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EP. REVIEW: Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7




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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:41 pm Reply with quote
Book of Friends is one of the most consistent manga/anime. It’s nice that the quality hasn’t dropped after all these years.
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 2:28 pm Reply with quote
It's very weird that after all these years the subs are now calling Nyanko-sensei "Master Kitty Cat." oO At any rate, it's good to have it back.
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Saeryen



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:20 am Reply with quote
This anime is truly the GOAT of all GOATs.
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crosswithyou



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:52 pm Reply with quote
This series continues to be my all-time favorite. After booking the director and animation producer (currently CEO of Shuka) for FanimeCon back in 2013, I'm lucky to have a continued friendship with them. Every time a season ends, I ask Omori san when the next will be. He had been telling me to wait for the past 7 years for this 7th season!!!! Laughing

Absolutely worth the wait though. Mini sensei was absolutely adorable and the series has me feeling warm and fuzzy every Monday.
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 2:03 pm Reply with quote
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the episode seems to hint heavily that Yorishima knew Reiko, and that's why Natsume seems familiar to him. How well did he know Reiko? Are we looking at Natsume's grandfather in the flesh?

I would say no, since Natori directly asked him if he'd heard of Natsume Reiko and he said no. Since you said he was a reliable narrator, I don't know why you'd doubt him in this case. Not that he couldn't be unreliable here, I guess. Or that he knew her but not her name. Smile Anyway, I still think not. I think what's familiar to him is the youkai energy bound up in the Book's names.
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SinisterOracle



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:24 am Reply with quote
I hope we see more of Matoba and Tanuma soon. I rather like them both. This season is feeling a little flat for me. I hope they do at least one story over two or three episodes instead of ayakashi/yokai of the week all season.
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Nev999



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 11:37 am Reply with quote
Tbh, I don't think there's any proof that Yorishima is a reliable narrator. He could very well be lying about knowing Reiko. A possibility for him being Natsume's grandfather is that after being eaten by the yokai, he thought it was too dangerous to go back to her and now after she died probably thinking he abandoned her, he's consumed by guilt so he doesn't want to acknowledge the connection. Or the yokai possessing him could be messing with his memories, so maybe he legit doesn't remember Reiko. The fact he has Natsume's manga color scheme (in the manga Natsume has silver hair and green eyes) seems to be a point in the grandfather favor.

But he could very well be a red herring and not Natsume's grandfather at all. The yokai knowing Reiko while he doesn't could also make sense.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:16 pm Reply with quote
SinisterOracle wrote:
I hope they do at least one story over two or three episodes instead of ayakashi/yokai of the week all season.


I'm hoping for the opposite. Episode 3 already fell flat for me because of the exorcist angle to it, the episodic youkai are always more fun for me
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Mumei5



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:53 am Reply with quote
SinisterOracle wrote:
I hope we see more of Matoba and Tanuma soon. I rather like them both. This season is feeling a little flat for me. I hope they do at least one story over two or three episodes instead of ayakashi/yokai of the week all season.


I don't know if you'll get that this season, but I do know that there have been several two, three, and even a couple five or six chapter long story arcs in the manga past the point where anything has been adapted, and while manga was running every two months and so had longer chapters, too. So even if you don't anything that lasts two or three episodes this season they'll do it eventually if we get more seasons.

That said, I did see a Tumblr post that purported to have the list of chapters being adapted for the season, and while they did miss one (it wasn't in their list), they have been right so far with what they did list. If they are right, I suspect there will be at least one two parter.
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:36 pm Reply with quote
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why can't he magic a broken comb into a whole comb?

The original comb was from a seashell he found. Maybe he can only magic parts of himself.

What a great surprise that was though. I also got a chuckle out of how Nyanko-sensei was skittering like a bug ahead of Natsume as he climbed the tree. And any episode with Misuzu in it is a win for me.
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