Natsume Yuujinchou Go

Natsume Yujin-cho Go

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Nyanko-sensei!

Where are you going?

Heading home, Natsume?

There was something that's been bugging me.

Bugging you?

Yeah. I'm going to go check it out.

Be a good kid and stay at home!

Hey, Sensei!

Bugging him?

He's not going to check out the new sweets at Nanatsujiya, is he?

Hey, Natsume.

Nishimura?

What are you doing here?

Cram school.

What a pain, though.

Wait, who were you talking to?

I thought I heard what sounded like an old man's voice.

No. I was talking to myself.

Oh yeah?

I want to skip school.

It's a waste, right? You're paying tuition.

Then you want to go for me?

No.

I knew it.

But this cram school has this really cute girl!

Her hair's long and um... silky!

And the way she talks and everything, she's just so elegant!

But then this fall she ended up taking a different course than me.

I'm so disappointed.

To protect these peaceful days,

the fact that I can see youkai needs to be a secret.

I'm back.

Welcome back, Takashi-kun.

Can you check the mail for me?

Sure.

For me?

Natsume Takashi-sama

But this doesn't have an address or a stamp.

Matoba

The Letter from the Exorcist

Matoba

Matoba...

Matoba is that clan of exorcists, right?

Takashi-kun?

Is something wrong?

No.

Um...

I'm going to go look for Nyanko-sensei.

Matoba-san sent me a letter?

What is it?

A scream?

Somebody's being attacked by a youkai!

Watch out!

I was able to seal it just fine.

Exorcising youkai is easier than I thought.

An exorcist?

The letter!

It was blown away?

That's bad. Did I drop it around here?

Is someone there?

Oh, it's just a cat.

Well, whatever. On to the next one.

The letter... the letter...

Where is it? Oh no.

It's no good.

I can't find it.

Hey, Natsume.

What are you doing?

What? A letter from Matoba?

Yeah.

Perfect.

There's no need to read a letter from him.

I wish I'd ripped it up and thrown it away.

Ignore it.

I can't do that...

What are you doing here anyway?

I was patrolling because I felt an ominous presence over the past few days.

And I ran into an inexperienced exorcist sealing a youkai into a pot.

So that cat was you?

You saved me.

This is a problem though.

That half-assed exorcist.

He left an imperfectly-sealed youkai here.

You can sense it, right?

A raging youkai, infuriated at being locked away?

The way this is sealed, the youkai's going to break out

and go on a rampage in two or three days.

No...

What can we do?

We might need to reseal it or it will be dangerous.

Reseal it?

How?

This is close to my home and the route Nishimura takes to go to school.

Hey, Natsume!

Sensei,

I'm going on a short trip.

Will you come with me?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Well? Youkai that weak are easy.

Splendid.

Young, talented people like you make valuable partners.

Of course.

Oh, right. There's a meeting soon.

I hope you'll come.

The note he gave me before said that he lives in a condo around here.

Looks like the perfect place for a show-off.

He's not picking up his phone either.

Maybe he's not home.

If we wait here, he'll come back later.

What?

Why are you so haphazard?

I can't help it.

I couldn't think of any other ideas.

Hey.

Hiiragi?

I came down to see what the fuss was.

It was you, Natsume?

What are you doing here?

Actually,

I wanted to talk to Natori-san about a pot with a youkai sealed in it.

I'm sorry for coming over so suddenly.

Talk to him?

To Natori?

I see. Welcome.

Natori is in his room.

He's cut off his "phone", if that's what they're called, and is fast asleep.

Keep pressing the number for his room.

He'll answer eventually.

Yes?

Excuse me, Natori-san.

It's Natsume.

N-Natsume?

W-Wait a second!

No, come up!

Welcome.

Now come in.

Sorry to interrupt your rest.

There's nothing here, but come in.

Thanks for coming.

That's right.

There's not much here.

Pretty empty, right?

This is just a room I borrow for work.

All I ever use it for is sleeping.

Oh, sit down.

Thank you.

My home's a little bit away,

but the most I ever do is go there to get tools for work.

Really?

That's the bedroom, huh?

What's this room?

I'll make some tea.

I see. This is a very simplistic seal.

Lately there's a lot of people who learn the knowledge

of how to do it and try their hands,

and people looking for talented successors.

Successors?

So now there's quite a few people who do

these things to test their strength and show off their skills.

We exorcists are having some arguments over it.

I'm sorry to only rely on you when it helps me.

Why?

I'm happy.

I'll reseal it. Will you help me?

Yes.

I'll get my tools ready.

You wait here.

Hiiragi, help me.

Yes, sir.

This sounds fun. I'll go, too.

Testing their strength and showing off their skills.

There are exorcists like that, huh?

What did Matoba-san's letter say?

Should I ask Natori-san?

This is bad.

The presence inside is getting stronger.

Natori-san, your phone.

The person you are calling is unavailable.

Please leave a message after the beep.

Clan of accursed paper-wielders,

accept the curse of the abandoned.

What is this?

He's mumbling something.

Accept the curse of the oppressed.

Is it some kind of spell?

Accept the curse of the sealed.

Fools who inherit accursed karma,

be ye cursed.

Natsume Yujin-cho Go

Natsume!