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Natsume and Nyanko-sensei are back for a second season of youkai-centred adventures, and it's probably safe to say that, with this being very much more of the same, if you enjoyed season one, you'll enjoy this too...
Natsume has long had the ability to see spirits, an ability that he's tried hard to keep to himself. It seems, though, that it's not an ability that's unique in his family, when he discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that his grandmother, Reiko, gave him possesses the names of spirits she had defeated and bound to her will - and they'd quite like their names back, thank you. The ones that don't just want to take the book for the power it represents, at least. With a little help from cat-spirit Nyanko-sensei, Natsume sets to work dealing with the spirits around him...
If that last paragraph seems a bit familiar, that'll be because it's a copy'n'paste from the first season review - in the spirit of sticking with a formula that works, the second season of Natsume Yujinchou doesn't mess around with anything new, and stick firmly to tales of youkai and the people that can see them. We do get a few new characters to work with, mostly notably young woman Taki, who transfers into Natsume's school mid-season and who has a limited ability to see youkai herself - which makes them a couple to watch, as they spend a few episodes working together to deal with a youkai who would like to make them both into a light snack. Like most other characters in the series, I'm not expecting to see too much of Taki, but she's a good addition nonetheless
Past that, though, there's not a hell of a lot to write, as this season is very much more of the same as the last - if it ain't broken, don't fix it. While some of the humans we see are recurring, for the most part this is a youkai-of-the-week show, that that tradition continues here, with each episode bringing a new youkai for Natsume to deal with and move on. A few of them are a little more unusual than others, perhaps to keep things fresh, but if you've seen the first season you'll be very much at home with what you find here - the atmosphere, tone and occasional humour that made the first season so appealing are all still present and correct here, and as long as you're in the mood for its slow pacing, you won't be disappointed.
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