Natsume Yujincho centers around Natsume and his evolving relationship with the youkais and humans around him. It is relaxing and heart-warming, something that you would love to watch after a tiresome day. The show has a lot of depth, and it differs from other youkai stories by having the youkai experience the same emotions as a human.

Except for the ability to see youkai, Natsume is normal. He has strengths, weaknesses and faults. He has a hard past and many bad experiences, but at present he is blessed with caring guardians and friends. He is learning and growing with each experience and person/youkai he meets.

I would recommend anyone to give this a try. You may not like the genre, but it won't do any harm to watch a few episodes

This is one of those animes you just, well, "Like". I loved everything about this series. I really felt like i could relate to Natsume because he's just, different in a very odd way. His personality is very similar to mine, Apart from the "Spirit seeing" deal.

I watched this anime in 2 days and got hooked. I rewatched it and i loved it even more. Plus in the middle of the show the animation of the characters changes, I think for the better in my opinion.

You should watch Natsume Yujincho, It's a must see !.

I absolutely loved this anime. I loved the background story of his grandmother, I loved all of the characters and their cute little quirks. and Nyanko-sensei was my absolute favorite character. Natsume was very sweet, and I really admired his compassion. The only things that bugged me about this anime were: the opening and ending music was kind of cheesy, and they really didn't talk enough about Reiko. They mentioned often that Reiko hated humans and only made friends in youkai, but they never explained that one human she changed her mind about, and made a baby with. If everyone thought she was strange and didn't want to be around her, Natsume's grandfather must have been an exceptional person. Which may be where Natsume developed his sense of compassion because Reiko was a bit on the excessive side as far as emotions went, and she went around enslaving youkai. I think, perhaps, there should be a season set aside to discuss more about Reiko and Natsume's grandfather. This was a fantastic anime, but it left much to be desired.

surprised I haven't heard any buzz about this series. I hadn't heard anything about this series until I randomly chose it. I'm glad I did its got a lot going for it. The art work is great, the music fits the scenes amazingly well, and the premise of the entire series is fairly solid. It even balances humor with heart jerking moments.

I watched this anime a few times. It has a nice character development and brings out a calming feeling that most animes don't have. It’s something that is enjoyable to watch. Most of the episode always pulls out one of your emotions either if its sadness, clam, happy, etc.. (A warm feeling inside. That may just be me though.) After watching over hundreds of anime, so far this one is the most memorable. This isn't the typical sappy shounen/shoujo series..It actually has deep meaning in each episode you might not notice it..But you have to think about it to find the true meaning..
I recommend that you should watch one or two episode to give it a try if it's your cup of tea.. I truly recommend it. Only thing is that this anime brings your mood to a calm, happy, or bittersweet state.....but unlike most animes the second seasons is a bit better (but that may be my opinion). 99% of the characters are likeable and each episode is a enjoyable to watch..Overall I recommend this

This series is such a breath of fresh air. The characters were great and the plot was very engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed it and especially enjoyed Madara. The basic story line revolves around Natsume; a boy in high school with the ability to see spirits. He inherits his grandmother's book which is the target of many demons. I won't describe anymore because I feel that only witnessing the series first hand will make you see its brilliance.

As I watched this very beautifully animated series, I found myself continually describing it as bittersweet. The stories of the youkai tug at your heart, and illustrate the struggle of humans and spirits to make connections and find their way.

Interestingly, the structure of the series is episodic, unusual for anime, but each episode gives you a new, touching story as Natsume meets and deals with youkai and humans. Natsume is a heartfelt character, and cute as a button, and his youkai sensei is delightful and humorous in neko form, and gorgeous in his "true" form.

I highly recommend this!!!

Great show. If you're not into slower dramas however, you'll probably be disappointed with this one.
Storyline:
This is about a high school kid who can see youkai (spirits). While many around him think him too soft or nice, his strength comes from this allowing him to form bonds with some of the most belligerent youkai. Each episode explores his connection with the youkai, and is like a mini-story in and of itself.
Music:
OPs and EDs are great and fit in very well with the feel of the story. Music throughout fits in nicely.
Characters:
All the characters are great. Many of the characters (typically youkai) that only show up for an episode are explored rather well. My only gripe is that his friends from school are not explored as well as they could be - they feel like the only truly shallow characters.
Animation:
Most characters are fairly standard, but the backdrops are great and there's a good deal of diversity with the different youkai. Madara's (nyanko-sensei) true form is also nicely detailed.

I would say that this anime is slightly different from the rest. Yes, Natsume is a little bit on the 'super hero' side, but otherwise, you would see him as a normal boy with a stormy past. I liked this anime because it was average. He had an average lifestyle with average friends. But in the midst of a normal everyday life, there were spirits. I commend the manga and anime both.

Natsume Yujincho, or, Natsume's Book of Friends, is a beautiful thing amongst the common monotony of recent animation endeavors that come to mind, and has a brilliantly simple shine.

To elaborate, there are no overly wrought character relations with constant flashbacks or pseudo-quasi-heavy dialog, no excessively grand plots that are dragged out to the point of tedium, and somehow a distinctive lack of the hollow character clichés that one often observes, while withholding from any of the usual development styles. The characters are simple, unassuming, deceptively deep and truly enjoyable.

The story follows protagonist Natsume Takashi, a kind hearted individual who has taken it upon himself to release the spirits bound to him, due through his possession of his grandmother's Book of Friends (in which she sealed the names of daemons after often defeating them in conflict), and to show humanity to all the spirits as best he can. His grandmother Natsume Reiko could see spirits, a trait passed on to her grandson, and because of this she would act oddly and as a result be bullied by her peers so much so that she was ultimately ostracized, gave up on humans, and sought solace in making 'friends' of the spirits. Since she died young, and no one else in the Natsume family possessed the ability, Takashi also suffered such misunderstanding during his youth, and both of his parent died leaving him to be bounced about between family and friends ever since, perturbing them with his unique ability so that he has now come to hide it as best he can.

However, I fear that I dawdle too long on the subject of characters and must move on before I bore utterly; please pardon my bombastic-ness.

To convey the story potently, Natsume Yujincho uses the supernatural to ultimately tell a tale of Humanity in the most touching of manners. Each episode tells a different story with a lesson, focusing on a particular mannerism of benevolence. To this end, the characters act as but mere machina to a particular set of ideals and reason, by which most attempts would make such two-dimensional, yet here inspiringly leaves them rich and near pure in essence.

I am not the sort to be oft brought to tears or bouts of passion, but through this story, I have felt the materialization of the liquid emotion from my eyes out of the simple Beauty; a joy of which I have scarcely ever had the privilege to experience during the period of my time in existence.

This is something awe-inspiringly refreshingly pure, something wonderfully beautiful, and something softly heroic in its benevolent way; for which I fear all words fail me in attaining a just comprehensive illustration.

Perhaps to conclude, I can at least say that I feel so charmed to claim that I which am not often so endowed as to state with unwavering earnestly:
Bravo.