

Matsumino gets lost on the way there and eats the persimmon. One of the spirits named Matsumino feels sorry for him and tries to bring the persimmon to Hotaru. He goes up to the top of a mountain to find ice so that he can preserve a persimmon but he could not find any ice. Gin wants to share a persimmon with Hotaru next year. Persimmons were a very special treat on the mountain. When Hotaru leaves after the summer, some of the yōkai try to cheer Gin up. In Hotarubi no Mori e Tokubetsu-hen ( 蛍火の杜へ 特別編, Hotarubi no Mori e special edition), the story is told from Gin's point of view. Hotaru soon moves on with her life near the end of the story. They both tell each other that they loved one another. This festival was organised by the spirits. One year, Gin takes Hotaru out on a date in a festival. Gin wishes that he could touch and hold Hotaru, but he cannot. This might be because they love each other a little bit and that their future together seemed very uncertain. When Hotaru becomes a teenager, she finds it hard to keep their friendship together. Hotaru's age quickly becomes closer to Gin's age. Hotaru promises Gin that she will keep coming back each year. They become friends, but Hotaru has to go back home in the city for school. Later, Hotaru keeps visiting Gin in the forest. Gin tells Hotaru that if she touches him, he will disappear. A person wearing a mask called Gin finds Hotaru. Many yamagami and yōkai live in this forest. A six-year-old girl called Hotaru Takegawa gets lost in a forest.
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The original manga and movie have the same story. They compared the movie to movies by Hayao Miyazaki and Makoto Shinkai. They said that it was a beautiful and simple movie. People that reviewed the movie said that the movie was very good. The special manga and the blu-ray were on number 13 of the Oricon list. This came out in a special version of the manga. An extra story that was called Hotarubi no Mori e Tokubetsuhen ( 蛍火の杜へ 特別編) also came out. The movie came out on blu-ray and DVD in Japan. It was showed at the Scotland Loves Animation festival, the Leeds International Film Festival, Anime Expo, and the 66th Mainichi Film Awards. Many people enjoyed the movie and many people were big fans for a long time after the movie was released. Some of the music in the movie was made by Makoto Yoshimori. The main voice actors of the movie were Ayane Sakura and Kōki Uchiyama.

The director of the movie was Takahiro Omori. It was made in a studio called Brain's Base. It was 44 minutes and it was released in 2011. Īn anime movie that had the same name as the manga was created. That was called Natsume's Book of Friends. Many people think that Hotarubi no Mori e was a starting point for another book that was also written by Yuki Midorikawa. Hotaru comes back every summer so that she can spend time with Gin. Hotaru learnt that if she touched Gin, he would disappear forever. They met when Hotaru was six in a forest. The manga is about a girl called Hotaru and her friend Gin. After, in July 2003, the manga was recreated as tankōbon short stories. It was shown in the LaLa DX magazine in July 2002. "Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light") is a Shōjo manga. Hotarubi no Mori e ( Japanese: 蛍火の杜へ, lit.
