Category Archives: Natsume Yuujin-chou

[LWC 50] Natsume Yuujin-chou 02: The Utterance of a Name

By lelangir | Published: July 26, 2008

Seemingly a continuation of another name theme, this episode starts off with Natsume signing a school document. This consistent metaphor is probably setting up the premise of names as the crucial motif – the consistency can indicate that it’s not randomly put there for style alone (I hope that this isn’t foreshadowing verbatim [or would [...]

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Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode 3 – All’s well that ends well… or not!?

By Maipeisu | Published: July 24, 2008

This episode draws a more solid connection between Takashi’s difficult childhood and his present situation. The connection was a bit unclear at times, but at least we are beginning to get a better sense of how he became the person he is today. What does it feel like to be able to see things that other [...]

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Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode 2 – “I have come.”

By Maipeisu | Published: July 18, 2008

So. Incredibly. CUTE! …But don’t be fooled. When I said I was hoping that the next episode of Natsume would be better than the first in my last entry, I was being optimistic. What I had really hoped for is that episode two would be just as good as the first one, that it wouldn’t be [...]

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Natsume Yuujin Chou, Episode 1 – The Fat Cat And The Book Of Enemies

By Maipeisu | Published: July 11, 2008

What Is It With Me And Youkai Anime? Every once in a blue moon, I’ll stumble across an anime that captures that fleeting mixture of wonder and lightness that you get when you gaze into the open sky from the top floor of a building, or listen to the silence of falling snow, or feel the [...]