#matonato

I was thinking a lot about how their friendship probs changed thru the years, i feel like they were closest while Shuuichi was still in HS and things probs changed as Shinobu defected and Shuuichi started acting, they probs slowly stopped seeing each other as much and distance grew. Something (like a big break) probably happened soon after this, but I love the thought of Matoba slowly growing his hair (bittersweet since its him preparing to take over the clan, and its necessity not choice), Shuuichi figuring out wtf is gonna happen in his life, yet still both teasing each other (with an air of tension and judgement as their paths diverge.)

let's fill this world with mistakes

this is a fan-event featuring natori shuuichi and matoba seiji from natsume yuujinchou (or natsume's book of friends)

the event will run from NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 12, 2025 spanning the birthday of these terrible little dudes (affectionate)! 🎉🎯🦎🥳

late posts are welcome and the fest tag will be tracked sporadically until NOVEMBER 18TH

and once more--you guessed it--there are NO SET PROMPTS (we die like all the yokai the matoba clan murdered <333) so go wherever your imagination takes you!!!!!

key goals:

celebrate these characters (individually and/or together)

inspire creation and sharing/appreciation of fanwork

HAVE FUN!!!!!

the rules:

the tracked tag will be #hexfest2k25

all kinds of fan-made content is welcome (art, fic, meta, fanmixes, graphics, etc) as long as it is centered around both characters and/or has one of the characters as the main focus (gen/non-shippy material also welcome)

please tag appropriately and provide warnings where applicable

please play nice & do not repost others' work

image descriptions/alt text encouraged [info on how-to here]

i think cuz they’re like both adult figures from natsume’s perspective i keep thinking they’re way older especially natori…