#NatsuYuu Manga

[ella390-the-potato]

A dream of walking on the ocean and catching falling stars...

[stewiscat]

I found you.

[niinnyu]

Some Natsume Yuujinchou sketches I did. This show every now and then creeps into my brain and starts wrecking havoc but in a very quiet and warm way. Much like how the story is itself. I also started the manga so I'm excited to re-meet these people!

[patchworkprince]

natsume’s book of friends | natsume yuujinchou by yuki midorikawa • chapter 111 — a rainbow night’s dream

[honeymeh]

i like humans too. kind things, warm things... people, animals, and spirits, everyone... we all like hearts that seek something dear, and burn with life.

[click for better quality <3]

[haru-chi]

I really love this one part in this story so much and the implication it holds within it that I always wanted to hear how other interpret it :)

for Seiji I guess almost all the people who would get closer to him and strike up a conversation would be those who wanna win the favor of the Matoba. or those who wanna crush him down, so I guess in short for someone to actually listen or care about whatever he says with no ultra motive is pretty hard for him.

Natsume was very upset and wary of him in this story, yet he was listening earnestly to him talking with no ultra motive whatsoever that Seiji without realizing found himself talking about himself naturally which's also in itself a rare case for him.

Seiji's pausing felt like " wait!! he actually cares and listen to what I'm saying even though I think he hate me so much, yet he earnestly listening to me .. and why am I talking about myself and my problems something I never did before to this kid so naturally ??"

it just for him to find someone listening to him without judging him or to actually care is something new for him, I guess.

also, this other part ...

I guess he also never had anyone worry for his wellbeing like this that he reflexively lied here as to not worry Natsume more than that.

Seiji is just bad at dealing with people who face him earnestly and actually show they care about him.

I find it amusing in a tragic kind of way.

that's why I said that Seiji developing a soft spot for Natsume little by little and that Natsume despite all his issues with Seiji that won't stop him from actually trying to seeing him past all their differences. our boy Natsume is just too kind for his own good T^T

if only that idiot learns a little from Natsume, or wait he actually learned something :)

[ayakashi99]

[mayorofcattown]

the 'yorishima is natsume's grandpa' theory is interesting to me cause on the one hand I feel like there's still a pretty high chance grandpa is gonna be Just Some Guy, but also I have literally no idea what narrative purpose yorishima is supposed to have if he's not the grandpa

like he doesn't really have anything to do with the overarching exorcist politics, the role of 'vague mentor figure to natori' is already covered by takuma, and yet he's already featured pretty heavily in the manga despite how recently he was introduced...

and esp when you remember when he was introduced it becomes even more interesting. the arc he was introduced in was the first 'real' continuation of the arc that brought up natsume's grandpa in the first place (I mean technically the arc abt matoba's curse is earlier, but that has basically nothing to do with natsume or the book so I don't think it counts even if it references it). We joke abt how long its been since they mentioned natsume's grandpa, but if that narrative thread is being carried by yorishima it would explain why it's been unacknowledged for so long

But on the flip side, yorishima doesn't really react That much to seeing natsume. He certainly reacts enough to hint that he has some kind of familiarity with reiko sure, but not to the extent you would expect from someone who could have theoretically fathered a child with them. Like idk abt you but if some kid showed up at my house who looked almost identical to a chick I'd had a brief relationship with 40+ years ago, with the same surname I'd be a bit more perturbed by it than just being mildly annoyed. Unless he just assumed Reiko found someone else I guess? It still seems unlikely for him to be that chill around natsume

He certainly seems to be old enough to be grandpa tho, given he wasn't surprised by his uni friend having adult daughters or you know. dying of 'vague illness'

either way I guess he seems like he's supposed to have some connection to reiko/natsume's past, but its hard to gauge whether he's the grandpa himself, or he just idk. knows the guy who is??

but part of me does kinda hope its him just cause it'd be really funny to see natori and matoba's reaction if he is. can you imagine finding out that this weird old guy who used to give you loquats turned out to be the long lost grandparent of this random orphan you found? I'd lose my shit

[neixins]

top six reads of 2023 📚

tagged by francesca @evakant <3 thank u beloved!!

i read a frankly ridiculous amount of books last year but most were mid, so choosing a top six was actually sooo easy. these aren’t really in any particular order but the top three are 5-star reads, and the rest are 4-star reads that stood out to me for one reason or another

the spear cuts through water by simon jimenez

yona of the dawn, vol. 1-40 by kusanagi mizuho

no. 6, vol. 1-9 by asano atsuko & kino hinoki

even though i knew the end by c.l. polk

the fox and the dryad by kellen graves

the way spring arrives and other stories by yu chen & regina kanyu wang (ed.)

tagging @charlatanesque @bunnybisexual @tchaikovskyed @ankhisms @savitris <3 (if u wanna do it ofc!!)

[ID: covers of "the spear cuts through water", the first volume of "yona of the dawn", the first omnibus of "no. 6", "even though i knew the end", "the fox and the dryad", and "the way spring arrives and other stories". end ID.]

[faith-gigliorosa]

I wish you to tell me...

[anhedoniacity]

i’ve read up to the last page of natsume yuujinchou fics on ao3. at this rate i’m gonna have to finish the actual show

[stewiscat]

hug ..?

[flovverworks]

things relevant to me myself and i

[joelletwo]

[tomoe the kitsune shiki* taking the appearance of his human girl]

COOL!!!!!!!!! might as well have some gender fuckery about it

[patchworkprince]

natsume’s book of friends | natsume yuujinchou by yuki midorikawa • chapter 51 — beyond the glass

[scorpionatori]

how long has this natsuyuu arc been????