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Strange question, perhaps, but I'm curious because I always wanted to try Nattō:

If you eat it regularly, do you also smell like it?

I ask because people who eat a lot of garlic (or masala spice) often have strong body odor due to consuming these spices.

I notice the smell a bit. Not sure if anyone else notices my body odor changing. It's pretty common to eat it here in Japan. Do you mean the odor clinging to clothes or some physiological smell change?

Natto looks somewhat.. strange. But I got used to it very quickly, I absolutely love rice with natto on top. Can't say I've ever noticed much smell.

What benefits does it have over other fermented soy products that actually taste good like miso or shoyu, or Chinese dou chi?

Not GP. One of the benefits that I’ve read about is that natto is a very good source of Vitamin K (542% of DV). [1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt%C5%8D#Nutrition