Natsume’s Book of Friends: Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand

You can skip this one. Really. The kids are pretty annoying. They sound like they've been voiced by actual children which I guess is good for accuracy but also means they sound really bad. There's a lot of reused animation and repetitive gags. Feels very stretched out, like they could've told the entire "story" in 10 minutes at most. Definitely feels more childish than regular episodes too. Like something you'd play for your younger siblings to shut them up At best you get a few cute animations, Madara interacting with the Dog's Circle, and a single (probably less than a minute long) random shot of Natori

Based on a couple other reviews I saw I'm guess that MAL used to have 2 of the OVA's as one entry but split them up at some point. So to clarify, this is a review for Nyanko-sensei's first errand. It was a cute little story about Mr Fat Cat having to deal with the precocious personalities of two very young children. It's nice to see that despite the way he talks, Nyanko-sensei really does have a heart, doesn't he? He's a big lovable tsundere and I honestly don't know if he ever had any intentions of eating Natsume to get the Book of Friends. Ithink it's pretty clear at this point that he's basically Natsume's familiar, but rather than use coercion or some kind of binding spell like the exorcist groups of the show he wins them over with his friendly personality and willingness to help others. The humor in this is a little repetitive and the little boy starts to get annoying after a while, but it's a nice enough story for what it is. 7/10

INSUFFERABLE!! Bottom line: Nyanko-sensei gets lost and ends up babysitting 2 kids... 2 unbearable kids. Those 2 kids are the worst characters they could have created in the series. It lacks everything characteristic of Natsume (series), such that it doesn't even leave a teaching at the end. The usual characters appear very momentarily, as does the soundtrack. The episode is like a badly told fable. As I understood, the OVA is original to the anime, so the original author is not 100% to blame. I am aware that it is a single episode OVA, but the quality is poor even for that. The most salvageable thing is thevisual aspect, impeccable as always. I wanted to kms while I was watching it (lol), so, I warn you that you can do without watching this sole-episode. I gave it a 4/10 for the "love" I have for the series in general. I hope the next OVA (before season 5) will be better.