Natsume Yuujinchou Roku Specials

Natsume Yujin-cho Roku

I'm so tired.

Hey, Natsume, carry me.

No.

It'll just make me hotter.

What?

Don't you want to help me out?

You were the one

who started talking about some Nanatsujiya mizu youkan,

so we're going to get some.

Are you okay?

Ow...

My hips.

I'm sorry. Can you help me?

Sure.

Here...

Young man, my home is very close.

Will you take me there?

Okay, sure.

Where is it?

Over there.

It's far.

That's the next town over.

The Stump of the

Suzunaru

Tree

He's light.

Do elderly people's bodies get like this?

Hey, that's Natsume of the Book of Friends, right?

We'd better run away before he calls our names!

You've got something interesting, young one.

Oh, no.

Is he a youkai?

You finally noticed?

Idiot.

Sensei,

you need to point that stuff out.

His youkai aura is on the verge of getting snuffed out,

so I was waiting to see how long it'd take you to notice.

We're almost there, young one.

See that lantern up ahead?

I live right next to it.

I'm finally back.

Sorry, young one, can you could get me some water?

This is your home?

It's not where I live. It's who I am.

I remember hearing about this tree this morning.

The Suzunaru tree's been cut down.

The Suzunaru tree?

Yeah. Look.

Suzunaru Tree Cut Down Today Damaged By Lighting

A shrine in the next town had a tree that was hundreds of years old,

but it was destroyed by the storm the other day.

That was awful.

Suddenly everything went white.

What?

I almost ended up as lumber.

I feel revived.

Hey, Natsume, how long are you going to stay here?

The mizu youkan will sell out.

You're right.

Okay, we're leaving.

Wait.

Natsume, is there one other thing you can for this old man?

It'd better not be trouble.

It's nothing that bad.

I want you to bring water here for a few days.

Not that long.

This tree's life will end soon, as will mine.

But there's one thing that needs to be done...

I made a promise with a certain human.

It's a very important promise, and I cannot disappear without fulfilling it.

What is it?

Natsume, ignore him.

It is...

It is, you see...

I forget.

The lightning was a big shock, you see.

But I remembered that there was a promise,

so I used the last of my power to return.

It feels that if I talk with you, a human,

I'll be able to remember something.

So just for a while,

and if every day is too much trouble,

then you can skip rainy days.

Shigeru-san, about the Suzunaru tree that you were talking about this morning...

It got an article in the paper, so does that mean it was famous?

Yes.

We always saw it on our way to the shrine during festivals.

It was a big and impressive tree.

I see.

Actually, you see, I was going for a walk nearby,

so I decided to go take a look.

How'd it look?

There was just a stump.

I see.

That's kind of sad.

Why do they call it the Suzunaru tree, Shigeru-san?

I don't know.

I think there was some kind of old legend...

You made another stupid promise.

You're the one who told me to care more for others.

And despite what he said,

you don't know when he'll disappear.

He may outlive you.

He might?

That's how the lives of trees work.

They don't just disappear once they become a seedling.

Of course, I don't know about a youkai given life by that tree...

Sensei,

I didn't make it just out of sympathy.

He said it was a promise with a human, right?

Book of Friends

I want to know what kind of promise

a human and youkai can make.

You're such a pain.

Could the person you made the promise to see you as well?

I couldn't say.

Sometimes I seemed to be human.

Mostly to young children, though.

Have you ever heard of a person named Natsume Reiko?

Reiko?

I have not.

Does she have something to do with the thing you're carrying?

Seems I shouldn't have asked.

You have your own reasons.

I won't ask more.

I'm tired, so I'll sleep for a while.

Thanks for helping me today.

For a while after, I went to the stump every day.

It felt like doing a part-time job.

Oh, so you got the same homework?

We decided to go to Tanuma's place to do it.

I'm in!

Aren't you, Natsume?

Sorry, I have something to do.

I see.

Bye.

Yeah, bye, Natsume.

A way to get memories back, huh?

If lightning did it, why not have him get struck by lightning again,

and maybe he'll get better?

Lightning! Blightning!

No way.

I'll look for a good medicine.

Thanks, Hinoe.

You could simply order us to water it.

Yeah.

On days I can't go, thanks.

Of course.

You can just leave it to the Dog's Circle!

You sure can!

Thanks.

Nobody ever comes this way, huh?

They made a new road to the shrine.

See?

It's close to the path traveled by something called a "bus."