The third season of Natsume Yuujinchou continues to capture the essence of emotions as it did with the first two seasons. If you have read my reviews for the first two seasons, you probably would know by now that the synopsis for Natsume Yuujinchou is generally the same. In order for me to hit the minimum character limit, I will still need to write the synopsis, so you can go ahead and skip the next paragraph.

Natsume Yuujinchou follows the story of a teenage boy who has the ability to see and communicate with spirits freely without the help of spiritual tools. The emphasis on spiritual tools because Natsume Takashi has a friend, Tanuma, who could also see spirits but it's very diluted, and another friend, Taki Tooru, who needs to use a tool to see and speak to a spirit should they agree to step onto it. While Natsume lives out his daily life as a normal teenager, he also generally help the youkai he encountered with their problems, returning the names his late grandmother, Natsume Reiko, took from them, and also tying up loose ends she left behind.

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Just like the other two seasons, season three does have its focus point: reminiscing the past. It is in this season that we get a glimpse of Natsume's past right before he started living with the Fujiwaras. There will also be an episode where we learn more about sorcery, which is different from exorcism. And speaking of exorcism, this will also be the season where Natsume interacts more with the Matoba clan despite Natori's efforts to try and keep him away from them.

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While it does look like there are tons of things happening in season three based on what I wrote earlier, this season is technically the start of Natsume getting more entangled with the exorcists whether he likes it or not. Moreover, there will hardly be any episodes where it shows Natsume returning a youkai's name to the point where you will miss watching him do it.

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Also, Natsume's relationship with his closest friend would begin to have a shaky start due to one of them wanting to help but the other felt that it is too dangerous since his spiritual powers is too diluted. Yep, you will get to see some rocky relationships between Natsume and Tanuma in this season. But good news is that it doesn't affect their friendship much.

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