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Natsume’s Book of Friends

It’s a very good healing animation~~~ I recommend lz to watch it

There are only two seasons of the second season. It will be finished soon~~~

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Content of the work

The animated version of "Natsume's Book of Friends" tells the story of a Natsume Reiko, a woman who was alienated from humans because she could see monsters, challenged the monsters to pass the lonely days, and wrote the names of the monsters who were defeated by her on a piece of paper as a symbol of the monsters. Become evidence for your subordinates. Reiko's grandson Natsume Takashi received the "Book of Friends" made of those contracts from his grandmother's relics. He can also see objects that do not appear in front of others. And like Reiko, she became alienated by the people around her and was called a "liar" by her peers. However, as the only one who inherited Reiko's bloodline, he made an important decision: to return the names of the monsters that Reiko had taken away one by one. Around such Natsume, various monsters began to gather... Natsume Takashi, a boy who can see monsters, and the monster cat teacher who looks like a lucky cat, tell everyone about a strange, sad, nostalgic,... A touching and strange story. The film is full of delicate and touching emotions, coupled with elegant music, making people unintentionally feel happy and worried. It is really a good animation!

(The ending of the earliest short film of Natsume's Book of Friends) Natsume Takashi, a boy who can see monsters, has a legendary grandmother named Reiko. Because she could see that monsters had powerful abilities when she was young, while not being understood by humans, she vented her resentment on the monsters she lost to. He also asked the losing monsters to sign their names and made a "contact book" (book of friends) that can rule all monsters. After the death of his grandmother, the poor grandson was implicated in the grievances between her and the monsters before her death. He lived a very hard life, always being chased by the monsters. However, the conclusion was still attributed to "Grandma was too lonely. I will fight with the monsters tirelessly, and the monsters also cherish this weird human being, so no one of us will give in." Then around this "Contact Book", he and his bodyguard Mr. Cat lived a busy life in order to return the names of the monsters. Once again the ending is not what we expected. After the protagonist gasped and ran for his life, he no longer walked awkwardly, and he walked towards the mysterious depths, where the monsters who accepted him were there. Although the way to make friends was to fight each other, Natsume's relaxed There is no air of ambiguity in the world in my chest.

Natsume Suzuko, who has mysterious demon power, left her only grandson Natsume Takashi a special contract - the "Book of Friends" with the monsters. People (or demons) who own the Book of Friends can Dominate and control the monsters whose names were listed in the friend book, but this brought a lot of troubles to Natsume Takashi. Countless monsters came to ask Takashi to return his name. The worst thing is that this is a very physically demanding task. Monsters have different temperaments and personalities, causing Takashi to often lack sleep. There are also some ambitious monsters who even want to have a friend book so that they can control other monsters. As a result, Takashi came up with the idea of ??returning the name of the monster on his friend's account, hoping that after completing it, he could get rid of the harassment of the monsters.

With the help of Teacher Neko (a high-level monster in the shape of a lucky cat), Takashi began the action of returning his name. But as more and more names of monsters are returned, Guizhi feels more and more that his grandmother Suzuko is not the naughty witch who became aggressive out of boredom as in the legend. Guizhi discovers the secrets of this "Book of Friends" The real function is not to control and enslave monsters, but as its real name is "Friends Book", it is an address book that records the names of friends. Most of the monsters in the Friends Book are because of Suzuko's kindness, cuteness and sincerity. As for Suzuko, who was willing to sign an unequal contract, she never used this contract to instruct the demons to do things she didn't like.

With the action of returning his name, Takashi gradually got to know a more real Natsume Suzuko, and at the same time he also got to know the monsters again - in fact, monsters are just like people, there are evil monsters and evil people, and there are also monsters. A good demon and a good person, Takashi gradually made many friends like Suzuko and no longer felt lonely.

STAFF

Original work: Yuki Midorikawa (Hakusensha Monthly "LaLa.LaLaDx")

Supervisor: Takahiro Omori

Series composition : Kanamaki Kenichi

Character setting: Akira Takada

Yōkai setting: Yamada Rise

Art: Yukihiro Shibuya

Color: Miyawaki Yumi

Photography: Hitoshi Tamura

Editor: Kazuhiko Seki

Music: Nobu Yoshimori

Animation production: brainsbase

Production: NAS

CAST

Natsume Takashi: Kamiya Hiroshi

Mister Mew: Inoue Kazuhiko

Natsume Reiko: Kobayashi Sanae

Natori Mon: Ishida Akira

Tanuma Kaname: Horie Kazuma

Fujiwara Tako: Ito Miki

Jun Sasada: Miyuki Sawaki

Satoru Nishimura: Ryohei Kimura

History of Kita Bento: Hisayoshi Suganuma

Natsume (boyhood): Ayumu Fujimura