History YMMV / NatsumesBookOfFriends

* NightmareFuel:
** Some of those Youkai are as creepy as can possibly be.
** Like that cabinet scene involving Kakura, [[spoiler:the Kimono Youkai]] on Episode 5 of Natsume Yuujinchou San when it jerked and hastily crawled towards Natsume and Tanuma [[spoiler:with just its one hand and leg]].
** Once Natsume hands suddenly start to excrete sand, two of his fingers simply drop off, then his ''face shatters into pieces''. [[spoiler:It's just a nightmare.]]
** The creep-tastic hovering NightmareFace Youkai that shows Natsume the way to a [[ItMakesSenseInContext tree stump with a bamboo shot sticking out of it]]. In return he wishes to [[ImAHumanitarian feast on his guts]].
** The Shadow sent to kill Natsume due to a death curse, [[NothingIsScarier completely featureless]], [[ParanoiaFuel slowly inching towards his house, eventually making its way inside]]. After he tries to run away from it he wakes up to discover that not only has it gotten a whole lot quicker, it's mere ''inches'' away from his face, jaws open.

* SecretSecretKeeper: Shigeru is implied to be have become this thanks to curse incident at his house.He easily brushes off Natsume wrecking the room and does not question it despite Natsume not being able to formulate an explanation behind it. This trait is possibly influenced by the fact that this accident carries much [[FlashBackEcho resemblance to the past]] and that he knows both Natsume and Reiko aren't exactly ordinary people. However, this trope is highly downplayed as he seems to not be completely aware of Natsume's powers.

* SecretSecretKeeper: Shigeru is implied to be have become this thanks to curse incident at his house.He easily brushes off Natsume wrecking the room and does not question it despite Natsume not being able to formulate an explanation behind it. This trait is possibly influenced by the fact that this accident carries much [[FlashBackEcho resemblance to the past]] and that he knows both Natsume and Reiko aren't exactly ordinary people. However, this trope is highly downplayed as he seems to not be completely aware of Natsume's powers.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Kitsune-Kodomo (The Little Fox-child) is still young, is drawn as a [[GenericCuteness generically cute child]], has long, silky hair, and has worn a sun-hat with a pink ribbon and a long, white shirt that could be mistaken for a dress.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in as much official merchandise as Nyanko-sensei himself (meaning [[SeriesMascot a]] '''[[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies lot]]'''), despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]]. He's also popular in fan art.

* FoeYay: Part of Matoba's "creepy" vibe involves making plenty of unnecessary physical contact with Natsume. Later, all of his attempts to get Natsume to join the [[strike: dark side]] clan.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in as much official merchandise as Nyanko-sensei himself (meaning, [[SeriesMascot a]] '''[[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies lot]]'''), despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]]. He's also popular in fan art.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in as much merchandise as Nyanko-sensei himself (meaning, [[SeriesMascot a]] '''[[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies lot]]'''), despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in as much merchandise as Nyanko-sensei himself (meaning, a '''lot'''), despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in as much merchandise as Nyanko-sensei himself, despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]].

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[{{Heartwarming}}/NatsumesBookOfFriends So many that]] making a DrinkingGame out of it would have you unconscious by halfway through the first season.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming/NatsumesBookOfFriends So many that]] making a DrinkingGame out of it would have you unconscious by halfway through the first season.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/NatsumesBookOfFriends So many that]] making a DrinkingGame out of it would have you unconscious by halfway through the first season.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The black Nyanko-sensei [[spoiler: a god who was trapped in a Maneki-neko, much like Madara, except this one is black]] appears in much of the merchandise for the show, despite [[OneEpisodeWonder only appearing once]].

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: So many that making a DrinkingGame out of it would have you unconscious by halfway through the first season.
** Amazingly, Nyanko-Sensei gets one [[spoiler: when he helps a lost little girl back to safety - carrying her on his back in his OneWingedAngel form. His seemingly unkind and blunt attitude really isn't fooling anyone by this point, is it?]]
*** And right after that, when he reunites with Natsume after their fight and his being kicked out of the house--"Natsumeeeeeee!" (Cue the big fat kitty galloping after his "pet.")
** Give Natsume access to a Youkai which is helpless, depressed, or otherwise in pain, particularly one that's even vaguely cute. Watch the fangirls melt at how adorable he becomes when he's got something to protect.
*** And then there's Natsume with Tama-chan... just... oh, goodness, ''Tama-chan!''
** In episode seven of the OddlyNamedSequel ''Zoku'' - What initially seems to be a cruel prank by Reiko (taking a Youkai who's name she had stolen's contract and tying it to a tree branch, telling him not to come back for it for fifty years "or else the seas would rage and the world would be destroyed!") turns out to be an incredibly sweet gesture: [[spoiler: The little Youkai wanted to see the sea, but was afraid to leave the forest. Reiko knew that fifty years was but a blink of an eye for a Youkai, and that if she tied the contract to a tree, then by the time the Youkai came back for his name, it would be tall enough for him to see through the forest -to the ocean beyond.]]
** In ''San,'' Natsume and a cat/prankster youkai from his childhood apologizing and coming to terms with one another.
** Natsume's conversation with Tanuma after [[spoiler: the latter is attacked by a dangerous youkai while trying to help Natsume]]. Aside from the HoYay, Natsume realizes that, although he should never lose his concern for his friends, he should be more confiding in them (or at least [[SecretKeeper Tanuma]]).
** The ending of the Moon-Splitting Festival arc, when [[spoiler: Houzuki and Fudzuki leave the mountain side-by-side as two identical lights.]]
** Chapters 51.1 and 51.2 of the manga, detailing how first Nishimura and then Kitamoto befriended Natsume. Nishimura was probably Natsume's first real, human friend, despite often just being cast as one of ThoseTwoGuys with Kitamoto.
** In chapter 52, when Natori tell Natsume that in the past, he wanted him as an ally to help his cause, but now he is happy to help Natsume however he can.
** Chapter 56 of the manga, the ending when it seems as if a little girl-youkai is going to vanish to wherever youkai vanish to after fulfilling her mission of returning a towel to a human who was able to see her only once. [[spoiler: Natsume gives her a gift of a new towel from the now-old man, and she re-materializes, smiling in obvious glee.]]

** Chapters 51.1 and 51.2 of the manga, detailing how first Nishimura and then Kitamoto befriended Natsume. The former was probably his first real, human friend.

* HoYay: So much so it has [[HoYay/NatsumeYuujinchou its own page]]. It is a shoujo manga afterall.