New season of Natsume Yujinchou on Crunchy Roll

http://www.crunchyroll.com/natsume-yujin-cho-shi
This is the link to it.
I like this show a lot, for several reasons, which of course I will now outline.
Spoiler alert, possibly?
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Firstly I liked the somewhat dreamy, soft and easy-going art style of the manga and the animation company has tried to emulate that style and succeeded quite well, especially in the first season op and eds.

Secondly, I like the idea of a person trying to understand everyone in the world he lives in; not choosing the easy path of dismissing people or youkai but trying to understand both. Not only that, Natsume tries to help them understand each other also. He may never succeed, he has known futility and frustration and loneliness but he still keeps trying.

Thirdly, it is this idea of living in two worlds simultaneously that appeals to me.
I realised that is one thing that people who are different in some important (as in significant, like for example a disability of some kind or a gift perhaps) way to 'ordinary' or 'normal' people, have to deal with. We live in a world where we are forced to face the fact that people see more than one viewpoint. Then we have to choose our own viewpoint and way of living.
As a person who is classified as being on the Autism Spectrum, I can at least partly identify with other people also on the Spectrum.
But as a high-functioning Autistic person, I can also (usually) understand the Neuro-Typical view as well. This is where it gets complicated of course because many Autistic (AS) people lack empathy, but here is the thing : so too do many NTs (Neuro-Typicals).
Most people are so busy in their own minds that they cannot understand how others think, often it is simply because they do not try. Many people, AS or NT, lack empathy simply because we humans are lazy, we like to keep things simple and put people in boxes in our heads because it is easier to deal with the world that way. There are also many who lack the insight or are mentally impaired in some way and are impeded by that.
And so when a person does sit down and try their best to consider everyone's feelings and needs and beliefs and every messy complicated aspect of an issue or a situation, it can be confusing, difficult and frustrating. Many people realise this and so they make a decision quite early on in life that they will just rush through things and keep them easy for themselves, despite what it costs others.
I somehow realised when I was younger that I have a need to at least try to analyse things and not to just treat people harshly or write them off. This is probably due to being bullied throughout my time at school and college (high school, for all you non-New Zealanders), where other people labelled me as 'weird' or having a 'smart mouth' and not talking to me.
I was so saddened by this, I felt it all the time; as if there was a stone where my heart was supposed to be. I was bitter but not irredeemably so. The only reason I say that is because even when I was bitter, I still kept hoping that people would treat me kindly. That hope has not yet gone away, more than a decade after finishing my school years. The hope and need for kindness and grace is what keeps a person kindly. That is my belief. Of course I believe in God too and I think that also kept me gentle. But that is a whole other topic on it's own! Haha!
So yes, I enjoy Natsume Yujinchou and it's theme of redemption through a struggle for kindness and understanding. And I am interested in Youkai as well!
Nyanko-sensei is my favourite by far. Just saying.
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Anyway, it's an interesting show, you should watch it.
I'm moving to Hokkaido in August 2015 yay! Noboribetsu-shi. Onsen!!!!
Yay! Hot Springs, here I come!
I just had to shout it out.
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