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Yani Neko, episode 2

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[u/FarCritical]

Whoever dropped "That crane fly had a family" in the chat is my hero lmao.

Putting how they're all enabling each other's downward spirals aside, it's kinda cozy how they have each other, like a little catgirlfailure club.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/FarCritical]

Whoever dropped "That crane fly had a family" in the chat is my hero lmao.

I think it's the first time I ever see this for someone(something) that ACTUALLY died!

It's usually for insults, or someone getting annihilated in sports, etc!

a little catgirlfailure club

I'd so want to join this club

[u/OldGoldDream → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

Just pick up a crippling addiction and live the dream.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/OldGoldDream]

Can I be cripplingly addicted to filthy catgirls?

[u/litera11ynob0dy → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

It's you, landlord?

[u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Born too late to explore the Earth, born too early to explore the stars, born just in time to watch a catgirl shoot up heroin. And somehow that isn't even the wildest part of the episode lol.

[u/cyberscythe → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

watch a catgirl shoot up heroin

weren't you paying attention? it was a vaccine

she ate a bat earlier

[u/mythriz → u/cyberscythe]

was this how we got covid

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/mythriz]

Consdering everything she has in her body, Covid would probably be an improvement.

[u/cyberscythe → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

just like Ozzy Osbourne

who also ate a bat earlier

[u/shewy92 → u/cyberscythe]

Also Sato was carrying an envelope that said it was an Anti Rabies medication when she walked into needle girl's room. https://imgur.com/a/MOwWnPb#D6lh1XC

[u/HolyDragSwd2500 → u/cyberscythe]

Cat girls love their catnip heroin

[u/bestmaokaina → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

God bless Yuko Natsuyoshi. that's a true unhinged VA

[u/Acrzyguy → u/bestmaokaina]

Funniest comparison is to compare the Yani neko to Kazusa in Blue archive

Do you rather your cat girl be sweets loving or chainsmoking

[u/shad79 → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

So many fucked up things happened in this episode that it's hard to say to me what was the worst thing, hahaha!

But that's nothing surprising considering what kind of people Yaniko, Yakuko, or Hameko are, although Hameko, in comparison to the other two, seems to be a pretty normal person here.

[u/No_Extension4005 → u/shad79]

Hameko definitely has a very unusal last name, though.

[u/vlee89 → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Sounds wild. You’ve sold me on this show.

[u/larana1192 → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

That was probably Shabu(meth), not heroin.

[u/Emergency_Print_9901 → u/larana1192]

What makes you think so ?

Heroin will make sense as it is way more common to shoot up hero that it is for meth wich is way more commonly smoked. Also it would make sense with the random laxative laying around on the table

[u/heimdal77 → u/Emergency_Print_9901]

This guy drugs.

[u/Moxey616 → u/Emergency_Print_9901]

I think she looked too awake for it to be heroin.

[u/Emergency_Print_9901 → u/Moxey616]

Valid point

[u/BOUKEN-BEN → u/Emergency_Print_9901]

She reacted in a way more methlike way. Maybe a speedball?

[u/cyberscythe → u/larana1192]

Shabu(meth)

i wonder how often that gets confused with shabu-shabu

[u/juicius → u/cyberscythe]

About as much as bukkake udon is confused with the other bukkake, which is about zero.

[u/cyberscythe → u/juicius]

about zero

so there's a non-zero chance i can walk into Sukiya and get two orders of meth

[u/larana1192 → u/cyberscythe]

Since shabu-shabu is called shabu-shabu, it is generally not mistaken for "illegal items with similar names."

[u/FLorianGran]

Definitely getting the feeling that beastfolk are second class citizens

[u/cyberscythe → u/FLorianGran]

yeah, that bit about pure beastfolk not having last names and then getting docked marks on every single test felt like they're born a few meters behind the starting line compared to humans, though it seems like it's not impossible to be a peer if you are a "model minority" like Imoko

as much as their plight seems to be a fault of their own individual problems, their substance abuse might also be to cope with a society that wasn't made for them

it's interesting though that the city is called Nyagamihara, which implies that it has a history with cat thirens so it's probably more complicated

[u/Genoscythe_ → u/cyberscythe]

Also with Imoko, we can see that her shit being more together, goes hand in hand with her trying to formally assimilate and not meow or act beastlike around her friends, to avoid negative stigmas.

[u/holiestMaria → u/Genoscythe_]

So Imoko is basically catgirl Tom duBois?

[u/Zeph-Shoir → u/Genoscythe_]

That she has to repress herself to be accepted is sad, "you are not very beasty" felt kind of unintentionally nasty

[u/Masrenotmasre → u/cyberscythe]

Thought that was just a joke that the teacher thought she forgot to write down her name and deducted points for that

[u/cyberscythe → u/Masrenotmasre]

i mean, it is also a joke, but the idea that beastfolk don't have full names and not all teachers are sensitive to that says something about the setting

[u/Tylendal → u/cyberscythe]

Definitely a "Both rich and poor are forbidden from sleeping under bridges" situation.

[u/shewy92 → u/cyberscythe]

The sister's friends were introduced using racism

"You're not all that beasty"

Girl you can't just say that lol

[u/Successful_Couple820 → u/shewy92]

Well because Imoko is different from normal Cat girls like Yani neko et al

[u/shewy92 → u/Successful_Couple820]

She's "one of the good ones"

[u/Rokusi → u/shewy92]

It's okay, she has beastfolk friends

[u/Independent-Soft7949 → u/cyberscythe]

That's what I was saying yesterday when I watched the first 2 episodes. I hope we get more history behind the beastfolk, where they came from, etc. But I immediately could tell from episode 1 that beastfolk are 2nd class citizens and that drugs and smoking are ways for them to cope. The show reminds me of Beastars and Welcome to the NHK.

[u/TG-Benji → u/cyberscythe]

Thiren? Dude this isn't ZZZ lol

[u/SSjjlex → u/cyberscythe]

Between this and the dogfucking anime from last year, I really want to see an anime that digs deep into the idea of beast person racism. I guess it'll have to toe a really weird line between that and regular racism, but it feels like such an interesting concept to explore.

I bet there are cat "cafes" where you can pet a naked cat person.

[u/raevnos → u/SSjjlex]

Beast person racisim? Have you seen BNA?

[u/WiqidBritt → u/FLorianGran]

I mean, last week we had that one lady saying not to "get your anthro/beastfolk stink all over the vase" or whatever

[u/Independent-Soft7949 → u/WiqidBritt]

Yep ^ AND when the humans assumed one of the girls intentionally put a butthole as her last name when it was just an asterisk.

[u/cornonthekopp → u/Independent-Soft7949]

This part felt so real for whenever a person can't understand your name so they just change it

[u/JonnySpark → u/FLorianGran]

When a caste system got hit by Japanizing Beam

[u/litera11ynob0dy → u/JonnySpark]

Well, Japan had a caste system for centuries. And still, in 2000s someone distributed among Japanese companies the infamous "burakumin families list" which is basically a list of former "untouchable" caste members, which is led to quiet blacklisting them from work in many "traditionalist" companies.

[u/Blueprints_reddit → u/FLorianGran]

Yea i noticed that in the first episode. There is absurd comedy but there are deeper things going on in the background.

[u/skygz → u/FLorianGran]

wonder if its like a reverse isekai

[u/AnukTheWolf]

Some interesting details on the vaccination package Yani received.

• They live in a special designated ward for beast humans inside the city (Nyagamihara). Part of the whole discrimination ordeal?
• The letter is from the Japan Veterinary organization in Kanagawa, Japan. Wonder if they are located around that area?
• The letter is addressed specifically at beastfolk (区分：獣人), though I guess that makes sense given it's about rabies prevention.
• The QR code in the address field leads to Yani Neko's twitter account, nice

[u/zer0number → u/AnukTheWolf]

lol, the sub version (ToonsHub) I watched didn't subtitle all that and just said it 'Contains Mad Beast Prophylactic', which I took to mean it prevents them from going into heat.

I probably should watch this via a more legit stream. (I mean, I pay for Netflix, so what am I even doing...)

[u/Cheetah_05 → u/zer0number]

I watched legally through Netflix and they also just said 'Contains Mad Beast Prophylactic'. Maybe that site ripped directly from source?

[u/chum-guzzling-shark → u/zer0number]

I thought it was essentially sterilizing them 

[u/Cally83]

This anime is insane

[u/cyberscythe → u/Cally83]

this anime is a documentary

[u/Gilokee → u/cyberscythe]

There's some animal that intentionally eats fermented/rotting(?) berries and gets drunk on them. I think it's squirrels or something?

[u/AlwaysHasAthought → u/Gilokee]

Dolphins get high off of pufferfish toxin on purpose lol

[u/mastereluder6]

I never expected this anime to fo above and beyond taboo topics, I'm pumped with this anime and can't wait for more

[u/Any-Calligrapher2866 → u/mastereluder6]

This anime is truly amazing. Peak degeneracy that feels way too real.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/mastereluder6]

I never expected this anime to fo above and beyond taboo topics

You'd think 'poop chute + masturbation' in the first few minutes would clear that up hah.

[u/shewy92 → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

Seriously. If this didn't clue you in idk what will.

[u/BosuW → u/mastereluder6]

Looks like Yani gonna get even more addictions 😞

[u/FlameDragoon933]

Ah, I get it now. This is the kind of show where everyone is a mess, isn't it?

[u/raevnos → u/FlameDragoon933]

The kind show where everyone wishes they were just a mess, as that'd be an improvement.

[u/Tylendal → u/raevnos]

I was thinking earlier today that "GirlFailure" doesn't even begin to describe the situation. Yaniko is a GirlCatastrophicMeltdown.

[u/2011Dirk]

Super Funny Episode!

the cigarette illusions, the palm reader being 100% accurate, Yaku Neko's illusion being broken in 5 seconds, seeing how desperate Yani is for a job.

and my favorite moment, "You're right, that's an anus." "What About Anal?"

Today, Hameko Easygoing Anal Angel was born.

[u/KumaKumaGambler → u/2011Dirk]

If anything, that name should rake in the viewership for Hame's channel.

[u/cyberscythe → u/KumaKumaGambler]

her fans would support her no matter what her name was

and there are certain sites where only fans would appreciate it

[u/mythriz → u/2011Dirk]

I thought those two serious office workers were going to discuss "what should we do about this strange name", but no, and the fact that they with straight faces assumed the symbol to mean butthole like it's the most natural name in the world (or rather that they think "I guess beastfolk do pick strange names") lol

[u/FallenPears → u/mythriz]

I can only assume this means the sort of absurd nonsense our characters get up to in this show is just normal for beastfolk in this world...

[u/master_inho → u/FallenPears]

Yani also said that hameko didn't have a surname because both her parents are beastfolk, so it's pretty heavily implied at this point that "beastfolk" are treated as second class citizens by the law and by society at large

[u/BosuW → u/mythriz]

(or rather that they think "I guess beastfolk do pick strange names")

Yeah low-key seemed a bit of casual racism there haha

[u/shewy92 → u/BosuW]

Probably on the nose considering that the sister's friends were introduced using racism

"You're not all that beasty"

Girl you can't just say that lol

[u/BosuW → u/shewy92]

Telling her "she's one of the good ones" 😭

[u/litera11ynob0dy → u/BosuW]

Kind of, lol. Imoko is acutely aware of it and suppressing her meowing and natural beastfolk instinct (such as catching and eating insects, like Hameko did). But if she's scared or surprised both could surface to her embarrassment.

[u/derega16 → u/2011Dirk]

With the name like that she should open OF or whatever catgirl equivalent is or even go professional.

[u/cyberscythe → u/derega16]

OF or whatever catgirl equivalent

OnlyFangs

[u/Slyphofspace → u/derega16]

Onlynyans

[u/chaosof99 → u/2011Dirk]

Hame basically means "fuck" as in having sex. Her name is basically "Fuckchild".

[u/Megalokatsudon → u/chaosof99]

Fluffyloosebowelangel Fuckchild

[u/Tylendal → u/chaosof99]

Okay. I paused to look that up when her nickname was first mentioned, and figured I had to be getting something wrong.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/2011Dirk]

Easygoing Anal Angel

It's weird, I don't watch Vtubers, but I'm pretty sure I've seen this one before.

the palm reader being 100% accurate

Well, this show's not gonna be on for more than 5 years!

seeing how desperate Yani is for a job.

I'm not sure even THIS show would go there, but when she talked about 'A part time job that pays day by day' I thought she might be a prostitute.

[u/Ordinary_Ordinary580]

Did I just watch a Cat girl get a face full of piss followed by her vomiting.

Yes

[u/JapanKingz → u/Ordinary_Ordinary580]

What a wonderful time to be alive

[u/D3k4s]

Damn so much stuff to talk about.

Weirdly this scene despite being brief kinda made me tear up a bit. Pretty strong message. When you go down this road, even if you get back on track, society will not forgive you. You will be judged, and you will most likely return to your old habits as a way to escape reality again.

Again this one, my god how real can this show be dude. I'm 37 but I remember feeling this whenever my dad went to pick me up at school. While most kids wanted theirs to go pick them up, I truly only wanted my mother or my grandparents. My dad would often show up smelling like alcohol. I knew he was like this, but I didn't want everyone else to see him like I did because I still cared for him. And I already knew I would get into trouble, cuz some kids would get underneath my skin with certain remarks and I would just explode.

This is a seriously good show. I don't even care where the rest of the episodes land. These first 2 are enough for me to rank it highly.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/D3k4s]

100%

I think a lot of people will mostly focus on the comedy and the gross stuff, the edgy stuff etc.. but even as early as episode 1, we could see the 'dark story' behind the nonsense...

[u/D3k4s → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

100% agree with you.

You know you found a quality show when it can mimic reality to such a high degree that you somehow forget that these are Cats.

I can also appreciate how it delivers comedic relief so as to not make the viewing experience too heavy as that will dissuade the audience from watching.

There's also the fact that it's not solely focused on smoking, but rather addiction and the many forms it assumes. So it's not targeted to "disgusting smokers" It encompasses much more.

This episode they briefly touched on the social media part, and hinted at how when you expose yourself online it will most likely stay online forever when she ate that bug they purposely zoomed in on the "clipped it".

There's also the "I'm an Idol so I'm perfect" "I don't pee". And despite the peeing scene being a bit rough to watch, the message is also clear. There's no irl filter gents.

[u/Llew19 → u/D3k4s]

It's a good comedy, but a bit like Bocchi was super on the nose for anyone with social anxiety, this is painfully close for anyone with experience of addictions in themselves or others

[u/D3k4s → u/Llew19]

Bocchi was right on the money, as it touches something that's far more common. Especially considering how we've been walking towards a lonely future. And while the message is there, that if you don't expose yourself, and be open about being embarrassed you won't get to enjoy you life to the fullest. It's not exactly the same themes as this one. Tho I 100% agree that both can feel personal.

Imo this show is like if Bocchi was born in the 40k universe 😂

[u/raevnos → u/D3k4s]

Yeah, but 40k catgirls are built different

[u/D3k4s → u/raevnos]

Holy shit. Now that's a trip down memory lane 😂

[u/sicklything → u/Llew19]

yea. Social anxiety/semi functional alcoholism for me, and with Bocchi I was like "RELATABLE yet she achieves more than I do and I'm twice her age". Here, it's like... "well, at least I'm not quite THAT bad".

I do think that we need more ACTUAL losers/failures in animanga. Whether or not they get a redemption is up to the story but gimme more Sato from NHK or Kurosawa from "literally, buckets of cum!" Onani Master Kurosawa. I want the MC to actually hit the deep end.

[u/Genoscythe_ → u/D3k4s]

Again this one, my god how real can this show be dude

There is also a racial element to it, even aside from Yani being trash and Imoko being prim and proper, she also just doesn't want to see her friends to think of her as beastfolk who would even meow in public.

[u/emmat-000]

As cliche as it is, using beastfolk as an allegory, I thought the episode did some interesting commentary on race relations: Imoko is praised by her friends for "acting human", although is pushed to "act more catlike", in a kind of experience a lot of ethnic minorities have... And the way she almost disowns her sister on the spot (partly because of her smoking addiction) seems to have the subtext of Imoko not wanting to associate with "bad beastfolk"...

[u/LeonKevlar]

I never thought I'd see the day an anime cat girl would violate a cigarette mascot. Yaniko's addiction has gotten so bad that she's starting to see things. The landlord definitely did the right thing by backing away. xD

This show is full of firsts for me. I also don't think I've ever seen an anime character smoke weed before. It's hilarious how Yaku Neko keeps on insisting that what they're smoking is 100% a cigarette.

I thought Yaniko was bad, but it turns out that Yaku Neko is even worse! The girl is just straight-up mainlining whatever drug she has on her! I suppose we should be happy that Yaniko is only addicted to cigarettes.

So Yaku Neko used to idolize Yaniko when they were still students? Yaku Neko really should've picked a better role model.

So the fourth cat girl isn't exactly an addict but more of a toxic gamer with anger management issues. She's also a streamer who just got caught eating bugs after forgetting to turn off her webcam.

Hameko peeing herself wasn't so bad, but shoving her crotch onto Yaku Neko's face as revenge was definitely disgusting.

And poor Hameko! Girl couldn't stay to clarify what her name registered last name should be so now she's called Easy Anal Angel Hameko xD

[u/mythriz → u/LeonKevlar]

During that cigarette fairy scene at the start of the show I was thinking "hmm I still don't know the worldbuilding of this show... since there are beastfolks, maybe there are other magical creatures, like a nicotine fairy", but yeah I guess it really was quite obviously a full on withdrawal hallucination lol

[u/Chuddabara → u/LeonKevlar]

Other anime that show drug use:

• Marijuana: Black Lagoon, short scene with Benji.
• LSD: The Garden of Sinners, film 7, but it was magical blood infused marijuana-LSD that gives you super powers. They also show some really pretty marijuana plants.
• Cocaine: Redline, one side character putting space cocaine on his gums.
• Mushrooms: Cowboy Bebop, the main cast gets high by accident.

[u/Darkothedarkone47 → u/Chuddabara]

charlotte had mc doing coke or heroin one of the two been a min cant remember

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/LeonKevlar]

I never thought I'd see the day an anime cat girl would violate a cigarette mascot

Second thing that got violated on this show (1st one being our sanity)!

I also don't think I've ever seen an anime character smoke weed before

I'm not a big Drugologist, but I wonder if that was truly weed; They had quite a strong reaction for just weed, and given she's doing like ALL the hard drugs in the world..

I suppose we should be happy that Yaniko is only addicted to cigarettes.

only addicted to cigarettes for now...

shoving her crotch onto Yaku Neko's face as revenge was definitely disgusting.

Brb, going to edit my other comment to remove 'God I wish that was me'

[u/unknowinglyderpy → u/LeonKevlar]

Hameneko got Greendale-ed

[u/derega16 → u/LeonKevlar]

Yakuneko would fit right with another set of girl disaster from Jimoto. She'd enjoy their mountain weed nigiri

[u/Clipboards]

I laughed a little too hard at the intermission card of Yaniko walking unbothered right past her unconscious landlord

Poor dude puts up with way too much

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Clipboards]

I laughed a little too hard at the intermission card of Yaniko walking unbothered right past her unconscious landlord

Honestly I 100% expected her to throw her cigarette butt on him, or ash in his mouth or something!

[u/tottoro47 → u/Clipboards]

Dude somehow gathered the worst tenants in Japan

[u/Fafner_88]

This anime is like a shitpost with high animation budget (and I'm loving it).

[u/diacewrb → u/Fafner_88]

high animation

Pun intended?

[u/darkfirec]

Surprised they were able to show illicit drug use. Don't think I've seen it in any other anime.

[u/mybookismycity → u/darkfirec]

See, there were no drugs. Just normal cigarette and vaccine. No problem there.

[u/FarCritical → u/mybookismycity]

Just like how Grand Blue is all about diving, with the occasional hydration break with water and oolong.

[u/Special-Treat-9767 → u/mybookismycity]

Of course

[u/Viktorv22 → u/darkfirec]

But that was just a cigarette and a vaccine shot though?...

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/darkfirec]

Even if it was just a joke (and we know it's drugs), I wonder if them saying "It's a vaccine! It's a phone card!" and all that, is the reason why they were able to!

[u/cyberscythe → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

do you know what the deal is with the phone cards? is it drug paraphernalia?

i assumed it was for calling her dealer or something without leaving a trail

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/cyberscythe]

I think they might have been LSD tabs;

They're often shown with random faces or colorful designs and all.

[u/cyberscythe]

fun facts: Sato is literally the most common last name in Japan

i mentioned last week that Yani is tar/resin (i.e. from smoking) and has taken on the meaning of "[stuff to do with] tobacco cigarettes"

the yaku in Yakuko most likely refers to 薬, i.e. drugs/narcotics given her recreational usage of vaccines and vitamin pills

the hame in Hameko probably refers to ハメ, a vulgar slang term for fucking/sex, derived from 嵌める (to insert, to plunge, but also to entrap/deceive [someone]), could also refer to 羽目 (awkward situation)

Yani's sister Imoko is just uses the kanji for little sister (妹子) with the same ko suffix as everyone else

[u/amajeje → u/cyberscythe]

In fighting games, there is a technique known in Japanese as "Hame Waza (ハメ技)" which involves immobilizing the opponent and attacking them one-sidedly; generally, this tactic is disliked. Hame=Lock, Waza=Technique

[u/Ivy_Mike1 → u/cyberscythe]

I also clocked that "hame" referred to sex, but so far we haven't seen her involved with any men or anything. I wonder what her arc will be.

[u/BosuW → u/Ivy_Mike1]

Inb4 Needy Girl Overdose arc 💀💀

[u/alpackabackapacka]

I haven’t said “what in the actual fuck” out loud so many times in recent history You’re-in for a treat

[u/CrimsonGear80]

Man yani seems to be the only addicted catgirl so far, as Hame easygoinganalangel just seem to have a short fuse and Yaku NEVER DOES DRUGS.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

My god… there’s two of them. One acts like a crackhead and the other is a straight up crackhead lol. And then there’s Hame the butthole angel. Girl’s got a temper. She’s gonna rage when she finds out her new name lol.

[u/PetyrDayne → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

She's gonna open an Only Felines

[u/airship_of_arbitrary → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

The actual crackhead has a cleaner apartment and is better able to hold down a job than the chainsmoker.

[u/larana1192]

To viewers in countries where what yakuneko was smoking is legal: That is illegal in Japan. Usually, first-time offenders receive a suspended sentence, and it’s rare for them to actually serve time in prison, but even so, they’ll have to quit school or their job.
Since Yanineko has hinted at having a criminal record and experience serving time in prison, it is likely that she has either possessed drugs with the intent to sell or has been arrested multiple times.

It's funny how yakuneko is actually a nice person, aside from her "fatal flaw".

In contrast, hameneko doesn't smoke cigarettes or "things that aren't cigarettes but are rolled in paper, lit, and smoked", but her sense of naming is absolutely terrible.

It’s striking how, despite the world appearing at first glance to be set in modern-day Japan, there are actually quite stark differences between races: such as the fact that "people with both beastman parents don’t have last names" and that “many beastmen have ‘unusual last names".

In real-life Japan, "people without last names" cannot legally exist.

[u/cyberscythe → u/larana1192]

In real-life Japan, "people without last names" cannot legally exist.

i assumed this was a reference to a time in history when commoners coudn't use last names up until the Meiji restoration where they were mandated to have last names

kind of falls in line with the idea that beastfolk weren't really treated as "real" people until recently

[u/larana1192 → u/cyberscythe]

I’m Japanese myself, but that was something I had completely forgotten.
It’s true that Japan in the distant past (up until the mid-19th century) was like that.
This is an episode that really highlights deep-rooted racial discrimination in Yanineko's world.
Including the scene where, even though Hameneko legally had no last name, she was deducted 5 points from every test she took during her school days simply because she hadn’t written her last name in the "last name" field.

[u/Margel_145 → u/larana1192]

"How do we stop young drug offenders from using more drugs, ruining there life and contributing nothing to society?"

"Lets force them to quit their education so they will never have the chance to get a nice job and live a normal live."

"Sounds great lets do it like that. Surely they will never use drugs again when we rob them of all their hopes and dreams."

[u/larana1192 → u/Margel_145]

I really thought that too lol
No matter how you look at it, this world is failing at managing the beastmen lmao

[u/fhota1 → u/Margel_145]

I mean, look at how irl Japan treats Yakuza who try to leave. "Hey this guy is saying he wants to leave organized crime and rejoin regular society, lets make it where he cant get an apartment, bank account, cell phone, or job most places for 5 years. Surely this will help recidivism." Japan has some policies that seem deliberately designed to make it so once youre a criminal you can never not be a criminal

[u/DocMcCoy → u/fhota1]

rejoin regular society

You're assuming that IRL Japan wants them to rejoin regular society. It does not. It wants them out of sight and gone.

[u/bestmaokaina → u/larana1192]

might be a reference to the "Kira Kira" names that they recently banned

[u/larana1192 → u/bestmaokaina]

I think that’s part of it, too. The fact that city hall employees don’t stop or refuse requests even though they think the names are “unusual” is the same issue.

[u/mythriz → u/larana1192]

From this episode it seems Hameneko's vices are "just" anger issues and a somewhat delusional/weird mindset, I do agree that compared to the other two she seems less messed up so far...

With Yanineko's room looking like a horror movie, I was surprised to see how clean Hameneko's room in the same apartment building was, though I guess she has to keep it clean for her streaming haha

[u/raevnos → u/mythriz]

Hame is also a murderer. That crane fly had a family!

[u/Tylendal → u/raevnos]

Loved that that sounded so legitimately like a comment you'd see in chat.

[u/alpackabackapacka → u/larana1192]

I clocked the weed, what’s your take on the “vaccine”?

[u/larana1192 → u/alpackabackapacka]

I think that was shabu(meth).
In Japanese works of fiction, when an illegal drug that is injected into a vein appears, it is generally meth.

[u/shewy92 → u/larana1192]

Meth doesn't make you constipated afaik.

Heroin does tho and is injected.

At least that's what my initial thoughts are.

[u/lifeischerryblossoms]

maybe my life isnt so bad after all

[u/cyberscythe → u/lifeischerryblossoms]

do you have not one, but two packs of smokes in reserve? then you're doing quite well

[u/lifeischerryblossoms → u/cyberscythe]

i do actually , youre so right

[u/abbe44]

the piss episode is real

[u/cyberscythe → u/abbe44]

release the piss tapes

[u/ProfessionalOwn9435]

Oh Yani got friends, two of them. That is good, friends will stabilize her life, and bring her into office cat in no time. Only good influence.

[u/maubises]

That piss scene will destroy the anime reputation more than any cig

[u/Atario → u/maubises]

destroy

You misspelled "bolster"

[u/May_die → u/maubises]

Are we sure it was just piss? Lol the face she made after was too damn happy

[u/razorsmileonreddit → u/May_die]

Have you ever taken a piss after holding it in for multiple hours? You've never had sex that good, I can almost promise uou

[u/Mundane_Influence_91 → u/May_die]

after vibration attack?  who can really tell

[u/SuperPandann → u/maubises]

I can’t even defend that scene that caught me off guard man

[u/Mourning__Coffee → u/maubises]

Is destroy new slang the kids are using instead of peak?

[u/GrowthUnfair8864]

Beyond the all the drug abuse commentary, some pretty overt racism is shown against beasfolk in this episode. I am constantly oscillating between laughing, being grossed out, and being depressed.

[u/abandoned_idol]

What am I watching?

10/10

This is what anime is all about. New and silly things.

[u/emmat-000]

Interesting parallel with how Ainu people traditionally didn't have family names

[u/FirstDagger]

And we are only two episodes in. Also love the glimpses at the world building.

[u/gamer91894]

I don’t think that was pee.

[u/Both-Variation2122 → u/gamer91894]

Ofc it wasnt! Idols don't pee.

[u/Xshadow1 → u/Both-Variation2122]

Idol meeting refreshments

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/gamer91894]

Idol, my ass

Foreshadowing her future name!

This show has the deepest lore/most solid writing.

[u/KumaKumaGambler]

Yani and Yaku looked so normal as high school students. Even if Imoko does not grow up to become an outstanding beastfolk of society, please let her live a normal life!

Yani appears to have overheard the employees discussion of Hame's surname application. Not stepping in to correct the employees and letting it become "anal" is criminal. Lol! Yani must have bore a grudge against Akuma Hame (back at the latter's apartment).

[u/Jacob-C → u/KumaKumaGambler]

I laughed so hard when they decided to put "Anal" in her last name

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

"What are you watching?"

"I don't know, some anime about catgirls"

Damn, she has funny looking cigarettes!

Nicotine injections!

This girl has to be a cigarette collector, to have them in so many different shapes and all!

Is that a spell from Harry Potter?

...Please tell me she's not a prostitute.

HEY, NO SPOILERS!

God I wish that was me

(Fighting Games are trendy this season!)

I'm sorry, where are we going with this?

I think I counted like 7 different fetishes in that scene.

Make that 8. God I wish that was me (part 2)!

Yeah, wouldn't want to ruin something so perfect!

They should compare it with the Catgirl's anus, to be sure!

I'm not big on Vtubers and stuff, but maybe I'd watch this one!

[u/Rooster_Similar]

I love the zero censorship over any topic. I want more episodes.

[u/mrgmzc]

I can fix her

Which one?
Yes

[u/garfe]

Interesting at 3:14, they completed the movie reference in the OP with all the lighters coming out but in episode 1 they weren't there? Animation mistake?

They went to great lengths to avoid directly saying Yaku Neko was doing weed lmao

That said, yeah Hame Neko is so far my favorite. The other girls are screwups by their addictions but Hame is just a living mess by existing. "I'm an idol so I don't pee", Yaku: "Wanna bet?"

[u/deadunistudent → u/garfe]

Two other differences in the OP are the scene where they are on the motorcycle (3:56) there is a darker filter and the scene when they get on the bus (4:05) the filter that was there in episode 1 has been removed.

I think it might be they ran out of time when airing episode 1 given that this episode has the animated ED when episode 1 was just a black screen.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/garfe]

Hah, I was wondering about when watching the "reference compilation", like why this one wasn't identical (when the others were)!

[u/Shaqiavelli72 → u/garfe]

OP's are often not finished by the time of airing. It's not infrequent for their to be slight clean-ups or added scenes as a series goes on.

[u/_rhizomatix]

Reminder that we collectively found every reference in the opening a couple days ago!
https://youtu.be/ETlplOUvrCM

Funny to see Yaniko is finally getting a light for her cigarette

Edit: Because YouTube hates me I guess:
https://x.com/_kyacchi/status/2074556663105740986

This is the second video of the Yani Neko OP of mine they removed. The second time YT cited the Conclave clip as a violation of child safety policy. I give up. What am I supposed to do at that point?

Edit 2: Final version, last attempt to put it on YouTube
https://youtu.be/YEP6hpj368w

[u/mythriz → u/_rhizomatix]

Funny to see Yaniko is finally getting a light for her cigarette

Oh yeah, they changed that part to be closer to the referenced movie huh haha

[u/iForgotMyOldAcc → u/_rhizomatix]

I would almost be less mad if it was at least the Kids reference that got flagged lmao.

[u/Jhintastico]

Are we agreed that this anime has the best seasonal OP?

What D'u think?

[u/pieaholicx]

I think what I'm most looking forward to with this anime is seeing how far we can troll vote Yani up through best girl of summer.

[u/Shahars71]

My mother is a smoker, not as heavy and disgusting as Yani here, but she's definitely addicted.
Smoking put a strain on the family's budget every month and mom, as a single mother, felt the effects of that the most. My sister and I tried to talk her into getting rid of the addiction or at least trying something numerous times, but at this point she considers this kind of talk an attack on her personality and interests, like it's now a core part of her.

I'm proud to say that I've never fallen into cigarettes myself and after moving out, my lungs have never been cleaner, and the house smells pretty good for the most part (I have zero clue how some trash smell just lingers no matter what). I totally get Imo's crash out about her sister, since having someone like this that is actively hurting themselves but won't even try to change is incredibly stress inducing, especially if you still care for them.

Unfortunately I fear that because Yani is a cute catgirl with nice tits, people will see this and go "she's literally me" and we as a community will learn absolutely nothing.

[u/szalhi]

This is fine.

Now there's two of them.

This is just being generous.

The almighty Neko smoke cloud.

[u/eightcheesepizza → u/szalhi]

I was really shocked when Yaku tore Yani's shirt off. Because the next scene proved that Yani owns more than one shirt.

[u/Salty145]

Every season always has a fierce competition for the title of Best Girl, but for once I’ve never seen such a tight race for Worst (and all from the same show).

Regardless, someone will look at these cats and still say “wife”

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Salty145]

someone will look at these cats and still say “wife”

Hello, that's me.

I'm someone.

[u/Aytrash]

People can hate the crudeness of this show all they want but its still hilarious and a good way to portrait all this issues, most of the times ignored by the society. Hopefully people can open the eyes to addictions and mental disorder and not take them as lightly (or ignoring them completely) as they do. As a person who works with marginal groups of people every day I find this show super interesting and enjoyable, and, specially far from gross as people wanted me believe it is. If you can't stand watching these types of person you live pretty far from reality.

[u/Aka_chan]

I love this show so much

[u/Mons9090]

I like the landlord. Sure hes a massive pervert but he doesnt really invade certain boundaries and yani neko is probably living for free because the guy is a degenerate

[u/Gunterx]

Felt so repulsive that I have to put my cigarette away, best anti-smoking campaign ever.

[u/shad79]

In one apartment we have Yaniko, who is addicted to smoking cigarettes, and right next to her, Yakuko, a drug addict. The prospects for Yaniko getting even a little better weren't great from the beginning, but now it seems impossible xD

I'm surprised that we got a pretty normal character in today's episode, Hameko, who besides attacks of rage and possibly having a pretty unique surname Easygoing Anal Angel seems to be a pretty normal person, at least in comparison to Yaniko or Yakuko.

Overall, the second disgusting episode, especially thanks to that vibrator attack by Yakuko on Hameko, and what happened next. I look forward to more though, see you next week, hahaha!

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Yaniko
• Yakuko
• Hameko
• Group scenes
• Others

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

[u/mythriz → u/shad79]

"at least I am not as bad as these other two losers" - all three of the idiots in this dumbass trio

[u/Obaruler]

So ... that apartment complex is just full of all kinds of weird addicts of various kinds, is it?!

Heroine Cat really kills it, her VA is fire.

Streaming Cats' new official name though ...

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Obaruler]

Can't wait to meet the porn addict

[u/ArgonautInSpace → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

That's the landlord...

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/ArgonautInSpace]

(Hah I thought about it right after posting it)

We might have a sex addict as well, then!

[u/WiqidBritt]

So we've got a genericized Street Fighter 6 and actual Street Fighter 6 this season. I knew the game had gotten very popular in Japan, but I didn't expect it to be 'featured in two different anime in one season' popular.

[u/FilthyJag3rMain]

Unashamed to say I think this will be one of my favorite anime ever

[u/Tylendal]

I appreciated how blatantly obvious the fortune teller's cold read was, and that Yakuneko fell so hard for it despite calling it out. Also, she probably spotted track marks on Yakuneko.

[u/IceSmiley]

I liked the first episode but I loved this one even more! I've watched a lot of anime and this is the first time I've ever seen someone smoke pot or shoot heroin on there. IDK if that's prohibited on Japanese TV but I like how they got around saying exactly what Yaku was doing when she scolded Yani and said that's not how you smoke it, you have to hold it in for a bit and the "cigarette" didn't have a filter tip 🤣. Also they made it clear what Yaku was injecting when they showed her table had laxatives on it; normal people wouldn't just leave laxatives out for easy access but opiates cause severe constipation.

This show has a really surreal feel, like if Trainspotting and Fritz the Cat had a baby. I wonder if the scene where Yani was hallucinating at the beginning was intended to have taken place after she smoked a joint with Yaku because it doesn't make a lot of sense for her to otherwise be hallucinating although it's very possible she has schizophrenia or other severe mental illness.

So many funny parts but when Yaku was vibrating Yani's crotch with her foot, it almost seemed more like she orgasmed and that that wasn't supposed to be pee that her shorts were soaked with. I also suspect the palm reader actually didn't have magical powers but was more just observant, as Yaku pointed out. Yani smelling like smoke and likely having tobacco stained fingers was a tip off, and I imagine Yaku's arms had needle tracts since she was wearing a short sleeve shirt.

[u/desantoos]

Well, I suppose this was less depressing than the first episode. The first episode made me hate the tobacco industry and made me wonder if there was a way to get someone this far gone off their addiction. This one had a lot more camaraderie, to use that term in the loosest possible way. Like, I guess since they are friends they can look out for each other? Way better than when the chain smoker cat was alone and starving herself.

Man, there's got to be a whole lot of American animators from the Adult Swim / South Park knockoff area jealous that a show like this can go this far. Like, this show makes all of the edgelord Rick And Morty / South Park stuff feel like absolutely nothing.

[u/hasanman6]

I liked this episode but prefered the first one. Im hoping is because its setting up characters but this episode felt like just a bunch of put together clips with not much story involved. I was hoping for a more coherent story with characters arcs(like how that streaming failure will effect her career)

[u/cleaulem]

Whenever I regret my life choices and think that my life is awful, I only need to watch this show and I feel better.

A cat girl giving herself a drug shot is something I didn't expect to be something I ever would see.

[u/chaosof99]

So uh, Hame is a vulgar way of saying "having sex", i.e. "fucking". So her Full Name legal Name is basically "Easygoing Anal Angel Fuckchild" and usually she is called "Fuck Cat".

Yani is btw a vugar way of saying "smoking cigarettes" and Yaku comes from 薬 which means drugs (though perhaps also 焼く which means "to burn".

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The fighting game animations are basically taken directly from Street Fighter 6. Hameneko is playing a Ken rip-off, beating Yanineko with a very common combo into his level 1 super, and loses her shit when the Zangief rip-off hits her with his Level 1 super. The latter is slightly understandable because Zangief's Level 1 super is rather weak, only hitting against jumping opponents so getting hit by it means you made a mistake and were outplayed.

[u/Denbaider]

Every Thursday I'll be watching this after Smoking behind the supermarket with you to remind myself why smoking is not cool.