Tooru Taki is one of the supporting characters of the anime and manga series Natsume's Book of Friends. Unlike Natsume, she can't see yokai without drawing a magic circle.
She is voiced by Rina Satō in the Japanese version and Megan Shipman in the English version.
Biography
Tohru Taki is a female student at Natsume's school. She was first "discovered" by one of Natsume's friends, Nishimura, who had heard rumors of her beauty and became entranced. He still maintains an obvious crush on her even though Natsume holds most of her attention.
Taki is introduced into the story as a shy, silent girl. However, it is quickly revealed that the reason for this is because she was cursed by a yokai; the last 13 names said by her will be eaten by him at the end of a one year period. The yokai also throws her into an impossible gamble for her life which he does not honor even when she wins.
Even though Taki herself has too little spirit energy to see yokai, she does have the knowledge of drawing magic circles, which she discovered from watching her grandfather. The circle, once drawn, gives any human the ability to see yokai who step within the radius of the circle. The circle does not require any spirit energy to create and activate, so anyone could possible draw it if they know how to. But due to it being complicated in looks, Taki is presumably the only one able to draw it without the need of a guide.
Personality
At first, Taki comes across as very shy and withdrawn, but this is only because, due to a deal she was forced into by a particularly malicious yokai, she was trying especially hard to avoid saying anyone's name, which would cause them to be cursed as well and be eaten by the yokai once the one year period was up. However, once Natsume and Madara help her resolve the problem, she quickly shows herself to be much more cheerful, friendly and optimistic, if still a little reserved. She is also shown to have a unusual taste in cuteness, as she finds Madara's cat form so cute that she often has the uncontrollable urge to cuddle him and rant about how adorable he is whenever she sees him. Like Tanuma, she tries to help Natsume in any way she can, but is usually prevented from doing so because Natsume worries about their involvement with yokai and tries to keep them out of it by handling matters on his own.
Trivia
- Taki is one of the few people that knows Natsume can see youkai, including amongst his friends and schoolmates.
- She is 15 years old.
- Her birthday is May 16.
- Her voice actress, Rina Satō, also voiced Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index, Eula Lawrence in Genshin Impact, Makoto Niijima in Persona 5, Shura Kirigakure in Blue Exorcist, Ange Ushiromiya in Umineko: When They Cry, Velvet Crowe in Tales of Berseria, Matrona in The Seven Deadly Sins, Ameisha Kichougasaki in Love Tyrant, Honoka Maki in Kiznaiver, Naoya Tohara in Astarotte's Toy!, Aoba Anoa in Otomedius series, Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon Crystal, Baby 5 in One Piece, Emilie de Rochefort in Queen's Gate, A in Xenoblade Chronicles, Iris Fey in Ace Attorney: Trials And Tribulations, Haruka Minami in Minami-ke, Ema Asahina in Brothers Conflict, Negi Springfield in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, and Esty Dee in Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~.
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