Natsume's Book of Friends calendar arrives with LaLa December issue
LaLa’s December issue includes a 2027 Nyanko-sensei desk calendar tied to Natsume’s Book of Friends.
Natsume’s Book of Friends (夏目友人帳) will headline the latest LaLa magazine promotion with a 2027 Nyanko-sensei desk calendar included in the December 2026 issue. The issue is on sale from October 23, with the calendar presented as a year-long companion featuring different illustrations of the series’ famously expressive cat-like yokai. 1
The calendar is tied to the manga’s long-running relationship with LaLa, where Yuki Midorikawa’s supernatural series continues to appear. Natsume Takashi can see yokai and inherits his grandmother Reiko’s “Book of Friends”, drawing him into conflicts over the names and contracts she left behind. Nyanko-sensei, who claims to be Natsume’s bodyguard, remains his most recognisable companion. 1
What is in the issue
The December issue’s wider contents go beyond the calendar. LaLa’s 50th-anniversary special roundtable continues with Natsumi Itsuki and Yuki Nakaji, while the front colour feature is What the Young Lady Says (天音お嬢様の言うことには) by Ririko Tsujita. The magazine also includes colour pages for several other manga and a voice-equipped motion-comic project for Makuake (マクアケ), with Saori Hayami and Nobuhiko Okamoto among the announced cast. 1
The issue is listed at a special price of 650 yen, including tax, and is scheduled to remain on sale until November 23. The article’s supplied campaign image shows the calendar laid out across several monthly pages, with Nyanko-sensei illustrations and patterned designs rather than a single character portrait. That makes the freebie itself the story’s visual hook.
LaLa’s official website confirms the magazine’s current issue and its broader anniversary activity, while the source report provides the calendar details and contents of this particular edition. 12 The promotion is aimed at existing readers, but it also gives anime and manga fans a practical reason to look at an issue that packages a familiar franchise character with the magazine’s regular serials.
Our opinion
The calendar is a small but well-targeted piece of Natsume’s Book of Friends merchandise: it turns Nyanko-sensei’s instantly recognisable design into something readers can use every day. The stronger news angle is the combination of a current LaLa issue, a dated sales window and a concrete 2027 bonus, rather than a vague anniversary tease. It is a straightforward magazine extra, but one that should appeal to fans who want series artwork beyond a streaming or manga release announcement.
LaLa’s December 2026 issue is on sale from October 23 through November 23, priced at 650 yen including tax. The Nyanko-sensei 2027 desk calendar is included with the print issue; the source report notes that some related application bonuses are print-only.