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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- July 27, 2012, there's theme song album. Spring time, and the uncle found the old camera. He said once it got fixed, he want to take photos for 3 of them. lol @ youkais in his room, and nyanko-sensei are fallen asleep while drunk. He found a photo of his parents. Nature Ramune water trip the day after. One of the relatives calling him to visit his old house before someone living there. He's cute for posting his photos with them in the drawer. Natsume remembering the time with his father in that house, sometimes very sad. lol @ being adventurous for the trip. He got trapped by the youkai, and lost the photo. Tanuma trying to help him. They ended up searching for the photos instead of searching the water. Then meeting two girls, who searches for the same music CD. He really want to see the house one last time, and the aunt approved. |
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| I was worried that we were not going to see the picture but I'm glad that was not the case. Her mom does look like him but he got his hair color from his dad. Some how it feels like this is setting things up for the ending. But at least we'll get to see another girl next week and perhaps a romantic interest this time. |
| Natsume's dad is so cute, just like an older Natsume! ^_^ And yet again, Natsume never fails to make me tear up.. young Natsume alone and crying, I wish someone were beside him to comfort him. Natsume speaking up for what he wanted for once, to see the house one last time.. It gave the ending such a bittersweet feeling.. Next episode - hurry hurry! |
| Oh god their parents look so kind, and his father is so alike to Natsume! Beautiful episode, I almost cried... I'm so happy to see Natsume like that. Next week will lead me to tears, I remember those chapters in the manga, I'm glad we're finishing the season with them 10/10 episode. Also, yay for Taki! ClementIV said: . But at least we'll get to see another girl next week and perhaps a romantic interest this time. That will not be the case, that girl actually doesn't treat Natsume well. |
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| ;___; beautiful as always. The ending~ ♥ and lol @ another Natori-poster in the bg haha. Can'ot wait for the next episode. *o* |
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| <3 Loved it! And does anyone know when this season will end? It's traditionally been 13 episodes, but there wasn't anything inputed yet so I hope it'll last longer :) It looks like we're nearing a kind of 'climax' though with Natsume's house. I just hope it won't be the end :/ And I just realized that Natsume's hair is really growing out. Oh, and :P. Nyanko-sensei and Natsume brushing together was adorable <3 5/5 - To the new Gintama' episode! :D |
| Natsume let me hug you!! Heartwarming as always, it'll never fail to make me smile or shed a tear. |
| This was great but next week looks like its gonna be even better i can't wait for more Natusme |
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| I haven't watched this episode yet... but I want to ask... This season will end with 13 episodes right? |
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| A heartwarming episode. I always love the parts that include Natsume's caretakers since they treat him so well. |
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| Beautiful episode! I love the emotional aspect. It almost made me cry. :) I finally got to see Natsume's parents! He looks just like them. This show never fails to impress me. Next week can't get here fast enough! 5/5 10/10 |
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| Nyanko-sensei brushing his teeth together with Natsume was the cutest thing ever! <3 |
Renzokuken said: I haven't watched this episode yet... but I want to ask... This season will end with 13 episodes right? MAL still shows this without ending date. It might be possible that there is enough to continue into Spring season, depending on how well we have caught up with the Manga (I haven't read it so I don't know where we are.) Looking forward to next weeks episode, although considering I cried during this one I expect plenty of waterworks for the visit to the old house. |
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| Loved this episode. It was awesome to finally delve deeper into the past rather than pushing forward. I loved how Tanuma pointed out to Natsume how Natsume has been lying (to others and himself) this whole time, burying his feelings deeper and deeper, only to realize what he really does want and need. Memories of loved ones are so precious, and Natsume only has a few so I felt so sad for him when he was willing himself to forget to cover up his pain. Oh, Natsume ;A; I'm glad that it looks like we'll see Natsume travel to his parents' house in the next episode~ I was worried they'd skip over it. |
| Every time I watch this show i always get a nice heartwarming feeling, this a truly amazing show ;_; |
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| So heartwarming! Could't have asked for more. Nishimura, Kitamoto are so nice. It's amazing how often we get to see all six of them together in recent episodes. Previously, it was just Nishimura, Kitamoto and Sasada shown together, while Tanuma and Taki were shown in different circumstances, because the latter two are somehow related to Natsume's ability to see things that normal people cannot. But now, the four of them go on a boy's adventure and the two girls decide to share the music between themselves, more importantly, letting us know that their taste in music is same and so they have similar interest, something that helps people come closer. Shigeru-san's wanting to take a picture of all three of them was reassuring, that Natsume is so important to him. While Touko-san, probably the nicest mother figure in any anime showing her concern, either could be in the fear of Natsume leaving them or worried that Natsume's might be feeling sad as his past came up. Natsume's closet. He had pictures of all six of them together from those festive periods in their school showed how much he cares about his friends now. That was an amazing way to show his sweet side of cherishing his friends. Natsume sitting on his father's lap, while his father telling him how his mother wanted them to be happy, and Natsume crying alone was so sad. But I was really looking forward to see his parents, and I am so glad they showed the picture. Nishimura is a real bro for taking a peek, somehow I feel Natsume wouldn't have shared it with everyone if he didn't say he took a peek. 10/10 Best Natsume season ever. The only second anime that actually got better by several folds as seasons passed by. The other being obviously, this. |
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| Natsume Yuujinchou is a fairly low-key, simple anime that evokes the saddest yet purest emotions ever. Not any story can do this, save for a couple. Extremely well-done, as always. Yuki Midorikawa will always be one of my favorite mangakas. I applaud Brains Base for animating her gorgeous work for four seasons now. I am grateful. |
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| Loved it. A very heartwarming episode, this show never disappoints me. I look forward to that picture being taken. |
| I hope the money sold from the house goes to Natsume or at least most of it, since it's his parents house after all, despite his distant relative(s) Tachibana, taking care of it (by bills/taxes and whatnot). If he gets nothing from it, that's B.S. and they may as be telling Natsume to live on the streets, since the money can be used towards his education or further future. I know they probably won't include that tidbit in the story because it may not seem relevant to the overall main plot, unless they mention something in later episodes, but that's just my 2 cents. |
| Its a nice episode though I'm looking forward to the soda spring. |
| Is it just me or was the animation quality this episode a bit sub-par from the usual? The faces were looking a bit funny... Regardless, still an excellent episode. I think this might be my favorite season of the four. |
| (◕ᴥ◕し) Hello! Did you know? Barnacles have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom. |
| wanna hug natsume tightly :') aaaa... I love him! |
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| I think Natsume's dad is like Natsume older self or brother !! |
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| Natsume learned to stop lying to his self and embrace his past for ones. It looked like he had really nice parent's so it would be a shame to not remember them, they looked like a really nice couple on that picture. I wonder what Natsume will find in his old house it's pretty interesting to see something of his past. |
| Nearly cried...;( Really great episode :D |
| Heartwarming is the perfect word to describe the whole manga. By the way anyone else wonders how Reiko was able to find a man? |
| Find myself really happy that Tanuma called him out. That seems to have helped Natsume take a chance in trusting the people around him a little bit more |
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| Next: Natsume in the city???? <3 Wahh, that was a great episode. Love Natsume. By the way, if Reiko is his grandmother, who's the grandfather and which was her child? (Natsume's dad or mom?) |
| The grandfather hasn't been revealed in the manga, I think, but Natsume's mother is Reiko's daughter. His mother never knew Reiko either, she died when his mother was very young. |
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Ardamaeus said: The grandfather hasn't been revealed in the manga, I think, but Natsume's mother is Reiko's daughter. His mother never knew Reiko either, she died when his mother was very young. I knew it was the mom (for some reason). I want to find out about his grandfather now then. :O |
MM-Rosiie said: Ardamaeus said: The grandfather hasn't been revealed in the manga, I think, but Natsume's mother is Reiko's daughter. His mother never knew Reiko either, she died when his mother was very young. I knew it was the mom (for some reason). I want to find out about his grandfather now then. :O Natsume's maternal grandfather is the younger brother of Natori-san's paternal grandmother. |
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| Love those flashbacks Natsume had of his father. Really nice episode ♥ |
| le sigh. ;_; So beautiful and heartwarming like many said before me. I really can't get enough of this haha... (close to tears with this episode) It never fails to cheer me up no matter how low I am. I love how Natsume is developing. He will become a very strong and kind-hearted, understanding man later. (Not that he already is xD; ) Let me love and hug you Natsuumeee ;3; |
MM-Rosiie said: By the way, if Reiko is his grandmother, who's the grandfather and which was her child? (Natsume's dad or mom?) Ardamaeus said: The grandfather hasn't been revealed in the manga, I think, but Natsume's mother is Reiko's daughter. His mother never knew Reiko either, she died when his mother was very young. I'm pretty sure Natsume's father is Reiko's son! Natsume said that "Reiko keeps the name of "Natsume" all her life", so she didn't get married. If she had a daughter (Takashi's mother) who get married (if she didn't Natsume should have tell/know it!), since it's Takashi's father who brings up his son (if they didn't get married, it's stange, at least in rural Japan 15 years ago!), Takashi will not have the family name "Natsume", or his father's family name was also "Natsume" but his will be even more strange! So for me from the beginning Reiko's child was Takashi's father! |
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| ^ he has a point. We've also got the startling resemblance to Natsume which is generally a pretty massive give away, considering Natsume regularly gets mistaken for Reiko. |
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| Looks like all the character in the anime were drawn a little different which make me think that Natsume had gotten a little older. |
amayih said: MM-Rosiie said: By the way, if Reiko is his grandmother, who's the grandfather and which was her child? (Natsume's dad or mom?) Ardamaeus said: The grandfather hasn't been revealed in the manga, I think, but Natsume's mother is Reiko's daughter. His mother never knew Reiko either, she died when his mother was very young. I'm pretty sure Natsume's father is Reiko's son! Natsume said that "Reiko keeps the name of "Natsume" all her life", so she didn't get married. If she had a daughter (Takashi's mother) who get married (if she didn't Natsume should have tell/know it!), since it's Takashi's father who brings up his son (if they didn't get married, it's stange, at least in rural Japan 15 years ago!), Takashi will not have the family name "Natsume", or his father's family name was also "Natsume" but his will be even more strange! So for me from the beginning Reiko's child was Takashi's father! Nevertheless it's incorrect. In the manga it is revealed that Takashi's mother is Reiko's daughter. More precisely it is revealed in the second Matoba arc, where Matoba tries to get some information about Reiko from Takashi. |
| "The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are! Except, of course, in the Church. But then in the Church they don't think. A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say when he was a boy of eighteen, and as a natural consequence he always looks absolutely delightful." |
| Daaaaaaaaaamn, so cute. I love when Natsume needs help, he's so "oh no, please, I can do it alone, I'm sorry, wait, I-" duhashdudhsudh <33 Natsume's parents too, oh my, I want to know more about Reiko and his grandfather, great love story, I bet. Or a really sad one... AND... Tanuma, I love you. <333333333333333 |
| This was a very nice episode (: I love this series. |
| I've been wondering how Reiko ended up having a grandson at all, and Natsume said in this episode that she kept that name her whole life, which is only making me wonder more. Even from the little we've seen of her, I have already decided that Reiko is one of my favorite characters, so I do hope the story is not a sad one...Not too sad, at least. |
| Best episode since... Zoku, Loveable. |
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| Aw, Natsume ;A; I seriously want to hug you. At first, I felt something distinct this time around, and no, I’m not referring to the slightly off animation —which looked funny, I must add—; it had an contemplative aura, more… reserved. Mostly because it had to do with Natsume’s bottled up feelings — the entire episode seemed to centre on his introspective view upon the lingering, melancholic flashbacks the memory of his parent’s elicited. Very much like a dream. DID I HEAR MIYUKICHI AS THAT YOUKAI THAT RECEIVED ITS NAME EARLIER? Natsume made a weird face when giving the youkai its name, um. God I love your closet, Natsume. That’s just so cute. Haha, don’t just tease the poor boy that way, guys~ That’s how you do it, Tanuma. Thanks for always being such a bro and telling Natsume to stop lying to himself. Same for you too, Nishimura, Kitamoto. I was fearing they might not show his parent’s faces… and then there it was and I rejoiced. I don’t know, it was a truly heart-warming moment. Taki~♥! Glad she’s getting screen time again, if only for a little bit. … D-DON’T TELL ME THAT DISC YOU AND SASADA BOUGHT IS NATORI’S. …IS IT?! No, it can’t be. It’s supposed to be released on May 15 and it’s still March. … wait a second, what am I thinking so hard about? … woah, there’s a theme song album planned to release? I never even dreamed we’d get any of the sort; I didn’t even think Natsume Yuujinchou would be suited for anything like that… I’m positively intrigued and excited. Can’t wait for it~ I hope it’s got Natori singing. Looking forward to the next episode, as ever~ |
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| I'm so happy that we got to see Natsume's parents; looked like great people. Next episode looks great as well. |
| Excellent. Really heartwarming episode. Taki and Sensei are amusing as usual. XD |
| He should have kept the house, he'll graduate soon and having his own house to move into would be a good thing. No matter how much the Fujiwaras love him, I doubt they want him to live there forever, especially if he ever gets married. |
| Beautiful. Natsume is sweet again. He can't be disliked, can he? |
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