| The Stand-In | ||
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| Kanji | 代答 | |
| Romaji | Daitou | |
| Information | ||
| Air Date | January 23, 2012 (JP) February 19, 2024 (JP) | |
| Episode | 43 | |
| Adapted From | Chapter 47 | |
| Opening Song | Ima, Kono Toki | |
| Ending Song | Takaramono | |
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The Stand-In is the fourth episode of the fourth season and the forty-third episode overall of the Natsume Yuujinchou anime series. It first aired on January 23, 2012.
Summary[]
Natsume is at home early one evening when he hears a knock on the door. He sees Tohko outside, asking to be let in. But when he opens the door, there's nobody there, and a gust of wind rushes past. Another Youkai is after the book of friends!
Plot[]
Yobiko, a youkai that can imitate the voices of others, sneaks into Natsume's house and asks him to call out another youkai named Karikami. Long ago, Yobiko had been watching over a woman named Youko who was meeting with a man at a nearby shrine.
One day the man stopped coming, due to an arranged marriage to another woman. Youko was never noticed of this, and therefore continued to wait at the same shrine day by day.
Seeing how Youko grew sadder each day, Yobiko decided to use his talent to talk to the girl with the voice of the man. Eventually, when he was at the height of his guilt, Yobiko told Youko the truth about the man and ran away.
When he came back to the shrine many years later, he found an old letter that had been sealed shut and wrinkled. Yobiko wants to see Karikami because Karikami has the ability to restore paper from old to new.
Natsume and Yobiko later meet Karikami, but Karikami does not immediately use his ability. In the past, Reiko took Karikami's name, so Karikami bargains with Natsume that he would restore the letter if his name is returned.
After his name is returned, Karikami restores the letter. Unable to read human letters, Yobiko asks Natsume to read it to him. Instead of a hateful message Yobiko was expecting, it was actually a letter of thanks for telling her the truth.
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| Episode 40 • Episode 41 • Episode 42 • Episode 43 • Episode 44 • Episode 45 • Episode 46 • Episode 47 • Episode 48 • Episode 49 • Episode 50 • Episode 51 • Episode 52 | ||