Shows Like Natsume's Book of Friends

If you liked Natsume's Book of Friends (2008), a animation and sci-fi & fantasy series created by Yuki Midorikawa, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking…
2
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
3
How to Keep a Mummy (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
When high school student Sora Kashiwagi finds himself staring down a mysterious oversized package sent to him by his self-proclaimed "adventurer" father, the last thing he expects is for it to be opened from the…
4
Bleach (2004)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound…
5
Noragami (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has…
6
Vermeil in Gold (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Rather than take a more sensible approach to salvaging his grades in time for graduation, Alto summons a bit of otherworldly help. Only after does he learn he’s bound the legendary she-devil Vermeil into service as his…
7
Mieruko-chan (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
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Mushi-Shi (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
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ReLIFE (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He…
10
Mob Psycho 100 (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a…
11
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Fourteen-year-old Iruma Suzuki has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson and has…
12
Interviews with Monster Girls (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
The story takes place in an age where "Ajin" (demi-human), more casually known as "Demi," have slowly started to become accepted into human society. Tetsuo Takahashi is a biology teacher who ends up teaching three such…
13
Monogatari (2009)
★ 8.1/10Also animation
Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, finds himself constantly encountering girls afflicted by supernatural "oddities." He dedicates himself to helping them, often with the aid of the eccentric specialist Meme Oshino…
14
The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
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…
15
Fruits Basket (2019)
★ 8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private…
16
Twin Star Exorcists (2016)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he'd rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! He's forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit…
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Blue Exorcist (2011)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Humans live in the world of Assiah, demons in Gehenna. The two dimensions are not meant to interfere with each other, but demons still possess creatures in Assiah in spite of this. The humans who can fight these demons…
18
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends…
19
Beelzebub (2011)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
Violent delinquent Oga encounters a baby one day, which crawls onto his back and immediately forms an attachment to him. Though he doesn't know it yet, this baby is named Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, or "Baby Beel"…
20
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity's mortality. She takes…