Natsume Yuujinchou – 01: Cats don’t eat watermelons, silly!
Natsume Yuujinchou, the only show I’m blogging from this season. ::sigh::
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits (ANN).
There’s your little thesis to the show.
Summary:
Natsume is being chased by a one-eyed fat woman ghost. Not only do we see how dire phantoms long for Natsume, we also get to see a little glimpse of how living people see him. During his flee to a nearby shrine, he passes some classmates. His hectic life crosses with their carefree stroll and we get to see just how weird Natsume is in contrast and exactly what this show will have to offer along the lines of everyday humor. The ugly woman catches him. Apparently kicking a ghost in its large bulbous eye will free you from its clutches immediately. So take note, kiddies.
After he escapes the large ghost and her little shrimpy sidekick, he stumbles over a rope into a whole new league of trouble. He breaks a barrier rope that holds in a powerful kitty. The cat goes on to tell Natsume about his grandmother Reiko and seems to be interested in the Yuujinchou (Book of Friends). Then the kitty disappears.
Natsume heads home and goes to look at the odd book that he received from his late grandmother. This is when the kitty, Nyanko, appears again. He is after the Yuujinchou, but so are the two rascals from before. Natsume runs from them and flees into the forest. Nyanko transformed into Uber-Kitty which looks more like a wolf with long whiskers, but that’s beside the point. They agree to work together to free the ghosts. So Natsume goes and frees the cyclops, Hishigaki. During this time of freeing her he sees a flashback of his grandmother at his age making the contract with Hishigaki.
At the end he sticks with his resolve and determined to free the spirits in the Yuujinchou.
Thoughts:
My initial thought of the show was that it would possibly be the most awesome badass show if they cut the comedy, made the lighting a little darker, and worked on the art. All business and it’d be perfect! I wouldn’t really ever ask them to change the show though, because it is good in its own way. The concept seems kind of weak and I am sure we’ll see a lot of the same old “boy can see ghosts but classmates cannot” jokes. I am fine knowing this. In fact, I started the show knowing this. But so far, the best thing about the show is Nyanko’s voice when he gets big, and the way Natsume frees the spirits.
@JLeeson
Why can’t i not click on the pictures?
@Shin Getter Robo
I didn’t add links to them.
@JLeeson
Why not? Great job on the blog for this episode. I just wish there were more pictures of the episodes like on Omni’s website. The reason why i’m saying this is because i go to a art class on Thursdays and before i go there, i save the pictures into a folder, but before i save it i take a look at the picture. If i see that the picture is small i won’t save it. =)
This episode was okay … at first I thought Bleach, but then I re-watched it with my sister and it was totally different.
“Takemoto Yuuta” was the first thing that popped into mind for this anime when watched initially. I think it has real potential (I don’t remember any comedy, sorta…), especially with the weird chesire cat [Ryoko] thing going on which turned out to be a good thing I guess. I actually felt the cyclops’ story to be kind of touching.
Possible diamond in the rough this season. Reiko is slice-of-life badass
Bleach? Blissmo is crazy.
Similiar to Amatsuki but that one has me more excited. I’m passing.
@Shin Getter Robo
You can still right click and save as, but I’ll just warn you now that all Yukan’s pictures are (supposed to be) saved at 246×143 pixels.
@blissmo
I knew you had awful taste in anime! You confused this for Bleach! RARGH!
@lelangir
Chasire Cat? Are we talking about Alice in Wonderland now?
I don’t like the cat. His two personalities are polar opposites of each other. He does a good job at comedic relief, even if it’s slapstick humour.
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I can’t wait to get home and get this…I have been (loosely) following the manga for a while now…I even have a Nyanko phone strap I got yesterday
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@Pure Trance
::totally jealous::
Lovely show. It’s a stretch, but I thought it was like Mushishi meets Hayao Miyazaki. Lots of imagination and great colors.
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dingsan: I don’t know if the
demon 9-tail naruto foxmean-personality countering the nyanko thing has any significant purpose or if it’s just ill-thought convenience, but I’d hope it to be the former.I do not believe this
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