Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou Episode 2

I love rabbits!! Rabbits are so cute!!

A very touching and heartwarming episode! Towards the end of the episode, I was so touched that I weep tears of joy. This episode's youkai has a very sad past. His past shows how selfish and cruel humans are. It reminds me not to be that kind of human.

I'm happy to see the youkai reunite with his loved one at the end. (^;_;^)

Summary
The youkai featured in this episode is called Gen. He is a Guardian Deity of Shiba no Hara (a forest). In Shiba no Hara, there used to be 2 statues hosting 2 Guardian Deities, Gen and Sui. One day, after the humans had a string of poor harvest, they came to the statues and begged them for good harvest. Gen and Sui are Gods of Purification and they have no powers to do so. So, they tried to use some of their life force to make the land fertile. However, the harvest was still poor. Humans blamed them for the poor harvest and they broke Sui's statute into tiny pieces. Due to hatred and sorrow, Sui became an evil spirit and attacked the village. It all came to an end when humans sealed Sui.

Recently, the seal was broken and Sui was released. Gen, who is aware of it, wants to get out of his statute so that he can help Sui. When he sees Natsume beside the statute, he tries to possess Natsume. However, his attempt fails and he possess a snow rabbit, made by Natsume, instead.

In this episode, we see how Natsume goes about helping Gen.

Pictures



Shiba no Hara





Kawaii!!!



Gen threatens Natsume to help him if not his curse will be upon Natsume for 3 generations. (haha.. Gen is so small and cute.. he looks totally nonthreatening)



Back at Natsume's home, Gen tells Natsume about Sui. (v_v)



The true form of Gen.



Natsume finds out the whereabouts of Sui. He, along with Nyanko-sensei and Gen, goes to look for her. They find her in a dilapidated house. She tries to attack Natsume but Gen saves him.
In the end, Sui manages to escape.



Gen tells Natsume how Sui became an evil spirit.



While doing so, he cries uncontrollably.



That night, Gen, on the verge of becoming an evil spirit, strangles Natsume. He's been trying for a long time to suppress his feelings of loneliness, hatred and sorrow.



Natsume comforts him and calms him down.



The next day, they follow the leads of 2 youkai and manage to find Sui. Sui tries to escape and Natsume, risking his own life, holds on to her and refuses to let her go.



Gen steps in to stop Sui..



and Nyanko-sensei steps in to save Natsume.



When Sui hears Gen's voice, she returns to her old self. With that, Gen bids his farewell to Natsume.



Natsume feels sad bidding farewell to another youkai friend. He wants to cherish the important things in his life.
After that, Natsume goes back to Shiba no Hara to plant seeds. He wants to grow flowers for his youkai friends. He believes that they will like it as flowers speak of the coming of spring. (oh.. so sweet..)