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Natsume's Book of Friends (manga)

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Alternative title:
Księga Przyjaciół Natsume (Polish)
Le Pacte des yôkai (French)
Natsume degli spiriti (Italian)
Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese)
Pakt der Yokai (German)
夏目友人帳 (Japanese)
妖怪連絡簿 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: supernatural
Themes: folklore, spirits
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Takashi Natsume has always had the ability to see and communicate with yokai and demons. When he moves to the small town where his late grandmother once lived, he discovers that she too had strong spiritual powers and that she used them to enslave yokai by recording their names in a book. Now Takashi is beset by spirits—some of them want revenge, some want him to return their names, some want to eat him and some just want his help.
User Ratings: 67 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 20 votes (Eng:13, sub:6, others:1
1 French
)
 Excellent: 19 votes (Eng:13, sub:5, raw:1)
 Very good: 8 votes (Eng:6, sub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Good: 11 votes (Eng:10, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 206 users, rank: #429 (of 6926)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.179 (Very good+), std. dev.: 2.1084, rank: #654 (of 7778)
Weighted mean: 8.344 (Very good+), rank: #581 (of 7778) (seen all: 8.46 / seen some: 8.42 / won't finish: 7.05)
Bayesian estimate: 8.307 (Very good+), rank: #134 (of 3526)
Vintage:
2003-06-10 to 2007-04-10 (serialized in LaLa DX, July 2003 - May 2008)
2007-07-24 (serialized in LaLa, September 2007)
Release dates: We have 95
Reviews:
Natsume's Book of Friends GN 12 (Aug 4, 2012)
Natsume's Book of Friends GN 9-11 (Mar 17, 2012)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yuki Midorikawa
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Hakusensha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Lillian Olsen

Adaptation: Lillian Olsen
Design:
Alice Lewis (vols. 21-23)
Fawn Lau (vols. 1-20)
Jimmy Presler (vols. 24-27)
Paul Padurariu (vol. 28)
Editing: Pancha Diaz
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Sabrina Heep
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
French cast
French staff
Translation: Yuki Kakiichi

Lettering: Erwan Charlès (Vol. 10)
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Akata/Delcourt
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Simona Stanzani
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
German staff
German companies
(none)
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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