I would put Natsume Yuujinchou in my top five anime/manga list. Tragically for those of us who don't read Japanese, Midorikawa's other works are not readily available and Natsume Yuujinchou is probably not popular enough in English speaking countries to entice the publishers to print official translations. Author Yuki Midorikawa specifically wanted to capture the feeling she had as a child, hearing local folktales of the rural area where she grew up. Every story feels like it could have come straight from a traditional folk tale. The yokai aren't modernized or brought up to date with pop culture references. There is actually quite a bit of action, but it's wrapped so thoroughly into the stories that it never overwhelms the plot.Īnd if you like mythology and folklore (which I do), you'll probably enjoy this. Reiko's past, the mysteries of the Matoba clan, and what exactly Natsume's future will hold are all intriguing - in a very large part because the people involved are all characters you know and can love or hate, like or be aggravated by. But before you know it, a number of mysteries and plot points have developed that you do want to know more about. I'd go so far as to call the pace elegant. However, the characters are carefully and thoroughly developed, and the plot is built solidly one step at a time. But I did want to see more of that lovely animation, and the soundtrack matches perfectly. I wasn't desperate to know what would happen next.
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The plot starts off like a series of short stories, one story per episode, so it wasn't precisely gripping. The first thing that appealed to me about Natsume Yuujinchou was the charm and beauty of the animation. Fortunately, an old friend of Reiko's is willing to act as Natsume's bodygaurd - in exchange for eventual possession of the book.Ī boy and his cat/fox/yokai/bodyguard thing.
He's going to make friends with humans and yokai, and return as many names from the book as he can. However, Natsume has decided not to give up. A lot of yokai are out to get their appendages ("hands" doesn't always apply) on the book, and Natsume and his new life with the Fujiwaras are constantly in danger from them. Turns out, grandma Reiko had a habit of fighting and defeating practically every yokai she met, taking their names - which essentially put them under her control. His grandmother, who could also see yokai, lived there as a child and she left something behind - the Book of Friends. When the first volume begins, Natsume is living with the kindly Fujiwaras, way out in the country. But the truth is, most of these problems are caused by that fact that Natsume can see yokai and no one else can. He never stays in one place long - people think he's a problem child, a liar, a vandal and just plain creepy, so he always gets sent away to become someone else's problem before too long. Natsume Takashi is an orphan who has been passed around to more relatives than one could count. Weird creatures called yokai." Every volume of Natsume Yuujinchou begins with some variation on this introduction, and it's essentially the basic plot. The episode ends with Matoba finding Natsume saying, "It's been a long time, Natsume Takashi-kun."I've seen weird things since I was little. Nyanko-sensei set off to search for the room himself, leaving Natsume with the sealed youkai. The sealed youkai offers to guide them the direction in exchange for the Book of Friends. Instead they found the monkey-mask youkai sealed-away in the pot. Natsume, overhears about where his belongings was put, tries to find the room. Both he and Nyanko-sensei are captured, but manages to escape and find each other, though being lost in the house. Not wanting to confront him, Natsume runs again but gets lost in the woods, and stumbles upon an old house, which belongs to the Matoba. Matoba, alongside with his shiki servants, are actually in the process of capturing the spirits in the forest. Running away from the demons, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei are unintentionally saved by Matoba. Misuzu warns Nyanko-sensei to steer away from the Eastern Forest, where the monkey-mask demons origin from. Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei learns some interesting things from Misuzu about the forest the monkey mask demons lives in. However Natsume is captured by them, and brought to their forest. To avoid injuring other people, Natsume lead them to outside, at nearby forest. Later on, Natsume was followed by the monsters to his school. They want the Book of Friends, and start physically threatening him until Natsume is saved by Nyanko-Sensei. Natsume encounters some strange, monkey-mask wearing demons while out in a forest.
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