Takashi Natsume can see spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in a small town where his grandmother, Reiko, grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the power of Sight from the mysterious Reiko. When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her every capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.
Natsume's Book of Friends It is also Known as: 夏目友人帳, The Natsume Book of Friends, Manabiya no Sumi, Natsu ni wa Tameiki wo Tsuku
Genres: Fantasy , Drama , Slice of Life , Contemporary Fantasy
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Top 10 Manga Like Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yuujinchou) [2024 List]
10. Aka ya Akashi ya Ayakashi no
Sheltered Yue, born and raised in a Shinto shrine, is forbidden from leaving the shrine grounds he and a number of other curious residents call home. One day, Yue breaks the rules and wanders down the mountain and into a winter festival. As he takes in the sights and sounds of the human gathering, all the people making merry appear in a uniform guise to Yue's eyes--that of black bestial shadows...until he crosses paths with two human boys, Tsubaki and Akiyoshi. Intrigued by their unique, individual appearances, Yue is eager to make friends with them. However, upon his return home, the shrine goddess informs him that he may pursue these friendships...but only in preparation for the "meal"--for which he must select one of his two new friends as the main course!
The world of ayakashi--spirits and creatures from Japanese folklore--comes to life in this modern dark fantasy manga adaptation of the hit otome visual novel from HaccaWorks*!
Of the Red, the Light and the Ayakashi has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: あかやあかしやあやかしの, Aka ya Akashi ya Ayakashi no, AkaAka
9. Nurarihyon no Mago
The manga is about Rikuo Nura, a kid that is 3/4 human and 1/4 youkai. He lives in a house full of spirits alongside his grandfather who is the leader of the youkai. Rikuo is destined to take over his grandfather leadership but his human side has no interest. Rikuo is just a normal kid who has no interest to become the leader of youkai.
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan has finished publishing and it has 218 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぬらりひょんの孫, Grandchild of Nurari Hyon, The Grandson of Nurarihyon
8. Mieruko-chan
One day a girl suddenly starts seeing heteromorphic "gabbling" looking creatures who can't be seen by any ordinary people. She doesn't try escaping them, nor does she attempt confronting them.. instead she tries her hardest to keep a normal appearance and live on as usual.
(Source. MU)
The Girl That Sees "Them" is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 見える子ちゃん, Child That Can See It, Girl That Can See It
7. Fukigen na Mononokean
Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is volume 1 of the mysterious stories involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.
The Morose Mononokean has finished publishing and it has 92 Chapters. It is also Known as: 不機嫌なモノノケ庵, Fukigen na Mononokean
6. Hotarubi no Mori e
A collection of four one shots, one for each season.
1) Overhearing a Flower Song
2) Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light (Hotaru no Mori E)
3) The Fallling of Autumn Leaves
4) Deepening the Scar
To the Forest of the Firefly Lights has finished publishing and it has 4 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蛍火の杜へ, Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light, The Light of a Firefly Forest, Hanauta Nagaruru, Kurukuru Ochiba, Hibi, Fukaku
5. Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
Hotate is a 10 year old girl who was living at her grandmother's house since her mother died. One day her grandmother tells Hotate that she can't care for her anymore because of her age and that she's going to have to live at her uncle's house. After moving to her uncle's house, she attends a new school, but things aren't easy because of her special ability to see the dead. Can she make friends with students in her new class? And what's the secret behind the bond between her and her uncle...?!
Included one-shot:
Volume 3: Aishite Nai
I am called Yamamoto Zenjirou has finished publishing and it has 20 Chapters. It is also Known as: 山本善次朗と申します, I Am Called Yamamoto Zenjirou, Aishite Nai, Love You Not
4. Mahoutsukai no Yome
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again.
The man is a "magus," a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice–and his bride!
The Ancient Magus' Bride is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法使いの嫁, The Magician's Bride, Mahoutsukai no Yome
3. Hyakki Yakoushou
Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'.
Beyond Twilight is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 百鬼夜行抄, Selected Pandemonium, Hyakki Yakou Shou, Tales of a Hundred Ghosts Traveling by the Night, Hyakkiyakou Shou
2. Tactics
Meet Kantarou, a folklore scholar living in the Taisho period. Ever since he was a child, he has been able to see and talk to various spirits. But now that Kantarou's all grown up, he moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons...all with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu!
Tactics has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: tactics, Tactics
1. Mushishi
Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.
Mushishi has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蟲師, Mushi-shi
