QUOTE (AccipiterF1 @ Aug 16 2008, 10:00 AM)
I loved that mask she was wearing. The emblem would make a neat tattoo.
Actually, that character on the paper mask that swallow wore just reads "bird". Correct me if I'm wrong.
And I agree with biankita about sasada. Seeing her annoys me so much. In the manga, Sasada moves away with her family after she meets Shigure, and after the school building is closed down, thus explaning her desperation when she threatened Natsume. So, I was actually really hoping that she would leave <.<" especially because she threatened to reveal the fact that Natsume could "see" to everyone if he did not help her...and her moving away pacified me in the manga. :X
The way things are going though, I really don't want him to have a love interest yet. It's a little too fast, and will seem to break the rythem and current pace of the anime. Learning to come to terms with his "sight", and then admitting that he likes both humans and ghosts because both actually have a heart, and then slowly starting to make friends. I would think it's weird if he just suddenly found himself liking someone in a way more than just a platonic relationship. Though if perhaps some might want things to spice up a little, that's one way, I suppose.
Oh, and I totally agree with AnimeWiz07 and Hyuuga. The first time I read the manga, it caught and kept my interest. The main character himself is very interesting, and I absolutely loved the naration as well as, and especially, the character developement. The fact that the mangaka steered away from normal cliched characters like a kyaa-ing ditsy main character girl, overly angst-y main, etcetc added to the score. The melancholy in the whole naration can be very sad, but in a way, calming, and makes you think sometimes... The art is relatively uncomplicated, but the style definitely acentuates this story.
Natsume is not a loud person both in appearance and character, and is someone who doesn't particularly stands out in the crowd if you place him there, but as we watch, we grow to like him more <.< well, at least for me. He thinks about life, and finds for his own meaning for things around him, including himself. Even if it's hard to understand humans and the ghosts, he strives to see their hearts, and it reflects on his actions. Even if it's hard, he'll do it; to find the something that he is searching for.