Natsume Yuujin Chou 19.1

Ashitaka x Taiyou/Transcendence Scans Use Only

Natsume Yuujinchou Special Arc 04

Code
T- Tanuma
U- Unknown
M- Nyanko-sensei
N- Natsume

01
Natsume Yuujinchou Special Arc 4
The Natsume Book of Observations 3

02
T- Ever since I was small I have sometimes seen strange things
T- As it seems other people cannot feel them
T- I have no clues as to what they are
U- Tanuma-kun
U- You get along well with Natsume-kun right?
U- We were asked by a teacher to give this to him, so…
T- Okay, I’ll stop by his house
U- Really?

03
U- Thank goodness, Natsume-kun just seems hard to talk to somehow…
T- Huh?
T- He’s much friendlier than I am though
U- Really?
T- My friend Natsume Takashi is
T- ‘Friendly’ but ‘His smiles seem fake’
T- But that can’t be helped can it?
T- He has a secret from everybody
T- It seems he can clearly see the beings called youkai
T- I can only see shadows and sense them
T- And even that is quite painful
T- Natsume must have it even worse
T- Even so he rarely ever complains
T- At times when he gets caught up with ayakashi he suddenly stops coming to see me. I thought I had found a comrade but

04
T- To Natsume it must seem that we are on very different levels
T- That’s not it, he’s probably being considerate of me
T- Because I am easily affected by their energy
Sfx bubble under previous bubble- Throb
T- …Not again, I’ve been having a lot of headaches lately…
T- Hm?
T- Wha, what? A cat crashed into me…
T- Huh? This ugly cat is Natsume’s…
T- Nyan Nyan-sensei…was it…?

05
T- Oi, Nyan Nyan-sensei, are you okay?
T- Nyan Nyan-sensei?
T- Oi Nyan Nyan…
T- What an embarrassing name
T- Let’s go with Ponta
T- Oi, Ponta, wake up
T- Ponta, are you okay?
T- Ponta
M- …Nya
M- That’s Nyanko-sensei you fool!!
M- Mu, you’re pretty good for a fool
T- Wha… the…
T- The cat talked…
Sfx- Ha
M- …Crap, has Natsume still not
M- Was he hiding my identity from you…?

06
T- …Eh
M- Makes sense I suppose, he can see properly so
M- You’re not of much use to him
T- …That’s probably true
T- …Is Ponta
M- Its Nyanko-sensei
T- Is Nyanko-sensei… a youkai…?
M- Yes, and a very high class one at that
T- …I see
T- …This is my first time
T- Talking to a youkai
T- Are you Natsume’s underling?
M- No
M- Natsume is my underling
T- What

07
T- Underling… you’re not threatening Natsume or anything are you?
M- Hmph, and what would you do about it if I was?
M- You have no power at all do you?
M- My identity was discovered so I’ll have to destroy the evidence
M- If he finds out I went and exposed it he’ll be very mad so…
M- Itadakima… (T/N: He means to say ‘Itadakimasu’ which is like ‘Bon Apatite’)

08
N- …What,
N- Are you doing,
N- Sen, sei…
T- …Na, Natsume
T- …Natsume, is that cat…
T- A youkai…?
N- Ta, Tanuma…
N- I, I wasn’t particularly trying to hide it from you…
N- He is
N- Something like a body guard
T- Bodyguard?
H/w: Not your boss…?
N- Its… well it’s complicated
N- I couldn’t think of a good way to tell you
N- …So it’s not that I was really trying to hide it from you…
N- …Sorry

09
N- …I’m sorry
N- …The truth is… I was hiding it
N- So with you I could just normally…
N- So that
N- I wouldn’t make you have scary thoughts…
T- Do you
T- Have scary thoughts, Natsume?
N- No…

10
N- I don’t
T- With Natsume I sometimes can’t tell
T- Whether his words are truth or lies
T- A little while ago Natsume came over to hang out
N- ‘Oh, so this is your room Tanuma’
T- Ah, it’s almost time
N- Hm?
T- Look in the corner of the ceiling
N- …Ah
T- Its a beautiful reflection isn’t it, you can even see the shadows of fish
N- Yeah, it’s a reflection from a pond right, the one in your garden?

11
T- No, but there is no pond in my garden, see?
T- So probably the only ones who can see that reflection on the ceiling are
T- You and I…
N- …What?
N- But there is a pond…
T- There isn’t right?
N- What
N- …Oh
N- …Yeah…
N- …I see
T- Ah…
T- Perhaps
T- Perhaps Natsume’s eyes
T- Can also see a pond in the garden
T- …He sees a landscape that is not of the human world…
T- Not like me, who can only see shadows

12
T- I’m sure that Natsume knows the colours of the fish that swim in that pond
T- …Ah, Natsume, I was asked to give you this
N- Hm? Thanks…
T- Natsume, where are you going now?
N- Sensei told me today you can see fireworks somewhere around the mountains
T- Fireworks? I want to see too, can I come?
N- Eh? Really?
N- I don’t think it’ll be a big thing or anything
T- Perfect
T- I’m not good with crowds
N- …Me neither

13
T- Natsume
N- …Yeah?
T- Do the Fujiwara couple know
T- That you can see them?
N- …No
T- …Wouldn’t they believe you?
N- …They’re kind
N- If I told them, I’m sure they would accept it
N- But because they are kind
N- If they thought about everything, I’m sure it would hurt them
N- …I don’t…
N- Want that…
N- Even if it’s egotistical

14
N- I just want them to always be smiling…
T- Ah, it’s started
T- It’s a country town festival, so they always make each shot count
N- Yeah…
N- …Ah
T- But it’s beautiful isn’t it
N- Yeah…
T- …Natsume…?
T- Natsume
N- …Sorry
N- Actually I can’t really see

15
N- There’s a huge ayakashi in the way
N- But I can tell it must be beautiful
N- Such a huge ayakashi
N- Is watching so intently
T- …I see…
T- In the world that Natsume sees

16
T- I wonder just what colour
T- Those fish are
T- I wonder if he will tell me about it someday
T- I wonder if someday I will be able to ask him
T- Let’s walk a bit further Natsume
T- I can watch while we’re walking, and we might find a spot where you can see
N-Eh…
N-…Yeah, let’s go