And so, this was the comedic episode of Natsume Yuujinchou. Nyanko-sensei was completely hilarious here, but it’s yet again a wonderful story about Natsume himself as well. This one really takes the themes of him not wanting to involve others, and builds further upon it, putting him in a situation where he’s just completely powerless and in the mercy of them.
It’s another two-episode arc here, and I am particularly curious to see how the aftermath will end up. Nyanko-sensei didn’t bother to stay in character at all, which was especially bad with Sasada this was particularly bad. You can really see that Natsume usually does his best to stay polite, and this was about the complete opposite of that.
The best part of this episode though, was how it combined the comedy so well with the drama. I mean, usually with these kinds of episodes characters start overacting a bit too much. Everyone here stayed in character, yet showed something new here. Especially the final parts of this episode, as Natsume watched Tanuma get involved into something that might seriously harm him.
Rating: *** (Awesome)
Mostly enjoyable episode! Looking forward to next week
I loved this episode. Nyanko-sensei was hilarious as Natsume, I couldn’t stop laughing.
Tanuma was really cool too.
“Dooouuu yooo?!”
Nyanko sensei Natsume was brilliant. I felt so bad for Natsume as Nyanko proceeded to trash his reputation! I could really get a feel for the different levels of politeness.
I really liked how Natsume was beginning to loosen up, he was able to joke and tease his friend, and I loved how when he ate the corn cob there were bits stuck to his face.
However there was one point, when he dropped the corn cob, he just walked off and didn’t pick it up. Natsume wouldn’t litter!!! So I think they should have added him tidying it up, or cut it differently.
So many great parts, like when Nyanko sensei just started messing with the jar. Definitely an episode that I’ll rewatch
I love the part where natsume ask nyanko-sensei “Is that how I look to you?” and nyanko sensei went on posing “ohhh raa!”