#Natsume Yuujinchou 6

[10-dutchies-12-bicycles]

[joelletwo]

[IDs from alt, 1: natsuyuu fanart of nanase and yorishima passing on a street, yorishima looking back at her but not turning around, while nanase fully stops to say something to him with a smirk. 2: taki and matoba as young kids dangling their feet off a balcony overlooking a room full of exorcist artifacts, matoba clan motifs, and two obscured adults. taki, wide-eyed, says "hey, what are they looking at?" and matoba, bored, replies "you don't know?" 3: textless closeup of the kids]

BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR ME EXORCIST EXTRAVAGANZA <3 embarrassingly many months ago cal @coquelicoq asked me to draw nanase and yorishima hanging out or the kids hanging out. and both those ideas lit my brain so much on fire that i had to marinate and marinate and marinate on them and i still have ten thousand ideas im not sure what to do with but for NOW!!! fun compositional practice :3

nanase and yorishima are hard bc u cant put yorishima in a room. he refuses. their relationship is passing cryptic remarks every eight months when they cross paths in town and theyve kept it up for 40 years

and i have. preexisting thoughts about the matoba family being nosy about the taki family lol. i think maybe after taki granddad passes they express Polite Interest in some of their records which means meetings for baby taki to run around exorcist houses poking into everything she can find and pestering weird older kids there who are happy to give her Just enough info for her brain to go wild

[thecrowsart]

"Long time no see, Shuuichi-san..."

(crop under cut)

[wolvesandvisions]

hey fellas check out my kin onion

do we like what we see

[coquelicoq]

crashes ur board meeting n drags u out by the collar but its fine bc youre the one always saying shit like "im looking for people i can use" ok lol. get used idiot

[buggy-about-town]

Unapproachable pretty boy Natsume and his cringefail emotional support youkai cat

[snarkyship]

I’m so normal about this

[kittykatinabag]

How is it that the animes of Mushishi and Natsume Yuujinchou that first aired in 2006 and 2008 respectively have better animation than some of the series today?

God I wish these series had any and/or affordable figures/plushies/non-acylic-stand merch. There might be some for Natsume, especially Nyanko-sensei cat-form plushies, but Mushishi is basically devoid of any representation. Makes sense since the last arc was animated back in like 2014, but it's such a beautiful series and I think Ginko deserves a figure.

[jbsforever]

waking up to the news that season 7 of natsume's book of friends just got announced??!!

[lunasohma]

an occupational hazard

[ ao3 / ff.net ]

In which Natori expresses a valid concern and Matoba keeps up appearances.

Why Matoba insists on pressing them through these torturous formalities, Natori cannot say.

The conversation, rather mundane small talk, leaves him feeling ill at ease and now even Matoba's expression verges on bored.

Not that he feels he can ever correctly gauge the other man's mood.

As he casts about for something more to say, he sees it.

The incident had been recounted to him by a friend (who had heard it from their cousin, whose colleague had heard of it from someone else and so on it goes with these kinds of stories). Horrific, really.

When he finishes:

"Oh, how interesting." Matoba does not sound the least bit interested.

"A rumor, maybe," he hesitantly amends, feeling a bit lame.

"Maybe," the other echoes. Then, "Would you like some more tea?"

Natori picks up the cup he hasn't touched in over an hour, drains it viciously.

"No, thank you."

Matoba eyes him, the beginning of a smile playing on his lips. Benevolence with a hint of teeth.

"Now, Natori-san, if you're really that worried..."

Not for the first time, Natori tries and fails to remember why he feels any sense of moral obligation around this man.

"Oh, just forget it."

A part of him is tempted to leave his payment behind, however illogical. He curses his luck. Why couldn't it have been Nanase? He'd have been out of here already instead of spending the better part of an hour trying to exchange niceties with Matoba Seiji.

Muttering a ‘thanks’ under his breath, he turns to leave.

-

"I do appreciate the concern," he calls, by all appearances a lazy afterthought, when Shuuichi is at the door. He gives a quick nod of acknowledgment, then he's gone. The door closes softly behind him.

Seiji counts the win.

Were Shuuichi's eyes really that bad? There could be something funny about this.

His fingers trace the hairline fractures and his nails catch where the shell had split completely. Ink and something thicker had seeped through the cracks for days without end. The ink remains as does the stain on the floor. No amount of scrubbing could lift it from the grain.

He should have the floor redone.

At his proximity, the remaining gears stutter with a slow tick tick tick. A strained, plastic whine grows louder as the lingering presence rises through the mechanism.

Pressing his palm flat against the surface, he answers the same as he always has.

Herein lies a bit of a puzzle. Were he a different sort of person, he might have asked his opinion. Papers and inks and all.

His shadow, cast long by the afternoon sun, swallows the stain up in the blink of an eye. Seiji rests his chin on his hand. If only it could be so easy.

[luxid-rambler]

Honestly bingeing content (be it books or tv shows) is like breathing to me, but I am completely unable to deal with the aftermath of finishing a show… I WILL just think about [show] every waking second for months after finishing it TwT

[0ssianic]

Release

Summary: The Matobas occupy a certain position in the exorcist world. As such, all eyes are on them. It’s not particularly useful when they’re looking for a reason to tear him down. Spoilers for end of ch 104. (1.1K words) //  Read on AO3

Seiji preferred to focus on what he could control.

Bow case over his shoulder and quiver in hand, Seiji slipped away to a quiet corner of the Matoba estate to practice. The archery range was far from the main house and the guest buildings. It was a practical arrangement, safe and out of the way, and for Seiji it had the added benefit of being far from prying eyes.

The last day had certainly been eventful. His sister and mother had been arguing again. And his dear sister just had to storm off in a particularly theatrical way while the house was full of visitors.

Because of course. She may as well have set one of the outbuildings on fire for the way talk was flying.

The range, with its well worn targets and partially hidden by the gardens and old walls, was a good place to retreat for a while. Interest in the Matobas’ interpersonal family drama was sure to fade once the rumors found a new target.

Soon enough, Seiji reached the wooden shelter, and thankfully, he was alone. He leaned his bow case against one of the pillars and began the familiar work of setting up the range. 

The practice grounds were free for anyone under the Matoba umbrella to use, but most chose not to. Archery wasn’t the most popular of methods nowadays and most exorcists brought into the fold held onto the techniques inherited from their original families, as if the secrecy would help propel them into success. As a result, the most frequent practitioners here tended to be the Matobas themselves. But even among him, his mother, and his sister, it was more Seiji’s range in practice.

After dragging the targets where he wanted and dropping the plain, unadorned practice arrows into the ground quiver, he was ready to put his bow together and begin practice.

The checking of the bow limbs and the string was in and of itself a sort of ritual. It was a chance to get out of his head and focus only on his equipment. In an exorcism, anything and everything could go wrong at any moment. Yokai were inherently unpredictable. Killing multitudes of people at their worst and inflicting annoying mischief at best. Both were flavors of chaos that had to be brought back under control. An exorcist had to start with mastery over self if they even hoped to bring yokai under their control.

Seiji knew a part of that was his tools. While working, one’s tools were an extension of the exorcist, after all. He had to be as familiar with them as he was his own limbs.

Satisfied that his bow was still in good shape, he fell into his usual stance. Practice was the next step in self-mastery, to be able to do exactly what he intended whenever he wanted. In the worst case scenario, a fraction of a second and muscle memory would be the difference between life and death.

He set his feet shoulders’ width apart, kept his grip relaxed but firm, and nocked an arrow. In one smooth motion he raised his bow and drew the string back until the arrow was at the edge of his mouth, the string just barely kissing the tip of his nose.

He put most of his focus on form for the first few shots as he warmed up, but that didn’t stop the bite of frustration when the shots were off. He told himself there was no point in getting upset. He cleared his thoughts of anything that wasn’t related to how to nock an arrow and send it into the target. When he ran out of arrows, he set the bow down on a nearby hanger and went to retrieve. He repeated the process, the target a little further back each time.

Nock, draw, release, retrieve.

Every time Seiji ran through the cycle, got a little better. He made minuscule changes to his posture that improved his control. He adjusted the offset of his aim to be a little more accurate. As it increasingly looked like he was going to be heir, he had to be the best.

Seiji stopped and rolled his shoulders before he started the next round. He was beginning to feel the ache in his arm, but there was still something he wanted to try before he was too tired. 

He held his hands out and framed one of the targets with his fingers. He closed his left eye, then the right and the target jumped out of the frame of his hands. Someday, as head of the clan, he would have to be ready for that.

Seiji nocked and drew the bowstring back. Instead of aiming as he normally would, he looked down the arrow with his left eye. When he let go, the arrow didn’t even hit the target. 

This time, he couldn’t help but let out a grumble of frustration and annoyance. This was why he was practicing now, he told himself. Disadvantages like this and the danger the head of the clan inherited were a necessary part of the tradeoff for the gain in power. A fact his sister didn’t appreciate. 

Nock, draw, release.

This time, he did hit the target. Tangible progress. With enough practice, he would be just as accurate as he was with his right eye. Shooting this way wouldn’t have to be a weakness. 

The exorcists under them liked to show, again and again, that any weakness on the Matobas part was an opportunity in their eyes. In their short-sighted ambitions, they envied the strength and influence they had. It was why they joined the clan in the first place.

Nock, draw, release.

Seiji wouldn’t try to stop the rumors and the talk from swirling. It was a waste of energy to try. Instead, he would prove any doubts they had about him wrong. Despite his behavior, it was hard to argue with results.

Besides, their superficial criticisms didn’t matter. They couldn’t see the big picture. Every generation, their numbers grew smaller. Every year, someone lost their sight. With each loss, the exorcists that remained and the regular people they protected were in more danger. He knew the reality the head of the clan had to face.

He wasn’t going to go into it unprepared.

Eventually, Seiji lost himself in the cycle. He forgot about the current round of family drama, he forgot about the everpresent whispers, he forgot about the dangers that only a few could see.

Nock, draw, release.

As Seiji was winding down, a familiar voice called his name. He lowered the bow and turned to see Nanase coming from the gardens. When she stopped, her expression was neutral and she didn’t comment on what he was up to.

“Your mother wants to talk to you.”

Seiji understood. He packed up his things as quickly as he could and followed Nanase back to the house.

When the time came to head the clan, no one would be able to say he wasn’t skilled, wasn’t strong, that he didn’t deserve it.

What he couldn't control, he would prepare for.

[doyouknowthisanime]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

I've got some good news - I've finished tallying up the results of the favourite anime survey and can now, finally, reveal what Tumblr's favourite anime actually are. To start with, I'd like to thank everyone who responded - yes, all 1172 (wow!) of you - and to apologise for he delay in actually getting these results out. For anyone who needs a reminder, these results are based on how many points each anime received - a first place ranking was worth five points, a second or third place ranking was worth four, a fourth or fifth place ranking was worth three, a sixth-tenth place ranking was worth two, and a eleventh-twentieth place ranking was worth one. When multiple anime had the same number of points, the anime with the most first-place votes was placed higher. The results are below the read more right here - I hope you enjoy reading!

100. Yona of the Dawn - 82 points

99. Devilman Crybaby - 83 points

98. Monogatari Series - 83 points

97. Lucky Star - 84 points

96. Toradora - 84 points

95. Dr. Stone - 86 points

94. Princess Jellyfish - 86 points

93. ERASED - 87 points

92. Noragami - 87 points

91. Wolf's Rain - 88 points

90. Azumanga Daioh - 90 points

89. Paranoia Agent - 90 points

88. Odd Taxi - 91 points

87. Banana Fish - 93 points

86. Digimon Adventure - 95 points

85. Akira - 95 points

84. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni - 95 points

83. Psycho-Pass - 96 points

82. Little Witch Academia - 96 points

81. Monster - 97 points

80. Mononoke - 98 points

79. Free! - 99 points

78. Kekkai Sensen - 99 points

77. Trigun Stampede - 102 points

76. Haibane Renmei - 103 points

75. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - 104 points

74. Gintama - 105 points

73. Violet Evergarden - 107 points

72. Dorohedoro - 113 points

71. Made in Abyss - 113 points

70. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - 113 points

69. Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasu na! - 115 points

68. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - 116 points

67. SK8 the Infinity - 117 points

66. Samurai Champloo - 117 points

65. Your Name - 118 points

64. Castle in the Sky - 119 points

63. Perfect Blue - 119 points

62. Promare - 120 points

61. One Punch Man - 122 points

60. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 126 points

59. Kiki's Delivery Service - 129 points

58. Kaguya-sama: Love is War - 136 points

57. Inuyasha - 136 points

56. Assassination Classroom - 142 points

55. FLCL - 143 points

54. Pokémon - 144 points

53. Death Parade - 148 points

52. Dragon Ball - 150 points

51. Natsume Yuujinchou - 157 points

50. The Apothecary Diaries - 158 points

49. Revue Starlight - 159 points

48. Durarara!! - 160 points

47. Yu Yu Hakusho - 162 points

46. Naruto - 163 points

45. Black Butler - 165 points

44. Attack on Titan - 167 points

43. Houseki no Kuni - 168 points

42. Steins;Gate - 172 points

41. Cardcaptor Sakura - 186 points

40. Code Geass - 186 points.

39. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun - 187 points

38. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. - 192 points

37. Kill la Kill - 194 points

36. Bungou Stray Dogs - 194 points

35. Baccano! - 198 points

34. Bocchi the Rock! - 201 points

33. Chainsaw Man - 208 points

32. Demon Slayer - 209 points

31. Serial Experiments Lain - 213 points

30. Jujutsu Kaisen - 227 points

29. Spy x Family - 236 points

28. Howl's Moving Castle - 238 points

27. Princess Mononoke - 240 points

26. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 241 points

25. Sailor Moon - 249 points

24. Mushi-shi - 249 points

23. Princess Tutu - 254 points

22. Nichijou - 263 points

21. Trigun - 265 points

20. Spirited Away - 266 points

19. My Hero Academia - 266 points

18. Fruits Basket (2019) - 269 points

17. Soul Eater - 292 points

16. Sousou no Frieren - 300 points

15. Yuri!!! on Ice - 333 points

14. Fullmetal Alchemist - 364 points

13. Ouran High School Host Club - 374 points

12. Death Note - 437 points

11. Cowboy Bebop - 450 points

10. Haikyuu - 457 points

9. Neon Genesis Evangelion - 496 points

8. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - 496 points

7. Hunter x Hunter (2011) - 516 points

6. Revolutionary Girl Utena - 537 points

5. One Piece - 633 points

4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - 664 points

3. Mob Psycho 100 - 943 points

2. Dungeon Meshi - 985 points

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 1106 points

Congratulations to FMA Brotherhood for winning! For more detailed results, go to this spreadsheet. Once again, thank you all for participating, and waiting so patiently for the results!

[colorisbyshe]

the untamed is leaving netflix and tencent just privated all of the youtube videos outside of the first three, forcing you to download their official app or go to viki

meanwhile my dubious but hq blu ray is staring at me like :3 from my shelf

piracy's best friend is bootlegged copies like you know what... sometimes i don't want to download everything by myself and then put it on a disk and then make a nice case for it... sometimes i want someone else to do that for me

like i'd pay money for that

[fridaraph]

Natsume Yuujinchou 6

you know it's bad when even nyanko-sensei says no to your food

[tanumaskoipond]

Natsume Yuujinchou Episode/Chapter Guide

Updated: 25/11/24

Episode Guide | mangadex (fan translations) (up to 113) | manga4life (offical translations) (up to 123)

*The special chapters may be numbered slightly differently between my list and these sites. (such as 19.5 vs 19.1 and vice versa)

Season 1:

Episode 1: Chapter 1

Episode 2: Chapter 2

Episode 3: Chapter 3

Episode 4: Chapter 5

Episode 5: Anime Original

Episode 6: Chapter 4

Episode 7: Chapters 15.1 (Special 1) & 22.5 (Special 5)

Episode 8: Chapter 10

Episode 9: Chapter 7

Episode 10: Chapter 8

Episode 11: Chapter 15.3 (Special 3), a lot of added anime original material

Episode 12: Chapter 6

Episode 13: Chapter 19.5 (Special 4), a lot of added anime original material

NOTE: There is a POV change in the anime. This chapter is from Tanuma’s POV.

Season 2 (zoku):

Episode 1: Chapter 9

Episode 2: Chapter 13

Episode 3: Chapter 14

Episode 4: Chapter 12

Episode 5: Chapter 22.6 (Special 6), a lot of added anime original material

Episodes 6 & 7: Chapters 17 & 18

Episode 8: Chapter 16

Episode 9: Chapter 15

Episode 10: Chapter 19

Episode 11: Chapter 11

NOTE: There are several changes to this chapter. Mainly, the crow youkai does not die in the manga.

Episodes 12 & 13: Chapters 20-22

NOTE: Taki & Tanuma do not meet until Chapter 27 in the manga (adapted into S3E09)

NOTE: The ending of this arc had a couple of changes.

Season 3 (san):

Episode 1: Chapter 48

Episode 2: Anime Original

Episode 3: Chapters 37 & 38

Episode 4: Chapter 15.2

Episode 5: Chapters 42 & 43

Episodes 6 & 7: Chapters 23-26

NOTE: The crow youkai from Chapter 11 (S2E11) is not the woman’s shiki in the manga.

Episode 8: Anime Original

Episode 9: Chapter 27

Episodes 10 & 11: Chapters 28 & 29

Episode 12: Chapters 30 & 31

Episode 13: Chapter 26.1 (Special 7)

Season 4 (shi):

Episodes 1 & 2: Chapters 34-36

NOTE: These chapters were changed quite a bit in the anime. It is a very, very loose adaptation.

Episode 3: Chapters 32 & 33

Episode 4: Chapter 47

Episode 5: Chapter 36.5 (Special 9)

Episodes 6 & 7: Chapters 49-51

NOTE: some dialogue got moved between characters in the anime.

Episode 8: Anime Original

Episodes 9 & 10: Chapters 39-41

Episodes 11-13: Chapters 44-46

OVA:

Natsume Yuujinchou LaLa Special - Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand: Anime Original

Natsume Yuujinchou Itsuka no Hi ni: Anime Original

Season 5 (go):

Episode 1: Chapters 57-59

NOTE: A lot got cut from these chapters in the anime.

Episode 2: Chapter 56

Episodes 3 & 4: Chapters 52-54

NOTE: The conversation about forbidden techniques was taken from Chapter 62 (which was adapted into S6E04-5)

Episode 5: Chapters 64 & 65

Episode 6: Chapter 55

Episode 7: Chapters 66 & 67

Episode 8: Chapters 71.1 & 71.2 (Special 15)

Episode 9: Chapter 63

Episode 10: Chapter 63.5 (Special 14)

Episode 11: Chapter 59.5 (Special 12)

OVA:

One Night Sake Cup: Anime Original

Party of Fun & Games: Chapter 70

Season 6 (roku):

Episode 1: Chapter 78

Episode 2: Chapter 75

Episode 3: Chapter 74

Episodes 4 & 5: Chapters 60-62

Episode 6: Chapters 54.5 & 54.6 (Specials 10 & 11)

Episode 7: Chapter 76

Episode 8: Chapter 68 & 69

Episode 9: Chapter 79

Episodes 10 & 11: Chapters 72 & 73

OVA:

The Stump of the Suzunaru Tree: Anime Original

Fragments of Dreams (A Fragment of Fantasy): Chapter 73.5 (Special 16)

Season 7 (shichi)

Episode 1: Chapter 84

Episode 2: Chapter 81

Episode 3: Chapter 80

Episode 4: Chapter 83

Episode 5: Chapter 108

Episode 6: Chapters 89.5, 77

Episode 7: Chapters 95 & 96

Episode 8: Chapter 87

Episode 9 & 10: Chapters 92-94

Episode 11:

Episode 12:

Chapters 88 & 89

OVA:

Coming April 23rd, 2025

MOVIES/Additional OVA:

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie - Ephemeral Bond: Anime Original

Natsume's Book of Friends - The Waking Rock and the Suspicious Visitor: Chapters 82, 97 & 98

Chapters not adapted:

31.5 (Special 8), 67.5 (Special 14), 71, 85-86, 90-94, 99-107, 109-133

NOTE: as of 25/11/24, past chapter 123, chapters are untranslated

Chapter 84.5 (Special 17) is a continuum of Special 15

Chapters 85 & 86: The Face of the Noren arc

Chapters 88 & 89: Tell Me Your Name arc

Chapters 90 & 91: Tenjou-san arc

Chapters 92-94: Miharu arc

Chapters 100-105 (excluding 102.5): Homura arc

Chapters 106 & 107: Yorishima arc

Chapters 109 & 110: Master of the Name Calls arc

Chapters 113-116: Younger Cousin Saga

Chapters 117 & 118: By the Queens Invitation arc

Chapters 121-126: Portrait of a Girl arc

NOTE: chapter 120 is technically the same arc that begins in 121, but officially it is not listed that way.

Chapters 128-130: Sealed-off Storehouse arc

Chapters 131-?: Unfamiliar Home arc