Madara (Natsume's Book of Friends)

Madara, also known as Sensei, Nyanko, Nyangoro, Nyankichi, Ponta, Nyanta and Nyan-Nyan, is one of the main characters from the Natsume's Book of Friends series.
== Charactah Account ==
Madara is a powerful beast youkai and commonly takes the form of a maneki-neko ("beckoning cat"). He acts as Natsume's bodyguard on the condition that when Natsume dies, he will inherit the Book of Friends, thus giving him control over a vast number of youkai.
Despite his continuous complaints about Natsume being too kind for his own good, Madara has grown fond of him and helps Natsume return names to youkai throughout the series even though it will diminish the power of the book by the time it is in his hands.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Natsume's Book of Friends
* Natsume's Book of Friends Movie: Ephemeral Bond
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2: 3D Nyanko-Sensei Theater
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Specials
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6
* Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 Specials
* Natsume's Book of Friends: A Day Out in Hitoyoshi Kuma
* Natsume’s Book of Friends: Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand
* Natsume’s Book of Friends: On a Certain Snowy Day
* Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
=== Manga ===
* Natsume's Book of Friends
== Trivia ==
* Kazuhiko Inoue changed his voice for Madara's cat form in order to fit his form. However, when Madara is in his true form, Inoue reverts back to his original deep voice.
* In Madara's cat form, he gets fatter as the story progresses.
* Madara has the knowledge of knowing how to return names (instructing Natsume during the first episode), however, the source of this knowledge is unknown.
* Madara gets several different nicknames from other characters over the course of the series.
** He is called Nyankichi-kun by Touko, Nyangoro by Shigeru, Ponta by Tanuma, and Nyan-Nyan-Sensei by Nishimura, Shiny-Fluffy Sensei by Taki.
* Yuki Midorikawa wanted Natsume Yuujinchou to centre around a boy and his non-human teacher, choosing between a bird or a cat. She eventually settled on a maneki-neko, which became Madara.
* Yuki Midorikawa based Madara off of a ceramic maneki-neko statue that was given to her when she was young by an elderly couple who took care of her a lot. She loved it due to its charming face, but accidentally broke it one day. Sobbing, she glued it back together with modelling clay, and it is still sitting at her parents' house today. Midorikawa first drew Madara while trying to remember her maneki-neko's face.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Madara at Natsume Yuujinchou Wiki
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