On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Yuki Midorikawa, Natsume Yuujinchou, a new promotional video was published for the Natsume Yuujinchou project: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha. The video shows an excerpt from the main theme song entitled "Seishun ~Star Wink~" and performed by Anly.
🎬「 #夏目友人帳 石起こしと怪しき来訪者」
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主題歌 #Anly 「星瞬～Star Wink～」と共にお楽しみください❕ pic.twitter.com/70tsm6YbYu
The project will consist of two episodes entitled "Ishi Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha" and will debut at the Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on January 16, 2021. Midorikawa began publishing the manga in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine in January 2005. The work has inspired six seasons of an anime adaptation, totalling 74 episodes produced by Brain's Base Studios (1-52) and Shuka Studios (53-74), starting in July 2008.
Synopsis by Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha
The project will consist of two stories: "Ishi Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha". In "Ishi Okoshi", Natsume meets a little youkai named Mitsumi in a forest. Mitsumi has the task of waking up the divine youkai "Iwatetsu" from his deep sleep. However, Mitsumi weighs on Natsume's mind, so he sets out to help him with his task.
In "Ayashiki Raihousha", a mysterious visitor appears in front of Tanuma. Almost daily, this mysterious subject visits Tanuma, talks to him a little, and then leaves. Natsume, who has already realized that the visitor is a youkai, worries about Tanuma, but Tanuma enjoys the time he spends talking to the youkai. However, although the youkai does not seek to harm her, Tanuma's health begins to fail.
Source: Comic book Natalie
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