#Natsume Yuujinchou 6

[coquelicoq]

if we assume that each of the three pillars comes exactly three times for a total of nine times, and we know that the 7th time it was the 40-year guardian, and if we assume that was her final visit and the last two visits will be split between the 30-year guardian and the 8-year guardian, we can calculate how long ago the miharu family made that deal: (40x3)+(30x2)+(8x2)=196 years. 196 years ago it was 1828, but i think this is supposed to be set in the 1980s or 90s, so call it the late 1700s. that's the kind of thing matoba as the head of the matoba clan has to concern himself with - deals with youkai made by people 200 years ago from families that don't even exist anymore. it's an interesting contrast to the thing he says to natsume at the end of this arc, about the 9th visit, which is 30 years away, being someone else's problem. he's embroiled in the past but doesn't even think he'll get to have a future.

[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]

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[owletstarlet]

(Couple things here, I sent this to @goodlucktai as I was watching and we were both like why is Natsume so short here, even if he’s standing behind them. Natsume and Tanuma are meant to be 5’6 and 5’7, respectively, and I think the anime forgot about that… Nishi isn’t given a height I think, but he’s shorter than Natsume in every manga panel I can recall.

The other thing is how pissed off Natsume and Tanuma would both look towards Kita to any other student in the class, whereas Nishi just looks understandably concerned about his exhausted friend. And it’s clearly their immediately-suspicious-of-dangerous-youkai-involvement face, but honestly if I was their classmate I’d be thinking Just Let Him Rest—

[buggy-about-town]

Unapproachable pretty boy Natsume and his cringefail emotional support youkai cat

[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

[fandom]

Anime and Manga

Delicious in Dungeon is the new Dungeons and Dragons.

Dungeon Meshi +21

Jujutsu Kaisen

One Piece -2

Boku no Hero Academia +1

Bungou Stray Dogs +3

Tian Guan Ci Fu +13

Haikyuu!! +6

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System +9

Naruto +2

Mob Psycho 100 -7

Mo Dao Zu Shi +1

SPY x FAMILY -6

Attack on Titan +10

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure -4

Death Note +9

Puella Magi Madoka Magica +16

Yu-Gi-Oh! +9

Chainsaw Man -14

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -3

Hetalia +10

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Sailor Moon -7

Trigun Stampede -16

Trigun Maximum -3

Fullmetal Alchemist -7

Bocchi the Rock! -6

Black Butler +8

Wind Breaker

Revolutionary Girl Utena +4

Sousou no Frieren

Tokyo Revengers -2

Blue Lock -7

Digimon +1

Yuri!!! on Ice +12

Dragon Ball Z +4

Hunter X Hunter

Witch Hat Atelier +4

Neon Genesis Evangelion -1

Bleach -12

Fairy Tail +5

Inuyasha -3

Detective Conan +5

Soul Eater -3

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury -13

Dorohedoro +3

19 Days -32

Ranma 1/2

Dandadan

Dragon Ball Super

Berserk -6

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Cowboy Bebop

Houseki No Kuni

Cardcaptor Sakura

Lupin III -12

Golden Kamuy

Trigun 98 -15

Hellsing

Yu Yu Hakusho

SK8 the Infinity -10

Yotsuba&!

NANA

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Love Live

Tokyo Mew Mew

Love Bullet

Black Clover

One Punch Man

Ouran High School Host Club

Blue Exorcist

Diabolik Lovers

Fate/Stay Night

Gintama

Tokyo Ghoul

Pop Team Epic -26

The Case Study of Vanitas

Little Witch Academia

Higurashi

Kill la Kill

Natsume Yuujinchou

Uzumaki

Fruits Basket

Citrus

Buddy Daddies -75

Hamtaro

Pokémon

Dr. Stone

Mr. Osomatsu

Azumanga Daioh

Reborn!

A Sign of Affection

Monogatari

Oshi no Ko

The Summer Hikaru Died

Devilman

Banana Fish

Noragami

Code Geass

Gurren Lagann

Durarara!!

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

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[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

[maomaojinshi]

Natsume Yuujinchou 6

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

[tanumaskoipond]

Natsume Yuujinchou Episode/Chapter Guide

Updated: 23/12/24

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: Chapters 88 & 89

Episode 12: Chapter 99

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, 90-91, 100-107, 109-134

NOTE: as of 23/12/24, 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 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 131-134: Unfamiliar Home arc

[whosname]

[ID from alt. Natsume Yuujinchou fanart. Two panels of a comic. On the first panel Nishimura and Kitamoto are fishing. Kitamoto says "You know Natori Shuuichi?" and Nishimura, excitedly, says "omg!!! Tell us everything!!!" On the second panel, Natsume, with Nyanko Sensei on his shoulder, pictures a starry smily Natori over a flowery backgrpund, wearing a bucket hat and glasses. Natsume's saying "Natori-san..." While some tags appeared over his imagined Natori: 1. over the flowery background "How does he do this?" 2. over the stars close to his face "What is this?" 3. close to a paper doll with the text "Let's meer @ the Unloved billboard. N." on it "Weird brand of narcissism" 4, 5 and 6. on his head close to his hat "Weird bucket hat", "Dubious fashion sense" and "what he is really thinking?" 7. close to his glasses "fake glasses" 8. close to the lizard coming up his neck "This... thing" 9. On his clothes "Slept on his sofa. Again" Down on the right corner of the panel there's a label that reads "The Natori that lives in Natsume's head" End ID.]

[ID from alt. Natsume Yuujinchou fanart. Two panels of a comic. On the first panel there's an embarrassed Natsume saying "...he kind of sucks?" while, in the back, there's Natori in full fishing gear looking at Natsume mildly annoyed and saying "I´m right here, Natsume...". Down on the panel's right corner there's a label that reads "IRL Natori". On the second panel, Natsume's and Nyanko sensei gone pale while Natori, doing a flashy-starry pose says "Hi Natsume's friends... do you want tickets for my next movie?" End ID.]

Hi @nin-deer!!! I'm your Secret Natsuyuu Santa! Drew you a comic about Nishimura and Kitamoto knowing Natsume knows Natori, had lots of fun drawing this, I love drawing cheesy Natori. That's on you, Natsume, for forgetting you also invited Natori to fish.

@natsume-ss

(cropped text-less panels under the cut)