Natsume Hyuuga

Natsume Hyuuga, also known as Black Cat and Obaka-chan, is one of the main characters from the Alice Academy series.
== Charactah Account ==
One of Mikan's classmates whom she met during her visit to the Academy. After insulting her during that first meeting, she immediately declares him as her enemy. A member of the Dangerous ability class, he possesses the Alice of Fire and is often sent by the Academy for various missions.
Natsume comes off as cold and easily angered, but his attitude is mostly a facade. He wishes to get involved with no one and vice versa. However, Natsume has followers who admire him for his rebellious attitude against the school, such as Mochiage; who also regulary skips class. He also has admirers, like Sumire who likes Natsume for his looks and "coolness". On the other hand, Natsume has people who fear him for being the Dangerous Ability Class and call him a murderer, like Sumire's brother. Natsume brushes off these accusations, but it is clear how he feels about this. Natsume seems to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, as he frequently has nightmares and anxiety episodes due to the abuse inflicted on him. As a result of the abuse and the dangerous missions he is forced to do, he began to lose hope in life and in his future. According to Ruka, before Mikan arrived, Natsume threw his life away and was on the road to failure, but upon her arrival, Natsume changed for the better and became stronger. Ruka and later Mikan are some of the few who knew about his kind side and his motives behind his behavior.
Natsume is protective of his friends and family and he is willing to suffer for them and sacrifice his life and freedom so that they won't get hurt. He hates the academy and wishes to escape to live peacefully with those he carea about. Being forced to do missons in the Dangerous Ability Class, Natsume has experienced the darker side of the academy. In the beginning of the story, he told Mikan to watch out when she was being targeted. He also warned her to not trust Narumi or any of the teachers. He suspected that the Elementary Principal was growing interested in her Alice and was causing her problems. Although he is against using violence that amounts to killing his enemies, Natsume makes the ESP an exception. Due to the abuse he suffered at the hands of the ESP, Natsume was overcome with rage and desire for revenge, and instantly took the opportunity to try to kill the ESP twice in the Current Arc, although he was warned it would mean risking his life. This shows that he can be reckless at times, especially considering that he promised to Mikan that he would not be reckless and endanger his life. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Alice Academy
=== Manga ===
* Alice Academy
== Trivia ==
* In Higuchi's previous work M to N no Shozou and her current work Gakuen Alice both the male and female lead start with the same letter, the letter "M" is Mitsuru and Mikan, The letter "N" is Natsuhiko and Natsume. The mangaka admitted that this was a coincidence.
* Natsume's alice stone color is red.
* Natsume is the only Special Star in the elementary division, though he does not wear his star.
* Natsume's name in Japanese means jujube, (edible berrylike fruit of Eurasian plant, formerly taken as a cough cure). His name is given to him by his mother who learned that the fruit was healthy and hoped it would by symbolic to Natsume who has inherited her alice type. She also chose the name to be connected to Yuka as Mikan and Natsume are both fruits.
* Natsume has been fated to be with Mikan since they were born because of their mothers' friendship and that they were both named after fruits because of a connection Kaoru wanted to establish with herself and Yuka.
* When Natsume was born, his mother originally wanted to name him "Kintarou".
* In the time travel arc, it is revealed that Natsume is 6 months younger than Mikan (she was actually born in May and he was born in the following November).
* Natsume's promise to be with Mikan forever technically means that he is engaged to Mikan.
* It wasn't until after the Hana Hime arc that Natsume stopped calling Mikan names and started calling her by her name more often.
* Natsume's eyebrows are short because of genetics, his mother also had short eyebrows.
* Although Natsume is a star student, he has no musical talent; seen before Yura's graduation, when he tried to blow a saxophone and produced a weird noise.
* Natsume loves strawberries, but when Aoi (who used to hate them) changed her mind and said she loved them, he said he now hated them she could have them.
* Natsume is a fan of manga books, which he brings with him to class everyday.
* Mikan is Natsume's first love; this is proven because when Narumi used his Alice on him in chapter 1, Natsume fainted. Only people who have never been in love faint in result to Narumi's Alice.
* Natsume is the only character to have been brought back from the dead.
* Natsume's first smile was when his mother, Karou gave his name to him.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Natsume Hyūga at Gakuen Alice Wiki
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