This week we’re again in full consolation mode. Natsume Yuujinchou is nothing however protected, dependable. You just about know what sort of episode it may be based mostly on who’s and is not on the solid checklist. And often a plot-heavy exorcist episode is adopted by a enjoyable one. And I think about it can stay that method till the finale arc, at any time when which may occur. I definitely don’t desire this present to throw any surprises (which is why the Chobi dragon factor was fairly a story blow).
This time it is Taki’s flip to be within the highlight. There are rumors at college that she has a boyfriend, and her fan membership is all on Twitter. It seems to not be a boyfriend, however her older brother Isamu. He’s six years older, however shorter than her, and a scholar who comes house (which he not often does, which worries Taki). Natsume Yuujinchou is just about the other of Busywho judiciously averted well-known seiyuu and solid actual youngsters. Right here everybody of significance is an enormous identify – and in Isamu’s case it is Fukuyama Jun (who, by the way in which, I simply discovered does the bus bulletins within the metropolis I work in, who I assumed was only a man who appeared like him).
Talking of seiyuu, I’ve to say for the umpteenth time that Inoue Kazuhiko’s Nyanko-sensei is an absolute pure surprise. I do not know if that is my favourite seiyuu function of all time – I’ve actually by no means thought in regards to the query – however I am frequently amazed at how nice he’s right here. All of the little nuances, trills, and mannerisms he brings to Nyanko-sensei are maybe my favourite a part of this sequence. He would not even have that a lot to do that week, he simply owns each scene he is in.
The story itself is not thrilling or something right here, however it does choose up steam and has some good moments. The truth is, Isamu has returned as a result of he has discovered a mysterious previous token caught in his previous diary, and he has a nagging feeling that it is crucial. However each time he goes into the home he will get sick, convincing Taki that he hates being round her. Isamu can also be a staunch skeptic (and kawaii otaku) whose pastime goes to locations with native legends and disproving them. He’s possessed by some type of shadow. Youkai Natsume assumes he was picked up on a type of journeys (though that may show to be an invalid assumption).
It seems the youkai is not such a foul man. The truth is, he comes from the shrine behind Isamu’s college, and he has hitched a journey with him as a result of it’s the solely option to get again. And the bottom line is for a hidden door behind the Phoenix bookcase in the home, the place he and his youkai-seeing grandfather hid some rocks that they had chosen and painted for Taki when she was born. All’s nicely that ends nicely, Nyanko-sensei will get his bribe eclair and Taki will get her stone reward. All utterly non-essential stuff, and no sequence does non-essential higher than Natsume Yuujinchou.
