Chainsmoker Cat
Oshimeter
Synopsis
Picture an ash-covered apartment, a trail of cigarette butts across every surface, and a catgirl who cannot stop smoking no matter how hard she tries. That's Yani Neko in a nutshell, and it's way more entertaining than it has any right to be. Yani is an anthropomorphic cat woman living in a contemporary city, and her life is... not going great. Her apartment reeks of ash, cigarette butts cover every surface alongside piles of general mess, and every attempt to quit smoking collapses within minutes. Her sister drops by to scold her, a close friend shows up to help her clean, and Yani keeps lighting up anyway. The comedy comes from how relatable her cycle of motivation and failure actually is. just swap cigarettes for whatever bad habit you can't shake. What makes this work is the tone. It's a seinen comedy that treats addiction with enough honesty to land its jokes without feeling mean-spirited. Bibury Animation Studios is handling production, and the character designs lean into the absurdity of a catgirl whose biggest enemy is nicotine. There's a warmth underneath the mess, literally and figuratively, as Yani's relationships with the people around her keep pulling her toward something better even when she keeps slipping. If you liked the offbeat slice-of-life energy of My Deer Friend Nokotan or the anthropomorphic charm of The Everyday Tales of a Cat God, this hits a similar sweet spot: weird premise, surprisingly grounded character writing. It's a low-stakes comedy about a high-stakes personal battle, and that contrast keeps it compelling.
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Started with her shitting, ended with her shitting. Will forget everything i saw on this show until i see them again. But it was an enjoyable wasted time.
yani finding the one place in kyoto she could actually light up and then it turns out the sacred stone at the end of that pitch black temple hall has been used as her ashtray the whole time. imoko standing right there smelling it. i yelled
Strangely amusing, but also that was yucks. Good job on the art tho
ok so everyone survives flipping a van off a road with zero injuries and then the final scene is just Yani and Yani-tsugi eating under the moon while the manager stands there naked and broken. this show has a very specific idea of what catharsis looks like and I keep coming back for it
you can tell this whole Kyoto trip was just the setup for that one phone call in the van. six hours of highway and it all went sideways in ten seconds
the bleeped out lines in the special OP are so funny to me. censoring a mouth while singing about addiction is peak irony and I think they knew exactly what they were doing
Imoko is the only character here with her life together and her one goal this episode was just hoping her sister and mom didn't get sick. that got me
I did not have the manager getting dragged into the darkness by Hame-chan on my bingo card. that bald man just wanted a quiet night with his sake and a paranormal doc
so the whole stone at the end of the dark tunnel was just an ashtray. of course it was. I hate how well this show knows its own title character
Imoko buying the anti bad luck chopsticks for her sister and then their bus drives right past the flipped van is the meanest editing trick this show has pulled yet
manager draws a great curse at the temple and then her manga gets canceled while she's driving. the omikuji was a warning the whole time.
swapping the OP and ED singers for one week is such a weird flex and it completely worked
the deer king was genuinely the most tragic figure in this whole show and then he just takes a dump and it's over. I stared at the screen for a full minute
not sure the Hame-chan pulling the manager into the dark thing worked for me. played it creepy for a bit then just moved on and the bit never came back around. some of this episode felt like a bunch of gags stapled together and the deer king was really the only stretch that held
the phone call landing right as the manager is rambling about her manga and then the van flipping. cold way to set up the finale
the temple guide casually explaining the beast people stone thing like its normal history and everyone just nodding along is such a weird bit of lore to drop in tourist trap form
poor Imoko is getting more broken every episode. used the sacred stone as an ashtray. blank stare at the defiled rock. my girl needs a break
the manager drawing a great curse and refusing to accept it then getting drunk and dancing at the inn was the funniest part for me
Imoko buying chopsticks to ward off bad luck for her sister and then riding past the flipped van without knowing. that one landed harder than it had any right to
I could not stop laughing when the King of Deer monologued about lost dignity then immediately dropped a deuce. that blank stare from Yani sold the entire bit
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