open the door to the village.
Was she the one that ate the weaker youkai
that Misuzu was talking about?
We should give back your name before she comes
after the Book of Friends again.
In Reiko-san's place...
That which shields me, reveal thy name.
I return this to you, Kanawa.
Please take it.
Banished simply for breaking a flower stem:
unfair!
The blood of a criminal will not open the door.
I hate them.
I don't need the Book of Friends, kid.
I'm taking his blood instead.
The trees that grew on the remains of the building
are responding to his blood!
The door will open.
I can go home.
I wanted to show this sight to Reiko.
His body is rusted.
What a bother.
You're not even going to greet me? I was here first.
You can see me?
You're the one the other youkai were talking about.
Aren't you scared of me?
I'm strong.
So it's that great, huh? Your village.
Yes, it's a very beautiful place.
But you've given up on it?
Going home.
With my body like this,
even if I did return I wouldn't last long.
Now I simply wander, looking or a place to waste away.
Hey, want to have a match with me?
Jan ken pon!
That hurt.
Jan ken pon!
That hurt.
Jan ken pon!
That hurt.
Great! I win.
Now you're my servant.
Write your name here.
Listen. When you find it, tell me okay?
The entrance to your village.
I want to see it too.
If there's a beautiful world like that.
Then will you come with me?
If you dislike people so much,
then come with me to the village of Ukihara.
Will you come with me, Natsume,
grandson of Reiko?
No, this place is what's important to me, Kanawa.
I see.
You seem to have good human friends, too.
Natsume!
Tanuma? Where were you?
I heard you collapsed, so I was worried.
Sorry. Actually, there was this weird youkai in my house.
He's gone now.
You got rid of it?
No, he went back to his village.
He wasn't dangerous?
He wasn't a bad youkai.
I see. I'm glad.
I wasn't sure whether to tell you or not.
I thought I'd be involving you.
But I should've told you earlier.
Tanuma...
Natsume Yuujinchou
False Friend
There are some things you don't want other people to know.
You're Natsume, right?
The one who lied about seeing monsters.
How did you know-
Bratty kid.
Maybe I'll eat him.
I remembered you when I met him.
Natsume Yuujinchou
Watch us next time!
Oh, the gyuudon blues!