Irina (I Drink and Watch Anime) and I had a fantastic time on the series of posts where we put the support cast of Natsume to the test (although mostly we tested our own ability to make hard choices and eliminate characters from the contest).
If you missed any of these posts, check out my feature from the end of that week where I link to all of the posts in the series.
However, it is time to say goodbye to this particular project and with that I mean it is time to announce the reader’s pick for best supporting character of Natsume.
Now I know a lot of our readers couldn’t vote because they haven’t watched Natsume Yuujinchou yet (what are you waiting for), or they hadn’t watched through to the later seasons. However, we do have a clear winner from the readers and while it isn’t a character that either Irina or I chose, I don’t think either one of us would be that unhappy with who won.
And there we go. It is official. Hinoe rocks.
Not that Irina and I didn’t already know that given how hard it was to see her lose out in her particular match up.
The part of this that I was interested to see was that our choices (Natori and Matoba) weren’t even in the top 3 of the reader’s choices. Part of me wonders if that was because people were helping those characters we knocked out or if the exorcists just aren’t that popular (though fan art would suggest otherwise). So, I’d love to know if you voted and who you voted for and why.
Still, the really important take away is that Natori did beat Matoba in the poll by 2 votes. Sorry, Irina, I couldn’t help it. I love Natori. Matoba is one of my favourite antagonistic characters and incredibly valuable to the Natsume universe, but Natori is going to remain my favourite character outside of Natsume, Reiko and Nyanko-Sensei.
It is actually kind of sad to say goodbye to this project but hopefully it won’t be goodbye to Natsume forever. Fingers crossed for many more anime seasons in the future.
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 1
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 2
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 3
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 4
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 5
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 6
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 7
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 8
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 9
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 10
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 11
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 12
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 13
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 14
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 15
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Volume 16
Natori was close though. Not Matoba at all – people don’t appreciate a good troll. I knew you were lying in your comment. This is a wonderful wrap up.
I think Matoba’s bigger issue is a lack of screen time. He really hasn’t been in that many episodes and he doesn’t come in until later in the series.
That is true.