Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 2

Love this series !

The creator has the skill to tell a short story and make you fall in love with the characters in such a short amount of time. Every time. I get so enthralled with the story. Just wonderful. Easy to just pick up and read and put it down to read the next chapter at a later time.

You can't go wrong with this book. It is well-written and has a great many smaller stories with an over laying lager plot, which is clearly carried throughout the entire series. It is a quiet story filled with intrigue, mystery, and aspects of the occult. Don't read this story looking for a lot of fights and action that's not what it's about. The relationships in this story will pull you in and leave you wondering about what happens next. The graphics are also very well done. A great read; you can't go wrong with this book.

Cute series with a fun story line and great artwork!

both 9 and 7 year old girls love these stories. it's their first manga. they mostly read the worriors books, harry potter, things like that. but they love having pictures again. I read one couldn't put it down either.

The series is getting better and better with each volume. The character of Natsume is filling out with each successive chapter. Lonely hearts and friendship. Yokai spiritual interactions with humans. Youth growing up - Coming of age theme.

Natsume's grandmother certainly handed him plenty of trouble -- not only does he have the "book of friends" and all the trouble that comes with it, but he finds himself trying to solve the various problems of the spirits he encounters. "Natsume's Book of Friends Volume 2" is a little darker and sadder than the first volume, but Yuki Midorikawa still has the same uplifting endings and elegant art. Natsume reluctantly joins in a test of courage with his classmates, at a local house said to be haunted -- and a sinister local ghost starts kidnapping all of his classmates, except for the one girl who wants to see it. And after Natsume is chased by a bizarre rocklike spirit, he finds a strange curse marking on his arm, and a shadow with a gaping mouth starts following him wherever he goes. If he and an old friend of his grandmother's can't stop it, he'll be eaten alive... Then Natsume encounters a famous young actor named Natori, who turns out to have some magical powers of his own -- he can create shikigami paper dolls, and exorcises spirits as a side-job. But Natsume is increasingly uncomfortable with Natori's way of handling spirits, especially when he learns of a captive spirit's connection to him. And a spirit tries to claim Natsume's body for his friend Asagi, who has become too sick to play her koto -- and before she dies, he's determined to let her play for her beloved Lord Mibu. "Natsume's Book of Friends Volume 2" doesn't spend as much time as the first volume focusing on the Book of Friends itself. Instead, the focus here is on the personal problems of/with the supernatural populace, whether they're trying to eat him or enlist his help (and occasionally a lesbian spirit pounces on him because she mistakes him for his grandmother). Midorikawa's stories mostly have a bittersweet flavor, exploring the bittersweet love of "Mary" for the dying Asagi or the loneliness of the spirit in the haunted house. But the stories always end on an optimistic note, with reflections on how love and kindness can fill a person's life. And there are some lighter moments woven into the story, such as when a rather dim kappa ends up waiting for Natsume until his little head dries out (forcing Natsume to hydrate him for the second time), or when the cat keeps getting shrunk or expanded. The artwork is also exquisite and delicate, with lots of flowing clouds, fluttering petals, magical circles ringed with lightning and blasts of light and shadow. But there are actually some creepy moments here, like that toothy-mouthed armless shadow-thing. Ew. Midorikawa also adds in some more information on Natsume's past; through some flashback dreams, we see some glimpses of his past and why people thought he was so creepy. And she introduces us to Natori, who's kind of hard to pin down -- it's not quite clear if he's being nasty and callous to the spirits, or whether he's exercising his own brand of kindness. Either way, he's an interesting character. Yuki Midorikawa mingled bittersweet supernatural stuff with some gentle humor in "Natsume's Book of Friends Volume 2," as well as introducing a new guy that might make for some interesting future stories.

Update: Returned the product described below and received a replacement vol. 2 of Natsume's Book of Friends. The replacement also had a glaring misprint (a large section of Ch. 6 was dropped into Ch. 7) which was oddly different from the first book that was delivered. Perhaps all the recent prints from the publisher are misprints? So sad about this. CANNOT RECOMMEND PRODUCT DUE TO MISPRINTS. Natsume's Book of Friends is an amazing series! Unfortunately, I received a misprint with MAJOR ERRORS. This printed Vol. 2 was missing most of Chapter 6 and a good chunk of Chapter 7. Over 20 pages missing at least. I'm going to return to seller to see if there are copies without this error. Will update review if issue can be resolved.

Una historia muy bonita. Llego en buenas condiciones y en el tiempo estipulado

Ya urun cok guzel zaten basimi da guncel ancak boyle bir okuzluk gormedim gercekten. 450 tllik kitabi SADECE kargo posetine koyup gondermek nasil bir seydir ya cildirdim gercekten. Allahtan kargocular sagolsun sadece kosesinde minicik bir ezik vardi utuyle duzelttim. Yani yakala adli saticidan bir urun almamanizi tavsiye ederim. Ayrica teslim tarihi gorundugu kadar gec gelmiyor 5 gun surdu toplamda gelmesi.

Natsume's Book of Friends is a fantastic series and is one that should be read by anyone who wants to read a seriously good series! The art is beautiful and compliments the story and concept very well. Natsume is one of the best Manga characters I have ever read about and you feel very attached to him throughout the series. The story is full of heartwarming and heartbreaking elements and you really feel for all of the characters involved, which is often rare in Manga but Yuki Midorikawa has perfected this and it works continuously. Natsume is one of my favourite Manga's, in fact pieces of Literature that I have ever read.

Bien empacado y el libro no contiene ningún defecto