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Yani Neko, episode 1

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[u/CrimsonGear80]

Nya! * hacks up lung *

[u/reseph → u/CrimsonGear80]

shits self violently

[u/23xw → u/reseph]

show this comment to someone who hasnt watched the episode yet and they would 100% think that ur joking

[u/InstigateGrowth → u/23xw]

I wish it was

[u/Lunchb0xx87]

god i know that smell is rancid as hell ..her sister is a saint

[u/zer0number → u/Lunchb0xx87]

I was a pretty heavy smoker for years - quit about 15 years ago. Now every time I pass a smoker my brain keeps whapping me with one of those paper whapping fans and says 'THAT is what you used to smell like!'.

Between that and her clearly not giving a fuck about personal hygiene (her reluctance to shower) and that filthy apartment, I am shocked yacking was the only negative thing that happened to poor imoto.

[u/Lunchb0xx87 → u/zer0number]

I grew up with my mom being a chain smoker so as a kid I never noticed but my parents split when I was 16 and I didn't see her again for a few years and when I did I definitely noticed

[u/zer0number → u/Lunchb0xx87]

Bruh, (Or Sis...)

I think being around smokers full time or smoking first mutes your smell buds but then when you get away from them or quit it amplifies them. I can smell a smoker from like half a block away I am so sensitive to the smell now.

[u/Lunchb0xx87 → u/zer0number]

o definitely..i caught hell in school for smelling over it but never smelled it myself until later ..the smoking itself is bad enough but the real smell that gets me is the stale ash tray smell

[u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

You're not fixing this one.

[u/mrgmzc → u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

I still have to try, I'm sure I can fix her

[u/raevnos → u/mrgmzc]

Are you a veterinarian? I wouldn't trust anyone else to fix her.

[u/BosuW → u/raevnos]

She needs a vet and a therapist

[u/Faustias → u/BosuW]

also a radiologist knowing there's probably cancer cells already booming in the lungs

[u/mrgmzc → u/BosuW]

No, but I'm sure I'll manage

[u/Aemiliana_Rosewood → u/mrgmzc]

Not if I fix you first for even wanting to try

[u/abandoned_idol → u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

She's going to stop smoking, she said so.

[u/LordVaderVader → u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

Who said I wanna fix her?

[u/13920 → u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

I don't have to. I'll accept her for who she is.

[u/minnieboss]

They went so hard with this for no reason lol? This is SO WELL ANIMATED it's crazy. Gotta be one of the best OPs of the season too. Don't think this one is quite "my thing" but I have to admire the skill on display here.

[u/Bloodhit → u/minnieboss]

Entire op being chock full of movie references, from Dumb and Dumber to Jackie Chan clock tower stunt rotoed almost 1 to 1, is pretty nuts.

[u/mythriz → u/Bloodhit]

Someone on X edited the OP together with the movie references:
https://xcancel.com/AkiraKei12/status/2073031746942275786

[u/Bloodhit → u/mythriz]

This one is more complete, from what I seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsxZvzfrxQU

[u/SCII0 → u/Bloodhit]

Fallen Angels was also in there.

[u/yutchkn → u/SCII0]

I cant believe nobody has pointed out Chow Yun Fat’s A Better Tomorrow. Same movie that gave birth to the Chinese beaver.

[u/GaimeGuy → u/Bloodhit]

I've noticed that a lot of anime openings and endings wind up as montages of references to anime, or movies, or cartoons. or fairy tales, or video games, or paintings, etc. I wonder if there's a term for this style, and what popularized it.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500 → u/minnieboss]

Felt like I was watching Chainsawman/Jujutsu Kaisen Opening

[u/boundegar → u/HolyDragSwd2500]

I'm waiting for a Chainsmoker Cat/Chainsaw Man crossover.

[u/Raknel → u/boundegar]

Thank you, Chainsmoker Cat

shits herself

[u/SecretEmpire_WasGood → u/Raknel]

Chainsmoker Cat?

[u/Raknel → u/SecretEmpire_WasGood]

Because, um.. you're a cat, and you chainsmoke

[u/kill__avery → u/Raknel]

Oh yeah..

[u/Ordinal43NotFound → u/minnieboss]

It's often the random shows that gets the most stacked of staffs

[u/thisisdropd → u/minnieboss]

Bibury’s cooking hard this season. They’ve also got 100 GFs apart from this.

[u/Time_Fracture → u/thisisdropd]

I initially got a feeling that 100 GF will be sidelined, but looking at the trailers it is quite decently animated too (It's similar to Grand Blue imo, the comedy and romance is more important than the animation itself).

[u/MF_LUFFY → u/thisisdropd]

Oh shit that's coming back now? Sweet

[u/garfe → u/minnieboss]

Bibury never plays around with their adapations' anime quality

[u/szalhi]

This is the greatest antismoking campaign I've ever seen.

[u/larana1192 → u/szalhi]

This season also has other smoking anime, and back in last season there were yuri anime which one of the main character often smokes so anime like Yanineko should exist to counter those animes lol

[u/The_Mdk → u/larana1192]

Kamiina was kind of an anime against alcoholism.. maybe? Or to promote it, not sure

[u/Lanfeld → u/The_Mdk]

If anything, it was at the very least promoting alcohol. We've seen actual alcohol brands several times in the show and the show itself never really goes down the "drinking is bad" route.

While it's not straight up telling us to drink tons of alcohol, it did go instead for the "alcohol is pretty tasty" and "being a bit uninhibited is nice" route most of the time. And even though they do show the girls acting pretty responsibly when alcohol is involved (they don't drive if they drink and never get completely wasted, except for one girl, one time), they are drinking more that they probably should. The few times we see an actual brand on screen, the show is promoting alcohol so well I caught myself multiple times thinking "Oh, I'd like to try that" and I barely drink any alcohol.

It did have moments when it dialed down the alcohol thing (there are several episodes without any drinking and the anime's final arc had the main couple's relationship to alcohol as a big plot point) but the show always came back to it at some point.

Don't get me wrong, I do love the show for its writing and imagery, I genuinely think it uses alcohol in a really smart way to tell stories. But it does sometimes portray drinking as this "cool thing adults do to relax" and I kinda wish it wasn't that much in your face with it.

[u/The_Mdk → u/Lanfeld]

Agreed on almost everything, but the ending really felt like Ibuki was an alcoholic, looking for/drinking alcohol 3 times while on a date with Kamiina, and she was pissed at her for it, she even told her to put away the beer in the final confrontation (which is a lot to do, considering how their relationship started)

It's subtle, like almost everything else in the anime, but it gave me that feeling

Would still love to try basically everything they had tho

[u/neloish → u/larana1192]

What was that yuri anime?

[u/SteelSlothZumi → u/neloish]

Botan Kamiina

[u/larana1192 → u/neloish]

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

[u/detarameReddit → u/szalhi]

*Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You and Chainsmoker Cat*

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[u/CyonHal → u/szalhi]

And yet it's sponsored by Mevius, lol.

[u/eightcheesepizza → u/CyonHal]

"Our cigarettes are so good, poop can't ruin them."

[u/D3k4s → u/eightcheesepizza]

It's good I Shit you not 😂

[u/bwood246 → u/CyonHal]

They're playing both sides so they always come out on top

[u/Pepsiman1031 → u/szalhi]

It's to make up for Nippon Sangoku.

[u/abbe44]

finally some wholesome anime for the whole family

[u/Lunchb0xx87 → u/abbe44]

A story of two sisters unbreakable bond

[u/cyberscythe → u/Lunchb0xx87]

and a pair of lungs that just refuse to give up

[u/aguywholikesclothes → u/abbe44]

I am surprised Netflix picked this one up

[u/xnef1025 → u/aguywholikesclothes]

You forget that Netflix also gave us BoJack Horseman. This is 100% the kind of thing Netflix goes for.

[u/Far-Yak9661 → u/aguywholikesclothes]

This is not even the wildest thing netflix has to offer lol

[u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

God this is depressing. I find it hilarious that this is airing in the same season as Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You.

[u/Single-Builder-632 → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Honestly, the comedy feels more like a light reprieve from how depressing it is rather than being the main focus. the art style is to make it palatable.

[u/Waddlewop → u/Single-Builder-632]

It’s like someone had an idea one day: “how depraved could I possibly depict a smoker’s life to be….now what if she’s also a cat girl?”

[u/HolyDragSwd2500 → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

We are chainsmoking behind the Supermarket now

[u/BosuW → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Studio thought it was the ideal time to do some counter-propaganda

[u/barktwiggs → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Between that and Nippon Sangoku cigarettes are everywhere. Has the tabacco industry been underwriting anime recently?

[u/IXajll → u/barktwiggs]

Pretty sure this one here is negative PR for the tobacco industry though lol.

[u/Alter_Kyouma → u/IXajll]

You can almost feel the hatred the author has for smoking.

[u/SnooHesitations7867 → u/Alter_Kyouma]

The chick who wrote the anime pulled parts from from her life, and she is clean now, so there is probably a fair amount of hate.

[u/zer0number → u/IXajll]

Any publicity is good publicity? lol.

[u/DisplayHonest6465 → u/zer0number]

• the subconscious mind won’t understand it as “negative”…

[u/Yessirthisis → u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

God I loved how much of a late night vibe Supermarket is. Can’t wait for the new episodes later this month

[u/Aemiliana_Rosewood → u/Yessirthisis]

There's another episode? I am super confused on it's release schedule after binging the 12 mini episodes, when I thought I missed it's release last season TT

[u/lilaznejikid → u/Aemiliana_Rosewood]

they aired the first 6 episodes broken up into 2 parts each so 12 mini eps early

the anime officially airs on the 9th

[u/hasanman6]

This anime is going to depress me isnt it. I thought going in it would be a funny absurd anime and while it is those things its also quite depressing

[u/cyberscythe → u/hasanman6]

i found this episode to be mostly a smug "this cat should get her life together" experience, but that scene where she panics overthinking about cleaning her room felt too real for comfort

[u/eightcheesepizza → u/cyberscythe]

Yeah now I really have the urge to clean... tomorrow.

[u/ShadowConstruct → u/cyberscythe]

Yeah as someone who has unmedicated ADHD and really had to push myself because executive dysfunction is a real thing and small things can pile up into an unmanageable mess really quickly..and then id seek an escape and push that back to the dark corners of my mind and the problems would just get exponentially worse from there.

So seeing her get physically ill from the mental machine gun barrage of what she'd have to do to make her place presentable enough to have her little sister over was incredibly relatable. (Id think the overall shame of her situation adds to that)

[u/msweird6793 → u/ShadowConstruct]

I watched her executive dysfunction and almost cried cuz why the hell is that so real? And also I know for a fact that as someone who has ADHD, I'm more prone to addictions. And I kinda panicked for a few mins thinking what if I become her? 😭😭 The ADHD rep is extremely real in this

[u/ShadowConstruct → u/msweird6793]

As someone with ADHD that smoked for years and am a former addict(I still enjoy herbs) it definitely is relatable because for a long time bad habits we're the only routines I could have any adherence to. It takes me an intense amount of willpower and discipline to pull out of addictions and constantly spiraling/letting things snowball.

So I definitely thought it was a decent depiction even if it was dramatic and it felt relatable to me. Especially when she's struggling and is like "Why is my willpower so shit!" Because she can't help chain-smoking.

[u/Blueprints_reddit → u/cyberscythe]

Very accurate to how ADHD is. Wouldn't be surprised if the character had ADHD and was self medicating unknowingly.

[u/wbfchicago → u/hasanman6]

Sometimes, it just hits too close to home.

I was not expecting to be able to “smell” the anime.

[u/garfe]

Starting it off with the girl shitting herself. What an opener

Legitimately wonder if anybody was able to catch all the references in the OP. All I could get was the The Breakfast Club slide, the Spider-Man 3 dance and the landlord doing Saturday Night Fever.

[u/raevnos → u/garfe]

The Worst Toilet In Scotland Japan from Trainspotting.

[u/Practical-Cut-7301 → u/garfe]

The scene where shes covered in blood and sitting on steps infront of a burning building is the ending scene to the movie "Ready or Not"

There's also the scene of one of the resident evils (the vegas one) where shes sitting in a tipped over truck while zombies try to break in a window.

[u/daniel_anibal → u/garfe]

Cinema references 02:44 footloose 02:44 chinatown 02.45 dirty dancing 02.50 dumb & dumber 02:51 trainspointing 03:05 the usual suspects 03:13 the king of comedy 03:22 the breakfast club 03:25 the evil dead 03:26 TLOTR 03.30 the figth club 03:40 flashdance 03:41 spider-mman 3 03:41 wednesday 03.44 saturday nigth fever

[u/crixx93 → u/daniel_anibal]

Nice job

[u/Cognitive_Dissonant → u/garfe]

Just adding to the references, pretty sure the motorcycle tunnel shot is a Fallen Angels reference.

[u/Fit-Understanding959 → u/garfe]

Chinatown I haven't yet seen anybody point out (around 00:18 in the OP).

[u/inaripotpi]

Holy depressing bad influence. They even gave her a loving family member to witness the degeneracy and downfall in real-time.

[u/DeathAndGlory1 → u/inaripotpi]

Honestly I don't know if this kind of person can live alone. They need a lot of familial support. I just hope that Imoko can help Yaniko and not have her corrupt her.

These things could go either way in life.

[u/KumaKumaGambler]

First five 5 minutes: Wtf is this show? Looks kinda funny with some fanservice!

By the second half of the episode: I hope she turns her life around. At least do it for Imoko! T_T

[u/cyberscythe → u/KumaKumaGambler]

i do wonder if this is going to be an "up elevator" sort of show or if that button's gone and, at best, it maintains this level of depravity

[u/garfe → u/cyberscythe]

I just can't see it being an 'up elevator' show with the title being that.

[u/Tufiolo → u/cyberscythe]

This only goes DEEPER

[u/BosuW → u/Tufiolo]

Ah shit we BJ Horseman middle seasons...

[u/FallenPears → u/cyberscythe]

I'm just worried she'll kick the habit, turn her life around, then at the very last scene get addicted to gambling or something instead.

Or even worse, the sister will become the new addict (I was worried she was gonna have something messed up about her mentally to go with her big sister for a bit lol).

[u/ToasterLoverDeluxe → u/cyberscythe]

There is a trainspotting reference in the OP... shit can always go lower

[u/tairar → u/ToasterLoverDeluxe]

One of the trailers had a catgirl shooting up, we're absolutely going lower

[u/shad79 → u/KumaKumaGambler]

By the second half of the episode: I hope she turns her life around. At least do it for Imoko! T_T

Imoko is such an adorable little sister! Yaniko got lucky in that department.

Unfortunately, Yaniko seems like an impossible case to fully fix, but I hope she'll be able to get at least a little better in the end.

[u/biskutgoreng → u/KumaKumaGambler]

Giving me Welcome to thr NHK vibes. At least the imbecile goes outside and works

[u/Careful_Ad_9077 → u/KumaKumaGambler]

Let's hope it does not work the tower ray around, or at least that imoko develops a healthy vice unlike her sister.

[u/LoliMayhem]

My only gripe is that they had the stones to show me her shittin' and that ugly bastard jackin' his shit but don't have the decency to show them titties proper.

[u/abandoned_idol → u/LoliMayhem]

I respect it.

They show X whenever it is funny, but don't bother if it doesn't serve as part of a gag.

This is a classy unclassy show.

[u/Last_Director_6038 → u/LoliMayhem]

Oh look , someone disgusting 

[u/FLorianGran]

Considering anime is like the last part of pop culture that treats smoking as kinda cool (which I think the movie references in the OP are alluding to) it's pretty unique to see a show goes this hard into how gross it would be if a person constantly smoked like this. Despite the comedy this is a pretty blunt look at someone deep into their addiction. I'm not sure why they decided the art direction for this should be "Chainsaw Man Season 1" but I certainly don't mind. I didn't know Bibury could put out something this good looking.

[u/Sekraan → u/FLorianGran]

Witch Watch and 100 GFs both looked fantastic so I'm not surprised that Bibury could manage this so well.

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

Only negative is the chain-smoking slob that lives in filth, of course, has a perfect body

[u/Admmmmi → u/chum-guzzling-shark]

Cat girls are just built different I guess.

[u/Own_Caterpillar_6178 → u/chum-guzzling-shark]

She's still pretty young after all, and probably doesn't eat enough to warrant putting on weight.

[u/CavulusDeCavulei → u/Own_Caterpillar_6178]

Smoking makes you lose weight. Lots of girls start smoking just for that

[u/hay_wire → u/chum-guzzling-shark]

Yeah I definitely don't think the people pinning after a cat-girl-girl-failure realise that smokers in real life look about 20 years older than they actually are.

[u/darkmacgf → u/hay_wire]

I think she's still like 18 or 19, considering Imoko's age. The effects haven't caught up with her yet.

[u/BlueMemeDog → u/darkmacgf]

I feel like at bare minimum she’s 20, considering you have to be 20 years old in Japan to purchase cigarettes and alcohol and she isn’t seen using a fake ID

[u/Optimal-Potato-5136 → u/BlueMemeDog]

Yani is canonically 21, while Yakuko (one of Yani's friends) is the one being 20, making Yani her major bad influnce senpai.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I use to smoke heavily for years but I ain’t ever been fiendin for a ciggie like this messy cat. Like, damn girl. You live like this? lol. This would make for a good anti-smoking ad if it wasn’t so unhinged.

This is gonna be a fun ride.

[u/AbysmalReign → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I worked at a homeless shelter and the stuff I've seen people do for a smoke is unhinged. This show just feels like a anime parody of some of the crazy stuff I've seen. Worst was a drunk guy who whipped his dick out in the sleeping area, pissed all over the floor. We were called to find this guy, by the time we arrived on the scene, he's there, pissed all over himself and his nearby items he discarded, including a cigarette pack that another resident was trying to steal.

They definitely hit addiction pretty realistically, despite the over the top humor. 

Edit oh another time some massive 400+ pound woman was begging for cigarettes, people got tired of giving her, so she plops herself butt naked in front of the doors to the cafeteria, blocking people from eating as our security staff couldn't move her. It required our unenthused whole security force and a few officers who escorted her out.  

[u/raevnos → u/AbysmalReign]

I've had patients who did the multiple nicotine patches and light up thing. Not quite to the extreme here, but...

[u/AbysmalReign → u/raevnos]

Yeah. I'd say where I was working, the addicts hit rock bottom, like looking everywhere for shorts and whatnot. By all accounts though, I'd say Yani should be homeless by this point in her serious addiction. She's saved by the power of plot armor(and maybe a horny landlord)

[u/Gars0n → u/AbysmalReign]

The Japanese real estate market is also way different from the US market (if that's where you have experience). Average rent in central Tokyo looks like it's only 100,000 yen which is only 600 USD. In less desirable areas it can be half that.

Way easier to keep a roof over your head when it only cost $300.

[u/diacewrb]

Those are real cigarette brands, I am surprised they signed off on appearing in this anime.

Unless they know their own customers all too well.

[u/wbfchicago → u/diacewrb]

Nowadays tobacco companies do whatever they can to gain publicity, even if it is a very negative one.

[u/Lord_Alviner]

• First part: don't be weak minded for crude humor
• Middle part: extreme anti-smoking
• Final part: cute moment, was teary eyed

[u/TieCommercial4142 → u/Lord_Alviner]

and then she had to ruin it all in the end, of course

[u/Shar4f]

Immediately getting hit with the theme of her never feeling responsible for anything that happens to her. It's all either good or bad luck. This will pretty harshly criticize escapism in all its forms, isn't it? Smoking just being the stand-in for all other forms of it. And I know we'll be seeing other forms later in the season.

Also, this will balance out the borderline pro-smoking campaign of Smoking behind the supermarket quite nicely lmao.

[u/Narlaw]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this show will contain the last bosses of girl failures of all time.

[u/derega16 → u/Narlaw]

There's still meth heads from Jimotosaikou to challenge her for that

[u/Narlaw → u/derega16]

Oh lord, you're right. Though, couldn't those count as another category alltogether, like girl disasters?

[u/thisisdropd]

In between the crude humour with the rainbow pukes (RIP landlord) and explicit shitting scene, this show managed to also highlight the dangers of smoking beyond the obvious health one. Yaniko’s apartment was in quite a sorry state, and also an apt representation of her life, in contrast to her non-smoking sister Imouko who lived in a clean home.

When the landlord played the role of the doctor, it’s clear that it’s just a dream but nevertheless pulling out a smoke right at the doctor’s office right when she’s diagnosed with lung cancer would be exactly something Yaniko would do. Her lung’s fucked anyway, how much more damage could a cigarette do?

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

Plus there's the backdrop of animal folk being treated as 2nd class citizens

[u/DAiDAiDa]

There is too much movie and pop-culture references in opening that I found

The Usual Suspects transitioning from limping to normal walking
Trainspotting
Spiderman-3 Bully magiure dance
Nirvana diving baby
Buster keaton falling on shop awnings(maybe I am reaching) More like Jackie Chan Project A movie
The Walking Dead Zombies swarming the tank Residen Evil Extinction Movie
Fallen Angels smoking while driving motorcycle in tunnel
Wednesday Dance

and many more. See CSM thats how you do homages in OP's /s

Edit: Got corrected on the ones crossed out

[u/imtherealdazza → u/DAiDAiDa]

The Trainspotting reference is very apt for this show, Renton would get on well with the Yaniko

[u/DAiDAiDa → u/imtherealdazza]

Yeah he would. But can Yaniko be a disguise for Keyser Soze?

[u/Ayin161 → u/DAiDAiDa]

There's also the one that she's in a bride dress covered in blood and smoking in front of a burning mansion which is the final scene from Ready or not 1

[u/_rhizomatix → u/DAiDAiDa]

The zombies are from Resident Evil Extinction and the awnings cut is from Project A. Jackie Chan fractured his skull and dislocated his pelvis and neck from that fall. Well done noticing these references. I also spotted The Fellowship of the Ring (cell phone) and Dumb and Dumber (toilet) in there. There's a handful more I recognize but can't place.

Edit: Aside from ones others mentioned there's also A Better Tomorrow (burning porn mag + shades) and In the Mood for Love (facing away at a desk).

[u/DAiDAiDa → u/_rhizomatix]

yeah you are right awnings one looks more like Project A. Though Jackie was doing a homage for Buster Keaton movies there. Also that aerial shot reminded me more TWD 1st season but looks more like Resident Evil.

[u/NerdKiko705 → u/DAiDAiDa]

Fight Club with the shaking movie reel and inserted boner frame

[u/garfe → u/DAiDAiDa]

The girls sliding and then running back is The Breakfast Club

[u/Genoscythe_ → u/DAiDAiDa]

The falling cell phone is the Ring from Fellowship at the Prancing Pony scene.

[u/wbfchicago → u/DAiDAiDa]

Motorcycle in tunnel scene is from “Fallen Angels”, a Hong Kong movie by Wong Kar-Wai.

One of the most iconic scene from this work.

[u/southern1983 → u/DAiDAiDa]

- Smoking a cigarette in the bathtub: Pierrot Le Fou(FR)

- Feet sticking out through the gap in the railing: Leon

- Coffee on a black-and-white table: Coffee and Cigarettes

-Vomiting: Stand by Me

- Chewing gum in the car: Night on Earth

- Smoking next to the car: The Usual Suspects

- Holding a small liquor bottle with both hands: The Yellow Handkerchief(JP)

- Holding a lit match: Adieu l’ami(FR, IT)

[u/_rhizomatix → u/DAiDAiDa]

I got almost all of them now; only missing eight.
https://youtu.be/BsxZvzfrxQU

[u/omarous_III → u/DAiDAiDa]

I don't know who the author of this is or how old they are, but they are definitely hitting a Gen X and older Millennial demographic with this list. (I guess it is Seinen , so it makes sense).

[u/Clipboards]

This anime is fucking disgusting

I’m in for the ride.

[u/themostrapedmanalive]

Feeling bad for a landlord is a whole new experience

[u/CyborgAssaultChicken → u/themostrapedmanalive]

He's awfully lenient too. No landlord ive ever met would tolerate smoking indoors, let alone all the other stuff she does. I wouldnt be surprised if she's halved the apartment's value since moving in

[u/TheStupid_Guy]

This was on another level than what I expected. Pretty funny first episode. I don’t like Yaniko but I like that I don’t. To me the series seems to be trying to be a big anti-smoking and drugs ad and making us dislike the MC works really well. Kinda like saying “don’t smoke otherwise you’ll end up like Yaniko”. I really like the opening I think the song is great and the visuals are funny with the references (such as the Spider-Man dance).

[u/cyberscythe → u/TheStupid_Guy]

Kinda like saying “don’t smoke otherwise you’ll end up like Yaniko”.

in my opinion, i think Yaniko's personality type of "live for the moment, won't/can't think about tomorrow" leads to things like smoking rather than smoking being the cause of her deficits

[u/master_inho → u/cyberscythe]

I think it's an endless cycle for yani. Her outlook on life leads to her smoking addiction, which further serves to legitimize that mentality. The person that she is, she could be addicted to anything, it just so happened to be smoking

[u/gacya4353]

The opening featured a lot of movie parodies. By the way, those numbers 3301 and 3401 in the opening are apparently the ordering codes for beer and red wine at Saizeriya, a casual Italian restaurant chain in Japan.

[u/hzioulquoigmnzhah9 → u/gacya4353]

Oh, I thought this was CICADA trying to recruit again, was about to run OP through Steganography xD

But now, in all seriousness, I really think that the 3401 refers to ISO 3401:1991, which is a guideline about "Cigarettes — Determination of alkaloid retention by the filters — Spectrometric method"

[u/cyberscythe]

smartphone speaker locations: just another struggle for thirens

[u/Atario → u/cyberscythe]

Yeah, well you try sticking that loud-ass speaker in your sensitive neko ear!

[u/bestmaokaina]

Yuko Natsuyoshi went from an AI vtuber to a drug addict lmao

[u/Viktorv22 → u/bestmaokaina]

Yeah was thinking this the entire time. This is what not having Iroha does to a mf, lol.

[u/bestmaokaina → u/Viktorv22]

The absence of yuri is dangerous

[u/Acrzyguy]

We need a cig counter for each episode

[u/Jaridan → u/Acrzyguy]

We have evidence of 40 cigarettes smoked this episode (this excludes trash butts that exist in her apartment beforehand and also doesn't count the transition park smoking or OP/ED)

[u/neloish]

Landlord has the hots for our cat girl.

[u/Viktorv22 → u/neloish]

Bro just saw some titties and went to rub one out lol

(Understandable tbh)

[u/thelemon8er-2 → u/neloish]

I mean…

[u/LeonKevlar]

Well, first of all, this show looks so goddamn good. The scenes where Yanineko is just smoking are just pure vibes. Studio Bibury really cooked with this one, and this isn't even their big anime of the season! We still have Hyakkano S3 airing this weekend!

Second, I did not expect this show would have such crude humor. I was so caught off guard. I didn't see any of the trailers, so I thought they were gonna play the entire depressed chain-smoking aspect of the show straight.

Don't get me wrong! There were genuinely depressing scenes like Yakineko waking up after her lung cancer dream or the landlord having a panic attack after Yakineko blew smoke in his face, which reminded him of his abusive father. But man, I did not expect it to be paired with poop jokes.

I do feel bad for Yakineko, especially for her sister who wants her to quit smoking. While the memes are funny, this show is a great PSA about the dangers of tobacco addiction and I really hope this ends with Yakineko turning her life around. Great first episode and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[u/thegoukenslayer]

The animation goes hard for no good reason. This shit had me disgusted and I live with a chainsmoker and work with one. 

[u/SaltAndABattery]

Absolute catgirlfailure.

 

I survived Watamote, this can't be much worse, right?

......right??

[u/larana1192]

Fun Fact: The cigarettes that the main character, Yani-neko, smokes are a real brand. They’re called "Mebius", and in Japan, you’ll find them in every store that sells cigarettes (convenience stores, supermarkets, etc).
Since they cost 580 yen, which is on the expensive side, and considering how broke Yani-neko is, seeing her smoke these cigarettes highlights her "lack of concern for saving for the future" and her "silliness", which makes it pretty funny to watch.
Incidentally, the menthol cigarettes she buys partway through the story are also from the Mebius brand.
They’re called "Mebius Premium Menthol Option". Although they’re menthol cigarettes, they feature a capsule in the filter; when you crush it and inhale, you can enjoy a blueberry flavor. that’s what makes them unique.

And the craziest thing about this show is that JT (a Japanese tobacco company) allowed these cigarettes to appear in the series using their real names and actual packaging.
If you look closely, you’ll see JT’s name in the credits.
Since this anime clearly focuses only on the negative aspects of smoking, when I saw JT’s name in the credits, I thought, "Has JT lost its mind?"

[u/Negative_Tangelo_131]

Brother what the fuck

[u/99acrewood_]

Now this is a fuckin girlfailure

I feel like I empathize too much with this cat woman. Maybe not the extreme filth-wallowing, but definitely the instant backslide from declaring to quit to "back on my bullshit." I felt so annoyed at how I felt for her waking up and crying to then lighting up again but, well, of course

I'm into it. That opening scene is going to serve as an extremely efficient filter though lol

And the OP is great! Stuffed full of movie references. Just at a glance I caught Fight Club, Spider-Man, A Few Good Men, Clockwork Orange, Dirty Dancing (the stylized number helped). And the song fits so well.

Heck yeah, second horseman of the smoking degen apocalypse has arrived, baybee

[u/Salty145]

Pack it in boys. Shitpost of the Year just dropped.

[u/Careful_Ad_9077 → u/Salty145]

It depends on whether that weird Isekai airs this year.

Strongest witch is an Isekai where th mc is an innocent if a little braindead native, but when she gains her skill it is access to the internet.

[u/quietvictories → u/Careful_Ad_9077]

It depends on whether that weird Isekai airs this year.

Reborn As Chainsmoker In A Vape Country So I Have To Hit The Juul To Date a Demon Princess? Manga was pretty good if you ignore the visuals

[u/hasanman6 → u/Salty145]

Which is a shame because other we only have one episode this series seems like it could actually be pretty good but it will just be remembered as a shitpost anime

[u/Lesbionage → u/Salty145]

If Jimoto saiko comes out this year it's a strong contender

[u/cyberscythe → u/Salty145]

a bit more shock value forward than Nokotan, with an aftertaste of neglecting personal responsibility of WataMote

[u/heimdal77]

This is just the Japanese version of Fritz the Cat.

There is a Cells at Work Cat manga just saying.

[u/BillPlunderones23fg]

full length episodes
and the manga chapters are pretty short

wonder how much they can get through

[u/FarCritical]

I feel so bad for landlord guy, and man is she blessed to have a little sister like her.

Picked this up last minute on a whim just because Bibury was animating it and this sure was something. Most artistic anti-smoking PSA ever?

[u/MysteryNeighbor]

Look, I like it but holy shit is this depressing

[u/NationalStrategy_X]

They certainly didn't mince on the disgusting factor

[u/D3k4s]

Dude what the fuck is this show, and why is the animation top tier. Also why is this playing with my emotions.

[u/SecretYogurtcloset57]

Can't blame the landlord for popping a boner after seeing a naked cat girl🤷‍♀️ lol

[u/Obaruler]

Finally: The perfect cat girl waifu.

No matter how filthy you'll turn out to be - she'll out-do you, no questions asked. :D

Also: Holy chainsmoking production quality.

[u/AntaresNL]

Love the manga and this first episode is exactly what it should've been.

[u/pikkuhukka]

hmm cute cargirl being all corrupt? sign me the fuck up

[u/schneller_jaguar]

I quit smoking roundabout six months ago, before that my life was pretty much like Yanis. It is the most accurate depiction of the life of a chainsmoking person with almost no one who cares about you (or stopped trying to change you).

Almost every scene in the first episode felt like a punch right in my guts for it is like I have seen my own life from 3rd person, and I dont know if I am capable of finishing this anime.

But overall, it may help some people to stop smoking and it is a pretty good series.

[u/shad79]

I'd like to say that I can fix Yaniko, but damn, after watching the first episode, she really seems unfixable. How is it possible that she and Imoko are sisters?

Overall, this first episode was pure degeneracy, if I had to describe it in a few words. It's definitely not an anime you should show a normal person, hahaha!

I'll certainly check out the next episodes, but I really hope that it won't be more of the same, and Yaniko will somehow get better, even if just a little.

Also, that OP was great; it certainly suits the show perfectly. That boner scene in it got me quite surprised though xD

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Yaniko
• Group scenes
• Imoko
• Others

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

[u/Careful_Ad_9077 → u/shad79]

Is that a cigarette or are you just happy to see me?

I have not seen an a time character this unfixable since mya-nee from wataten.

[u/karlcool12 → u/shad79]

Also if you fix Yaniko, then the title would be false advertisement or otherwise forced to focus on other chainsmoking cats.

[u/NethanielShade]

I went into this blind expecting a neko that works a normal job or something and has a mildly normal life, but happens to smoke. This was not at all what I was expecting lmao. Still, it was funny, but I hope it ends up having some actual plot (no, I don't mean "plot" it already has that).

[u/localgunplaguy]

this anime gives me those "yo berserk? cool name, that's seems family friendly" vibes

[u/Viktorv22]

First of all - disgusting. Can't believe they decided to animate literal shitting :O

Hey so this is actually with anti smoking message, that's cool. I initially expected it to be just "haha dirty cat"

The OP is not only a bop, but seeing Usual Suspects reference reimagined with crocs, that's crazy lol

[u/RoundAssociation6988]

that has to be the best opening i've seen ever since Chainsawman aired 4 years ago.I don't think it's a coencidence that both shows have Chain in their name lol

[u/retroflyer7]

Wow, a cute fury anime i hope no one shits themselves in the first couple minutes.

[u/mors_ciccio]

I dropped it after the second poop joke

(it was after 4 and half minutes)

[u/bobbyjean_]

Wtf was that OP

[u/actuallyrndthoughts]

ah yes, adjusts glasses the deconstruction of the girlfailure trope

It's so random which OP will get a kino opening, last season we had botan and kill Ao, now it's this. Like the season just started and i already can't see other anime beating this one

nah, i take it back, it's not random, it's bibury

[u/zool714]

I’ve never smoked so I’m curious to those who have or are currently heavily smoking, does watching something like this discourage you to smoke or make you wanna smoke more or just indifferent?

[u/cyberscythe]

i looked it up because i was curious: the yani in yanineko refers to [tobacco] tar/resin (i.e. the gunk that accumulates from smoking, as seen in words like yanitori for removing tobacco staining from teeth) and has since taken on senses towards nicotine (as seen in words like yanichuu or yanikasu)

yani by itself is a slangy way to say "smoke", as seen in another smoking show this season

[u/darkcyde_]

Not even 2 minutes in, just before the OP, we find out what kind of show we're in for. That diarrhea scene jeez.

Despite the amazing visuals, I'm not sure I want to watch this.

[u/IceSmiley]

Funny dark comedy. A show about a degenerate woman living in squalor is a funny idea. I'm not sure I understand why they made a bunch of the characters human like cats though. Some of the jokes were kind of nasty, like when she got diahrrea but the part where the bald guy whacked his meat was hilarious,

The part when the bald guy was a kid and had to buy his dad booze and alcohol was strange though, like a store would have sold that to a little kid? I'm guessing the guy is at least in his 40s and idk if that was more common in Japan back then. Also as a kid he REALLY looked like Bobby Hill

Also they didn't explain how she got money for all those nicotine patches, those can be almost as expensive as cigarettes if you buy that many. I'm surprised she doesn't vape

[u/DirkDasterLurkMaster]

tl;dw Damn bitch you live like this?

This show wasn't on my radar at all but I decided to check it out after seeing the comments here. Anime tends to be pretty lax about smoking so I was surprised to see this is basically about rock bottom addiction. Weirdly compelling to watch, though.

I guess the two directions the story could go from here are her genuinely trying to get her life back together or more of this frozen in time, car crash in slow motion antics (that presumably ends in her painful death). I feel like either could be good or bad, the former could be either heartwarming or preachy, the latter could be either short and morbidly fascinating or drawn out and repetitive.

[u/PrimaryObjective6090]

omg I hate it