#ny ask

[guanshanbabyfox]

Hi, how are you? Hope you're doing fine. Anyways, this latest chapter is actually not the sketch we saw on OX post about those plush toys, right?

Hey cutie I’m doing fine thank you for asking, hope you as well

No it’s not from those sketches

Like I said it’ll probably be for tianshan reunion or an official art!

[skygemspeaks]

Lets go with Natsume Yuujinchou for the fandom ask, please!

Yesss <3 Thank you, honestly I love being able to answer Natsume asks and if not for you I doubt anyone else would ask for them XD Ilysm.

Favorite Male Character: Natsume Takashi

He’s precious and beautiful and deserves all the love. He had such a sad childhood, and I’m so glad he has so many people now that adore him <3

Favorite Female Character: Natsume Reiko

Aka my GODDESS. Every flashback we see with her in it makes me so sad for her. I wonder if Natsume would have become like her if he’d never met the Fujiwaras? We still don’t know anything about how she died, and a part of me is hoping that maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a plot twist and find out that she became a youkai or something, and Natsume will finally be able to meet her.

Least Favorite Character: Matoba Seiji

I mean yeah, he makes things hella more interesting every time he shows up but like? He’s kinda an asshole??? I would definitely be super interested to learn more about him though. It seems like he does have potential to become something of an ally though, if he just kinda improves his character XD I mean, he hasn’t technically done anything evil...yet.

Favorite Ship: Shigeru and Touko <3

they have this sweet, quiet, calm kind of love. And I adore them, honestly. Their little aquarium date in s5 was adorable. And they’re the best foster parents ever and they love Natsume so much!!

Favorite Friendship: Natsume and Nyanko-sensei

Nyanko-sensei is literally the only person Natsume can be completely honest and unguarded with, and their friendship is just the sweetest thing on Earth. I love that Nyanko-sensei always pretends to not care about Natsume at all, but as soon as someone threatens him, he gets super super protective XD

Favorite Quote: “We know the flowers’ petals will fall someday, and yet still, we’re entranced by them.”

No you don’t understand, I cried actual tears when I heard that line. WHY would you end the season on that note!?!?!?!? I love this quote because it just shows how much the Middle Class youkai adore Natsume and it hurts me to think how they’ll feel when he does die.

To youkai, a human’s lifespan is over in the blink of an eye, and there’s something just something so tragic about Natsume worming his way into the hearts of all these youkai, saving them time and time again, only to destroy them in the most painful way possible as they watch him slowly age and wither away and disappear one day. How is Nyanko-sensei going to deal???

Worst Character Death (if any): Natsume Reiko.

There aren’t very many character deaths in this series, but this one in particular hurts me so much. We start off the series knowing she’s dead, and we don’t particularly care much because we don’t know her. But we learn about her, little by little, and she’s selfish and capricious and lonely. And I hope desperately that she was able to find something to make her happy before she died.

We’re told she died young, but how young? Did she ever get to hold her daughter? Did she ever get to know the pure, uncomplicated, irrevocable love of a child? Did she get to tell bedtime stories and give goodnight kisses and dream about seeing her daughter grow up into a beautiful, strong, confident young woman? Because God, I hope so.

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment:

BEST!!! FOSTER!!!! PARENTS!!!!! EVER!!!! Look how happy he is!! So precious!! They love him so much!!! And living with them, it’s the first time he’s ever had somewhere to belong so completely, since his father died when he was a young child. He finally gets to act his age, and he has a place that he’s happy to call home, he has people he loves to come home to.

Saddest Moment: When Natsume temporarily loses his “sight” and can’t see Nyanko-sensei, despite him being right there in the room with him.

This series has no shortage of sad moments, but this one completely broke my heart. It’s just heartbreaking and horribly lonely for the both of them. For Natsume, who finally found a friend who he didn’t have to hide anything from, who understood him and didn’t try to change him, and after all these months of having him as a constant companion...he is suddenly alone again. And it’s heartbreaking for Nyanko-sensei, who found this little boy he’s come to care for fiercely and become so protective of, and suddenly his precious boy can’t see him anymore, despite being so close they’re practically touching.

Favorite Location: Just...Natsume’s entire town. It’s so beautiful???

[skygemspeaks]

Sky, what are your thoughts on Matoba?? Like, I like him but I also know that if I ever met him in real life, I'd take a bat to his face and help Natsume escape.

Honestly, I think he’s a really interesting interesting, but like you said, I wanna bash his beautiful face in because this boy is up to something shady af. He’s got really questionable morals and I’m feeling really wary about him, which is sad because I *want* him to be a good guy, but it looks like he’s being set up to be a major antagonist later on in the series >3>

Although the thing is, I get really excited whenever I see him, because I just love all the plot arcs that include the exorcists, because they’re always soooo freaking interesting, and I love seeing them find out how freaking powerful Natsume is, y’know?

Ahhhhh, why can’t Natsume Yuujinchou update more often T^T I’m still on the edge of my seat here because in recent chapters there’ve been hints that we might learn something more of Reiko’s husband.

[skygemspeaks]

Saaaaame. Whenever he pops up I'm like, "Fucking Matoba. Ok, what's he up to? Stop being so pretty and shifty af." I need to get back into reading it ^^

Yess! You definitely have to finish reading it!! It’s super awesome, and things have started heating up recently.

Although I will forever be salty that we only get new updates like once every decade >3> I need my fix of Natsume and Nyanko-sensei, dammit!

[skygemspeaks]

When I scrolled past your post about Kogitsune, I thought you were talking about Kogitsunemaru from Touken Ranbu and got really excited for a minute. 😂 But you were talking about a character from a show I'm not familiar with. My curiosity is peaked though so maybe I'll check out this Natsume Yuujinchou. 😅

Awww, sorry to get your hopes up, my friend XDD

You should definitely check out Natsume Yuujinchou though!! It’s super awesome and interesting and it’s such a bittersweet little slice-of-life series.

Though I do have to warn you, Kogitsune is only a minor recurring character. I think he’s in like…three or four episodes? Out of the whole five seasons. Which is really a shame. Because he and the other three “child” youkai (Kirinoha, Kai, and Tama) are all so sweet and precious and I love them so much and I’m so sad we don’t get to see them more often!

The series is mainly episodic, but it does have some really good plot arcs later on in the series! It does have something of an overarching plot line, but it’s very subtle, and slow-moving, which I really like about it.

[chaegute]

amorzinho, faz uma pack pra mim com essas fotinhas do ji, por favor?

aqui meu amor ♡

[chwedout]

4 and 21 for the new years ask! 💚

4 - list the top five movies you watched this year

This was a very hard q for me to answer bc I watched so many good films but off the top of my head it would have to be: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021, dir. Jon Watts), The Green Knight (2021, dir. David Lowery), Whiplash (2014, dir. Damien Chazelle), The Florida Project (2017, dir. Sean Baker), Minari (2020, dir. Lee Isaac Chung)

21 - how would you describe your year in a word?

chaos

ask me some questions before the year ends!

[skygemspeaks]

btw how much do you recommend natsume yuujinchou? im thinking about recontinuing it (i watched a few episodes and stopped)

I would 1000000000000000000% recommend watching it. It’s one of my fav animes of all time.