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Because you have to be blind to not see it

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I really really like TanumaxNatsume. I think it was my first BL OTP. There is so little about this pairing even if it is popular!! or so I think? So here is a blog about what fanart I found here in tumblr. Yes. aha. cutiesssssss.
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Extremely Last Minute Poll: Which binding style should I go with for this zine (photos below)?
Staples (more subtle but less cool)63.4%
Saddle stitch (less subtle but cool matchy coloured thread)32.9%
I'm the mayor (see results)3.7%
Final result from 82 votes
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Okay shop is now reopened! With shiny new natsuyuu zine! And all my other stickers and prints and such! Go check it out if you want: mayorofcattown.com

(From now on I'm gonna keep this shop to mostly flat paper stuff like stickers, prints, etc, cause that's easiest to ship internationally. If you want any acrylic charms and such you're best to get that off my ACGGoods store instead, as they'd be too expensive for me to ship anywhere outside of AUS/NZ.)

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can't stop thinking about that one Nyanko-sensei Ga Iku page

especially Nyanko in the background

(another version of this meme is under cut)

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A detail I've been thinking about is that in the (English-speaking) fandom, Touko is always portrayed as addressing Natsume's friends by their given names ("Kaname-kun", "Tooru-chan", etc.). But in canon she's actually only been seen calling them by their family names like Natsume does.

There aren't many examples of the Fujiwaras interacting with Natsume's friends in general but I remember this one instance specifically:

[Image description: Two versions of the same manga panel from the series Natsume's Book of Friends drawn by Yuki Midorikawa, from Volume 21: Chapter 84. The one on the left is in Japanese and the one on the right is in English. It shows Touko Fujiwara crawling on the ground looking for something under a furniture. The dialogue read as such: TOUKO: お帰・・・ あら いらっしゃい田沼くん TANUMA: おジャマします・・・ TOUKO: Hi... Oh, come on in, Tanuma. TANUMA: Nice to see you... /End description]

(They didn't translate it here but in Japanese Touko does add the "Kun" to "Tanuma.")

On the other hand, Tanuma's father addressed Natsume as "Natsume-kun" in Chapter 28, but in Chapter 66 he calls him "Takashi-kun":

[Image description: A manga panel from Volume 8: Chapter 28. It shows the entrance gate of the Tanuma household. The dialogue read as such: TANUMA'S FATHER: Oh, Natsume-kun... NATSUME: Um, is Kaname-kun okay? TANUMA'S FATHER: Yeah, thanks for coming to see him. /End description]
[Image description: A manga panel from Volume 8: Chapter 28. It shows the entrance gate of the Tanuma household. The dialogue read as such: TANUMA'S FATHER: Oh, Natsume-kun... NATSUME: Um, is Kaname-kun okay? TANUMA'S FATHER: Yeah, thanks for coming to see him. /End description]
[Image description: A manga panel from Volume 16: Chapter 66. It shows Natsume and Nyanko-sensei visiting Tanuma's place and being welcomed by his father. The dialogue read as such: TANUMA'S FATHER: Ah, Takashi-kun, welcome. Kaname's on the phone at the moment, but you can come inside first. NATSUME: Thank you. /End description]
[Image description: A manga panel from Volume 16: Chapter 66. It shows Natsume and Nyanko-sensei visiting Tanuma's place and being welcomed by his father. The dialogue read as such: TANUMA'S FATHER: Ah, Takashi-kun, welcome. Kaname's on the phone at the moment, but you can come inside first. NATSUME: Thank you. /End description]

I wonder if that implies Natsume spends a lot of time at Tanuma's temple while Tanuma doesn't go that often to the Fujiwaras' house? So Natsume sees Tanuma's father more often than Tanuma sees the Fujiwaras, which might be why Papa Tanuma calls Natsume by his given name while the Fujiwaras don't do that with Tanuma... (Or maybe the Fujiwaras are just very polite and I'm reaching.)

I don't know, but the idea that Natsume just spend so much time at Tanuma's place that his dad quickly started calling him by his given name is sweet.

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