== On *Natsume's Book of Friends*

Extracted from Aroduc's [[2011 Summer Anime preview
http://tenka.seiha.org/2011/06/2011-summer-anime-purview-and-catholic-schoolgirl-night/]]:
> A series that seems to inspire one of two things in people, an intense
> love [...], or the compelling urge to take a nap.

However fond I am of [[*Natsume Yuujinchou*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume%27s_Book_of_Friends]], I have
to more or less agree with Aroduc here. NY is pretty much a bunch of
[[heartwarming http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Iyashikei]]
slice of life stories that just happens to be about the supernatural
(or mostly about the supernatural). Given my [[usual tastes
OrdinaryLifeSettings]], I have no idea why I like it so much, and
I certainly can't recommend it except very selectively; it would
bore or annoy a great many people.

(But if quiet, heartwarming stories about the supernatural sound like
your kind of thing, you really owe it to yourself to check it out.
Consider this a strong plug. You could probably start anywhere without
losing much, but starting at the beginning of the first series isn't
going to hurt.)