NO.200ANIMEOOTDToru Taki
NO.200ANIMEANIME OOTD / CHARACTER ARCHIVE
Toru Taki
Natsume’s Book of Friends ↗ / 2009
Friend who knows Natsume’s secret
AI-assisted illustrations · Not official anime stills








Taki originates in the manga and enters the 2009 second-season anime. The card uses her anime-debut year rather than incorrectly placing her in the 2008 first season.
Gentle and earnest, she takes responsibility in supernatural danger. Her enthusiasm for Nyanko-sensei brings comedy without reducing her to a cat-hugging gag.
Her grandfather’s knowledge of circles draws her into yokai incidents. Usually unable to see them directly, she encounters that world under specific ritual conditions and works with Natsume.
Takashi and Kaname Tanuma share friendship around yokai secrets. Her grandfather studied yokai and she adores Nyanko-sensei; she is not established as Natsume’s girlfriend or a professional exorcist.
Shoulder-length light-brown hair and simple school clothing identify her. Ritual visibility differs from Natsume’s innate sight; manga and photographic-style portraits retain her student age.
Fan joke: around Taki, is Nyanko-sensei a guardian or a cuddly mascot? The contrast is playful and does not imply she understands every aspect of his true power.