小鸟游是家中独子，上有姐姐下有妹妹，从小生活在女人堆里，酷爱一切和可爱有关的事物。机缘巧合的来到一家叫做瓦古娜利亚的餐厅打工，开始了学校、打工、家事三点一线的忙碌生活。小鸟游渐渐发现，原来瓦古娜利亚餐厅的店员都各具特色：种岛是个外形娇小，长着一张娃娃脸的可爱女生，凭借这令自己相当头疼的卡哇伊外形深得大家疼爱。伊波有着男性恐惧症，对女顾客服务完美的无法挑剔，却因为这奇怪的病症经常殴打男顾客。八千代是外场负责人，特点是喜欢佩戴一把武士道，和爱吃的店长白藤杏子，冷面厨师佐藤三人有着暧昧不清的关系。面对这些怪异却有趣的同事，小鸟游也随着时间渐渐融入到了这别具特色的餐厅打工生活中。

As with its prequel, Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou is about Takashi Natsume, a boy who has had the ability to see youkai since he was young, and his bodyguard youkai Madara, nicknamed Nyanko-sensei. Natsume attempts to return names written in his "Book of Friends" (which he inherited from his grandmother Reiko) to youkai in his village. Throughout these adventures, he meets some youkai that are friendly, some that want to steal the Book, and some that want to kill him, as Natsume learns about himself and his relationship with these mysterious beings along the way.

2016 anime film by Shouko Nakamura

Due to an unusual ability to see strange creatures called youkai, Takashi Natsume has never fit in. Over time, he has accepted that no one would ever believe him and has closed himself.

When Natsume accidentally breaks an intangible barrier, he frees Madara—a mighty spirit in the form of a lucky cat. Madara notices that Natsume bears a remarkable resemblance to his late grandmother Reiko Natsume, an outcast girl who created the Book of Friends. It is now in Natsume's possession.

With no interest in its powers, Natsume decides to keep the book for the sake of his grandmother's memories and to protect it from scheming youkai. Therefore, he makes a deal with Madara: he will hand him the book once his time is up, and in turn, Madara will act as Natsume's unofficial bodyguard. With his newfound goal of freeing those Reiko had sealed, Natsume's relationship with both youkai and humans slowly begins to improve.