Guide to Natsume Yuujinchou Spirit Sighting & A Permissions Request

[namereturning]

So, I realized that considering Natsume's situation with his spirit-seeing abilities and whatnot, and I was like "Okay well some people have them and some people don't but I don't really know all the people who do/don't so I might as well make this clear."

So here's...
The Scale of What You Can/Can't See from Natsume's World, Based on Spiritual

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[wasbored]

permisssions everywheeere~

Character Name: Light Yagami
Character Journal: wasbored
Canon: Death Note
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? SHINIGAMI YO
Is Natsume allowed to see them? ....uh. Sure whatever.
If yes, are there specific instances where he wouldn't be able to? Not that I know of.
Anything else I should know? IF YOU TELL ANYONE HE KILLS YOU.

[zach_is_with_me]

Character Name: Francis York Morgan
Character Journal: zach_is_with_me
Canon: Deadly Premonition
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? Uh... Mostly dead people, I guess, ranging from murder victims to the tortured spirits of a town's population that went nuts killing each other one night.
Is Natsume allowed to see them? Yup!
If yes, are there specific instances where he wouldn't be able to? I can't think of one, but there's a good chance I might be forgetting something, a-ahaha. I really don't think so, though!
Anything else I should know? On that scale, York would be a... 2.5, I guess. :B He can definitely see dead people, but he's not a wizard or anything, soooo. Yeah. 8D;;

[shadow_spread]

Character Name: Sumimura Masamori
Character Journal: shadow_spread
Canon: Kekkaishi
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? Ayakashi, ghosts, gods, demons (Western-style), shikigami.
Is Natsume allowed to see them? Yes!
If yes, are there specific instances where he wouldn't be able to? Not that I can think of.
Anything else I should know? Masamori would be on level 4. The ayakashi in his world kind of tend to fall into two groups- ones that stick to themselves out in nature/in the alternate dimensions gods live in, and ones that are bent on destroying whatever's around, be that their own habitat or a human being. The latter throw a lot of things out of whack and the best solution is usually to destroy them, and that's the main job of the Night Troop, which Masa leads.

Character Name: Matsuzaki Ayako
Character Journal: doesitwithtrees
Canon: Ghost Hunt
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? Spirits, shikigami, youkai, ayakashi, gods.
Is Natsume allowed to see them? You'd also have to check with AmyJack, but I'd think so?
If yes,

[namereturning]

For Ayako: If she's ever actually in Natsume's world, she will have no problems. He lives like, right next to a forest that leads into a mountain that's covered in treeeees. There are trees everywhere.

[shadow_spread]

Ayako approves of this greatly.

[createswithink]

Character Name: Issun
Character Journal: createswithink
Canon: Okami
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? EVERYTHING FROM URAMI TO AKUMA TO ONI TO MONONOKE TO AYAKASHI TO KAMI TO KAMIYOANAYO TO KOTOAMATSUKAMI. Basically: all of Japanese mythology. All of it.
Is Natsume allowed to see them? The good/bad spirits, I have no doubt he can, but….
If yes, are there specific instances where he wouldn't be able to? …as for how he perceives the kami, check out this post because it’s more of Shinto-spirituality requirement rather than a supernatural-level-of-power to see them.
Anything else I should know? Issun’s a 4.

Character Name: Dead Master (yeah, that’s her name :T )
Character Journal: lamuerteverde
Canon: Black★Rock Shooter
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? Canonically noonnne? But I’d have no problem if he might see some. Her world’s very ‘dead’. I wouldn’t put him past him to notice a dead something from long ago chilling in the background of a video, should they ever meet on the comm.
Is Natsume allowed to see them? If

[namereturning]

I'm trying to think about this for Amaterasu and such and I think Natsume would probably fluctuate between seeing the red stripes and the divine instrument, depending on his canon point (he becomes much more stable the later in his canon he is, as a whole). Is that okay?

Also. Amaterasu and Nyanko-sensei (in his big form) look like they could be cousins. Just sayin'.

Yeah that's fine for Dead Master though. Generally the non-humans tend to have a bit higher spiritual ability, so I think that would be a good level for her. He will totally freak out about stuff in the background on occasion if they ever talk though. Totally.

[createswithink]

Yeah, that's totally fine. It sounded like he'd be able to see as much~

[lamuerteverde]

Meant to tell you this sooner, but I'm starting to incorporate more of the manga into the mix because it gives more information about the world. The Otherworld is actually called 'Hazama' or 'Threshold', as is a Limbo whose areas are constructed by the dead souls of bad or vengeance-driven people that wind up there. DM and co. aren't part of the dead, but actually like reapers ('janitors', as one character describes them) that make sure the dead will eventually just...move on already, especially when their souls start breaking down and corrupting. (Mayybee part of the reason she's not speaking to Yuri ;.; b/c she doesn't want to be like 'i want to kill you now'.)

[sandinmyboots]

Character Name: Kefka Palazzo
Character Journal: sandinmyboots
Canon: Final Fantasy VI
What manner of invisible creatures are in their world? mostly ghosts, dream-eating monsters and dream-eating monster ghosts
Is Natsume allowed to see them? yes!
If yes, are there specific instances where he wouldn't be able to? not that I can think of
Anything else I should know? Kefka's at least a 4, since he's a god of magic