Is Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu good to watch with a friend?
One sitting. Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu (Natsume's Book of Friends Movie: Tied to the Temporal World) is a film from Summer 2018 by Shuka Inc.: 1 episodes, about 1.7 hours in total, finished, 8.2/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: one sitting. It is a film (about 1.7 hours), so the whole thing fits one evening — the easiest kind of anime to agree on. Rule: type MOVIE → one sitting.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- Film
- Episodes
- 1
- Episode length
- 104 min
- Total time
- about 1.7 hours — one evening
- First aired
- Summer 2018
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Shuka Inc.
- Score
- 8.2/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- manga adaptation, urban fantasy, mythology, demons, drama, fantasy, ghost, iyashikei (healing), magic, superpowers, shoujo, slice of life, supernatural, youkai
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Natsume's Book of Friends Movie; Natsume's Book of Friends Movie: Ephemeral Bond; Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond; Natsume Yujin-Cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond.
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More like this: manga adaptation · urban fantasy · mythology · demons · drama · fantasy · ghost · iyashikei (healing) · magic · superpowers · shoujo · slice of life · supernatural · youkai.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu?
- About 1.7 hours — one sitting.
- How many episodes does Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu have?
- 1 episode of 104 min.
- Is Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu finished?
- Yes, Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu is finished (1 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu is tagged drama; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu listed?
- Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu is on AniList (id 100268) and MyAnimeList (id 36538); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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