WEBVTT 00:05.150 --> 00:11.450 Natsume's Book of Friends 00:08.610 --> 00:11.450 [7] 01:31.650 --> 01:32.980 Hey, look! 01:32.980 --> 01:35.200 Is that Natori Shuichi? 01:35.200 --> 01:36.790 Wow, he's so handsome! 01:35.700 --> 01:37.460 Please stay a bit further back! 01:37.460 --> 01:40.000 Sorry to bother you during filming. 01:40.000 --> 01:41.620 It's fine. 01:41.620 --> 01:46.640 The director can be awfully particular, so I end up sitting around a lot. 01:46.640 --> 01:48.920 It's a nice change of pace. 01:50.130 --> 01:54.340 Oh, Toko-san said this was thanks for those biwa. 01:55.260 --> 01:57.790 They're from a new shop, and very good. 01:57.790 --> 01:59.780 Thanks, Natsume. 01:59.780 --> 02:01.230 Anyway, I'll be going. 02:01.230 --> 02:04.250 Nyah! Nyah! Nyah! 02:08.640 --> 02:10.510 Oh, fine. 02:15.570 --> 02:17.650 Stop whining. 02:38.030 --> 02:39.040 You caught him? 02:39.700 --> 02:42.050 The one who dodged my spell? 02:44.630 --> 02:46.430 My name's Natori. 02:46.430 --> 02:50.960 I'm new here, but if you'd like to hire me, I can help. 02:54.430 --> 02:56.980 Wonderfully done. 02:54.440 --> 02:58.940 Seal 02:56.980 --> 02:58.940 I could learn a thing or two from you. 03:03.320 --> 03:07.620 He's strong, but he's so new that he's not getting any normal customers, I hear. 03:07.620 --> 03:10.590 He's just a little brat who wants to show off his power. 03:10.880 --> 03:14.340 My days are filled with useless noise. 03:16.830 --> 03:18.620 Look, that's rare. 03:18.620 --> 03:20.730 Natori's napping. 03:20.730 --> 03:23.600 He probably thinks he can slack off 'cause he's smart. 03:23.600 --> 03:25.270 Lucky guy. 03:25.270 --> 03:26.620 Hey, Natori. 03:27.100 --> 03:28.660 Here are my notes. 03:29.360 --> 03:31.470 At least write this part down. 03:31.470 --> 03:34.490 It felt like it was definitely going to be on the test. 03:34.930 --> 03:37.050 No, I... 03:37.050 --> 03:39.330 Tomita! Let's go! 03:39.330 --> 03:40.510 Okay! 03:40.510 --> 03:42.230 Give it back tomorrow, then. 03:42.230 --> 03:45.140 Hey, wait! 03:43.090 --> 03:44.500 Let's go! 03:46.350 --> 03:48.070 Who was that? 03:48.070 --> 03:50.190 Tomita, right? 03:50.190 --> 03:52.350 Tomita Haruomi, right? 03:53.610 --> 03:57.200 In a world filled with casual malice, 03:57.200 --> 04:00.130 some people were just naturally kind. 04:00.740 --> 04:03.300 That's the kind of person I wanted to be. 04:03.300 --> 04:07.250 Meeting! Meeting! 04:17.270 --> 04:19.270 Western Plain Wednesday 04:17.930 --> 04:19.270 The western plain... 04:19.560 --> 04:21.060 on Wednesday. 04:24.030 --> 04:28.610 If he came all this way, does that mean somebody wants to see me? 04:31.960 --> 04:33.230 I'm back. 04:33.540 --> 04:37.540 The 04:33.540 --> 04:37.540 Outstretched 04:33.540 --> 04:37.540 Hand 04:41.280 --> 04:44.420 Tomita, thanks for letting me borrow your notebook. 04:45.270 --> 04:46.730 What's wrong? 04:46.730 --> 04:50.310 I'm just not feeling well today. 04:56.410 --> 04:59.280 Tomita, let's go play soccer. 04:59.280 --> 05:01.750 Sorry, not today. 05:01.750 --> 05:04.070 What? You're no fun. 05:04.790 --> 05:06.000 Sorry. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.740 Oh, fine. Let's just do it next time. 05:08.740 --> 05:10.050 Okay. 05:21.930 --> 05:23.250 Tomita? 05:24.800 --> 05:27.480 Our next class is in another room. 05:27.480 --> 05:28.810 Are you okay? 05:30.100 --> 05:32.090 Oh, yeah. 05:33.090 --> 05:34.760 Thanks for coming to remind me. 05:34.760 --> 05:36.680 You're a good guy, Natori. 05:36.680 --> 05:39.120 I just came to get something I forgot. 05:39.930 --> 05:41.850 You sure you're okay? 05:41.850 --> 05:44.850 Yeah. I'll just take a quick nap. 05:54.260 --> 05:55.560 Stop it. 05:55.560 --> 05:58.100 Get away from him! 06:02.380 --> 06:04.380 Go someplace else! 06:16.140 --> 06:16.950 Huh? 06:17.820 --> 06:19.150 Natori? 06:19.150 --> 06:21.600 Sorry, were you waiting for me? 06:21.600 --> 06:23.230 Nope, I wasn't. 06:23.720 --> 06:24.990 I see. 06:27.600 --> 06:29.940 I feel a lot better after that nap. 06:36.170 --> 06:37.650 Ugly. 06:39.910 --> 06:41.970 You are ugly. 06:41.970 --> 06:43.170 Go away. 06:43.880 --> 06:46.400 How long are you going to stay there? 06:46.400 --> 06:48.020 You're useless. 06:47.360 --> 06:48.420 Again? 06:49.990 --> 06:52.420 I just need to ignore it. 06:52.690 --> 06:55.760 Whether I can see it or not. 07:02.310 --> 07:03.880 You interfered. 07:07.350 --> 07:09.080 You interfered! 07:15.310 --> 07:16.860 Ow... 07:19.430 --> 07:21.250 So it's coming after me, huh? 07:21.740 --> 07:25.010 I wasn't really thinking, but I guess grabbing it was a bad idea. 07:31.760 --> 07:33.260 South Entrance 07:41.030 --> 07:44.220 Nobody's really making contact with me, huh? 08:03.710 --> 08:06.910 Oh, Shuichi-san. Hello. 08:08.230 --> 08:09.890 Matoba Se— 08:09.890 --> 08:11.570 Ow! 08:11.570 --> 08:13.150 Get in here. 08:13.150 --> 08:14.680 I'm trying to hide. 08:15.490 --> 08:19.790 What's the next heir to the Matoba clan doing hiding under a table? 08:19.790 --> 08:21.930 I was hungry. That's all. 08:21.930 --> 08:23.740 That's not what I meant! 08:28.170 --> 08:29.490 What? 08:29.490 --> 08:31.260 No, nothing. 08:32.020 --> 08:34.850 I'm not supposed to be here today. 08:34.850 --> 08:38.960 If the Matoba show up too much, it puts everyone on edge. 08:38.960 --> 08:43.820 And I don't have any real hopes for this meeting. 08:44.450 --> 08:48.990 The era when you could easily find a prodigy is long gone. 08:48.990 --> 08:54.670 The present head of our clan says that everyone here is from a declining family. 08:54.670 --> 08:59.440 But I came anyway, since you can sometimes see interesting things. 09:00.670 --> 09:04.900 And when you're hidden, you can hear interesting things, too. 09:04.900 --> 09:07.460 That's a nasty little hobby, listening under tables. 09:07.460 --> 09:09.340 I know it's undignified, 09:09.340 --> 09:12.060 but gathering information is part of an important family's job, right? 09:12.480 --> 09:14.320 Everybody's so stubborn. 09:14.320 --> 09:16.240 They can't do anything on their own, 09:16.240 --> 09:19.570 but when it gets out of hand, they come crying to us. 09:20.990 --> 09:26.250 If you can find that cute, it means you have power. 09:26.250 --> 09:30.250 So was it you who called me here? 09:30.250 --> 09:34.240 No. Did someone call you? How did they do it? 09:34.240 --> 09:36.000 A familiar? A letter? 09:36.000 --> 09:37.530 Well... 09:38.420 --> 09:40.450 It's got nothing to do with you. 09:41.310 --> 09:43.030 Oh, I recognize that voice. 09:43.440 --> 09:45.990 See you around, Shuichi-san. 09:46.440 --> 09:47.660 H-Hey! 09:51.390 --> 09:53.200 Takuma-san? 09:53.200 --> 09:54.650 Shuichi-kun? 09:56.650 --> 09:58.830 You came to this meeting, too? 09:58.830 --> 10:00.740 Yes, I guess. 10:02.740 --> 10:05.820 Hey, make me your familiar. 10:05.820 --> 10:07.950 No, me. Okay? 10:07.950 --> 10:10.170 You're all so annoying. 10:10.170 --> 10:11.430 Begone. 10:11.430 --> 10:13.670 I don't like men. 10:13.670 --> 10:15.920 So make me your familiar. 10:15.920 --> 10:17.920 Come on, Nanase. 10:17.920 --> 10:20.900 Is that Nanase, from the Matoba clan? 10:20.900 --> 10:21.960 Yes. 10:21.960 --> 10:25.000 Huh? But the Matoba aren't supposed to be here today. 10:25.000 --> 10:26.430 I'm surprised you know that. 10:26.430 --> 10:29.970 The head of the clan isn't supposed to come, but ordinary clan members are allowed. 10:29.970 --> 10:33.920 It's unusual for Nanase-san to be here alone. 10:33.920 --> 10:35.820 Hello, Takuma. 10:36.460 --> 10:37.760 Good evening. 10:37.760 --> 10:39.940 You're as popular as ever, I see. 10:39.940 --> 10:42.670 They're just a bunch of idiot monsters who are acting up 10:42.670 --> 10:45.910 because they know the Matoba themselves aren't coming. 10:45.910 --> 10:48.490 You're not taking more familiars? 10:48.490 --> 10:50.580 Don't be so mean. 10:50.810 --> 10:55.380 Nobody good ever wants to be a familiar for the Matobas. 10:55.380 --> 10:59.590 The only useful ones are the ones that came to serve the Nanase long ago. 10:59.810 --> 11:05.850 But one of them just became tainted and ran away. 11:05.850 --> 11:09.790 It hurts to have someone you were counting on disappear. 11:09.790 --> 11:10.910 A familiar? 11:10.910 --> 11:16.070 Oh? Is this young man the Natori boy, the one everyone's talking about? 11:16.070 --> 11:18.160 My name is Natori Shuichi. 11:18.160 --> 11:21.990 The young master of the Matoba has told me about you. 11:21.990 --> 11:23.310 I see. 11:23.310 --> 11:25.500 I'm sure he told you all kinds of awful things. 11:26.290 --> 11:27.480 I suppose so. 11:28.170 --> 11:29.620 I'd like you to... 11:32.870 --> 11:36.210 Like me to what? 11:36.210 --> 11:38.000 Nothing. 11:38.340 --> 11:41.740 At some point, I'd like to sit down and talk with you. 11:41.740 --> 11:42.690 Now, please excuse me. 11:43.970 --> 11:48.940 Takuma-san, is there something wrong with the Matoba clan's familiars? 11:48.940 --> 11:51.030 Oh, yes. 11:51.380 --> 11:55.040 The Matoba failed to fulfill a promise to a great yokai, 11:55.040 --> 11:57.520 so they've lost a great deal of trust. 11:57.910 --> 12:03.760 They can't form a bond with any good yokai, nor can anyone involved with them. 12:06.000 --> 12:09.000 Natsume's Book of Friends 12:06.000 --> 12:09.000 [7] 12:09.260 --> 12:13.490 In the end, I never found out who called me. 12:13.490 --> 12:16.070 Somebody was playing a prank. 12:16.070 --> 12:17.420 Well, whatever. 12:17.420 --> 12:20.390 I can take my time, little by little. 12:20.390 --> 12:24.740 I just need to be someone who is needed by others. 12:34.550 --> 12:36.220 You interfered. 12:39.870 --> 12:41.260 You interfered. 12:41.750 --> 12:43.330 An exorcist? 12:43.330 --> 12:48.540 You're an exorcist?! 12:48.540 --> 12:51.780 I'll make you suffer! 12:53.430 --> 12:54.730 Natori! 12:54.730 --> 12:55.790 You okay? 12:58.540 --> 13:00.410 You look pale. 13:02.040 --> 13:03.380 I'm fine. 13:03.810 --> 13:05.250 If you say so. 13:05.250 --> 13:07.040 Hey, Tomita! 13:07.680 --> 13:09.190 Let's go to the school store. 13:09.190 --> 13:10.350 Okay! 13:12.630 --> 13:14.610 Just ignore Natori. 13:14.610 --> 13:15.730 He's creepy. 13:15.730 --> 13:17.830 Is he really? 13:17.830 --> 13:19.170 Let's go. 13:19.170 --> 13:20.220 Okay. 13:21.070 --> 13:22.380 Ow... 13:30.580 --> 13:32.620 I'll make you suffer. 13:32.620 --> 13:35.960 I'll make you suffer. I'll make you suffer. 13:37.970 --> 13:39.830 My body feels so heavy. 13:40.240 --> 13:41.890 Oh, dear. 13:42.420 --> 13:44.230 Hey, you. 13:45.390 --> 13:48.540 You're possessed by a yokai, aren't you? 14:02.600 --> 14:04.590 Are you the one who called me? 14:05.150 --> 14:06.740 Can you see me? 14:07.200 --> 14:09.490 Little brat. 14:11.890 --> 14:18.250 I'm willing to tell you how to get rid of that thing on your right arm. 14:18.650 --> 14:20.630 Do you know something? 14:20.630 --> 14:24.460 But grant my wish in exchange. 14:24.460 --> 14:27.750 You want me to trust the words of a yokai I barely know? 14:27.750 --> 14:32.820 I'm ugly, so I can understand why you wouldn't trust me. 14:32.820 --> 14:38.270 But it's not often that those who can see yokai pass this way. 14:38.910 --> 14:41.930 I have to take my chance. 14:41.930 --> 14:44.240 I can't say I'll be able to help. 14:44.240 --> 14:46.650 But what is your wish? 14:47.420 --> 14:50.410 Exorcise me. 14:51.490 --> 14:52.650 Why? 14:53.080 --> 14:57.460 I once served a man of power. 14:57.460 --> 15:04.410 But he abandoned me because I was ugly and useless. 15:04.860 --> 15:08.670 And ever since then, I've been sad, so sad... 15:09.160 --> 15:11.930 How long am I to suffer? 15:12.500 --> 15:14.810 I've suffered enough. 15:15.300 --> 15:16.430 Enough. 15:18.180 --> 15:20.600 I'm sorry, but I can't. 15:22.430 --> 15:26.450 I can't exorcise one who is not evil. 15:26.930 --> 15:28.190 I'm sorry. 15:38.720 --> 15:41.680 I feel stupid. 15:41.680 --> 15:46.210 I should've just lied and gotten her to tell me how to exorcise this thing. 15:46.690 --> 15:51.470 I should've just ignored the yokai hurting Tomita. 15:51.790 --> 15:56.990 I should've just had the strength of heart to exorcise that poor yokai, 15:56.990 --> 16:02.660 or the strength to get involved without fearing reprisal. 16:06.010 --> 16:10.610 It feels like it's getting better. Is there something I can do? 16:12.770 --> 16:16.230 Shuichi-san, how are you feeling? 16:16.230 --> 16:17.750 I made rice porridge. 16:17.750 --> 16:19.750 Thanks, Sumi-san. 16:19.750 --> 16:21.770 Leave it there. 16:21.770 --> 16:26.130 Oh, and you have a visitor. 16:27.500 --> 16:29.760 Hello, Shuichi-san. 16:29.760 --> 16:31.250 Matoba! 16:31.250 --> 16:32.960 What are you doing here? 16:32.960 --> 16:37.870 Wouldn't it cause trouble if someone saw you visiting the disgraced Natori family? 16:37.870 --> 16:39.330 It would, indeed. 16:39.330 --> 16:43.350 And the barrier here is old and full of holes. 16:43.350 --> 16:46.650 So come on, let's go. 16:47.500 --> 16:49.900 I'm sure you're not busy, 16:49.900 --> 16:53.290 so let's do an experiment together. 16:53.640 --> 16:54.780 An experiment? 16:54.780 --> 16:58.280 I'll rip off that thing on your right shoulder. 17:00.010 --> 17:01.320 What will you do? 17:03.270 --> 17:05.040 When did you notice? 17:05.040 --> 17:09.280 I noticed a burning smell coming from you during the meeting. 17:09.280 --> 17:12.550 I couldn't see it then, but now I can. 17:13.010 --> 17:15.990 It's absorbing your power, right? 17:15.990 --> 17:17.780 But this one is... 17:18.550 --> 17:19.710 What? 17:19.710 --> 17:21.010 Never mind. 17:21.010 --> 17:23.180 So, where did you find it? 17:23.180 --> 17:26.180 It grabbed onto me when it was wandering around the school. 17:28.240 --> 17:29.950 No, sorry. 17:29.950 --> 17:32.430 It was possessing a classmate. 17:34.360 --> 17:36.810 Did that classmate do something, you think? 17:36.810 --> 17:38.940 Something to make it possess him? 17:39.200 --> 17:41.360 I don't think he's the type. 17:41.360 --> 17:42.910 What is he like? 17:42.910 --> 17:44.940 His name is Tomita Haruomi. 17:45.220 --> 17:47.460 He's cheerful and kind. 17:47.460 --> 17:49.460 I don't know much else. 17:49.460 --> 17:50.300 I see. 17:51.800 --> 17:52.580 Ow. 17:53.090 --> 17:56.490 Huh? That didn't do it either. 17:56.490 --> 17:58.730 You really are experimenting, huh? 17:58.730 --> 18:00.120 Of course. 18:03.230 --> 18:07.720 I thought we might be able to use this yokai again, but I guess not. 18:07.720 --> 18:09.390 "Again"? 18:09.390 --> 18:14.600 It's all puffed up and can't understand speech anymore. 18:14.600 --> 18:16.850 It's too far gone, I'm sure. 18:17.270 --> 18:20.740 Once it shows itself, we separate it with this talisman, 18:21.260 --> 18:23.490 and lure it into this pot. 18:24.160 --> 18:25.370 Thanks. 18:25.650 --> 18:28.630 I'm not just here for your sake, Shuichi-san. 18:28.630 --> 18:30.810 Our goals are merely aligned for now. 18:32.980 --> 18:35.380 You're not going to take a familiar, Shuichi-san? 18:35.380 --> 18:36.380 A familiar? 18:36.640 --> 18:41.060 I know if I had a yokai who would make a promise with me, 18:41.500 --> 18:44.770 I would treasure it. 18:52.040 --> 18:53.100 Here it comes! 19:00.570 --> 19:03.780 I call its name, and nothing of color answers. 19:03.780 --> 19:06.670 By this paper, be separated from thy vessel... 19:08.280 --> 19:11.660 You who taints thy vessel, begone! 19:14.030 --> 19:15.600 It came off. 19:16.300 --> 19:17.700 Dinnertime. 19:29.680 --> 19:32.430 What is that? 19:32.430 --> 19:34.480 Matoba... 19:34.480 --> 19:35.600 Shuichi-san? 19:37.020 --> 19:41.590 Seeing the happy look on his face as he closed the lid, I understood. 19:42.030 --> 19:45.860 He really didn't come to save me. 19:46.430 --> 19:52.620 He probably just wanted to feed whatever he had in that pot. 19:58.440 --> 20:00.070 Where are we? 20:00.070 --> 20:01.890 Your yard. 20:02.500 --> 20:03.720 It's very nice. 20:04.020 --> 20:06.090 Did you carry me here? 20:07.190 --> 20:11.480 Seiji, what are you doing with that thing you're raising? 20:12.220 --> 20:15.840 It listens to me, just a little. 20:16.850 --> 20:18.760 Oh, Shuichi-san. 20:19.220 --> 20:22.490 Don't tell Nanase about this. 20:23.070 --> 20:24.990 Don't tell Nanase-san? 20:24.990 --> 20:26.710 See you around. 20:26.710 --> 20:28.110 Thanks for your help. 20:28.740 --> 20:31.870 If you ever get in real trouble, come here. 20:31.870 --> 20:34.000 I can at least listen to your problems. 20:35.850 --> 20:37.380 I'm fine. 20:38.070 --> 20:39.980 I'm totally fine. 20:41.390 --> 20:45.650 I was curious about what he said, so I looked into it a little. 20:46.340 --> 20:51.640 Perhaps it was Nanase who called me to that meeting, 20:52.010 --> 20:55.020 to exorcise the familiar that fled, 20:55.330 --> 21:00.570 because the head of the Nanase clan two generations ago was named "Haruomi." 21:00.970 --> 21:03.240 The same name as Tomita. 21:04.220 --> 21:07.050 Did the name "Haruomi" attract it? 21:07.830 --> 21:12.030 Was it longing... or hatred? There's no way to know. 21:12.460 --> 21:16.790 But perhaps Matoba took care of the problem in secret, for the Nanase clan's sake? 21:18.270 --> 21:23.680 He makes me angry, but I never saw that pot again. 21:24.760 --> 21:27.180 You're not going to take a familiar, Shuichi-san? 21:27.830 --> 21:28.920 I... 21:29.870 --> 21:32.090 I can't exorcise you, 21:32.090 --> 21:33.930 but will you teach me things? 21:34.930 --> 21:37.280 You can ignore me if you like, 21:37.280 --> 21:40.690 but if you'll talk to me... 21:41.980 --> 21:44.600 Those vines are snake gourd. 21:45.060 --> 21:48.400 So can I call you "Urihime" (Gourd Princess)? 21:51.670 --> 21:53.990 I have to move forward, too. 21:54.600 --> 21:57.170 Overcome my troubles one by one. 21:57.970 --> 22:00.660 Striving to become the person I'd like to be. 23:34.930 --> 23:40.010 Watch Us Again!