Ah it’s the last episode. Normally last episodes wrap up the plot nicely. Instead we just get an episode of fan service. Oh well!
I’m going to divide this review into 4 sections: Plot, Fanservice, episode impressions and final impressions.
Plot
So it looks like this fellow is ‘Important to the Plot’
Natsumes gay follower found out that Nyanko is a youkai and can talk. Also this fellow is important to the plot. And that is really about it.
Fanservice:
Basically the rest of the episode. All of our favorite and not so favorite are back!
YAY! Fox-boy is back!
and so is Nyankos best friend
You were only here an episode ago, did you really need to come back?
Yeah…I would have preferred Bullseye to come back
Sasada was basically bullied for the entire episode. Actually the entire series
13 episodes and they’ve only gotten dumber
While it was fun to see them all again, that was really their only purpose.
Episode Impressions:
My theory for this episode was that they weren’t sure if they were going to get a second season so they didn’t make the last episode until they got conformation. It would explain why the animation was slightly different and also explain the absense of plot. Not a great episode really.
Final Impressions:
I’m going to keep this relatively short since it’s hard to fully review a series when it’s only halfway through. So Natsume Yuujinchou was…very good. Not amazing but enjoyable and light-hearted yet surprisingly deep when it wanted to be. Where I felt the series was at it’s strongest was when it went into episodic format, where Natsume would meet some youkai and help them, such as Bullseye or the fox-boy. It was in these episodes when the show gave off the ‘Mushishi-lite’ vibes the strongest.
I’m now looking forward to next season, which I’ll probably blog as well. This is the first series I blogged and I actually quite enjoyed writing about it. So we say goodbye to Natsume, to Nyanko, to countless Cyclopes and wait, until January
And finally, a bunch of my favorite screencaps I took during the course of the show
I think Nyanko suggested something sexual at this point
One day I will learn how to make proper wallpapers and turn this into a masterpiece
*Explodes with cuteness*
And that’s the end of Natsume Yuujinchou — Sayonara!
2 Comments
Hahaha! I love your reviews! Just saw the last episode a few hours ago and went hunting for anything Natsume Yuujinchou
The series is sort of like Mushishi only less haunting and more light hearted and not as much in-depth. I was hoping it to wrap up nicely as well but now it just leaves me dangling with all these hints on Natori and Tanuma. Why oh why??
Ah thanks! Glad to see someone enjoyed reading my reviews as much as I liked writing about them.
The second season is in about a month so there really isn’t much of a wait. I would like to blog it again, but work is catching up on me recently so it’s unlikely.