#takuma yousuke

[dreamer1084]

Spoilers of Natsuyuu Ch.129

Not a summary, just something I think interesting.

Spoilers under cut.

Cool.

I think Natori becomes more and more handsome after he solved his family problems.

'Natori-san you are really awesome' See Natori's face. He seems surprised.

In the past, Natori often looked for information alone in his warehouse, so he doesn't hate staying in warehouse. He feels that maybe he would find something if he explored here. Like things he should know, or the ways he should go forward.

Tsukiko was worried that Natori, as an exorcist, would stay away out because their family no longer carried out exorcism missions. But Takuma says that perhaps because Natsume relied on him, Natori came here to ask for advice more often. "I'm a little relieved. Apart from the exorcism works, he also has a friend he can talk to."

Tsukiko asks her Dad about his exorcism works. I like their father-daughter exchange in this scene.

Young Takuma.

Takuma's master Uryuu.

"Even when faced with a paranoid and stubborn old man who is not easy to get along with, he still has the spirit to refuse to give up on learning my skills. People like you who only look down on others, what do you know about my disciple?" "Come on Takuma, don't be slow and catch up. Do your best to show your strength as Uryuu"

He's soooo cool!!

Natori-san!!

Wetted Natori.

He's been cursed so he can't see the gecko on him.

Even though he was cursed, he still looks handsome.

Natori is relieved because he can still see the shiki. Even if he can't see them clearly.

Natsume asks Natori if he should learn some exorcism spells in order to help. "──Natsume, when we first met, I wanted you to learn them as a way to protect yourself. But keep looking at you next to you, now── "──You understand in your heart, too, that if you use too many spells created by the exorcists, somethings will be destroyed. "Keep using them and keep exorcising Youkai, more Youkai will feel the smell. "We are already fighting. But Natsume, "You are still their neighbor."

The shiki (and Sensei) suspect that it was Iwami Keizou who set up the curse, but Natori seems to have other ideas.

"Ho ho ho ho"

[gia-xy]

I really like how Shuu show more of his "childish" side on this chapter when Takuma was there or when they talked about Takuma.

Boy, you just open your "master"'s door carelessly with a super happy-looking face. I guess he got Matoba's influence at one point until he can treat Takume like that. Who though he was this relaxed around Takuma?? I mean, Shuu, you just slammed The Takumas front door with a super big smile you rarely show, Man. I seriously thought he was a highschooler who brought his friend to play at his house on this panel.

I like every damn time Shuu act all relaxed around Takuma and just say things without really holding back. Their interaction is one of the cutest thing I love to see on NatsuYuu.

Nyanko screamed on stress because he just could not stand how girls went fangirling every damn time they saw Shuu on public area and told Shuu to just bring his car out. If I remember right, Shuu did say he like to ride trains, but he did take Matoba to Yorishiro's Village with a car so I was wondering if that was a rental car. He did not make it clear of it was his or not, but he did not deny when Nyanko assumed he had a car. Anyway, Shuu said that he likes to ride trains and buses more because aside from how he could not let go of his habits riding public transportations since he was a student, he was kinda hoping one day someone who can see the same thing as them talk to hIm and told him more about his lizzard. F.y.i., he did said he is a romanticist there. I seriously love how we got more informations about Shuu and his background story since Takashi finally has his character development.

LOOK AT HIS SMILE WHEN HE LISTENED TO TAKUMA'S HISTORY. SHUU SERIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE A PROUD SON. 😭

[dailysmilingnatsume]

[lunasohma]

it's raining cats and dogs

[ ao3 / ff.net ]

Natori Shuuichi makes a splash at his first exorcists’ meeting.

Sniffs and sounds and spilt strawberry ice cream cones that Natori has to bodily drag Sadie away from.

It’s a dog’s world and Natori’s just living in it.

Their first few days in the city have each been like this. Inspecting every inch of the local park one day. Making friends with the neighbor dog the next.

Natori is happy that she seems to be taking to city life well, but sometimes he wishes she wouldn’t be so enthusiastic.

He is out of breath when she pulls him up to the eye-patched stranger waiting outside the veterinarian’s office. She leans into the man lovingly, requesting pets.

“Oh Sadie, no!” He pulls her back with a groan. She’s shedding to beat the band. The man’s dark slacks aren’t so dark anymore.

“It’s all right. I’m used to it.” He rubs her head affectionately, then steps closer and lifts his pet carrier so Natori can see inside. His cat has a very fluffy, pale coat.

“I invest in many lint rollers.” Like it's a small secret.

“I should start,” Natori says sheepishly.

Somehow it is easy to talk to this man. He has to do something while Sadie makes a fool out of herself, rolling around on the man’s dress shoes. He says it’s fine.

A mournful meow sounds. “Now don’t be difficult, Miette. You’ve brought this upon yourself.” He tuts.

To Natori, dryly: “She’s in for her unhealthy obsession with grasshoppers and the stomachaches that come along with that.”

“I bet grasshoppers are very tasty.” He crouches down to address the cat seriously. “But maybe just one or two a day, hm?”

The man smiles down at him. The patch over his right eye is inscribed with… Is that—?

And out of the corner of his eye, the lizard makes an appearance, circling his wrist. It catches the man’s attention for a fraction of a second. They both startle.

Natori stands. Backs up a step. Sadie whines in protest.

“That’s enough out of you.” Natori feels his voice strain.

Presently, the man gets a text.

“Oh, that’ll be us.” He looks at Natori once more, something indiscernible in his eye. But still, he smiles.

“Be seeing you.”

—

“You are late!” Takuma-san exclaims, frazzled.

The full moon is high, framing a crimson kimono that streams across the sky on the breeze.

Natori has an excuse: Sadie’s puppy dog eyes.

Hiiragi had shoved him out the door.

Takuma-san rolls his eyes and leads them inside.

—

The leader of the House of Matoba holds court in the center of the room.

He is the owner of the cat, Miette. 

Well, shit.

—

“What has gotten into you, Shuuichi!”

Natori digs his heels in futilely. Takuma-san has him by the arm.

“I don’t think I’m ready to meet such an important person,” he mumbles, wondering who or what’s cursed him into this situation.

“Are you scared?” Takuma-san asks seriously.

“What? Should I be?”

He stops and turns to Natori.

“Well, the Matoba clan is contentious at best. You’d do well to deal with them carefully.”

He pauses.

“Shuuichi, you did read the material I sent you, right?”

Oh. No, he hadn’t.

“Sadie ate it,” he whispers.

“That dog!” Takuma-san pinches the bridge of his nose.

To be fair, it was a trade. His spell paper for some… other paper. And some of his latest script, if he now recalls.

If he can work with dog drool, there’s not much stopping him, now is there?

Takuma-san suddenly straightens up. Someone is approaching Natori from behind.

He turns to meet his fate.

—

Matoba Seiji’s robes are impeccable, not a speck of cat hair in sight, and he moves with an ethereal, liquid grace as he walks toward them.

Maybe luck will smile down on him and Matoba won’t recognize him.

“Natori-san, is it?”

Alas. Something is laughing in the face of whatever luck Natori has because he sticks his foot right in his mouth and says the first thing that comes to mind.

“Is Miette feeling better?” And yes, he does want to know—but now? Really? Natori Shuuichi, what the hell do you think you’re doing?

You could hear a pin drop. Takuma-san looks faint and Natori is getting there himself.

The distinguished head of the Matoba clan presses a hand to his mouth—slim fingers slope into a slender wrist—and something like mirth sparks in his visible eye.

“She is, thank goodness.” Now the smile steals across his lips. “And your Sadie? How is she settling in?”

“Oh yeah, she's doing a bit better. Still drags me for a marathon whenever we go out.”

A small cough. Or a laugh?

“I expect she’ll settle down soon.”

“Yes, I expect she will.” The flush has surely spread to every inch of his person. The lizard is probably throwing a fit.

And the thing is, Natori knows. Of course he does! The middle of an exorcists’ gathering is absolutely not the time or place for small talk about one’s pets. Abort, abort! goes his mind.

But for some reason, Matoba Seiji seems intent on this line of conversation. He feels a bit like a mouse between a cat’s paws.

There goes his reputation before he even had one.

He doesn’t remember whatever else he says but he does remember how Matoba’s gaze never strays once from his face.

“You’ll be wanting to make the rest of your introductions, Shuuichi-san.”

Natori wonders at the familiarity of the address.

“I’ll see you around.” And with that, he gives a nod to Takuma-san, then disappears into the crowd.

Matoba Seiji’s parting words feel like a promise.

[treecakes]

eyes and character design in natsume yuujinchou 🤔

so. many of the youkai-seeing characters in this series have slit pupils.

photos, in order: natsume takashi, natsume reiko, matoba seiji, takuma yousuke, shinobu, yorishima, natori shuuichi

on a sliding scale, the natsumes, matoba, and takuma are at one end, with natori having rounder pupils at the other. yorishima and shinobu sit somewhere in the centre of this scale. here’s where the youkai-seeing outlier comes in:

nanase! has very round pupils. interesting!

but then characters who have little-to-no sight have very round pupils as well.

tanuma and taki! would include other characters but i’ve ran out of images. touko, souko, shigeru, nishimura, etc. all follow this pattern

[wild-icarus]

Ensemble/ダンサー Returning Cast, Romeo et Juliette Jp 2017 + 2019 (5/7)

Row 1-2 (L->R): FUMI, 織 里織/Ori Saori, 大場陽介/Oba Yousuke

Row 3-4 (L->R): 鮫島拓馬/Samejima Takuma, 小南竜平/Kominami Ryuhei,  鈴木凌平/Suzuki Ryōhei

Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

[uesugirondo]

Fave WT charas (in sections ofc)

All Time Top 5 faves (FIXED)

Jin Yuuichi

Izumi Kouhei

Tachikawa Kei

Ikoma Tatsuhito

Konami Kirie

Top 6-13 : Inner Faves (In any order)

Arashiyama Jun

Yoneya Yousuke

Murakami Kou

Oki Kouji

Inukai Sumiharu

Kageura Masato

Kuga Yuma

Suwa Kotaro

Top 14-22 : Outer Faves (In any order)

Obishima Yukari

Kunichika Yuu

Yuba Takuma

Touma Isami

Nasu Rei

Tsuji Shinnosuke

Kazama Souya

Azuma Haruaki

Shinoda Masafumi (dilf)

Chara not in my top faves but I WILL fight for: Mikumo Osamu

I swear this cast is so likeable I love all of them

[natsuchous]

Natsume Yuujinchou Go - A World Unbent

[taizi]

when the bones are good

@natsumeweek 2021 day 4; sweet/sour

read on ao3

(previous part)

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Yousuke Takuma looks like he regrets inviting the Natori brothers into his house. They tend to have that effect on people.

“I shouldn’t be reading these,” he says in a very calm tone. “These are the sacred property of your clan. They shouldn’t even have left your property.”

“It’s not like anyone is going to miss them,” Shuuichi replies plainly. “My grandfather still thinks I can’t get past the locks on the storehouse door. Even Takashi can get past those, and he’s eight.”

“Sometimes I just ask Urihime to get me the keys,” Takashi admits. “She doesn’t get along with grandfather so she likes having an excuse to take stuff from him.”

It’s a nice way of saying ‘she fucking hates him’ but Takashi is a nice person. 

The kid is chronically honest. Always has been. He’ll strive to frame it kindly, but the truth is all you’re getting from him. It can be annoying, but mostly it’s pretty funny, and at the end of the day Shuuichi is glad that Takashi doesn’t feel the need to lie or make up stories. Even about the really unbelievable things. He just says what he’s thinking, because he knows it’s the truth, and his big brother will back him up if anyone gives him any trouble.

Shuuichi doesn’t have a lot in his life to be proud of, but he’s proud of that. 

The right people don’t care if a little kid tells ghost stories, anyway. Hinata thinks they’re great. She keeps threatening to write them all down and adapt them into her first screenplay.

Takuma puts his face in his hands. Across the room, Tsukiko giggles, clearly not as focused on her homework as she would like for the rest of them to believe she is. Ginro sets a tray of tea down on the table and gives Shuuichi a stern look for having the audacity to stress her master out so soon after his injury. Chastened, Shuuichi lifts his hands in apology. 

“If you really don’t want to look at them, I’ll put them away,” he says. “But I trust you not to—run off with them and patent them under your name, or whatever it is you think I should think you’re going to do.”

That works a huff of wry laughter out of the man, and he looks up at Shuuichi with a warm expression. It’s the way Shuuichi thinks his dad might have looked at him if he’d been born a proper son.

“Lunch first,” Takuma says, “then we’ll take a look at this paper magic of yours. Though if a couple of little geniuses like yourselves can’t figure it out, I don’t know what you think this old man will be able to do.” 

He adds the last bit with a smile for Takashi, who beams up at him from where he’s been not-so-subtly sneaking Jinbe rice crackers. Jinbe is the most unsettling of Takuma’s three familiars, but he’s also—to Shuuichi’s resignation—Takashi’s complete favorite. It appears to be mutual.

“You’ve kept your promise, haven’t you?” Takuma asks after a moment. “About staying away from those meetings?” 

Shuuichi sighs performatively. “Of course I have. It’s not like I could bring my brother with me, and he’d hardly just stay home. He’s very disobedient.”

Takashi scoffs. “Hinata-neesan says I’m your most redeeming quality.”

“Nowhere in there does she mention ‘obedient,’” Shuuichi replies without missing a beat, and grins when Takashi makes a face at him. 

“Alright, alright,” Takuma says, laughing properly now. “As long as you’re keeping your word, I don’t care about why.” He pushes himself up to his feet, moving a little stiffly, and smiles at his daughter when Tsukiko hurries over to take his arm. “There should be some margherita pizzas in the chest freezer. I bought them on a whim the last time I was at the supermarket. Should we try them?”

Of course they should. Takashi scoops the last of the cookies off the table and piles them neatly in Jinbe’s greedy hands, even though Takuma sighs and makes noises about spoiled shiki. Tsukiko gives the disappearing treats a bit of an odd look, but she seems more fascinated to be in the company of spirits than unnerved.

Shuuichi is beginning to think that his relatives are just bad people. 

“By the way, have you made any progress on,” Takuma starts, and finishes with a nod towards Shuuichi’s arm. 

The lizard is scurrying around in busy little circles, as if it’s feeling restless. Shuuichi covers it with his hand, something that sometimes works in calming it down, like putting a blanket over a bird cage. In this case, it crawls onto his hand instead and resumes scurrying there. Weird little thing.

“I still have no idea what it is,” Shuuichi says ruefully, “but Takashi is trying to teach it tricks.”

Takuma stares at him, and then at his brother. Takashi offers, “It knows ‘roll over’!”

“Go,” Shuuichi’s mentor says firmly, pointing them down the hall. “Kitchen. Lunch. We’ll discuss this later.”

A knock on the door interrupts their noisy exodus, and Takuma frowns. Clearly, he isn’t expecting company. The amiable man’s posture tenses as he gestures for Tsukiko, Shuuichi and Takashi to stay put. Ginro and Benihimo flank him on his way to the front door. 

Exorcists tend to be a paranoid bunch.

But with a dangerous ayakashi on the loose, Shuuichi thinks, with a prickle of unease all his own, maybe it’s better safe than sorry. 

“Urihime, go collect all our scrolls and put them in my bag,” Shuuichi says swiftly. “Sasago, stay right here.”

His shiki both nod, and Urihime disappears. 

Tsukiko is picking up on the atmosphere, even if her eyes aren’t the same as theirs. Even normal humans have a sixth-sense sense for certain things and it’s not to be taken lightly. She shifts nervously, and something in Shuuichi’s chest goes warm when he realizes she’s put her arm around Takashi’s shoulders protectively. 

“Seiji?” Takuma asks. His voice is raised in surprise, carrying from the genkan. “What on earth are you doing here?” 

Relief and dread fight each other in the pit of Shuuichi’s stomach. Dread wins. He’s only encountered Matoba Seiji twice, once at the summit he inadvertently followed Amasaki to, and then again in passing for a few minutes in the woods, but those brief meetings were enough. 

Even normal humans have a sixth-sense for certain things. Usually danger. 

“Tsukiko,” he says casually, “can you and Takashi go get lunch started?” 

To Tsukiko’s eternal credit, she doesn’t hesitate. “Of course. Takashi, will you help me? Dad buys so much weird stuff when he goes shopping that it might be hard to find the pizzas.”

Takashi gives Shuuichi a look that says, very clearly, that he knows when he’s being fobbed off. Shuuichi ruffles his hair in a way that ruins the careful work Sumi-san (the only member of the Natori house staff who will still talk to either of them) put in that morning with half a dozen bobby pins. Now it flops into Takashi’s eyes and he makes an outraged sound, reaching up to shove Shuuichi’s hand away. 

“I’ll fill you in later,” Shuuichi says. “Promise.”

That’s enough for Takashi. Mollified, he trails after Tsukiko without argument, and with only one curious look over his shoulder. Jinbe drifts after them watchfully, and probably only partly in hopes of more snacks. Sasago remains at Shuuichi’s side, a stalwart presence that he’s come to depend on. 

It’s Shuuichi’s job to keep the monsters away. Whatever form they might take. 

Takuma looks irritated as he leads Seiji into the sitting room. With a nod of his head, he invites Shuuichi inside, too. The tea tray from before has vanished, a new one sitting in its stead, and Shuuichi notes with some inward amusement that Ginro didn’t lay out any snacks this time. 

“Well, what do you know,” Seiji says, as enigmatic as ever. “Shuuichi-san, I never would have expected to find you here.”

It’s impossible to tell what this guy is actually thinking. 

“Did you come by to check on Takuma-san, too?” Shuuichi asks. He has to work to keep his tone from biting, but he manages it.

“In a sense,” Seiji replies politely. “I was hoping to find out more about the ayakashi that attacked him. Going after it before it hurts anyone else is an exorcist’s job, don’t you think?” 

It’s bait, as clear and obvious as a cricket dangling from some fishing line. If he were still the bitter brat he used to be, maybe Shuuichi would have risen to it fiercely, like a tide, surging and crashing against Seiji’s unchanging stone facade. He would have said, ‘You don’t care about helping people. You called Takuma-san weak. You’re just looking for someone to use.’

Which is all perfectly true, and perfectly justifiable reasons to not want to drink tea with this guy and discuss the differences in their conventions, but it’s not like calling Seiji out would do any good. It probably wouldn’t even be satisfying. He would just gaze at Shuuichi with that stupid cat-that-caught-the-canary expression and make him feel like an idiot for existing.

He gets enough of that at home, thanks. 

“You’re right,” Shuuichi says mildly, with a smile of his own, “that is an exorcist’s job.”

Takuma eventually tells Seiji what he wants to know, clearly having given up on keeping the teenager away from exorcist summits and dangerous ayakashi, but he does afterword his information with warnings to be careful. 

Urihime sets Shuuichi’s bookbag beside him and he nods his thanks. Seiji clocks the two-second interaction with sharp eyes. 

“Look at that! You have a servant?” His eyes follow her when she moves to stand next to Sasago, next to both of Takuma’s shiki along the side of the room, and he whistles. “Two servants. Pretending to be an exorcist on the sly, are we, Shuuichi-san?”

More bait. Another cricket. Shuuichi sips from his teacup. “They belong to my family. I don’t know why they follow me around. They must be bored.”

All of which is true, technically. Takuma’s eyebrows shoot up toward his hairline, but he doesn’t comment. Sasago turns her head very slowly, and her eyes, hidden beneath their blindfold, seem to bore into the side of his head. Urihime is less subtle and outright hisses at him. 

“Hmm, jury seems to be out on that,” Seiji says, and laughs. 

The sitting room door rattles open and Tsukiko peers through. Shuuichi’s fists clench in his lap, because sure enough, Takashi is right behind her, his brown eyes peeking curiously into the room. 

“Sorry, papa, but is your guest staying for lunch, too? Only, I don’t know how many pizzas to put in.”

“No, no, I couldn’t impose,” Seiji says. “I’ll get going and leave you guys to enjoy the rest of your afternoon. It looks as though you were having a pleasant time before I barged in.”

We were, Shuuichi thinks, but he keeps it to himself. He and Takuma stand up to see Seiji out. Seiji pauses when he spots Takashi behind Tsukiko, and his amicable expression takes on an edge that Shuuichi can’t define. He looks more engaged now than he did during the entire conversation with Takuma. 

“Hello again,” Seiji says in a pleasant tone. 

“Excuse me?” Shuuichi interjects loudly. “‘Again’?”

“Hi,” Takashi replies at length. His gaze is fixed on Seiji’s face as though there’s something interesting happening there. Jinbe drifts like a shark behind him, mask pointed towards Seiji suspiciously.

“As I thought, you have good eyes,” Seiji remarks, whatever that’s supposed to mean. He looks across the room at Urihime and Sasago, down at the bag by Shuuichi’s feet, at the lizard mark curled up on his arm, and then finally up at Shuuichi himself. Smiling widely, he adds, “I look forward to seeing what becomes of the Natori clan.”

Takuma escorts him out properly, and Tsukiko goes back to deal with the pizzas. Alone save for a scattering of trusted ayakashi, Shuuichi kneels and beckons his brother over. 

“C’mere, squirt.”

Takashi crosses the room to him. Standing in front of Shuuichi like this, they’re almost eye-to-eye. 

“Have you met that guy before?” Shuuichi asks. 

“Only once. It was when you had classroom duties and Hinata-neesan took me to the 7-Eleven to get chicken nuggets,” Takashi explains. “We met Matoba-san while we were walking. He said he was your friend.”

“I don’t have any friends.” 

Takashi nods very seriously.

“That’s what Hinata-neesan said. She took out her pepper spray and waved it at him. I think Matoba-san thought that was funny, but he said he didn’t mean to upset her, and he left. It was the right thing to do, probably, because he didn’t have any spirits with him, and Urihime was getting annoyed that he was talking to me.”

Shuuichi feels like he’s aged thirty years in the past three minutes. He digs the heels of his hands into his eyes hard enough that there are spots in his vision when he looks up again. 

“Takashi, listen,” he says, “stay away from him. If he ever approaches you for any reason, tell me about it, okay? Promise?”

He holds out his pinky. Takashi rolls his eyes, much too grown up at eight years old for things like this, but he hooks his finger around Shuuichi’s gamely. 

“Whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles,” they recite together, and then Shuuichi ruffles Takashi’s hair again just to make him squawk. 

“Sorry about that, boys,” Takuma says when he comes back. 

He pauses in the doorway and his bandaged face creases in a smile to see them rough-housing playfully, Takashi struggling to free himself from Shuuichi’s headlock, the tense atmosphere from before banished like an errant spirit.

“Bring those scrolls with you to the kitchen,” Takuma says warmly, “and I’ll help however I can.”

Seiji can think whatever he wants about Takuma, but the man is clever. By the time Shuuichi and Takashi are ready to leave, packed up with a leftover pizza and some cookies for the road, they’ve puzzled out the array that they were stuck on and Shuuichi managed to make a paperman fly. 

Takuma had looked over the notes he’d taken ruefully. He couldn’t help but absorb some of the practices for himself as he helped the boys study them, and clearly he felt guilty about that. Shuuichi leaned forward across the table and caught his eye. 

I trust you, he wanted to say. You’re the closest thing I’ve ever had to a father. But there was absolutely no way Shuuichi could say something like that. Not out loud, with his mouth, where someone might hear him. 

“Clan trade or not, if you’re ever in danger and any of this paper magic could help you, I want you to use it,” he said instead. “No secret is worth keeping if it means you get hurt. Right, Takashi?” 

“Right,” Takashi piped up, his little voice clear and bright in that sunny kitchen. He was watching intently as his paperman wobbled precariously across the table, trying to carry a note to a delighted Tsukiko, and didn’t bother looking up even as he added, “It’s just paper, ojisan.”

“Yeah, ojisan,” Shuuichi teased laughingly. 

Takuma rolled his eyes, but gave in with a smile, as if he couldn’t help but be charmed by their noisy, obtrusive presence in his home. For a second, even though he was clearly the one who had gone out of his way to help them—wasting an entire day working with them on magic he didn’t fully approve of them studying in the first place, an entire day he should have spent recuperating—Takuma looked as though they were the ones who had done him a favor, just by being there. 

“What did Seiji mean when he said you had good eyes?” Shuuichi will remember to ask his brother a little later, when they’re walking home. 

“Oh, I guess because I noticed the weird mark on his face,” Takashi says. 

“Weird mark? What did it look like?”

Takashi hums thoughtfully, glancing around. He trots off the road a little bit to pick up a stick, then crouches in the dirt and starts drawing a strange, crooked symbol. Shuuichi leans over him to watch.

It’s not a symbol he’s ever seen before. Yokai writing, if he had to guess. 

“What does it mean?” he asks the shiki. 

Sasago drifts over and inspects the drawing, her face giving nothing away. 

“‘Something owed,’” she translates after a moment. “I think the closest human word would be ‘debt’.”

“Huh,” Shuuichi says. He offers Takashi a hand and hauls the kid back upright, frowning thoughtfully. “And you said it was on his face?” 

“Yup, above his right eye. Didn’t you see it?” A thread of anxiety works its way into Takashi’s voice that Shuuichi is quick to smother. 

“I didn’t have my glasses on,” he says smoothly, “so I must have missed it. You know your eyes are better than mine.”

Takashi grins up at him, appeased, and they spend the rest of the walk playing with bits of talisman paper. It’s habit by now to keep their pockets stuffed full of scraps. Shuuichi manages to make a couple of them fly, and Takashi claps his hands together in glee every time.

To anyone who might be watching, it probably looks like the wind is catching the scraps and lifting them out of their hands instead of the shaky first steps of magic it really is. There won’t be anything to question about the sight of two brothers, taking their time getting home to a place where no one is waiting for them, laughing and jumping as they try to catch those floating pieces of paper.

[booklovertrash]

‘’You’re kind, aren’t you?’’

‘’No, just scared. I don’t know how normal I’m allowed to be. There’s too much I don’t know. I want to know how I should live my life.’’

‘’I see.’’

Yes... I can talk to him.

― Natori Shuuichi and Takuma Yousuke, Natsume Yuujinchou

[leenaevilin-birthday-calendar]

[July] J-Actors Birthday Calendar

♪ July 1st

◎  Furuie Hiroyuki 古家広之 1990

◎ Horikoshi Ryou 堀越涼 1984

♪ July 2nd

◎ Itakura Takeshi 板倉武志 1985

◎ Takano Akira 高野洸 1997

◎ Yoshitaka Shion 吉高志音 1999

♪ July 3rd

◎ Akaba Mio 紅葉美緒 1987

◎ Kaku Kento 賀来賢人 1989

◎ Minami Keisuke 南圭介 1985

♪ July 4th

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♪ July 5th

◎ Kosaka Ryoutarou 小坂涼太郎 1996

◎ Oomi Takuto 大見拓土 1994

◎ Uesugi Teru 上杉輝 1982

♪ July 6th

◎ Inoue Yoshio 井上芳雄 1979

◎ Kuroba Mario 黒羽麻璃央 1993

♪ July 7th

◎ Itou Yousuke 伊藤陽佑 1984

◎ Yashima Ryou 八島諒 1995

♪ July 8th

◎ Akiyama Shintarou 秋山真太郎 1982

◎ Suehara Takuma 末原拓馬 1985

♪ July 9th

◎ Furukawa Yuuta 古川雄大 1987

◎ Kishimoto Yuuta 岸本勇太 1993

◎ Masaki Kaoru 正木郁 1995

◎ Nagata Seiichiro 永田聖一朗 1998

◎ Yashiro Takuya 矢代卓也 1999

◎ Yoshida Tomokazu 吉田友一 1982

♪ July 10th

◎ Koizumi Koutarou 小泉孝太郎 1978

◎ Yazaki Hiroshi 矢崎広 1987

♪ July 11th

◎ Ayagiri Takuya 綾切拓也 1991

◎ Morimoto Ryouji 森本亮治 1982

◎ Murata Hisashi 村田恒 1993

◎ Murata Youjirou 村田洋二郎 1980

♪ July 12th

◎ Isaka Tatsuya 伊阪達也 1985

◎ Kageyama Tatsuya 影山達也 1992

◎ Onoda Ryuunosuke 小野田龍之介 1991

♪ July 13th

◎ Tsuji Ryoushirou 辻凌志朗 1993

♪ July 14th

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♪ July 15th

◎ Igarashi Keisuke 五十嵐啓輔 1987

♪ July 16th

◎ Mitani Kenta 三谷謙太 1994

◎ Ogasawara Ken 小笠原健 1986

♪ July 17th

◎ Hayashida Kouhei 林田航平 1988

♪ July 18th

◎ Murakawa Shouichi 村川翔一 1995

♪ July 19th

◎ Chiwata Yuuhei 千綿勇平 1991

◎ Saeki Daichi 佐伯大地 1990

♪ July 20th

◎ Fujito Yuuhi 藤戸佑飛 1994

◎ Katou Junichi 加藤潤一 1985

◎ Kujirai Kousuke 鯨井康介 1987

♪ July 21st

◎ Kudou Hiroki 工藤博樹 

◎ Sasamori Hiroki 笹森裕貴 1997

◎ Yoshimura Kazuhiro 吉村和紘 1983

♪ July 22nd

◎ Suzuki Mirai 鈴木身来 1993

♪ July 23rd

◎ Nishino Ryuuta 西野龍太

♪ July 24th

◎ Shiozawa Hidemasa 塩澤英真 1986

◎ Matsuzaki Yutaka 松崎裕 1978

♪ July 25th

◎ Chida Kyouhei 千田京平 1996

♪ July 26th

◎ Harano Masaaki 原野正章 1992

◎ Mizutani Atsushi 水谷あつし 1965

◎ Nakajima Takuto 中島拓人

♪ July 27th

◎ Miyagi Koudai 宮城紘大 1994

◎ Mori Ippei 森一平 1995

◎ Onaga Suguru 翁長卓 1983

♪ July 28th

◎ Adachi Yuuto 安達勇人 1988

♪ July 29th

◎ Koga Ruito 古賀瑠 2004

♪ July 30th

◎ Mitsui Ryou 三井理陽 1997

◎ Uenobori Makoto 植野堀誠 1986

♪ July 31st

◎ Ono Kazuki 小野一貴 1990

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Shuu's Talk, NatsuYuu on LaLa Manga Magazine July 2024. (Spoiler)

I will not talk much about it, but Tsukiko is also appear and protested because his dad did not hold Shuu and the others back until she got back. I just realize that there are two people who call Shuu "Shuuichi-san"—Matoba in the past and Tsukiko. I will be happy if Taka also joins the group. AND, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY TAKUMA-SAN ALWAYS LOOK SO DAMN COOL EVERY DAMN TIME I SEE HIM. SHUU, HOW CAN YOU GOT ALL THE COOL MENTORS ON YOUR SIDE?? 😭 Anyway, they also had a flashback about Takuma-san's mentor, so be sure to check it out. 😉

Taka said he does not feel at ease inside a storage, but Shuu, in the contrary, said he was used to storage since he always looked onto the document in his house's storage alone, so he did not hate storage. What a hardworking boy he was. 😭 I really like how the main chapter finally mentioned about what Shuu did on the spinoff chapters.

Nyanko said Shuu was shady because he was counting on his intuition while do his exorcism job. But Shuu just smiled and responded, "I guess you're right." Nyanko, how can you said that while riding in his head?? I seriously love their interaction. 🤧

Shuu got a curse on him and Taka started to wonder if he should actually learn about spells and stuffs so he can be useful to Shuu. Omg, just remember how he was super uncomfy when Shuu told him to study about spells and way to exorcise ayakashi in the past. I seriously can feel Taka got more and more attached to Shuu lately. Anyway, Shuu said that deep inside Taka should be realized by now that the spells are made by exorcists and the more someone uses it, something will be broken—he did not said what it was, but I think it is connection with ayakashis. The more they exorcises ayakashis, the ayakashis will know just by smelling them and will regards them as an enemy.

Shuuichi has got into fight with ayakashis since he had exorcised may of them, but in the contrary, Taka is still walking by their side and regarded as someone who lives near them, as their neighbor. Anyway, Shuu wants to said that Taka should just stay as how he is now and keep his connection with ayakashis. I somehow can feel Shuu actually adores Taka's way of dealing wth ayakashis, but he understands that he could not do the same so he wants Taka to keep walking on the path Shuu could not.

Then Shuu was joking that it such a shame since they will be unbeatable duo if they works together. Nyanko responsed that it was coward to think that coward to think that someone won't be unbeatable if they do not get help from other party. Is it just m or Nyanko just want to say that Shuu himself is not that weak even if he does things without people's help? 🤣

It is sper bad of me thinking like this, but I was excited when Shuu got the curse. Omg, another Disney Princess Shuu chapter!! I somehow feel bad if could not see his shikis, but turns out he still could head their voices since he used his paper doll before the curse got onto him.

I just think as long as Shuu in problem, Sensei will tell more about him, so I was excited. LOL. Sorry, Shuu. Love you. ❤️

Cannot wait for the next chapter. Wonder how they will take care of the curse. 🤔

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[DLD] Gokujou Bungaku links

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Kusa meikyuu ver.1 Kuwano Kousuke, Aramaki Yoshihiko, Hagino Takashi, Ishiwatari Mashuu, Saitou Yousuke ver.2 Aramaki Yoshihiko, Mikami Shun, Nakamura Ryuusuke, Kedouin Yuuki, Matsuda Youji

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K no shoten (in full) ver.1 Aoi Shouta, Ueda Keisuke, Suehara Takuma, Oikawa Ken ver.2 Suzuki Hiroki, Hirano Ryou, Chiba Ryouhei, Satou Takashi ver.3 Suzuki Hiroki, Ueda Keisuke, Suehara Takuma, Nakamura Ryuusuke

Dogra Magra Tamaki Yuuki, Ueda Keisuke, Kimeru

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Dogra Magra (ma ver.) Hashire Merosu K no shoten: 1 2 3 + cast talk Kusa meikyuu Yume juuya

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Diamond of A The LIVE IV Actors

Sawamura Eijun: - Ozawa Ren

Kominato Haruichi: - Fukazawa Taiga

Kanemaru Shinji: - Kentaro Menjo

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Miyuki Kazuya: - Wada Takuma

Kuramochi Youichi: - Hayama Subaru

Kawakami Norifumi: - Yuki Aomine

Maezono Kenta: - Takuro Sawada

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Yuuki Tetsuya: - Ueda Yuusuke

Isashiki Jun: - Ryosuke Takahashi

Kominato Ryosuke: -Taizo Shiina

Masuko Tooru: - Mizunuma Hiroyoshi

Tanba Koichiro: - NAO-G

Takigawa Chris Yuu: - Airu Shiozaki

Miyauchi Keisuke: - Nakajima Daichi

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Kataoka Tesshin: - Kato Yasuhisa

Takashima Rei: - Endo Saki

Yoshikawa Haruno: - Yurika Endo

Fujiwara Takako: - Kashima Midori

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Young Kominato Haruichi: - Kawashiro Einosuke

Young Kominato Ryosuke: - Enomoto Riku

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Narumiya Mei: - Konishi Seiya

Shirakawa Katsuyuki: - Ito Kotaro

Kamiya Carlos Toshiki: - Ota Hikaru

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Maki Yousuke: - Motokawa Shota

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Mine Fujio: - Shimaoka Ryosuke

Oowada Akiko: - Natsuki Mieda

Aotsuki Wakana: - Yui Umemura

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Natsume Yujin-choggg: 6x4

Natsume Yujin-choggg: 6×4

Natsume meets Tsukiko, a daughter of an exorcist named Takuma Yousuke who has recently lost his ability to see or hear youkai. Because she lacks the ability to see youkai, she asked Natori to check around the house because she feels something is wrong and a youkai may be out to hurt her father.

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Natsume Yujin-cho: Season 6 Episode 4 Natsume meets Tsukiko, a daughter of an exorcist named Takuma Yousuke who has recently lost his ability to see or hear youkai.