#Natsuchou

[illyasfeel]

Natsume & Nyanko-sensei

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[connan-l]

I sometimes see people wondering when Reiko died exactly and how old her daughter was at the time of her death, but we do, in fact, already have a little bit of an answer to this in canon.

Now this is something that is only implied, but in the very first chapter of the manga, during the conversation Natsume has with Nyanko-sensei the first time he reveals his true form and right before our first Reiko flashback, we have this line (that was cut off from the anime):

[NATSUME: She [Reiko] may not have been able to relate well to others... Not many people even remember her, since she died so young. Not even her own daughter...]

[NATSUME: 確かに祖母は人とうまくつきあえなかったらしい 彼女を憶えている 「人」はほとんでいないんだ 娘だった母でさえ記憶にないくらい若くして亡くなっていて・・・・・・]

This is the official English translation, while the fan translation has this:

"There aren't that many people who remember her. She died so young that even my mom, her daughter, probably didn't remember her..."

This leaves some more uncertainty in the phrasing, but the meaning is basically the same. The original Japanese, "母でさえ記憶にないくらい若くして亡くなっていて" is a bit closer to the fan translation in a literal sense, except in Japanese there is no "probably"; Natsume sounds pretty certain his mother didn't remember Reiko.

So, if "not even her own daughter" remembered Reiko, it's fair to assume that she must have died when Takashi's mom was still a child, and a really young one at that.

(I suppose you could maybe make an argument that Reiko could have still died when the daughter was older, but then something happened that made her forget? But that doesn't seem likely to me.)

Now, this was the very first chapter written 20 years ago, back when NatsuYuu still wasn't supposed to become a long series with much of an overarching narrative, so maybe it's something that could change later. Midorikawa has definitely retconned some details in her story before. But for now that's still one of the only crumb of information we have about this.

Which, if this is correct, then it's very sad because that means Reiko only lived with her daughter for a handful of years at most and never even got to see her grow up. And given we know the grandfather wasn't around and Reiko was a single mom, then the daughter probably spent most of her childhood without her parents, and barely knew anything about either of them (or, well, nothing at all in the father's case).

Which also begs the question as to who raised Reiko's daughter after her death then. We knows Reiko had no family, and no one know anything about the grandfather, so there was no relative, even distant ones, to look after her like with Takashi.

Did she just end up in the foster system/an orphanage, or did someone specific took care of her? If so, does that mean there was a person close enough to Reiko that would have taken care of her child like this? Did the daughter just carry the Book of Friends with herself all this time? Did she knows what the Book of Friends even was, or anything about her mother's abilities? During the eastern forest arc, Takashi says that his mother didn't have any spiritual powers, but then again he never met her or know anything about her at all, so who knows how much that can be true.

Regardless, there's something particularly tragic about the idea that each generation of the Natsumes grew up as isolated orphans who barely knew anything about their family.

#Natsume Yuujinchou #NatsuYuu #Natsume Reiko #Natsume Takashi #Natsume's Book of Friends #Natsume #Reiko Natsume #Natsuchou #Takashi Natsume #Connan's Ramblings #Connan's Posts #Natsume Yujincho

[natsumeweek]

Natsume Week Prompts Decided!

Hi everyone! We are super excited to announce the prompts for Natsume Week 2023, running from Monday the 3rd of July to Sunday the 9th in UTC+9 (Tokyo Time):

Monday 3rd July: Sun / Moon Tuesday 4th July: Keepsakes / New Meetings Wednesday 5th July: Kindness / Cruelty Thursday 6th July: Calling / Answering Friday 7th July: Healing / Forgiveness Saturday 8th July: Home / Travel (to your country*) Sunday 9th July: Handmade / Non-traditional Media**

*Only if you’re comfortable showing the characters travelling to your home country — otherwise, it’s up to your imagination.

**Crafting, knitting, scrapbooking, music, games, collage, mosaic, calligraphy — if you’re used to digital drawing, painting or writing, how about trying something new?

As always, interpret the prompts however you'd like and follow them as closely or loosely as you want! If you need a refresher on the rules they can be found here, or you can always send us an ask or message in the Natsume Week discord server.

We're looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

#natsumeweek #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsume week #natsuyuu #natsuchou #nbof #prompts

[flaminhotllama]

#natsume yuujinchou #natsuchou #natsume dub #video #nyanko sensei #natsume takashi

[paradoxsoar]

#music #audio #visual kei #ヴィジュアル系 #angura #アングラ #enka #演歌 #shironuri #白塗り #Natsuchou #羅宇屋 #rauya

[dramat-ique]

the things that are jokes to natsume fans are crazy because they're not jokes so much as things we went insane about.

#natsuchou #wah! matoba seji #typo whoops

[teaah-art]

Natsume Week 2022

Day 1 : Lost/Found

Day 2 : Comfort/Security

I kinda combined prompts for the first two days when interpreting this one. NatsuYuu portrays found family beautifully - a lonely Natsume finds his place in the world after he moves in with the Fujiwaras, meets Nyanko Sensei, and makes both yokai and human friends! The world of yokai he so feared and tried to stay away from as a child, becomes his safe space. He made the world that was so unfamiliar to him, his comfort and safe space and found himself along the way :)

#natsume week #natsume week 2022 #natsumeweek #natsumeweek2022 #natsume book of friends #natsumes book of friends #natsume yūjin chō #natsume yuujinchou #takashi natsume #natsume takashi #nyanko sensei #natsuyuu #natsuchou #fanart #my art #i started on this before my midnight on day 1 #somehow made it before day 2 ends but i guess prompts are on japan time #and the idea fit both themes so thought i might as well combine them #lets see if im able to keep posting consistently

[applejee]

to the person who sent me an ask: i won’t publish it as you included your email, but if you’re looking for a join link to the natsume yuujinchou discord server, there are plenty around! if you google it, the link on the reddit should still be active, and so will the link in the second google result for dog circle scans.

here is a link to join: https://discord.gg/sY9AeXKNHw

i hope you see this, anon!

#natsume yuujinchou #natsuchou #natsume's book of friends

[justaregulardecoratedemergency]

i did not go into the natsuchou dub expecting the chuukyuu to be the stars of the show but i am in STITCHES

#natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsuyuu #nbof #the GREAT natSUME is PAssing THROOOUUUGH bow befORE him #buT how-can-we-EXPECTyoutohaveFAITHinUS withOUT-a-demonstration-of-our LOOOYALTY #hoHO! this is your School!! #eDuCaTiON!!!!! #im actually crying real tears #mliarde

[dogcircle-scans]

I finally caught up with the manga and I just wanted to thanks you guys for all the work you do!

The pottery village arc was so good, I’m such a sucker for characters trying to protect each other + angst so seeing Natsume so worried about sensei really made my day. We all know that Natsume is pretty apprehensive about the people/youkai he loves and we also know that sensei is aware of how important he is to Natsume but I think in these chapters he really came to the realization that Natsume:

• really (like, really) worries about him

• is ready to put himself in danger to protect him (even though he’s one of the most powerful youkai in the series and doesn’t really need protection)

Is not the first time we see Natsume being worried about him but I do think is the first time we are shown sensei being so aware of it (i.e: when Natsume thanked Natori and Matoba for helping them while hugging him, when he tried to make sensei stay safe and hidden, when he scolded Natori for doing the paper spell and almost blowing the book of friends too but Natori told him that he’s the one who should be careful and what would Natsume do without him…) so I just can’t help thinking what will happen to sensei when Natsume won’t be here anymore. He always acts all tough (he’s a tsundere after all lol) but I’m sure it won’t be easy for him to let go. I hope both of them live long, happy lives and that we get too share their adventures for a while longer.

Sorry for the rambling, I needed to get this off my chest. I hope we get more angsty Natsuchou in the future and thanks again!

Don't worry about rambling! I enjoy getting these kinds of ask—it's nice. That said, I love thinking about Natsume's mortality and how it'll affect the youkai he's come to befriend (this is not sarcasm). What can I say? I'm a big sucker for angst, and I've always gravitated towards stories that explore death and grief. NatsuYuu often explores that since youkai-human relationships often end tragically or bittersweetly at best. So there's no doubt Natsume's passing will hit Sensei hard as it will for the members of the Dog Circle.

By the way, since you mentioned catching up, I feel inclined to say but isn't going to be a release this month! For reasons such as I'm giving my cleaners more time to work on their respective chapters, and I'm tired. We're going to release chapter 107 sometime in June, though!

#ask dcs #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsume takashi #nyanko sensei #anonymous #i honestly feel surprised when people feel the need to tell me they've caught up or have been reading/watching the series #it inflates my ego and allows me to talk about natsume

[nezuchuuko]

yeah ok. i’m for sure gonna rewatch/reread natsuchou for its 20th anniversary, and if it ends up getting a s7 i will cry (real)

[illyasfeel]

Happy belated Birthday, Natsume! July 1st, 2023

#natsumeedit #nyedit #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsuyuu #natsuchou #natsume takashi #takashi natsume

[connan-l]

YOKAI: Since you hate men, please make me your shiki. Hey, Nanase.

TAKUMA: You're popular as usual. NANASE: For God's sake... They're all fooling around, just because Matoba isn't here. They may be imitating women, but they are all bothersome monsters.

—Volume 21, Special 17.

It's funny that sometimes I think saying Nanase is canonically a lesbian is reading too much into it given the only evidence we have is One scene that's just subtext and coding (and okay her wearing that suit, that's a very soft butch gay suit. And then there's her fascination for Reiko but I don't think that really counts, and that's mostly developed in the anime sadly), but then I reread that moment from Special 17 and I'm like. umm. Midorikawa what was the purpose of that scene if not to tell us she is Very Gay lmao

I just love the implication that apparently Nanase being a lesbian is such a widely known fact within the exorcist community that yokai literally take the appeareance of women to flirt with her. Like okay. Even Takuma coments that she's "popular as usual," which granted he's just teasing her about the yokai flirting with her here but still. What's your history Miss Nanase 😭 Do you think when she was young she was a ladykiller who went around seducing all the female exorcists so that's why she has that reputation lol

Also I'm kind of mad about how the official English translation did that specific scene:

YOKAI: We don't like men. Won't you please make me your servant? C'mon, Nanase.

Like. At least they still come off as flirting with her, and yes, the original Japanese can be a little ambiguous — but honestly that's pretty clear the yokai are not talking about themselves but that they're talking about Nanase.

YOKAI: 男は嫌いなんだよう だからさあ 式にしておくれぇ ねぇ七瀬

"Otoko wa kirai nandayou" make little sense to translate it as "WE don't like men"... They're clearly talking about Nanase disliking men here, especially within the scene's context given what Nanase says next? She basically states that those yokai took the appearance of women to "fool around [with her]," so what would be the point of doing this if not because Nanase "hate men"?

It pisses me off a little, like c'mon. I don't really think it was deliberate but that's still annoying because it does somewhat change the gay subtext. At least recently they still kept Shinobu's flirting with women intact so I hope that was still some unintentional mistake on their part but well.

I hope the new anime season adapt this scene properly too and that the sub/dub don't mess it up (the anime do tend to give Nanase a lot of screentime so I'm curious about how they'll adapt this tbh.)

#Natsume Yuujinchou #Natsume's Book of Friends #NatsuYuu #Nanase #Nanase NatsuYuu #Natsuchou #Natsume #Nanase (Natsume's Book of Friends)

[natsumeweek]

Natsume Week 2024 Prompt Suggestions Open!

Hi everyone, we're opening the prompt suggestion box again this year.

Here is the link to the submission form. Please pop in any ideas you would like to see this year!

#natsume week #natsumeweek #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natusyuu #natsuchou

[flaminhotllama]

"Unlike humans, we don't concern ourselves with notions as inconsequential as gender discrepancy."

#natsume yuujinchou #natsuchou #natsume dub #nyanko sensei #natsume takashi #yokai #video

[gojosattoru]

Natsuchou is one of my favorite anime/manga too! 🥰 (speaking of Natsume today is his birthday!). My question: do you have any plans for this summer?

i love love LOOOOOOVE natsume yuujinchou!! i've rewatched it so many times and it always make me smile, cry, laugh and melts my heart!! seriously gives me so many emotions! it's one of the best animes <33333 bless yuki midorikawa <333333~~ oh!! summer plans! i don't have much plans tbh i'm not so fan of summer cause of the heat.. it's getting hotter and hotter where i live... gosh i always tremble when summer comes lolol but i will go on holidays in 17th july ^^ to 23th :D gonna go south of my country and go to the beach, visit new stuff and chill!! hehehe yeeeeaahh!! <33333 thank you for your ask dear anon!! *hugs* wish you a lovely weekend!!

get to know me, askmeme~~

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