Natsume's Book of Friends/Characters

The characters for the anime .

Natsume Takashi
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 * Adaptation Dye Job: Has white hair and silver eyes in the manga.
 * Bishonen: Looks almost exactly like his grandmother.
 * Break the Cutie: The story of his childhood.
 * Cassandra Truth: Happened a lot during his childhood.
 * Chick Magnet: Proves to be this on episode 35.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Curtains Match the Window: Blond hair, gold eyes. It's a family trait, probably.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hair of Gold
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He frequently knocks out strong ayakashi with a punch, the most frequent victim being Madara. It's useless against humans though.
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: And so he tries to act manly and uses masculine speech, according to Word of God.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation: He considers himself an inconvenience to the people around him, and considers even simply asking for help with something to be a selfish indulgence.
 * Identical Grandson: To his own grandmother, even.
 * I Didn't Tell You Because You'd Be Unhappy
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: At first.
 * I See Dead People: Depends if youkai count.
 * In Touch with His Feminine Side: Lets face it. If Natsume suddenly turned into a girl half way through the series, no one would know the difference. And we love him for it.
 * Last-Name Basis: Almost no one calls him by his birth name Takashi.
 * Magnetic Medium
 * Morality Pet: Sort of one for Madara/Nyanko-sensei.
 * Nice Guy
 * No Social Skills
 * Orphan's Ordeal
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Plot Magnet
 * Psychic Powers
 * Socially Awkward Hero
 * Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious
 * The Hero
 * Weirdness Magnet

Madara/Nyanko-sensei
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 * The Alcoholic: Really likes to drink sake in his spare time.
 * Big Badass Wolf: His true form is a huge and rather powerful inukami.
 * Big Eater
 * Cats Are Mean
 * Fat Cat
 * Gonk: Pretty much known to everyone as "Natsume's hideous cat".
 * I Am Big Boned: Very insistent that his cat form is not fat, merely very fluffy.
 * If You Die, I Call Your Stuff: His relationship with Natsume is formed on this trope -- In return for serving as his bodyguard, he gets the Book of Friends after Natsume dies.
 * I'm a Humanitarian: Natsume keeps him on a leash, but he has asked on occasion to eat particularly grating humans.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Maneki Neko: His Shapeshifter Default Form.
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Only Natsume ever bothers to get his name right.
 * Noble Demon
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: In Sleep Mode Size.
 * Sarcastic Devotee
 * Sleep Mode Size: He's been sealed inside a Maneki Neko for so long that it's effectively become his default form.
 * Team Pet: Sort of. He's not technically a pet.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can transform into a Maneki Neko, a Big Badass Wolf true form, a girl, and Natsume Takashi.

Natsume Reiko
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 * Badass: You know you're one when you can defeat every single ayakashi you come across.
 * Broken Bird: Became rather angry and violent thanks to the treatment she's received over the years.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Hinoe's attraction to her is anything but subtle, though slightly subverted as Hinoe Does Not Like Men and most non-humans tend to disregard gender.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Glory Seeker: Probably the reason why she takes the names of the youkai.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hates Everyone Equally: Was said to hate both humans and ayakashi alike.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Shrouded in Myth

Tanuma Kaname
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 * Ill Boy: He's more vulnerable to the influence of spirits, so he tends to get sick quite easily.
 * Nice Guy
 * Psychic Powers: Can feel the youkai's presence and can sometimes see shadows, can't exactly see their corporeal forms.
 * Secret Keeper

Taki Tooru
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 * Cuteness Proximity
 * The Quiet One: At first, but that was only because  After that, she became more like the Genki Girl.
 * Secret Keeper

Sasada Jun
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 * Adaptation Expansion: In the original manga (chapter 5) she moved away after the test of courage. In the anime she is still interacting with Natsume after the test of courage.
 * Class Representative
 * Meganekko
 * Secret Keeper: Promises not to tell anyone about Natsume's ability to see youkai(although he refuses to admit he can, she's just convinced of it and is extremely nosy on her own).
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: Is rather strict even to her own classmates, but actually rather sensitive on the inside.

Natori Shuuichi
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 * Big Brother Mentor: Slowly becomes this to Natsume.
 * Bishie Sparkle
 * Bishonen
 * Chick Magnet
 * Distinguishing Mark: Has a lizard shaped birthmark that moves across his body and can only be seen by other spiritually inclined people. It's actually an ayakashi living inside his skin.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Paper Master
 * Psychic Powers: Can see and exorcise the youkai.
 * Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Not quite since glass can enhance one's ability to see Ayakashi.
 * Triple Shifter: Both an actor and an exorcist.

Kitamoto Atsushi
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 * Those Two Guys: Along with Nishimura, though contrary to the trope, they have fairly important roles in the plot as one of the few (non-psychic) people who are close friends of Natsume.

Nishimura Satoru
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 * Those Two Guys: Along with Kitamoto.

Fujiwara Touko
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 * Housewife
 * Parental Substitute

Fujiwara Shigeru
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 * Parental Substitute

Matoba Seiji
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 * Bishounen
 * Blackmail:
 * Dissonant Serenity
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Eye Scream: Above mentioned Eyepatch of Power also covers up a wound left from an ayakashi who attacked Matoba's right eye. He still has right eye and can see but cannot estimate distances well.
 * Foe Yay: With Natsume.
 * Jerkass: Just look how he treats his shiki.
 * Manipulative Bastard: He manipulates Natsume into helping the Matoba Clan See also Blackmail above.
 * Soft-Spoken Sadist
 * The Archer: His main tool of exorcism is a bow.