Natsume Yuujinchou
Natsume, look!
Lightning! Lightning!
Be quiet. I'm doing my homework.
What, you scared?
It's distracting me. Close the curtain—
That struck in the forest!
The Broken Mirror
This isn't the path we usually take.
We're going near the school.
Where are you going, Nyanko-sensei?
I'm looking for the tree that got struck by lightning yesterday.
Lightning? You mean last night?
That's odd.
You ignorant fool!
Old trees struck by lightning often produce unworldly sake!
Every youkai knows that.
And it's free sake!
That way! Let's go, Natsume!
Wait, Nyanko-sensei!
Jeez, where are you, Sensei?
Sensei!
Voices? What are they?
Up in the trees!
It's shining.
It's shining...
You're right.
Is that...
Could that be...
Are the stories true?
They're right. Something's shining up there.
Oww!
Damn, something got in my eye.
Natsume.
What are you doing out here?
Tanuma?
What about you?
This forest is a shortcut.
I see.
And...
I feel like I've been hearing voices around here since yesterday.
Voices?
Come to think of it, there were some minor youkai
who were all excited about something.
You're really amazing, Natsume.
But that's not what I mean.
The voice was frantic, somehow.
Like it was looking for something.
Looking for something?
Something's coming.
Nyanko-sensei?
No!
Natsume!
Tanuma!
Tanuma? Are you okay?
Y-Yeah...
What was that?
Just a gust of wind?
Thank you, Tanuma,
but don't try to protect me!
I don't want anything to happen to you!
Yeah... but I don't want anything to happen
to you either.
I guess so.
This is kind of embarrassing.
Before, neither of us have had a friend
we didn't have to keep secrets from,
which actually made it harder.
Good stuff!
That was seriously good stuff.
A tanuki youkai!
Who are you calling a tanuki?!
Hey, it's Natsume's cat. Nyanta-sensei!
If you're not going to learn my name, just call me "Sensei"!
Jeez, where were you, Nyanko-sensei?
Off drinking, where else?
You drunk!
If you drink and you don't get drunk, you must be some kind of monster.
You are a youkai monster!
Youkai and monsters are different!
I'll be going then.
Okay.
See you.
See you tomorrow.
The youkai are making things as difficult as ever,
but just having a friend who knows my secret
makes things a little better.
I hope that's true for Tanuma, too.
My head hurts.
What is this?
I feel an evil presence.
Natsume-kun!
Good morning.
You look sleepy.
Taki, morning.
Good timing.
I got the pictures from the culture fair.
I thought I'd give you yours.
The cultural fair?
Here.
That's the wrong one!
Somebody took that without asking.
This is the one.
You looked cute.
I'm really tired in this picture.
Good picture, isn't it?
Thank you.
I've got one of Tanuma-kun, too.
He's sleeping with his mouth open.
Somebody took one of him sleeping backstage.
Would you give that to him?
Sure, I'll take care of it.
Tanuma!
Natsume!
Kitamoto.
Where's Tanuma?
He's absent today.
Said he was sick.
Sick?
Um, is Kaname-kun all right?
Oh, you came to visit?
Thank you.
His fever's gone down,
but I don't want you getting sick, too.
I think he'll be at school tomorrow.
Tanuma is really affected by the presence of youkai.
I hope he didn't get too close to one yesterday.
He might be, but that's because he's weak.
It's not your fault.
But he was protecting me.
While my "bodyguard" was drinking himself stupid.
What?
It's your fault for getting separated from me, moron.
What was that? Fat cat.
You should just leave that wimp alone.
Don't call him a wimp!
Wimp! Wimp!
Tanuma! Morning.
Are you okay now?
Were you really sick?
Yeah, but I'm still not quite over it yet.
You should stay away from me for a while.
See you!
Sensei?
What's wrong?
Oh, Natsume.
The mirror just broke.
Maybe it was getting old.
It's really broken.
I'll go get a broom—
I thought I saw a someone for a second.
Did I imagine it?
Natsume, is something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
This is no good.
I keep blaming everything on youkai lately.
I hope Tanuma gets over his cold soon.
– The Next Day –
How's your cold?
Sorry, not better yet.
– The Day After That –
Tanuma.
Sorry, I'm going to the teacher's office.
– The Day After The Day After That –
Is Tanuma here?
Sure is.
He was just here.
Tanuma?
What on earth was he digging a hole for?
What? My right eye hurts.
I found you.
Natsume Yuujinchou
Where am I?
The back of the school?
Why are my hands so dirty?
Natsume!
What's wrong?
Are you okay?
Tanuma...
No, my eye just hurts.
Eye?
Forget that.
If you're hiding something...
If you've got a problem, then tell me.
That's right.
Sorry, I didn't mean to avoid you.
But I've been feeling sick ever since then...
I don't have any proof that I'm possessed,
so I thought it was nothing to bother you about.
It might really be a cold.
But a moment ago I woke up
in the back of the school with my hands covered in mud.
That's never happened before.
I see.
So?
What about you?
I...
You're right. Talking to somebody makes you feel better.
And hiding things just makes you feel worse.
You're right.
Actually, that day...
Ya want some ikayaki?
Ikayaki, I want you.
I want you.
I'm so happy!
You're choking me! You crazy girl!
You're choking me!
It just started hurting back there,
but now it's fine.
Also, there's a youkai with a hammer
going around the school.
I don't know if they're connected.
Yeah?
Was that...
Yeah, I heard it.
It might be that youkai with the hammer.
Don't tell me to go back.
Yeah, I won't.
This room?
Stand back.
What? I told you to stand back.
I am.
I'm just taller than you.
Did you see that?
Yeah.
Not very clearly, but yeah...
It broke another mirror?
Just what is it—
Natsume.
What? Something's shining...
The pain stopped.
A piece of pottery?
Tanuma, this...
Give it back.
Give me that.
I've found my mirror.
Give it back.
Tanuma.
No, it's the youkai possessing Tanuma?
Give it back!
Stop it!
Tanuma, I'm sorry.
You've got a lot of power for a human brat.
Get out of Tanuma!
No, I can't.
Why?
My mirror's broken.
I was struck by lightning while searching for a friend.
I'd like to search for the fragments myself,
but it's taking a while to recover from that lighting strike.
This child will be my vessel.
Were you making him dig holes to find the mirror?
I finally... finally got the mirror.
I can't give it up that easy.
The fragments have melded with things that shine to hide.
And one is hiding within your eye.
When you get close to other fragments,
it starts resonating with them and hurts you, right?
Give it to me...
Give me that eye!
Stop!
Tanuma!
Either way, I'm going to stay in this body for a while.
What?
Tanuma-kun!
Don't worry.
I won't take over his mind for that long.
But if you want him back safely,
you'll have to help me, kid.
With that fragment in your eye,
finding the others will be easy.
Once I have the mirror, I will leave.
The hell you will.
Nyanko-sensei?
I'm not getting involved in any more ridiculous errands.
Get out of there!
Not yet...
I will until I my mirror is restored.
Tanuma!
If she can resist my light, she must be very attached.
Tanuma-kun!
Tanuma!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
I heard what's going on.
You'll leave if we get the mirror fragments, right?
Yes, that's right.
That's the safest way.
You were just telling her to get out.
If I were to get serious, I could take care of her.
But if I force her out, it could damage his mind.
You okay with that?
That's right.
You just need to gather the mirror fragments.
Tanuma?
I feel like my body still isn't my own.
Natsume, I'm sorry, but would you help me find the mirror fragments?
Sure. We'll do it together.
Thanks.
Can I help, too?
It'd be a big help, Taki.
But where do we start?
That youkai said that if I get close
to the other fragments, my eye will start to hurt.
We'll know one is close when my right eye hurts.
My eye started hurting in the back of the school,
which means there's a fragment there.
Let's go.
I'll get some shovels and scoops for us.
Yes, please.
This is where my eye started hurting.
Oww...
This is the place.
Here?
Should I dig here?
Are you okay?
Just wait, Natsume.
I'll find it right now.
What are they doing?
Who knows.
Practicing for a play?
There it is!
No, that's...
What? Just a piece of glass?
It's a youkai mirror,
so you normally can't see it, and you shouldn't touch it.
Then how do we find it?
Huh? Tanuma-kun?
That's it.
I knew it.
What?
I can't see it.
The youkai told me it was under the glass.
The pain is receding.
This is it, I'm sure.
Good, I'm glad.
Thank you.
I wonder if it fits with the other piece.
They joined together.
Wow.
What? What's going on?
Okay. What's next, Natsume?
Let's search around here a little more.
This is going to take a while, isn't it?
It's around here, he says.
Oww...
Flowerbeds Growing
It's over there.
Here, right?
Got it.
They're still doing that?
Looks like it.
See you tomorrow.
Yeah, that's right.
Maybe it's because I'm possessed, but I can tell.
How the youkai feels.
I see.
It feels like it's a really important mirror.
I guess her friend is sick,
and the mirror has the power to dispel the sickness.
I guess.
For a friend?
And she's warning me.
Warning you?
The mirror is very powerful,
and there might be other youkai looking for it.
She says to be careful.
Other youkai searching for the fragments...
What The Mirror Shows
Natsume Yuujinchou
Is this the world you see all the time, Natsume?
Get away from Tanuma!
He's a dear friend.
I had one, too.
But my friend left one day, without saying word.
I'd bet there was a reason.
Even so, I want to save my friend.
Natsume Yuujinchou
Watch us next time!
Ya want some ikayaki?
Ikayaki, I want you.