#look at natsumes 5*

[cutie-lumi]

guys what do we think !

#pro tip: exaggerate the leg warmers so you dont have to draw the sneakers #considering that this is a tour event and we're not getting the 3d outfits im not even gonna try drawing their sneakers #im trying to cook some ideas for a drawing to post this week but im not sure if i should draw just natsume or ibara too... or both of them. #im probably gonna draw just natsume [insert thinking emoji here] #if youre asking yourself why am i posting this here it's bc i want to ramble on the tags #OK BUT SERIOUSLY. WHAT DO WE THINK #have you guys noticed they're wearing arm warmers too #look at natsumes 5* #THEY'RE NOT SLEEVES #my art #sketch

[nguyenfinity]

Switch is back after their Valentine's event for White Day to bring you Magic for your special someone(s)! Show your friends and fans a little appreciation in return, whether you're sailing for a Romancing Cruise or just for lifting their spirits A little bit UP!!

art-only below the cut!

#enstars #ensemble stars #switch #enstars switch #natsume sakasaki #sora harukawa #tsumugi aoba #enseason #it is 5 am #i have been rendering. since like. 6 PM give or take #with breaks and snacks yeah #shoutout to bean for proofreading my caption #it's so silly i'm so proud of it #it's so interesting drawing units i don't normally draw #throttling mugi for his mop head tho. natsume's right. he's fluffy but at what cost. #anyways this one's for you switchPs o7 (shoutout neppy) #ngl one of the subtitles was gonna be 'that guy sure can break dance' but the lyric was cuter and evened out the spacing more #also the n in the masthead survives yey #fun facts uhhhhhh #looked up their favorite foods on the wiki to make accurate drinks for them #natsume's is a mango fruit tea (didn't make it translucent tho whoops) with strawberry popping boba since he likes 2 flavored foods #sora's is a green apple blend with crystal boba #and mugi has brown sugar milk tea with boba 'cause he likes warm and sweet things (he is a basic guy and that is fair) #see i did my homework (watch as i didn't do enough hw and like one of them hates boba or something sgdkfhjsgjdfhkj) #i have more design notes but i can put those in the outfit post hjgfgjhdfgjhg #macarons are given to someone special/a valued friend for white day :]

[magiwou-meowvin]

Natsume Takashi is such a wild character concept bc he has the means to subject invisible spirits to complete servitude no questions they can’t not do it and Instead of using his all powerful summoning book when in danger he just. punches things. and it works

#does not look like a tank character but is a tank character #it's just very funny #he's an hxh enhancer and no one can change my mind #battle mage boy except lord knows he can't lift an actual weapon #mana offence set at MAX charisma like ~25% (his passive is higher) and phys defence whatever amount it takes to survive all that fall damage #everything else is lvl 5 at most shsghgsghs #anyway welcome to I Physically Cannot Think of Anything but NatsuYuu the seminar will end never #natsume takashi #natsuyuu #b posts #natsume yuujinchou

[kogatism]

Alright I got the Niki and Natsume cards from the event now I need to try to get the outfits because I need to get as many outfits as I can to replace the god awful idol outfits I'M SORRY I HATE THEM NSBSNDBDB

#they look like sailors and that only works for ra*bits #I mean the green suits aren't amazing either but it's better than the fucking sailor outfit #I'm excited to have Niki tho #I already have a 5 star Natsume so I probably won't use him but I love the art on the card #he looks so sus hbdbdnd #i need a chiaki and Kaoru card tho 🥺 #i have some but they're the 2 and 3 star ones rip #enstars

[capulated-canthea]

wait i just realised how are they doing the next event and scout? i thought natsume and tsumugi event and eichi and rei scout but scout have never had 2 5* before… which means it might be a 4 5* event again

#but then what about the scout #and there has to be some reason why the bloomed for eichi and rei havent been shown yet right #and same for unbloomed natsume and tsumugi #i wonder #ok looking at event scout history eichi already got his #so he must be event 5*

[maychorian]

Found Family Anime Recs

I recently reblogged a list of found family anime recs and was a bit surprised by how many reblogs and likes it got. I had really reblogged it just so I can find it later to watch the shows I hadn't already seen on the list, but apparently I have a lot of followers who are interested in this topic! Well, I've watched a lot of anime, so here are ten found family anime shows that I absolutely love. These are in no particular order.

Buddy Daddies

This show is similar enough to Spy X Family that you might be tempted to call it a rip-off. It's really quite different though. There's a lot less comedy (though there's still SOME comedy) and a lot more healing from past trauma. The animation is gorgeous, and the relationships really tug at my heart. It's more realistic than Spy X Family, in some ways, though it's still pretty ridiculous. The melodrama in the last couple of episodes did annoy me a bit, but it's still a very satisfying show. It's like a fanfiction I would write, which is really the highest recommendation I can give, haha, because that means it's exactly the kind of story I would like. 

2. Samurai Champloo

This show was made by much of the same team that created Cowboy Bebop, but for some reason it never got the same cult status, which is really too bad. I love Cowboy Bebop, but I love Samurai Champloo more. It's about two ronin and a teenage girl traveling through Edo-era Japan to find someone the girl is looking for. Throughout the series, the three form a very strong bond, despite all of their communication difficulties and past traumas. I've rewatched this show probably more than any other anime. It's brutal at times, but so very satisfying.

3. Natsume Yuujin-cho

Natsume lost his parents as a young child and was passed around from relative to relative, most of whom couldn't deal with him because his ability to see yokai (Japanese folk spirits) made him a freak in their eyes. As the series starts, he's finally taken in by an older couple in a rural village who actually want him, and he's finally able to start forming connections with other people and find a support system with his new caretakers, his peers, and the yokai he tries to help. It's a very sweet, sad series, much more sentimental than the first two entries on this list, but a very soothing and lovely watch when you are in need of some relaxation. Warning, though, the flashbacks to Natsume's past families can be truly gutwrenching. He was not treated well for a very long time, and it's hard to stomach.

4. Barakamon

Handa is a calligrapher who gets essentially exiled to a remote island after causing problems on purpose. He has a hard time connecting with people and is struggling with his art. Over the course of the story, he forms relationships with his neighbors, especially an adorable child with possibly the best child voice-acting I've ever heard, and slowly rediscovers his joy in creation again. It's cute and funny and beautiful, and it makes me want to live on a remote Japanese island.

5. My Roommate Is a Cat

Subaru is a young novelist who recently lost his parents, who were pretty much his only connection to humanity. While trying to recover from this massive loss, he adopts a stray cat who quickly becomes the most important creature in his life. Through the cat, he begins to form relationships with other people, as well. The show is unique in that the first half of each episode is from the human's POV and the second half is from the cat's POV. It's a very lovely and soothing show. Pets are family, too!

6. Haikyuu

Haikyuu was the show that opened my eyes to the aspect of found family in sports anime. I know a lot of tumblr enjoys Haikyuu for the shipping, but to me it's more satisfying to view it through the lens of found family. Each team is essentially their own found family, in their own unique way, and the relationships are particularly realistic and well-depicted by this mangaka. I love Tanaka being a big brother to the first years, Kuroo and Kenma's mutual protectiveness and support, all of it. 

7. Kuroko no Basuke

This is the silly basketball show, and in my opinion it's not as good as Haikyuu, but I love the relationships here as well. Especially between Kuroko and Kagami, of course. Their mutual protectiveness is just chef's kiss. But the whole Seirin team is really great. I love them so much. The teamy goodness is what makes the silliness watchable for me.

8. One Piece

What is there to say about One Piece? This is, like, the ultimate found family show. All of the pirate crews with any kind of goodness at their core are found families, but especially the Strawhats. Luffy is just going around looking at people and declaring, "Okay, you're in my family (on my crew) now." If you've never watched One Piece before, I'm going to make an unorthodox recommendation and suggest you watch the live action Netflix adaption first. It does a really good job of capturing the feel and aesthetic and just pure loveliness of this story in a much more compact and approachable way than the anime. However, if you like it, I do recommend that you watch the anime from the beginning, because there is a lot of expansion on the themes there, and the characterization is slightly different. Usopp in particular kinda got shorted in the live action, so you'll understand him a lot more if you watch his introduction arc in the anime. But honestly both versions are great. I'm on my third rewatch of the live action version already, and I will watch and rewatch the anime until I die, probably. One of my favorite stories of all time.

9. The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

I found this one slightly annoying in how it was obviously carefully designed to tug at my heartstrings, but it's working, so I don't have much right to complain. It's about a little kid driven out of her home who gradually gathers a found family of both monsters she tames and adult adventurers and guardsmen who take one look at this lonely child and go, "Well, guess I have a baby now." The isekai element is very lowkey, in that she basically just has a voice in her head giving her advice, and I like that it's about fighting local corruption instead of a demon army or what have you. I want more shows like this and less shows like every other generic isekai, haha.

10. Dungeon Meshi

This show is blowing up tumblr right now, so you've probably already seen it a billion times, but I'm going to make one more appeal for you to watch/read this story. It is so, so so good. And in my opinion, it is much MUCH more about family, both born and found, than it is about shipping. I could write a whole essay about Marcille and Falin's relationship that has nothing to do with romance, as I could for any other two (or three or four) characters in the main party, plus those outside. There is a LOT going on. I've been playing RPGs and LARPs for twenty years, and one reason I love the hobby so much is for the joy of creating found families with my best friends in new and different worlds, over and over again. This is the first piece of fiction I've found that really captures that particular aspect of party-based fantasy stories, the relationships that form and grow, the tight-knit bonds that keep everyone moving forward despite the monsters you must face (and consume). 

#anime #anime recommendations #buddy daddies #samurai champloo #barakamon #my roommate is a cat #natsume yuujinchou #one piece #dungeon meshi #haikyuu #kuroko no basuke #found family #the weakest tamer began a journey to pick up trash

[archiveikemen]

'IFC Newsletter Vol.17' Limited Time Card Gacha

Gacha Run Date:

02.03.2024 (16:00) — 31.03.2024 (22:59)

* All timings are in JST

Jude and Ellis have been selected to be featured on the cover of IFC's newsletter, with special artworks by Natsume Lemon.

For a limited time, there will also be a special card gacha where you can get 5★ cards with the artworks!

The cards will feature some special voiced lines, giving you a little peek into their daily conversations.

An example of the voiced lines (as seen in the sample images):

► Ellis: Good morning, Jude. How happy are you right now? Can I kill you today?

► Jude: Are your eyes rotten? I'll throw you into a hospital if this face looks happy to you.

A card of 4★ rarity or above is guaranteed in every 10-pull using diamonds.

Good luck!

#ikemen villains #ikemen series #cybird ikemen #otome #cybird otome #ikevil news #jude jazza #ellis twilight #their convo is sending me 💀

[cinnavalleys]

natsume week 2023, day 5: healing

natsume and touko and shigeru!!! my perspective on healing is how they are a big part of natsume having a better relationship on family and people in general :')

[ID: natsume, shigeru and touko stand next to each other like a family photo. natsume, holding nyanko sensei in his arms, and shigeru both look at touko with a smile. touko has her eyes closed and hand on her cheek, is smiling back]

#natsume yuujinchou #natsume week

[fiannalover]

Natsume is fun because the more you look at him. The more he has an utterly ridiculous set of skills. He is a classically trained ballet dancer. He was the best ballet dancer at his school. He was so good he became an urban legend for years to come. He has the closest to actual genuine magic in the setting. He mostly uses it to sleeper agent gaslight people into obeying his every word and discount Cognitive Behavior Therapy an autistic kid into developing healthy ways to interact with society. He gardens. He cooks. He teas. He fortune tells. He's a librarian. He's a Gamer. He codes. He throws his voice. He sparks internet rumors. He designs his own stage effects. He's a carpenter skilled enough to custom build a coffin with built in fridge and air conditioner and vandalize secret passageways into the school where he was Public Enemy Number 5. He built a functional machine gun that uses Beans as ammunition just because one of his many sworn nemesi Kinda Dislikes eating beans. Natsume is a completely ridiculous walking ex machina swiss army knife character, so of course they have to balance it out by making him be kind of An Awful Person to be around.

#ensemble stars #I love him #natsume sakasaki #long post

[coquelicoq]

[Image description: 10 stills from the anime "Natsume's Book of Friends" featuring the character Natori Shuuichi with tumblr text posts edited in.

Image 1: Natori is waving and smiling in front of a background of sparkles and roses. The text post is by tumblr user YandereChild-Archive and reads "me, introducing myself: it is i, your local asshole"

Image 2: Natori, Hiiragi, Natsume, and Nyanko-sensei are standing in the wreckage of Natori's spare room after an exorcism. Text post by RoseCrystal reads "should i get my life together or should i just keep being sexy and chaotic"

Image 3: Close-up of Natori's smirking face in profile. Text post by ShirleyTemplar-Blog reads "I may seem like an asshole / but deep down I'm a good person / and even deeper down I'm a bigger asshole"

Image 4: At an udon restaurant, Natori is asking the server if she's seen or heard of anything weird in the area lately. He's posed casually with his chin resting in his hand and has sparkles around him. Text post by ManyWinged reads "*walks into an antique store* i'd like to see your most evil items, please"

Image 5: After a sleepless night, Natori is smiling and posing with sparkles surrounding him. Natsume, sensei, and Hiiragi look on, unimpressed. Text post by jumex reads "Making myself hotter. To cope"

Image 6: Natori is smiling at Natsume, his hand on Natsume's shoulder. Text post by avantegarda reads "I may be an absolute disaster of an adult but when someone younger than me asks for advice I turn into a Wise Professor"

Image 7: Teenage Natori is sitting in his family's storeroom at night, reading. Text post by FuckOffStraightPeople-Blog reads "occupation: the family disappointment"

Image 8: Teenage Natori glares at an offscreen Matoba. Text post reads "when people explain things to me i see red. if i wanted to understand iw ould have understood. leave me alone ."

Image 9: Wearing a bucket hat in an attempt to go incognito, Natori leans against a huge advertisement for his album "Unloved", half of which is a photo of his face. Text post by BPDSuperBoy reads "the lengths i would go to to both get attention and avoid it...astounding"

Image 10: On a poster for one of his movies, a sultry Natori smirks at the viewer, his hand poised to comb through his hair. The lizard youkai is visible on his cheek. Text post by semiotextiana reads "im so sexy and fun and fucking doomed"

/end ID]

BONUS: live teen reaction!

[ID: Watched by a crowd of people, an embarrassed Natsume pushes Natori in front of him. Natori looks serene and is surrounded by a purple cloud of sparkles. Text post by LauraMercierBodyScrub reads "cause of death: second hand embarrassment" /end ID]

sorry for being obsessed with this three-alter-egos-in-a-trenchcoat 20-something big bother figure disaster-ass man. as if it's my fault 🙄

natsuyuu characters as text posts 1/?

#sorry for thinking about this pathetic loser day and night. as if i had a choice in the matter!!!!! #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #natsuyuu characters as #text posts #natori shuuichi #links #my posts #at LEAST three alter egos in a trenchcoat. only three we can be confident of...though scientists have conjectured the existence #of up to seven so far...with the possibility of finding more every day... #it's just very hard to isolate them in the lab. we're trying but we're not there yet. we just don't have the technology #every time we think we've stripped away all alter egos & identified the One True Self it turns out to be just another alter ego #don't tell the grant review committee but i'm beginning to think there's no such thing as a one true self lads :/

[apparently-artless]

UPCOMING 2024 ANIME WITH NEW SEASON

Looking for anime to watch/rewatch? Try these series as you wait for the new seasons this year!

SPRING ANIME 2024

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Season 3

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen

Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Season 3

Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2 [Genre Warning: Ecchi]

Boku no Hero Academia Season 7

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha Season 2 Part 2

Date A Live Season 5

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Season 3

Yuru Camp Season 3

Hibike! Euphonium Season 3

Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen

Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 3

More series under the cut!

SUMMER ANIME 2024

Oshi no Ko Season 2

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest

Kami no Tou Season 2

Shy Season 2

FALL ANIME 2024

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 3

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Season 3

DanMachi Season 5

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Season 2

Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri Season 2

Shangri-La Frontier Season 2

Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi (Season 7)

Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran (Season 2)

Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi Season 2

Shin Tennis no Oujisama: U-17 World Cup Semifinal

#animanga #anime #konosuba #kimetsu no yaiba #tensei shitara slime datta ken #mushoku tensei #boku no hero academia #maou gakuin no futekigousha #date a live #mahouka koukou no rettousei #yuru camp #hibike! euphonium #kuroshitsuji #shinigami bocchan to kuro maid #nonedit #i will watch only about half of this list this year lol #i am most looking forward to natsuyuu #because it's been a while and i already gave up a long time ago expecting for another season #but here we are and i am so excited about it!! <3

[outofcontextbokumono]

In your Allen post you mentioned Natsume is notorious for bad translations. That's super interesting, I had no idea! Is it more of spelling error stuff or just straight up mistranslations?

first of all great question anon!! it's kind of a mix of both, and it varies from game to game. most natsume dialogue just generally reads very clunky and robotic in the english versions, especially when compared to the newer games, where everyone has their own unique way of speaking, and you can usually tell who's talking just based on their mannerisms.

there's more general info on this topic + natsume's involvement with marvelous games in my masterpost here.

xseed's newer games obviously aren't immune to forgetting a few punctuation marks here and there, but natsume's was bad. like, "something about the games just feel Off and uncanny and there's no other way to explain it" bad.

i'm pretty sure it's just because the translators weren't native english speakers, so everything is translated super literally, but if you are one yourself it becomes blatantly obvious simply by looking at the dialogue for more than 5 minutes. this ranges anywhere from minor miswordings to lines that just don't make any sense at all no matter how many times you read them.

and then there's stuff that's so messed up we don't even KNOW how it got there. like some of this shit i would 100% believe you if you just said the game got corrupted because if it isn't that then i can only assume the employees did a large dose of crack cocaine before translating these games. i'm talking like... entire lines that didn't even get translated. text so butchered its straight up unreadable. that one time they misspelled their own NAME in the startup screen. TWICE.

and, last but not least, probably one of my all time favorite errors in a natsume game but one i'll never be able to post here because it's funny purely in context- and it is the singular line in harvest moon: friends of mineral town where the priest, carter, just speaks to you in fucking German

this. this is the error i don't have even the SLIGHTEST explanation for. and, correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm 99.9% sure nobody else does either.

this was....just one line. just the one line of dialogue. where he speaks german. in a japanese farming game that was being localized into english.

at least with the untranslated kanji you have some general sense of how that happened. like, yeah, okay, they just missed a line, whatever. but this isn't even remotely close to the same situation. there should be NO german in this equation whatsoever. it's like if you did 2 + 2 and somehow got 17. and nobody looked over your paper and went, "hey, that doesn't look quite right, man, maybe you should fix that", so you just turned it in and for some reason not even the TEACHER questioned it, they gave you a full grade and a gold star and put your paper on the whiteboard clear as day for all your classmates to see. that's what this feels like.

I. do not think the natsume employees are okay can someone check on them for me

#bokumono #bokujou monogatari #mod speaks #harvest moon #story of seasons #hmanb #harvest moon a new beginning #hm fomt #harvest moon fomt #harvest moon anb #harvest moon friends of mineral town

[connan-l]

Now that Season 7's first trailer is out, it slightly validated some of my theories about which chapters is going to be adapted — so I decided to make a prediction of what Seasons 7 & 8 could looks like (I mean, we still don't have any confirmation for Season 8, but there's no way we don't get it, right?) I'm probably going to be very wrong but it was fun to try and think about!

I'm going to make the assumption that we'll get 13 episode instead of 11 because of something fun I found out: so far there's been 74 episodes of NatsuYuu (OVAs notwithstanding), which means that if we add two seasons of 13 episodes we'll reach the 100 :) So I hope we actually do get 13 episodes this time (I've also seen some people wondering if we'll exceptionnally get a 22 or 26 episodes season because of the 15th/20th years anniversary, which could be fun but I doubt they'll do that sadly).

Season 7:

Episode 1: Chapter 84 (Mini-Nyanko) Episode 2: Chapter 80 (Yorishima intro) Episode 3: Chapter 77 (Hakozaki 2) Episode 4: Chapter 83 (Kitamoto bookstore) Episode 5: Special 17/84.5 (Teen Matonato 2) Episode 6: Chapters 95 & 96 (Isamu arc) Episode 7: Chapter 81 (Flower bed) Episode 8: Chapters 92-94 (Miharu arc) Episode 9: Chapters 92-94 (Miharu arc) Episode 10: Chapter 87 (Nishimura) Episode 11: Special 8/31.5 (Chobi special) Episode 12: Chapters 88 & 89 (Souko arc) Episode 13: Chapters 88 & 89 (Souko arc)

Season 8:

Episode 1: Chapter 71 (Ake & Shiro) Episode 2: Special 14/67.5 (Birds & Reiko) Episode 3: Chapters 106 & 107 (Yorishima arc 2) Episode 4: Chapters 90 & 91 (Tenjou-san/painting arc) Episode 5: Special 19/89.5 (Matoba station) Episode 6: Chapters 85 & 86 (Tanatsutaki inn arc) Episode 7: Chapters 85 & 86 (Tanatsutaki inn arc) Episode 8: Chapter 99 (Origami) Episode 9: Chapter 108 (Chobi) Episode 10: Chapters 100-104 Homura arc Episode 11: Chapters 100-104 Homura arc Episode 12: Chapters 100-104 Homura arc Episode 13: Chapter 105 (Post-Homura)

For Season 7: I know some people wish the season could start with the exorcist chapters, but I think it makes more sense we begin with a ‘normal’ slice-of-life Natsuyuu episode rather than the more heavy stuff. It’s been seven years, after all; they need to reestablish the series’ characters and world properly, and I think chapter 84 with the clay mini-nyanko is th best one for that. I mean, in this chapter we have: Natsume returning a name, mentions of Reiko & the book, cameos of Tanuma and the Fujiwaras (the anime could probably briefly add Kitanishi, Taki & Sasada too), and a bittersweet story about a yokai Natsume befriends — so I think it’s perfect for a new start to a new season. Then it makes sense to follow this up with the exorcist stuffs in episodes 2 & 3. I'm hesitating which one would go first though; if we follow the manga chronologically then it would be the Hakozaki one, but I think they'll likely choose to reintroduce Natori first... I do believe it's important to introduce Yorishima early on too so that they can later adapt the second Yorishima arc in Season 8, to really establishes him as this new important recurrent character. (Though I wonder if 2 exorcist episodes side-by-side would be too much, so maybe they'll adapt Yorishima intro for ep2, then have another slice-of-life episode, then have the Hakozaki chapter.... who knows)

After that I’m no sure on the order, but there must also be the Taki brother arc for a Taki-focused episode, then the Kitamoto & Nishimura chapters. I think it’d makes sense to adapt both of the Kitanishi chapters in season 7 so that then in season 8 they could adapt the Tenjou-san/painting arc in order to make it feel balanced (or they could do the reverse and adapt Tenjou-san arc before in season 7, but I think it's better if it comes after). And then have the flower bed chapter as another slice-of-life episode (which I think is important to have before the Souko arc thematically). Not gonna lie it really frustrates me that they decided to adapt the Tanuma & Misuzu chapters in a movie, because now Tanuma doesn’t have his own arc like Taki has :( At least he still appears more than her in other arcs, but they’re not focused on him so it’s not the same.

So the Chobi special from Volume 8 might seems weird to be in season 7, and admittedly I doubt it'll ever be adapted (maybe in an OAV?? But who knows) - but I thought about it because of Chapter 108 which is also centered on Chobi. Having the Chobi special before Chapter 108 seemed logical to me, though there's more chance we'll get another special like Special 14 or 18. (UNLESS they manage to adapt the Chobi special with Chapter 108 in a single episode... I dunno).

And there's no way they don't adapt the second teen Natori special, which has to be before Miharu arc. I think the Miharu arc will happens either in the middle or towards the end of the season, but I believe having Souko's arc as the final would be pretty emotionally impactful, with ideally 2 episodes. It’s the origin of the Book of Friends after all, so it’s important to really highlight it (though I doubt they'll do that unfortunately, I think they'll likely try to cram everything into a single episode as usual with the 2 chapters arcs -_-).

For Season 8: I think it makes sense to start with slice-of-life chapters with this season too, but admittedly I wasn't really sure which one. The Ake & Shiro or the origami chapters seems the more likely. Then there's still Special 14, which could also make a fun slife-of-life episode.

The Tenjou-san/painting arc and then the Noren inn arc in this season was more fitting than the last in order to balance the focus on Natsume's school friends - and like I said earlier, even though chronologically it happens later in the manga I think they will adapt the second Yorishima arc as well here. I think it’d make sense they decide to adapt the special with Matoba here too (It could be in Season 7 I suppose? But then it would a wayyy too exorcist-focused season).

What I’m the most confident in is that they’ll decide to end Season 8 with the Homura arc, and that it’ll take 3 episodes. This is such a long, important arc, and if they don’t mess it up it would make an amazing final; especially if after that we don’t get another new season until at least a few years.

(Hopefully we won’t have to wait 6 years for Season 9 afterwards… There was 2 years between Season 2 and Season 3, and then 4 years between Season 4 and Season 5, so if Season 8 is released in 2025 then I hope we’ll get Season 9 in like. 2028-2029. please.)

Anyway, just for fun I tried to imagine what a Season 9 could look like too:

Season 9:

Episode 1: Chapters 109 & 110 (Kaka arc) Episode 2: Chapters 117 & 118 (Occult salon arc) Episode 3: Chapter 112 (Taki Matoba tea party) Episode 4: Chapters 113-116 (Younger Cousin arc) Episode 5: Chapters 113-116 (Younger Cousin arc) Episode 6: Chapters 113-116 (Younger Cousin arc) Episode 7: Chapter 111 (Tanatsukitanishi beach) Episode 8: Chapter 120 (Hakozaki 3) Episode 9: Chapters 121-126 (Portrait of a Girl arc) Episode 10: Chapters 121-126 (Portrait of a Girl arc) Episode 11: Chapters 121-126 (Portrait of a Girl arc) Episode 12: Chapters 121-126 (Portrait of a Girl arc) Episode 13: Chapters 127 (Homura cats returns)

This would make for a super plot-heavy season, but well all the recent arcs ARE very plot-focused lol. I initially thought that maybe the Portrait of a Girl arc could make it more to a potential Season 10 while the younger cousin arc could the final for Season 9, but ending the season on such a personal, Natori-focused arc like that would be a bit... strange. So! If we have Portrait of a Girl as a final, I think it makes sense for the occult salon arc to be at the very start of the season to introduce Shinobu and Clara (I vaguely thought it would be fun if they introduced them in Season 8, but the idea of a whole season where we start with the looming threat of Matoba's mysterious sister only to have her identity revealed at the very end is really cool too). I think the beach chapter too could be nice after the Natori arc as a sort of break before we got back into the heavy plot stuff with the 3rd Hakozaki chapter. I gave Portrait of a Girl 4 episodes here because I think it's what it wolud need to be properly adapted (it IS the longest arc to date after all, with 6 chapters!) but because of that I had to scrap the Hinoe chapter (which could then be adapted into Season 10). However I think it's more likely they adapt it into a three-episodes arc sadly (same thing with the Younger Cousin arc, they'll probably cram it into 2 episodes rather than three...)

And here it is haha. Can't wait to see how completely false my predictions will be lol.

Following this, the still unadapted chapters would include: Chapter 119 (Hinoe/Natsume crossdressing), Chapter 128 (current arc) that would fit into Season 10, then Special 18 (Nyanko meets little boy), Special 20 (movie special), Special 21 (little traveling yokai), Special 22 (Ribbon Nyanko & Mana Kitamoto), all of which could either fit in Season 10 or in an OAV.

#Natsume Yuujinchou #NatsuYuu #Natsume's Book of Friends #Natsuchou #Natsume Takashi #Nyanko-sensei #Natsume

[kohakun]

title » their 5 love languages with you

pairing » ritsu sakuma x gn!reader || natsume sakasaki x gn!reader || kohaku oukawa x gn!reader

requested? no

genre » fluff

a/n » honestly i wrote this at like 2 am so if it's bad, do Not come for me

➳ ritsu sakuma

✧ words of affirmation — quiet 'i love you's right before the both of you doze off, jokingly telling you about how he doesn't know if he could survive without your arms around him, complimenting your outfit every single day without fail, reassuring you that you're enough when you feel as though you're not.

✧ quality time — skipping class to nap with each other under a tree in the school courtyard, watching movies just to criticise the acting, listening to you talk about something you're passionate about with a smile adorning his expression, baking with you as you two smear frosting on each other's faces.

✧ gifts — isn't big on gift giving but buys you cute plushies that reminded him of you, shopping dates that end up in him refusing to let you pay for anything, getting you things that you offhandedly mentioned once, gifting you clothes that he thinks match your style.

✧ acts of service — getting you your favourite drink whenever he passes by a cafe, taking care of you when you get sick or when you're tired, stopping you from overworking and forcing you to nap with him when he deems that you haven't taken a break in too long.

✧ physical touch — cuddling with you 24/7 even if you're in public, burying his face into your neck, wrapping his arms around your waist out of reflex when he's tired, constantly laying his head on your lap and nuzzling into your stomach.

➳ natsume sakasaki

✧ words of affirmation — whispering into your ear about how much he adores you, telling you that he would continue to love you no matter what happens, comforting you after a tiring day, lovingly teasing you about the smallest things to see you get flustered.

✧ quality time — going over to his house just to see his cats, picking your outfits for the day together, arcade dates where you two wage a temporary war against each other in favour of competitiveness, study dates that turn into you two getting distracted because you physically cannot shut up around each other, going on walks at 2 am because either of you couldn't sleep.

✧ gifts — him buying you anything your eyes linger on for a second too long, giving you crystals that he thought you'd like, getting flowers for you every week, gifting you matching rings for your anniversary and promising you that it'd be a diamond one next time.

✧ acts of service — ordering you food from your favourite restaurant after you had a bad day, making you coffee or tea in the morning, walking on the side of the sidewalk that's closest to the road so that you don't have to, blowing on your food when it's too hot before feeding it to you.

✧ physical touch — hugging you from behind to surprise you, always holding your hand, running his fingers through your hair affectionately, kissing you on the forehead, cradling your face in his hands as he looks at you as if you're his entire world because you are.

➳ kohaku oukawa

✧ words of affirmation — telling you how mesmerised he constantly finds himself being because of your beauty, saying how he feels most safe and at peace when he's with you, proclaiming his love to you when he's in your arms and hiding the blush on his face, randomly blurting out that you mean the world to him.

✧ quality time — going on cafe dates and feeding each other food, making bracelets together, visiting botanical gardens and him pointing that you're the prettiest even among all the flowers present, inviting you when he's practicing crazy:b's newest song because he says your presence alone is enough support to keep going.

✧ gifts — making you a bouquet out of paper flowers so that you can truly keep them forever, subtle matching jewelry, him buying you drinks and snacks to give you before class, handwritten letters that talk about how much he adores every single part of you.

✧ acts of service — tying your shoelaces when they get untied, holding open doors for you, tucking your hair behind your ear when it gets in the way, giving you his jacket when you're cold, always having hairties on his wrist in case you need them.

✧ physical touch — linking pinkies when you're walking side by side, headpatting you and vice versa, giving you nose kisses when he's too shy to kiss you on the lips, playing with your hands absentmindedly when he's in class.

#yun writes #ensemble stars #enstars #ensemble stars x reader #enstars x reader #ritsu sakuma #ritsu sakuma x reader #ritsu x reader #natsume sakasaki #natsume sakasaki x reader #natsume x reader #kohaku oukawa #kohaku oukawa x reader #kohaku x reader

[hunieday]

8th Anniversary story - Chapter 2 : Where will we drift from here?

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8

Please note that I am not a professional translator and I'm only doing this to share the side materials to those who cannot access them, if you notice any mistakes please let me know nicely. Enjoy!

Yamato: …

Sougo: …

Yuki: …

Minami: …

[Ping]

Sougo: Ah…

Yamato: What?

Sougo: Tamaki-kun replied. It seems like we are in similar situations.

Yamato: Oh, I see. 

Yuki: … yawns

Minami: It’s hot today, isn’t it.

Rinto: …

Rinto: Everyone’s so quiet…

Yamato: Yeah.

Sougo: Thank you for driving us safely.

Yuki: …Oh, I dozed off.

Minami: Good morning, Yuki-san.

Yuki: Good morning.

Rinto: You really are awfully quiet. I thought you’d ask me more about where I’m driving you.

Yamato: I’ve come to learn that resisting does nothing. Not that I would normally.

Yamato: I’ve always gone along with things so… this is fine I guess.

Yuki: Fufu, well said.

Yamato: Stop commenting unnecessarily. Aren’t you as good at going with the flow?

Yuki: I’d say I’m pretty good at it.

Sougo: I try to avoid going too much with the flow, but sometimes I get lost in my judgment….Yamato-san.

Yamato: Hm?

Sougo: Should I be resisting with all my might right now?

Yamato: Not yet, Sou. Stay calm.

Sougo: Alright.

Yamato: If anything happens I’ll let you know, okay? Until then don’t try to jump into the driver’s seat and take over the wheel.

Rinto: You would do that ?!!

Sougo: I don’t intend to right now. But if Yamato-san says so I’d have no choice.

Yamato: I won’t tell you, it’s okay. I said I won’t tell you so it’s okay, got it?

Yuki: Well, we’ll get to our destination sooner or later so just relax.

Minami: We’re with familiar faces so there’s no need to worry. Especially since Re:vale’s manager is with us.

Rinto: Ahaha…Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Yamato: …

Sougo: …

Yuki: …

Minami: …

Yuki: Yamato-kun.

Yamato: What.

Yuki: Fufu…just said your name.

Yamato: Stop being a nuisance.

Sougo: …

Minami: Osaka-san, what are you looking at?

Sougo: The guardrail pattern looks different in this area, so I was curious about it…

Minami: Ah, you’re right… doesn’t it look like a rainbow?

Yamato: Isn’t it more like a wave?

Yuki: Maybe carp streamers?

Minami: It might be a local design. Shall I look it up on my phone?

Sougo: Ah no, you don’t have to go that far.

Minami: I guess you’re right.

Yamato: …

Sougo: …

Yuki: …

Minami: …

Yamato: The conversation we had just now is meaningless, but it feels kinda nice during a road trip.

Yuki: I know.

Yamato: There’s something nice about it, it’s relaxing…

Minami: I like it. It would be nice if we could keep feeling relaxed and laid-back until the end.

Yuki: You’re saying it could get intense from here? for example?

Sougo: Like climbing Mount Fuji?

Yamato: Climbing with this group…?

Yamato: …it might be surprisingly good…

Yuki: Even if we encounter wild animals, we’ll have Sougo-kun and Minami-kun.

Sougo: I’m not so sure about my knowledge, but are you good at handling wild animals, Natsume-kun?

Minami: Osaka-san, I can’t believe you’re teasing me.

Sougo: Teasing…? How…Oh well…

Yuki: Is that okay?

Yamato: Your stupid joke is getting the same treatment as the guard rail pattern.

Minami: Fufu, you’re a very entertaining person, Osaka-san. I’ll give you this.

Sougo: What is this?

Minami: Dried plums. It’s good for salt intake.

Sougo: Thank you.

Yamato: I’ll have some too.

Minami: Of course, help yourselves. I have a lot.

Yamato: If I eat this much at once my face will shrivel up…

Minami: Don’t worry. You’re a handsome man, Nikaido-san.

Yamato: I don’t need to be flattered by someone who’s in the same group as a guy like Mido.

Minami: I’m being honest.

Sougo: I think Yamato-san is better looking than Mido-san.

Yamato: That’s an exaggeration.

Minami: He’s right.

Yamato: Natsume-chan?

Minami: No, not in a bad way.

Sougo: I don't know how to compare but, it’s more about the vibe surrounding you…Yamato-san is very reliable.

Yuki: You think so? Can you be a bit more specific?

Minami: You think Mido-san is not reliable? Can you give specific examples?

Sougo: Um…. Yes…

Yamato: Stop teasing Sou, you two. He’s a serious guy.

Yuki: My bad, force of habit.

Yuki: Hey Okarin, do you think Momo might be feeling lonely without me?

Rinto: Ahaha, I wonder.

Yuki: I think he is.

Yamato: You’re telling me that you didn’t rabbitchat him?

[Ping]

Yamato: Ah… it’s for me.

Yuki: From who?

Yamato: It’s from Mitsu. With a picture. Seems like the situation over there is the same as us. Here.

Sougo: It’s Iori-kun.

Minami: Inumaru-san is there as well.

Yuki: Momo’s not there, but Ryuunosuke-kun is.

Yamato: Somehow….

Yuki & Yamato & Sougo & Minami: looks like they’re having a ton of fun…

[Cut to another car]

Touma: Let’s go! Playin’ the most cutting-edge game driving with the best idols of this era!

Iori & Mitsuki & Ryuunosuke: Yay!

Touma: Bird-Tree-or-Fish~!!

Anesagi: Is this really the most cutting-edge game… sounds like an ancient game of wordplay…

Touma: Bird, Tree or Fish! Do you accept or not!

Iori & Mitsuki & Ryuunosuke: We accept, we accept!

Touma: Izumi, tree!

Iori: Cypress.

Touma: OK! Mitsuki-san, bird!

Mitsuki: Parrot!

Touma: OK! Tsunashi-san, fish!

Ryuunosuke: Sardines!

Touma: Alright we’re speeding up! Mitsuki-san, tree!

Mitsuki: Maple!

Touma: Tsunashi-san, bird!

Ryuunosuke: …Um, butterfly! Ah, I made a mistake!

Iori & Mitsuki & Touma: Yaaaay!!

Touma: Tsunashi-san, let’s switch!

Ryuunosuke: My bad. OK, here I come!

Iori & Mitsuki & Touma: Yaaaay!!

Mitsuki: Give us fanservice, Tsunashi-san!

Ryuunosuke: I’m not letting you go home tonight.

Iori & Mitsuki & Touma: FOOOOOO!!

Ryuunosuke: Bird, Tree or Fish! Do you accept or not!

Iori & Mitsuki & Touma: We accept, we accept!

[Ping]

Mitsuki: Wait! I got a rabbichat from Nagi, there’s even a photo attached!

Iori: Is he with someone?

Mitsuki: Looks like it. Check this photo out!

Iori: Looks like Yotsuba-san is there.

Touma: Haru is with them!

Ryuunosuke: Tenn! They look like they’re having fun over there!

Mitsuki: Nagi and the others don’t know where they’re headed either.

Ryuunosuke: Seems like Gaku is with Momo-san. So apparently Re:vale, TRIGGER, IDOLiSH7 and ŹOOḼ are all involved?

Touma: I wonder who’s the mastermind behind this.

Ryuunosuke: Doesn’t it seem like something Re:vale-san would do for their show? They’re the type to plan something like this.

Iori: Tsunashi-san, Re:vale got you tangled up in pranks like these several times, right?

Ryuunosuke: That is true.

Mitsuki: You didn’t realize that the “lost high school girls who just moved to Tokyo” were actually Re:vale, did you?

Ryuunosuke: No, I didn’t.

Touma: Seriously?! They would be hella tall high school girls!

Ryuunosuke: They had just arrived in Tokyo, got lost, dropped their wallet, and told me they were in trouble.

Ryuunosuke: I put myself in their shoes since I felt the same thing when I moved here. So I completely focused on helping them out.

Iori: What a good person…

Touma: Wait, could it be that?

Mitsuki: That?

Touma: Couldn’t it be the idol documentary Backyard Magic? You know, the show you MC for…

Mitsuki: Huh?! I don’t think so. TRIGGER’s manager is driving me after all…

Ryuunosuke: I’m sure she knows our destination…

Anesagi: No, I cannot answer any of your questions. I can answer your bird fish or tree game though.

Mitsumi: Fish!

Anesagi: Cod.

Touma: Bird!

Anesagi: Swallow.

Ryuu: Tree!

Anesagi: Cherry blossom.

Mitsuki: Wow, impressive!

Touma: As expected!

Anesagi: Fufu, well it’s not that special. Now be good children, okay?

Iori: It might be best not to pry too much…

Ryuunosuke: No point in thinking about it now. Let’s just play games until we reach our destination.

Touma: I guess so.

Mitsuki: Well then, let’s start over!

Ryuunosuke: Bird, Tree or Fish! Do you accept or not!

Iori & Mitsuki & Touma: We accept, we accept!

Iori: Judging from the situation we’re all in, it seems like our four idol groups were divided into four units…

Iori: The most logical reasoning is that it’s for the company from that other day

Iori: What a nuisance…

[Shift to a blue sky]

Iori: If I remember correctly, a few months ago…

To be continued.

#i7 #idolish7 #ainana #idolish7 translation #id7 #8th anniversary #beyond the period #trigger #re:vale #zool

[uniformbravo]

since i've spent the past few days essentially staring at nothing but natsuyuu volume covers i thought it'd be so fun and silly to try and redraw them all from memory tee hee. all 30 (thirty) (三十) of them!!! wheee!!!!

i haven't actually looked at them next to the originals yet so guess what time it is!!!! LET'S COMPARE

starting with volume 1. iconic. show stopping. masterpiece. the mona lisa of natsuyuu SURELY i reproduced every single detail perfectly such that it kickstarts my career as a forgery artist RIGHT

well feast ur eyes

(im using the english volumes for comparison btw they have a good clear view of the art)

CAN U TELL WHICH IS WHICH OOO THEYRE SO ALIKE BET U CANT!!! SPOT THE DIFFERENCE LEVEL 1000 WHICH ONE DO U SHOOT

all i remembered for this one was GREEN and it's not even the right shade of green ajgosugdjfkdgj i even made the fuckin. what do u call it. i'll just say yukata??? I MADE IT GREEN AND ITS SUPPOSED TO BE RED i stg if u held a gun to my head & asked if there was any red on vol 1 i'd be DEAD

but i remembered the book of friends is like. weirdly purple? ok well in this pic it looks p gray BUT ON OTHER COPIES...... IF U UP THE SATURATION GKSJKDNFKDG

why is nyanko sensei smack dab in the middle HUH i couldve sworn he was bottom left this is so fucked up and scary. haunted manga volume??????? i bought it from a grarage sale idk you guys-

at least natsume's pose is like kind of right but also that's most definitely a complete accident i can ASSURE u (im rereading this the next day and the pose isnt even CLOSE what are u TALKING ABOUT)

anyway can i just fucking point out the kanji on the book of friends bc that is from MEMORY YEEHAW here's what it's Supposed to look like: 友人帳

LIKE even tho i got the last one wrong ITS LIKE STILL PRETTY CLOSE??? i think i deserve 100 points for this objectively

MOVING ON THO....

OK NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT SURPRISINGLY im actually like. i thought i bombed this one completely but liKE THE COMPOSITION??? KIND OF ON POINT. KIND OF GENIUS TBH

i remembered Blue and Madara and like what else do u need rly. butterflies are optional in all scenarios imo

also i NEVER have any idea what natsume's wearing in any of these so i always just like default throw him into his school uniform LMAO u will see a pattern

why is the book of friends burgundy in this one btw. it was GRAY i mean purple definitely purple aha

ok volume 3 im actually scared for i know i fucked up SOMETHING

HGLKFKGLKFKGFN OK!!!!! OK NOT SUPER AWFUL!!!! just noticed i forgor to color the book of friends fukg

main thing i remembered abt this one was the color of natsume's... attire.... and which characters were present. whats sensei doing all the way up in the top corner tho 0/10

return of the school uniform lmaooooo hm. irrelevant who cares plus didnt ask. all things considered this wasn't as bad as i thought. THE NEXT ONE HOWEVER,

hsngjfgnfjn okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

sensei's way cuter in this one than i realized wait wtf this cover's cute af how did i never notice. underrated cover -10 @ me. look at his lil BLEP >:O!!!!!!!

i knew there was some fuckshit going on w the yukata in this one ourhg i was just like hehe greeennnn also sensei's there. my work here is done

what is natsume's pose even hgnkg i was straight up making shit up at this point LIKE the first 6 or so covers are SO hard for me to distinguish in my head i should get a free pass for the poses in all of them like i can do whatever i want IM the artist now

oh god whats next vol 5

OK!!!! like a straight 5/10 TBH i literally forgot i was planning on rating these LMAO

i remembered the like white v-neck shirt thing and his pose kind of??? i had NO idea what to do for the yukata tho i just made it orange and u know what?? close enough. my rule of thumb is just like pick a color and then throw flowers all over it u cant go wrong

taki looks so much more mysterious on the original and also wearing a skirt. i gave her a big stick bc i thought i remembered her having one in general but i think i made that up tbh wouldn't put it past me. got her hat right tho hee haw

cant believe i didn't get natsume's beautiful artwork tho look at that little shit sensei up there god hes so ROUMD literally moma material

PROBABLY my best one yet uhhhh but i maybe cheated JUST a little for this one ITS LIKE BARELY CHEATING STOP BOOING ME

as i was toying w the idea of doing this redraw thing i was still working on collecting my Images and Pictures so i kinda started taking note of a few small things here & there and one of them was just. the general gist of this cover SO LIKE that's why it's so good LOL

forgor the flowers tho. i literally forget everything that isn't a character like immediately BUT OK CUT ME SOME SLACK like after a point the covers start being whole ass scenes which are SO much easier to remember shit abt than the fuckin Green Void (p sure this is the last green void cover tho)

8/10 composition is gr8 but details like the shirt & the yellow flowers are wrong, also the stick is backwards. i literally looked up what that thing is called and forgot already tee hee

OK WE'RE NOT DONE W THE GREEN VOID I REPEAT-

fuck dude. fuck. i rly thought vol 6 was the last one LOL not to spoil but as i was grabbing these images i saw a Preview of what's to come and the green void lasts until fuckign volume TEN LOL collapses onto the ground and dies

so erhermrm this is vol 7 lolllll i remembered the bg flowers this time can u believe hahaha distracts u from the fact that LITERALLY everything else is wrong auhghg

u know what the green void turned into bushes and i think that's beautiful.... like points for creativity on my part tbh. like to be completely honest. 3/10 i got the characters right

YO????? GATE CONFIRMED LET'S GO?????? it's definitely the school gate but i choose to believe natsume & tanuma r in jail for crimes and u should too

actually this is shockingly accurate for how much i goddamn struggled w this one gkjsldkg the CHARACTERS are right the OUTFITS are right SENSEI'S THERE urgh i knew one of these covers had tanuma holding sensei like that but i couldn't remember Which

i can't believe i actually got tanuma's pose that close i rly thought i was bullshitting w that one wtf. +5 points instantly

do u like how i just scribbled sensei wherever lmaoooo i drew natsume & tanuma & went like. i think sensei's in this one. PLOP

6/10 honestly closer than i thought

OK........ I SEE........ literally dies

this one i was getting MASSIVELY confused w vol 4 bc i could remember nothing distinct abt either of them except Green and natsume w Big Doggie

i remembered the BARE essentials of the composition but not much else... since i thought the green void was gone i put the green i remembered into natsume's yukata (and then put him in the school uniform again LOL) and went WELP. GUESS I'LL DIE NOW

2/10 honestly one of the worst fucking ones lskdjflsdkg

OK THIS ONE.... i almost died irl trying to remember this shit, even before i started and i was still viewing the covers i was like there is no way in HELL im remembering this shit for vol 10. and i was right

like. Purple. White Mask. Antlers. WILD layered clothing. at first i drew the mask as an actual deer skull but later had a straight up epiphany and redrew it like that which... still not correct but I MEAN.... IT'S PRETTY GOOD

i cant believe most of the purple is the bg oughgh his clothes are WHITE..... this is fucked up. i DID remember the stick tho, bells and everything!! actually bells and nothing else!!!

7/10 ok it might seem high but CONSIDERING this design..... i think i did shockingly well TBH

NOT...... the worst...... one....... i could've sworn he was sitting on a pile of books this is so sad that woulda been so cute 😭

for a second when i saw the real cover again i thought he was sitting ON the bookshelf and i was about to RIOT but its okay it's a step stool. still physically possible

my version of natsume here is so much more like Proper gksld he looks like a school boy... studying in the academy's library... hardworking student.... but no the real one is just sitting there like a wet puppy orz he's not even READING i rly thought he was reading. this is such a huge L

cannot fucking believe i was right abt the window tho. like wrong shape but the fact that it's even there.... giving myself a whole ass point for that one

5/10 i rly thought i nailed this one gksgndfkj

also RIP TO THE GREEN VOID U WILL NOT BE MISSED o7

ah shit ok. well one of them was in the school uniform at least fjgugjdkf

why is my natsume lying there like hes abt to start a therapy session, boy would NEVER-

also the plushie hmnmhnmhngnf i dont KNOW i knew there was some kind of prop there but like gun to my head i woulda died again. main colors that stood out to me for this were green and that bluish purple so i got those into mine but i mean. well u can see

once again a random window in the bg i got correct let's gooooo 5/10

LMAO SPITS OUT MY DRINK WHOOPSIE!!!!!!

this is so fucking bad im choking im gurgling LOLLLL i was SO sure natsume's paper had an eye on it i was POSITIVE this is so fucked up. i mean obvs i picked that up from sensei but like i didn't even KNOW sensei was there. or that there were bg characters at all uuuuuououohghh (matoba ignored +5)

i was like. black yukata red flowers CHECK piece of paper w eye CHECK horns CHECK i even went back and edited the horns to be more accurate i was so proud of myself sobs

ok but i knew it was shit trasjh when those were the ONLY details i could remember bc obviously there was gonna be more going on I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE.....

straight up dookie/10 no jk fr like 3/10 @ me u need to use ur EYES

OK..... I WAS VERY CONFIDENT ABT THIS ONE..... except for his outfit i knew i was bullshitting that BUT I THOUGHT I NAILED THIS ONE....... the one fucking time i didn't just default to his uniform LMFAO

even remembered the pink flower ball smh and for WHAT. i knew he was sitting in a pile of plushies & blankets or smth but no way in HELL was i even gonna attempt to draw them with a speck of detail. but HEY the plushie i drew for vol 12!!! i knew he existed Somewhere. he doesn't even have a horn tho thats so fucked up i thought he did

obviously the most striking thing abt this cover is the bg w that deep burgundy & the circular window so that was the main thing i nailed down right away (my palette was more muted tho). also natsume sitting there w paper in his mouth but i thought he was mid return when rly hes playing like keep-the-balloon-off-the-floor or whatever the fuck he's doing. i love u natsume

(if i thought he was in the middle of returning a name WHY didn't i include the actual book of friends flksglkd automatic fake fan/10)

8/10 this was like my ace in the hole i was like if i got nothing else i got U volume 14!!! and then

NOT THE FAMILY PHOTO......... FUCKING DIES

man idk shit just end me. whats even going on in this cover im gonna deck u natori. dont ask why this makes me want to commit violence hes just so. URHGHGHnH

i dont know whats happening to me rn looking at this im losing my fucking grip dude who let this happen im gonna hurl this volume into the sun??? i think???

why did i add the other two youkai i just thought they should be included but i played myself i had to draw them from memory and for WHAT. pls tell me i got them at least a little bit right i stg

it's the crossed legts dude if he was just sitting there like a board the way i drew him id be like ah shit it was just natori sitting not natsume too but he just HAS to cross his legs and the fucing elbow propped up holding the glasses im S MAD IM SO MADdestroy him

it's 1am i gotta go. i have to go. right now my mom is calling me i have to fukcng. 4/10 i got the couch colorr right. bye

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tumglr...... only allows 30 pictures per post..... bc im not on desktop? or is that a site-wide thing now. in any case this is getting long so i think im gonna split it right down the middle into 2 posts so there u go, first 15 volumes. so far my score is ermmm

well i didn't rate the first few volumes.

vol 1: 6/10 decent

vol 2: 6/10 also decent

vol 3: 5/10 composition is Scramboled

vol 4: 2/10 it's SO BAD

so now my overall score is 74/150 fjggudjofjdkgjk doing gr8!!!!!!!!!

ok bye for real ✌️

#natsume yuujinchou #ny blogging #rieley doodles #retag later #this is me fighting my demons #why did i get so mad at natori at the end kgsndksjdfk #i say yukata a lot in this post but i think the piece of clothing im referring to might actually be haori in most of these cases #i think more ppl know what a yukata is than a haori tho so im just gonna leave it #(haori is the thing that u wear over the yukata. like a. cardigan)