Natsume's Book of Friends #1

(January 2010)

Chapter 1: Nyanko Sensei's Grand Entrance! (Table of Contents: 1)

Natsume's Book of Friends / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script

Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)

Pencils

Yuki Midorikawa

Inks

Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)

Letters

Sabrina Heep

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Takashi Natsume inherits his grandmother's ability to see Yokai, invisible spirits. He also inherits a book she made where she had captured their names. The Yokai come after him, wanting their names back. He befriends Nyanko Sensei, a Yokai who looks like a ceramic cat who agrees to help him return the names to the Yokai in return for getting the Book of Friends when Takashi dies.

Reprints

• from 夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 2005 series) #1 (2005年10月5日)
which is reprinted
• from LaLa DX (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 1983 series) #7/2003

Chapter 2: The Dew God (Table of Contents: 2)

Natsume's Book of Friends / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script

Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)

Pencils

Yuki Midorikawa

Inks

Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)

Letters

Sabrina Heep

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from 夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 2005 series) #1 (2005年10月5日)
which is reprinted
• from LaLa DX (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 1983 series) #1/2005

Indexer Notes

Includes several "side-notes" where the author discusses the work.

Chapter 3: Natsume vs. Human (Table of Contents: 3)

Natsume's Book of Friends / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script

Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)

Pencils

Yuki Midorikawa; Tamao Ohki

Inks

Yuki Midorikawa; Tamao Ohki; Sabrina Heep (touchup)

Letters

Sabrina Heep

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from 夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 2005 series) #1 (2005年10月5日)
which is reprinted
• from LaLa DX (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 1983 series) #5/2005

Indexer Notes

In this chapter Tamao Ohki, one of Yuki Midorikawa's assistants, is given a side-panel to illustrate. Yuki Midorikawa praises her use of screen-tone.

Chapter 4: The Swallow Underwater (Table of Contents: 4)

Natsume's Book of Friends / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)

Pencils

Yuki Midorikawa; Chika

Inks

Yuki Midorikawa; Chika; Sabrina Heep (touchup)

Letters

Sabrina Heep

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from 夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 2005 series) #1 (2005年10月5日)
which is reprinted
• from LaLa DX (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 1983 series) #7/2005

Indexer Notes

Chika is one of Yuki Midorikawa's assistants. In this chapter, Chika is given one of the side-panels to illustrate and Yuki praises their use of black paint.

Afterword (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation)

Pencils

Yuki Midorikawa

Inks

Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)

Letters

Sabrina Heep

Reprints

• from 夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] (白泉社 [Hakusensha], 2005 series) #1 (2005年10月5日) [partially reprinted, partially new?]

Indexer Notes

Includes a thank you to the readers, brief descriptions (and names) of each of the chapters. Also a short biography of Yuki Midorikawa, a page of notes for English readers and a small bibliography of Yuki Midorikawa's other works.