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Jun 17, 2015 8:00 PM
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How can someone hate a work so perfect? It makes me just want to end my life sometimes, you know what I mean? Natsume is the best anime, you just need to admit it.
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Jun 17, 2015 8:01 PM
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it cured my insomnia
Jun 17, 2015 8:01 PM
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I admitted it and still died.

WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME?
Jun 17, 2015 8:02 PM
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Varista said:
I admitted it and still died.

WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME?

go to your nearest church, take a picture of Natsume Takashi, print it out and grab the priest. Then, pull down your pants and proceed to piss all over it. That should bring you to salvation.
Jun 17, 2015 8:03 PM
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Why such masterpiece be hated? Its calm and cute
but ist not a shocker coz some hates Mushishi as well
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Jun 17, 2015 8:04 PM
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I tried killing myself several times so I could become Natsume's friend.
Jun 17, 2015 8:05 PM
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I don't want to waste my precious life to meet Natsume.
Jun 17, 2015 8:06 PM
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GrandTemplar said:
I don't want to waste my precious life to meet Natsume.

kill the heretic
Jun 17, 2015 8:07 PM
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sammario said:
GrandTemplar said:
I don't want to waste my precious life to meet Natsume.

kill the heretic


you don't deserve to meet Natsume-sama
Jun 17, 2015 8:16 PM
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Iucifer said:
sammario said:

kill the heretic


you don't deserve to meet Natsume-sama


Natsume-sama will forgive my sin.
Jun 17, 2015 8:19 PM

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I've never seen it before. I suppose it might be a good idea to stick it onto my ptw list to watch sometime in the future.
Jun 17, 2015 8:32 PM

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its my favorite anime, i have a natsume shrine and worship it everyday
Jun 17, 2015 8:34 PM
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freduy5 said:
its my favorite anime, i have a natsume shrine and worship it everyday

MY NIGGA
Jun 17, 2015 8:34 PM

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The manga was nice as well, I don't see why people would hate it. It was a relaxing show to watch, no heavy drama, great ost, and va's. Also a big fan of hotarubi no mori e, which has the same author.
save all the cute girls from ntr manga
Jun 17, 2015 8:36 PM

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Know said:
The manga was nice as well, I don't see why people would hate it. It was a relaxing show to watch, no heavy drama, great ost, and va's.
these are the "reasons" why they hate it;
1) Its boring
2) It has no main plot
3) Its a sleeper
4) Its boring

trust me, I met people with that kind of reasoning
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Jun 17, 2015 8:36 PM

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Is the anime or manga better? Share and discuss stories.
Jun 17, 2015 8:37 PM

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Remv_quevav said:
Know said:
The manga was nice as well, I don't see why people would hate it. It was a relaxing show to watch, no heavy drama, great ost, and va's.
these are the "reasons" why they hate it;
1) Its boring
2) It has no main plot
3) Its a sleeper
4) Its boring
it can cure their insomnia :d
save all the cute girls from ntr manga
Jun 17, 2015 8:38 PM

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mayukachan said:
Is the anime or manga better? Share and discuss stories.
there's no better, They are completely on par with each other (even the animu might surpass teh mango)
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Jun 17, 2015 8:42 PM

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Never seen it but if someone were to hate my favorite characters i simply wud not care
Jun 17, 2015 8:52 PM

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There are haters for literally every show, don't know why your focusing on one this one group of people. I personally enjoy the show a lot, but Mushishi improves on it in almost every way.

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Jun 17, 2015 8:53 PM

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lol that's what I say about people who hate on School Days.
Boy is responding to that fun.
Jun 17, 2015 9:07 PM

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Deus-Vult said:
mayukachan said:
Is the anime or manga better? Share and discuss stories.
there's no better, They are completely on par with each other (even the animu might surpass teh mango)

My friend who watch/read both hates the anime lol
Jun 17, 2015 9:10 PM

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mayukachan said:
Deus-Vult said:
there's no better, They are completely on par with each other (even the animu might surpass teh mango)

My friend who watch/read both hates the anime lol
maybe they hated on it coz it wasnt on the same chronological order with the mango's chapter releases
They animu was great and it is one of the few animus out there that can challenge its mango so I dnt understand teh hate lmao
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Jun 17, 2015 9:45 PM

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Natsume Takashi is our savior. All must hold him in reverence, for he is a living saint. Those who dare to slander his name will pay dearly. I mean it. I will track down your IP address and... you can leave the rest to your imagination.
Jun 17, 2015 9:45 PM

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season 2 was awesome, the rest of it was hit or miss, a few really good episodes with 2 or 3 meh ones in between.
Jun 17, 2015 9:50 PM
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season 2 was awesome, the rest of it was hit or miss, a few really good episodes with 2 or 3 meh ones in between.

Eh, I agree. The arcs were really hit or miss for me, but the episodic ones were pretty good. Season 2 is my favorite as well, surprised most people like the first season more lmao
Jun 17, 2015 9:53 PM

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sammario said:
gombocidal said:
season 2 was awesome, the rest of it was hit or miss, a few really good episodes with 2 or 3 meh ones in between.

Eh, I agree. The arcs were really hit or miss for me, but the episodic ones were pretty good. Season 2 is my favorite as well, surprised most people like the first season more lmao


Dat episode with the one ghost thingy in the tree from when he was a kid, I crie evrytiem.

But really I should rewatch the whole thing, I don't remember much about the show just that season 2 was my favorite.
Jun 17, 2015 9:58 PM

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Who dares to hate Natsume Yuujinchou? Those kinds of people should be bombed.
Jun 17, 2015 10:03 PM
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Ehm... what?
Jun 17, 2015 10:24 PM

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Aurali said:
Natsume Takashi is our savior. All must hold him in reverence, for he is a living saint. Those who dare to slander his name will pay dearly. I mean it. I will track down your IP address and... you can leave the rest to your imagination.
Thou art must hath an altar for our patron for depressed people, Natsume sama
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Jun 18, 2015 1:08 AM

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Like any other series, because of the fans.
Jun 18, 2015 2:02 AM

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WTF? i, i, i, i have no words for this cultism.
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Jun 18, 2015 3:17 PM
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Know said:
Remv_quevav said:
these are the "reasons" why they hate it;
1) Its boring
2) It has no main plot
3) Its a sleeper
4) Its boring
it can cure their insomnia :d


True about the main plot, and it had some more boring episodes, but mostly it was enjoyfull to watch, but I think the rating on MAL scale is a bit higher, that I expected it to be. Normally I score higher than the rating itself.
Jun 18, 2015 9:36 PM

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tsudecimo said:
Like any other series, because of the fans.
and why should you hate a series coz of its fanbase? that's just flawed logic
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Explain how someone can hate this piece of art. Please.
Jul 10, 2015 5:58 PM
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Explain how someone can hate this piece of art. Please.

literally me
Jul 27, 2019 2:22 PM
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I know right, only heartless bastards could hate this show.

They need to be enlightened by Natsume, the purest boy in all of anime.

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Speaking of this series being hated on, literally every episode discussion of every season, including the movie, has gotten around 26-28 1/5 downvotes. Now every episode poll has a huge chunk of 1/5s that looks quite unnatural.

What shocks me more is that not only would they downvote episode discussions (like seriously, what does that benefit), but it's Natsume of all things. Like, who would hate this series so much that they'd dedicate days making alt accounts and downvoting every individual episode. Neither is series ridiculously highly-rated, nor it is immensely popular. And its fanbase is pretty small and quiet too, so this is kinda bewildering :P
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I loved Mushishi but this one was boring



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If you don’t like Natsume Yuujinchou you’re heartless and have no idea how to feel emotion. Madara is too superior for them. They couldn’t possibly understand Natsume to begin with.
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I hate it. Now perish.

Kidding, I haven't even watched it. The synopsis has never managed to rouse my interest. The cover also makes it look like it's a boring slice of life anime. I might be wrong tho, idk.
Dec 23, 2019 2:54 PM
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do people even hate this show? lol
Jan 19, 2020 2:48 AM
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Who gives a shit about those haters. Natsume Yuujinchou is such a great series
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Honestly this series is a bit overrated here in MAL. Natsume is a useless main character unlike Ginko of Mushishi.
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What monster hates a show as wholesome and beautiful as Natsume?? Disgusting.

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I planned watching this show for probably well over a year. I recently got to finishing the first season and starting the second one. So far I'm not very impressed, it's good for relaxing, but it's not something that gets you glued to the screen and watching episode after episode.

That is the same case with Mushishi for me. It was also episodic and there was no overarching story to follow. At first I found Mushishi really cool because of the art, music and the plot, but eventually devolved into something repetitive and predictable like Scooby-Doo, same goes for Natsume Yuujinchou.

Both animes are OK, but not something amazing.


Attack on Titan was interesting at first if one did not follow the manga, because the origin of titans was interesting and what lead to the world ending up the way it was, then as things progressed and I read some of the manga story on the Wikia, I realized that it becomes really stupid and trivial and dropped it.

My Hero Academia was the same way as Attack on Titan, but somehow manages to keep me looking forward to the next season.

Probably the most interesting anime right now for me that I'm looking forward to is Overlord, because I haven't read the manga and I don't know what happens next, but the last season left me asking for more.

This is not the case with either Natsume Yuujinchou or Mushishi. Even Great Teacher Onizuka, which was also episodic was somewhat more interesting. But between Natsume and Mushishi, I'd say Natsume is better, because it has more recurring characters, whereas in Mushishi it's only Ginko, that doctor with the monocle and the girl with the black leg, whose names I can't even remember, but in Natsume, there are his classmates and some Youkai that keep reappearing so it's more fun, Mushishi somehow feels lonely and depressing.
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Mayuka said:
Deus-Vult said:
there's no better, They are completely on par with each other (even the animu might surpass teh mango)

My friend who watch/read both hates the anime lol
Tell your friend he's a moron if he watched this anime when he already hated the manga
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This show is pretty far from perfect lol. The only reason its score is so high is because for the most part the only people who knew this show existed and bothered to watch it are the kind of people who love this sort of show anyway; resulting in its score being grossly inflated. If a wider more mainstream audience bothered to watch this its score would have dropped like a rock. Now if you're a fan of the Iyashikei and Yokai genres hey I'm sure it's a masterpiece. However most people are not, so for your average person with an actual brain that needs actual stimulation not "cozy" bullshit where nothing happens; this show is mind numbingly boring (outside a few good stories in it). Everything I just said applies to Mushishi as well which I'm sure everybody here loves too.
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I dont wanna commit suicide but these neagtive reviews make me very upset. Like dont watch this expecting it to act like demon slayer or something. Its called Natsume's book of friends this is clearly not the same vibe. I hate how shounentards act like the only way to write a story is like any typical shounen does. It really makes anime look one dimensional if we start treating the medium like that.
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This show is pretty far from perfect lol. The only reason its score is so high is because for the most part the only people who knew this show existed and bothered to watch it are the kind of people who love this sort of show anyway; resulting in its score being grossly inflated. If a wider more mainstream audience bothered to watch this its score would have dropped like a rock. Now if you're a fan of the Iyashikei and Yokai genres hey I'm sure it's a masterpiece. However most people are not, so for your average person with an actual brain that needs actual stimulation not "cozy" bullshit where nothing happens; this show is mind numbingly boring (outside a few good stories in it). Everything I just said applies to Mushishi as well which I'm sure everybody here loves too.
dont you think its a little flawed to be judging shows on one scale its like a restaurant reviewer comparing how good the food at a burger place is to how good another restaurant's sushi? It makes no sense compare slice of life to slice of life to shounen or other sorts of stories with an overarching plot. Some people want a relaxing episodic show it has nothing to do with not having a brain. I mean heck Im an A student studying literature at a university level and i love this show? Cause different genres have different purposes and audiences.
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