I have decided to introduce anime every month (as long as my anime library can provide) I have my preferences to anime and I hate the genre Mecha/Sci-Fi . But, I still wanna share, to let people know about my favorite anime and the characters in them.
So, for this month, my recommendation is Natsume Yuujinchou, a.k.a Natsume book of friends.
The story revolves around a teenage orphaned boy named Natsume Takashi, who was passed around by distant relatives because they thought he was crazy. The reason why was, Natsume had the ability to see Youkai or spirits that others couldn't. He did many strange things that burdened himself and the family taking care of him. Hence, he grew up lonely so as to not burden the family. He didn't want to ask for anything, even some money to get his hair cut. One day, he was taken in by the Fujiwara family who were different for the other families for Natsume to personally request to be under their care. The Fujiwaras offered to take Natsume in, convincing him but not force. Usually, families taking in Natsume would be reluctant as they all thought he was insane. Natsume was looking through things passed down to him by his grandmother, Natsume Reiko and found a book titled Yuujinchou (Book of Friends). Having heard the news, the Youkais started attacking him, demanding for the book. One of them was a high-class youkai named Madara who was sealed in a fortune cat. Natsume promised that if he were to die, Madara could have the book but till then, he promised to be Natsume's bodyguard.(By the way, Nyanko-sensei is the cat form of Madara)
The contents of the book were pages of scribbles. Madara explained that Reiko also had the ability to see Youkais and went around defeating them to collect their names. Their names were written on a piece of paper which was then compiled into a book which was the Yuujinchou. The names were as good as their lives. If the page with a name on it burnt, the youkai owning the name would burn to death as well. Natsume decided to return the names to Youkais while dealing with many problems that crossed. (Thats as much as I would say~ watch to find out more~)
Favorite Characters:
Matoba Seiji (Antagonist) by Suwabe Junichi
Natori Shuuichi by Ishida Akira
Madara/Nyanko-sensei by Inoue Kazuhiko
Misuzu by Kuroda Takaya
Natsume Takashi by Kamiya Hiroshi
wolf like thingy=Madara, cat=nyanko-sensei, lady=Natsume Reiko, Boy=Natsume Takashi
White cat=Madara, Black cat= another youkai sealed in a black fortune cat
Middle: Matoba Seiji
Natsume Yuujinchou has 4 seasons with 13 episodes each and 2 OVAs as far as I know, one that came out this year.
The seasons go in order
Season 1: Natsume Yuujinchou
Season 2: Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou
Season 3: Natsume Yuujinchou San
Season 4: Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
I didn't expect the second season would start with "Z" so the story didn't flow when I went from first season to third. Don't make the same mistake as me~
Till I'm free again, Bye~
Miyamoto Sora