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Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

2018 · 104 min

A gentle, wistful wander through rural Japan where quiet supernatural encounters stir bittersweet memories and a soft ache of longing.

Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Overview
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!

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • friendship
  • loneliness
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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