#meanwhile multitasking by texting irl friend about irl stuff and typing this on the side

[sarukui]

since i returned to this site AND im in the natsume yuujinchou phase (yet again), i rediscovered my natori appreciation post that i wrote back in 2017. 

i remember writing this post right after roku ended based on the tags my gifsets were getting as natori was fairly misunderstood especially with the season finale. it was more amusing than anything else seeing how divided the fandom was on him lol tho i assume five years later his reception has grown more positive? if not, season 7 where u at.

my post was more so a timeline laying out canon events and i think the main point i was trying to get across was to reiterate that natori was being protective over natsume (no he was never a bad person) and why he viewed the book of friends as dangerous (thinking back to all the ‘u should live a normal life natsume’ lines he had) and looking to the similar parallels and hardships they faced as kids from being able to see yokai and therefore ostracized and blamed for the misfortunes around them and not to mention the responsibility they hold in the case with natori and his clan vs natsume with reiko’s book of friends. though one point is despite the similar path they shared, it ended up branching to different directions: natsume, also being more empathetic with yokai, found peers he can open up to and trust and to this day i continue to emphasize on how the whole exorcist deal is depressing af on a general level and u’re there to defend urself, taught to use others for ur own benefit, and the whole hierarchy and power struggle between clans and all. and how natori got caught up in that despite growing to not have the same convictions as other exorcists. 

maybe one day i’ll type out of a part 2 for the heck of it with all the many new points that can be added from the manga chpts (matoba and natori will be a thought for another day too) i am thinking back to the loquats and miharu arc, but also homura arc, the cousin arc and how natori’s perspective on the book of friends has shifted over the course and how he acted on it (which @ cousin arc i still need to read fully bc the raws have me on the FLOOR) and his evergrowing character arc, being an exorcist and all, also *hand on my chin* thinking about the lizard yokai and his left leg, possibly symbolizing self representation and acceptance too.