by Yuki Midorikawa, 191 pages When Natsume discovers someone's going around attacking harmless yokai and stealing their blood, he can't help but involve himself, despite Nyanko-sensei's protestations. Who would do such a horrible thing? And why? The truth may be as unsettling as the violence itself and its implications more far-reaching.
Ooh, a big bad! While we've watched characters reappear and relationships develop across volumes, the series has so far remained fairly episodic in its main plots, without much in terms major, multi-volume story arcs. But here, while the immediate action is wrapped up, the conclusion leaves the antagonist behind the real conflict free, active, and dangerously interested in sensitive Natsume and his yokai kitty. Although we're only now starting to see its significance, Midorikawa actually introduced us to the threat in an earlier volume, and that subtle, carefully-employed continuity makes Natsume's world feel all the more substantial.
This volume also includes a short, unrelated earlier work about adolescent love and superpowers.
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