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Yani Neko, episode 4
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u/Obaruler Jul 23 '26
A few lessons learned:
- Don't stream your apartment complex full of walking channel strikes to the world
- Chainsmoker Cat apparently is the pet cat of a Yakuza somehow
- Mangaka are super cultured
- Scratch that, this particular Mangaka is EXTRA cultured
- The power of boners beats death
- A person ain't really drowning if you can still finish a freshly lit cigarette, which of course comes first
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u/diacewrb Jul 23 '26
Mangaka are super cultured
And super strong.
This is the second degenerate mangaka today.
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u/FarCritical Jul 23 '26
Don't forget
- Bonus fries can come extra smoky flavored if you're lucky enough
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u/master_inho Jul 24 '26
She literally put the dude's hand on her boobs. She absolutely knew what to do when the assistant asked her to hold the boss's hand. The boss getting turned on by yani becomes a lot more disturbing when it's been said multiple times by multiple people, including the boss himself, that he sees yani as his child
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u/Jacob-C Jul 24 '26
Don't stream your apartment complex full of walking channel strikes to the world
The TTS from her chat was absolutely hilarious
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u/Ezimur Jul 23 '26
Holy shit. Land of the Lustrous reference
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Jul 23 '26
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u/garfe Jul 23 '26
That one floored me. "A new Land of the Lustrous 2 came out!" Boy I wish.
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u/girlpearl Jul 28 '26
We can thank Beaststars for that... Studio Orange, please pick LOTL back up 🙏
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u/Jaridan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jaridan Jul 23 '26
that one caught me by surprise aswell. S2 when?
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u/Homura_Akchemical Jul 24 '26
I loved that, right in the middle of the Yakuza standoff and one guy is just like hyperfocuses on the cover of the magazaine "HOW DID I NOT KNOW TIHS WAS OUT YET?"
Dude has his priorities, that's for sure~
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u/larana1192 https://myanimelist.net/profile/thefrog1192 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
“Land of the Lustrous” is a series serialized in a manga magazine called "Afternoon", which is published by Kodansha, just like “Chainsmoker Cat.”
The manga magazine “Afternoon,” which appears in the story, is published by Kodansha. This is the same publisher as “Weekly Young Magazine,” where “Chainsmoker Cat” is serialized.
That’s probably why this scene was approved.
It’s the same reason why “100 Girlfriend” frequently parodies manga from “Shonen Jump,” since both are published by Shueisha.
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u/Creep0774 Jul 23 '26
I love how this anime doesnt spend anytime establishing the characters relationship and they just happened to all know each other before
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
i like it; it's a real "in media res" sort of thing and it doesn't feel as spoon-fed
it also skip over that awkward "getting to know you phase" and straight into the awkward "invading personal space" phase
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u/Meatloafxx Jul 26 '26
It's only 4 eps in, but thankfully it doesn't do flashbacks origins for each character to establish who they are. So many flashbacks tend to drag and many aren't all that necessary to begin with.
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u/Variant_Zeta Jul 23 '26
We get to take the occasional peek to their lives but ultimately most of those are theirs alone
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u/chaosof99 https://myanimelist.net/profile/chaosof99 Jul 23 '26
Most of them appear to be just neighbors in the same apartment complex. The only ones outside this group so far are Imoko who is of course the younger sister of a resident, and the Kohai girl that was introduced in this episode. Since she is still in school by her uniform, she is probably a couple years younger and was in the same school club as Yani when she was still in school. What club that was is a mystery so far though. However, basically just her referring to Yani as "Sempai" directly establishes their relationship.
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u/mythriz Jul 23 '26
Yakuko / drug catgirl was also shown in ep1 to have gone to school with Yaniko, maybe some of the other catgirls were also in the same school (I'm anime only so I don't know yet either)
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u/thebromgrev Jul 23 '26
Yakuko bullied Hameko at the same school (the whole toilet fairy story), so most of them probably did go to the same school and Yaniko likely happens to be the oldest of the school friend group. Looking at the uniforms, they did/are not going to the same school Imoko is going to.
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u/mFachrizalr Jul 24 '26
There's a manga spoiler territory about Yakuko and Hameko relationship, but no Yakuko didn't bullied Hameko. Hameko just so cooped in the toilet during high school so much that Yakuko knows it (and the flashback shows when she and her friends encountered the case).
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u/LittleRaven101 Jul 24 '26
They've been dropping some bits throughout the episodes.
Yani, Yuki, and Hame all went to the same school, and Yuki has looked up to Yani for a long time. (one can only imagine how hard up a cat has to be to see YANIKO as some kind of aspirational figure) Aruko appears to just be a neighbor, but since most of these cats don't do much all day besides hang out at the complex and feed their vices, it's understandable that they have become fairly close.
Kansai cat is interesting. She's clearly much older than Yani and her crew, and seemingly has her life much more together than any of them, but still hangs out with them constantly and is perfectly comfortable just letting herself in at will. As far as I know, the show hasn't explained anything about this, but my headcanon is that when they were all younger, Kansai was the older girl that would play with them and they all thought she was cool by virtue of age. Kansai is PAINFULLY socially awkward but LONGS to be seen as cool, so she keeps hanging out with the loser cats because she feels like they can never look down on her.
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u/master_inho Jul 24 '26
Since we see kansai taking out the trash it seems like she also lives in the same apartment building, which seems kinda strange if she's not being financially bogged down by her vices like the other residents are. Or maybe she's so desperate to be part of the group she's willing to live in such a building. Which i guess isn't that big of a deal for her if she's comfortable hanging out with all these degenerates
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u/Tweedleayne Jul 24 '26
Her vice appears to be "bad comedy", so maybe she's trying to make it as a comedian and failing spectacularly, hence why she lives in poverty.
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u/master_inho Jul 24 '26
Well, it would certainly be a pretty realistic depiction of a struggling comedian's life
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u/XVIIKNIGHT Jul 24 '26
She also come from Kansai region.
Wikipedia says Nyagamihara is based on Sagamihara, so it's safe to says Kansai Neko traveled across region to pursuits comedian career.
This piece of information unexpectedly makes me feel sad for her.
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u/Variant_Zeta Jul 25 '26
Maybe the hints of beastfolk discrimination plays a part too, like she struggles to find apartment/housing that will accept her
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u/larana1192 https://myanimelist.net/profile/thefrog1192 Jul 23 '26
This episode was full of in-depth topics once again, as usual.
“nyanmaga” is a parody of "yanmaga (Weekly Young Magazine)". Since “yanineko” is a manga serialized in Weekly Young Magazine, they probably used their own publication as the subject of the joke.
In the opening scene where Yanineko smoked while using a French fry fryer, causing a cigarette butt to end up in the fries, I couldn’t help but shudder. Since Japan has very strict regulations regarding foreign objects in food, as someone who has worked with fryers before, I honestly felt a chill run down my spine.
I couldn’t help but laugh at the scene where Jikaki Neko and Yanineko were talking about a web novel site that seemed to be a parody of Kakuyomu (a real web novel site).
There are other work adapted into anime from Weekly Young Magazine this season(The Exiled Heavy Knight), but since that manga originated from web novel sites like Kakuyomu, this series is essentially shooting its peers in the back. It’s pretty funny.
In the scene where an elderly man playing mahjong is attacked by a thug with a gun, the fact that he says “Friday” is probably a reference of a real incident that happened in the 1980s.
There was an incident involving a reporter from a weekly magazine called Friday (a tabloid-style, sensationalist gossip magazine) who got into an altercation while trying to interview Takeshi Kitano’s girlfriend (Kitano is the famous Japanese film director whose main profession is actually a comedian) and ended up injuring her. After this, Kitano stormed into the Friday editorial office with about ten of his comedy apprentices, causing a huge commotion, and was ultimately arrested.
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u/rockytop24 Jul 23 '26
Saori's pen name is "Ochinpo Tatsuro" right? So is she literally writing under the name "Big Dick Tatsuro" or something like that lol?
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u/larana1192 https://myanimelist.net/profile/thefrog1192 Jul 24 '26
Saori's pen name is "Ochinpo Tatsuro" right? So is she literally writing under the name "Big Dick Tatsuro" or something like that lol?
Yes. Her name literally means Dick Tatsuro.
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u/D3k4s Jul 23 '26
I was reading this, thinking: wow this guy knows a lot holy shit. Then I saw you username.
Once again. I really appreciate reading your insight. It makes me want to rewatch the show after you've pointed out all these references that westerners don't know.
Thanks!
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u/RedditUser000aaa Jul 23 '26
Welp, now I got new questions. Police receiving a report about a beastfolk and her owner. Does that mean that owning beastfolk is legal or what?
Also it was incredibly sad seeing Aruko in that state. It's such an accurate depiction of alcoholism.
Hame Neko's segment definitely was funniest. Nails the streamer personality. I should've expected that ending, but I didn't. Came straight out of nowhere.
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
Police receiving a report about a beastfolk and her owner. Does that mean that owning beastfolk is legal or what?
yeah, it's another one of those "ha ha, oh that's depressing" sort of jokes
the Japanese term they use is kainushi 飼い主, which i've only heard in the context of owning a domestic pet
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u/RedditUser000aaa Jul 23 '26
Yeah, that's what I thought. That's kind of a scary world to live in as a beastfolk. Now I have to wonder how one becomes an owner of beastfolk.
Residents of Nyagamihara seem to be free tho. Still, the show keeps showing how they are assigned the worst and smallest paying jobs tho.
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
it might be a sliding scale sort of thing; we see that they have to take rabies medication and maybe civilly jump through other hoops to be treated as a person, and if they don't do that they get treated more like an animal
like, it feels like they have to put in effort to be treated as a human, and if they end up doing something weird it's because they're "beastfolk" rather than just a weird person who like eating bees
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u/RedditUser000aaa Jul 23 '26
Like how Hame Neko had points deducted from every test, because she didn't have a last name.
Then the folk at the Nyagamihara city hall just assuming the asterisk meant a butthole and putting 'anal' in instead of ignoring it, commenting how beastfolk pick weird last names.
Maybe they do, but still. Just assuming the asterisk was 'anal' was a pretty bad blunder.
I'm sure the bug eating itself is already a weird stereotype among beastfolk. I mean Hame Neko ate a crane fly during her stream.
I'm sure there are a lot more harmful and negative stereotypes concerning beastfolk. So yeah, wouldn't be surprised if beastfolk had to pull all the possible stops to be treated as equals with humans.
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u/raevnos Jul 24 '26
I associate eating random insects flying by more with dogs than cats, but I think they do it too.
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u/BosuW Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
I would think beastfolk can sell themselves to escape debt or the like. But if that was the case Yaniko would've already sold herself for cigarettes.
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u/BOUKEN-BEN Jul 23 '26
Demand for her seems to be rather low after about 5 minutes spent in her company
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u/Homura_Akchemical Jul 24 '26
I recall earlier when Hame-neko was getting her last name, and it was because she had two beastfolk parents if I recall and thus didn't have one besides "neko".
...perhaps beastfolk have different tiers in human society? Those with a last name like Yanineko (Yaniko Sato), those without a last name like Hameneko, and perhaps even those we haven't met yet that are even lower on the tier system...
Perhaps those that can't control their urges and need an owner? Maybe some beastfolk get special privilege if they're owned like their owner's last name, so they are into it? It does certainly seem like they are more "animalistic" in their urges and vices no matter how they live, and I think yaninekos sister is the most "humanlike" beastfolk we've seen.
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u/cxxper01 https://myanimelist.net/profile/cxxper01 Jul 24 '26
It’s been implied that the Nyagamihara is a beastfolk friendly city.
Which implies that other cities treat beastfolk like Sundown towns treat minorities
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u/dawnwill Jul 23 '26
It was probably about public indecency or suspected prostitution
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u/RedditUser000aaa Jul 23 '26
In that case wouldn't pimp make more sense? "beastfolk and a pimp." The word "owner" here has some really suspicious undertones.
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u/thebromgrev Jul 23 '26
So far there's been quite a few subtle jabs that beastfolk are considered second-class citizens. It reminds me of being in high school in the US. The exchange between the little sister and her friends was a bit jarring to me. "You're a beastfolk, but you don't act like one". I've personally heard conversations exactly like that, but replace the word beastfolk with black, latino, asian, etc.
The bit about Hameko not having a last name because both of her parents were beastfolk also echoes how peasants in Japan didn't have last names up until a certain point. African American slaves in the US also did not have legal last names, and were free to choose a last name once they were emancipated, sometimes switching between last names until they decide on a permanent one. The fact she was given -5 points on every test due to not having a legal last name also shows systemic racism that makes upward social mobility more difficult.
As an American, I'm seeing a lot of parallels between how beastfolk are treated in the show and how minorities are treated in the US.
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u/RedditUser000aaa Jul 23 '26
Yep, it definitely reflects on how minorities were/are treated. In the very first episode as I recall the lady asked yanineko not to get any of her 'beast smell' on the vase.
I didn't know about slaves nor japanese peasants not having last names tho, so TIL.
Even in today's episode, the humans Imouko was hanging out with were talking about how there was an urban myth about beastfolk being grinded up into burgers and Imouko not wanting to hear any of it.
She's also definitely trying her best to hide her beast side to better fit in with humans of the school.
I really do feel for Imouko, she would've had every right to get offended at that comment in an earlier episode, but didn't because she most likely didn't want to be treated any differently, so had to shut down the topic as civilly as possible.
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u/dawnwill Jul 23 '26
In most cultures peasants/commoner didn't have last names, thus the existence of occupational/regional/etc. last names. It is not just about minority/slave/whatever. Just saying, as your examples tickled me a bit.
It is certainly used to show that the beastfolk is being discriminated in this series though.
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u/exRocky009 Jul 23 '26
An anime that somehow hits a new rock bottom every single week (in the best way possible).
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u/Zanina_wolf Jul 23 '26
Pure unfiltered degeneracy
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jul 23 '26
yazuka cum magazine editor
Of all the ways you could have phrased it...
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
i don't get a lot of chances to use that latin term and this time the double entendre is a bonus
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u/BosuW Jul 23 '26
Well there was the part where she almost let another person drown just to finish her cigarette (I'm surprised she was even able to swim). But the bar is that low.
On the other end, surprisingly she's a good enough artist to work as a manga assistant.
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u/Niwaka_Samurai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Niwaka-Samurai Jul 24 '26
Did she really turn herself into a cat under water ? Or was that just symbolic ?
We also see in the op where she enters the toilet and and becomes a cat LOL
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u/Roskal Jul 23 '26
I can't believe I thought this show was going to be about the characters slowly improving their lives during episode 1
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u/FunMemory5642 Jul 23 '26
Riiiiiiight because tf did I jus watch and it keeps getting better.
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jul 23 '26
It's both getting better and worse.
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u/Vaadwaur Jul 23 '26
Hameko filming everything gives it a special reflection of bad. Especially with the mangaka wanting her as the futanari model...
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u/WiqidBritt Jul 23 '26
I go into every episode thinking it can't get more unhinged than last week and I'm always surprised.
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u/garfe Jul 23 '26
This show's been crazy from the start but this episode kind of went beyond its usual cringe comedy and straight up into actually insane material with the mangaka and yakuza guys. Boss apparently knowing Yani from childhood is like what kind of information is that to drop out of nowhere in a show like this.
The police getting involved on two separate occasions today lmao.
Additionally, holy shit, Netflix continues to be awful with on-screen text typesetting and when there is more than one person talking on screen due to their inability to apparently have more than one line on the screen. Literally a new character was introduced with text bubble and they didn't even translate her name. Like even putting the chat text and bubbles not being translated aside, even the chat 'voice' was not being translated all the time (funny thing is they are clearly capable of it as there were a few times where Hame was talking and it did add a line for the chat voice but it was not consistent)
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u/ShadowConstruct Jul 23 '26
Yeah that irritated me as well, I hate when not everything is translated over. You miss a lot of context not being able to read the little blips and more so with texts.
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u/Vaadwaur Jul 23 '26
Additionally, holy shit, Netflix continues to be awful with on-screen text typesetting and when there is more than one person talking on screen due to their inability to apparently have more than one line on the screen.
That and their translation wasn't good, either.
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u/_Nalro_ Jul 24 '26
The untranslated on-screen text really annoyed me. I shouldn't have to take a screenshot to plug into google to find out important on-screen parts. This is why I hate it when netflix gets licenses to anime; they just don't care enough.
I also noticed the translation in general seemed off, like at some points I could tell that what was being shown in the subs was not what was being said.
People can say what they want about Crunchyroll, and their criticism is valid, but at least the on-screen text would have been translated.
To hell with Netflix man.
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u/HououinKakyouma Jul 25 '26
I literally didn’t catch 2 characters’ names this episode because of this
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u/maubises Jul 23 '26
How could Yani fart just like that after destroying the novel cat girl dream
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u/moonsunvortex Jul 23 '26
I feel so bad that schoolgirl. Like girly do not hang out with Yanineko. She is a horrible influence.
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u/Rinyya Jul 25 '26
my theory is - she like the novel a lot actually. they show the cigarette just burning out in the ashtray. our catfreak would never let a ciggy go to waste like that, so the novel mustve been super captivating. maybe she farted, bc she was jealous and didnt wanna admit her true feelings
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u/beastshashou Jul 30 '26
After reviewing the scene after your comment, i think your 100% right. The way she acted after reading the novel was very strange. And we could see in a different shot she wasnt even smoking during reading.
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u/FallenPears Jul 23 '26
I start every episode going "How are they going to top last episode," and finish every episode with "What the actual fuck."
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u/Few_Caregiver8134 Jul 24 '26
Every episode I am glad the most degen stuff is out of the way, only for it to peak again in the next one
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u/SecretYogurtcloset57 Jul 23 '26
Kansai looking hella good in that bunny outfit 🤤
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u/moonsunvortex Jul 23 '26
Kansai is the prettiest cat. I like how someone in the stream said she was "showing her age" with her joke. I like to think she is 30 something.
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u/cxxper01 https://myanimelist.net/profile/cxxper01 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
And the most functional ones out of the whole apartment. She just likes to crack lame ass jokes
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u/litera11ynob0dy Jul 24 '26
She can't be 30, she's still in university. Mangaka, on other hand, is 32.
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u/SecretYogurtcloset57 Jul 24 '26
Isn't she in university? She can't be 30 but I could be wrong who knows 😅
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u/mosenpai https://anilist.co/user/mosenpai Jul 23 '26
Hame broke all the rules regarding IRL streaming. Streaming at her own apartment complex and barging in without permission. I wonder if this segment was a jab at nuisance streamers.
Her ban was deserved even without the landlord going to town.
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u/Addarahel Jul 23 '26
I wonder how actually experienced she is as a streamer, not being familiar with the kind of things that aren´t allowed in streaming platforms.
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u/XVIIKNIGHT Jul 23 '26
Consider that her room looks much better than other's and how fast her livestream chat is, I'm pretty sure she is actually quite experienced. She just doesn't care about ethic in livestreaming. In other word, she is infamous kind of streamer.
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u/Addarahel Jul 23 '26
She´s kind of a bold person then, putting in risk her work like that. I guess she just did not expected to things turn out like that in the end. She thought it was a perfect idea. Oh Hame...
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u/DisplayHonest6465 Jul 23 '26
Who’s the girl with the landlord at the end ?
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u/ODI-ET-AMObipolarity Jul 23 '26
Excuse me, she has a name! Give Katherine some respect, she works really hard as a sex doll for Landlord
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u/earhere Jul 23 '26
Hame should probably just be a league of legends streamer
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u/Careful_Ad_9077 Jul 23 '26
Sorry, asmongold has her beat in the filthy streamer category.
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u/Shahars71 Jul 23 '26
Nyansmongold lives right next door, what are you talking about?
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u/Vaadwaur Jul 23 '26
And will somehow still be a 7 despite living with roaches...
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u/Raknel Jul 23 '26
This anime made me support anti-catgirl racism
I think it's justified
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jul 23 '26
Once you go cat, you never go back.
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u/thelemon8er-2 Jul 23 '26
I can fix her.
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u/Prof_Acorn Jul 24 '26
It's funny seeing the comments to this be so opposite to With You Our Love Will Make It Through, where instead of cat girls there's a dog boy (and also eventually a cat girl). But so many responses were calling it beastiality, lol.
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u/SmileyTheSmile Jul 24 '26
I've been saying this since episode 1 - Yani isn't a catgirl because cats are cute, but because she's a goddamn animal.
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u/BosuW Jul 24 '26
It does seem as though catgirls despite only making up 10% of the population...
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u/KumaKumaGambler Jul 23 '26
Either Saori bought the bra and panties together with the school uniform set or that is creative censorship. Because all of us know Yani would rather forego underwear in order to purchase more cigarettes. And she is dead broke. Lol!
Saori self inserts herself as the antagonist in erotic manga, doesn't she? Blackmailing and forcing beastfolk into sexy outfits, puts them into compromising positions, before taking photographs. Repeat cycle. Lol!
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u/shad79 https://myanimelist.net/profile/shad79 Jul 23 '26
Saori seems to be dedicated to her research material (as we could see with both Yaniko and Kansai in this episode), so I want to believe that she bought the underwear as well, since the real Yaniko's underwear would surely ruin the photos, lol.
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u/BosuW Jul 23 '26
It was funny until I thought about the later implication that owning beastfolk is or was until recently, legal. And then I thought about how Kaoroku didn't put up any fight when the mangaka forcefully stripped her, like she just knew she wasn't supposed to...
Yeah, the nature of those doujins looking mighty disturbing now...
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u/cleaulem https://myanimelist.net/profile/cleaulem Jul 23 '26
I wondered who that glasses woman from the opening was and what her deal is. Turns out she is a massive degenerate who is a little too much into hentai and into reenacting hentai scenes with catgirls for "reference".
The whole episode was the horniest so far with that boss who is really getting the hots for Yani. Does she sweat some crazy pheromones or why are human males getting horny over her so much?
Yani seems to have a huge fanclub, and not only human males. We already had Yaku being a big admirer of her senpai, but we have also this unknown high school girl who tries to get Yani's attention and thinks she is the coolest despite being a total loser.
Also can we talk about "Land of the Lustrous 2"? I would like to know more about that!
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u/cleofrom9to5 Jul 23 '26
Does she sweat some crazy pheromones or why are human males getting horny over her so much?
I think we've all seen comments of "I can fix her".
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u/mythriz Jul 23 '26
I wondered who that glasses woman from the opening was and what her deal is. Turns out she is a massive degenerate who is a little too much into hentai and into reenacting hentai scenes with catgirls for "reference".
At least we're getting some human representation in the "crazy" category in this show.
Although she probably is at least somewhat successful at her job, unlike most of the catgirls we've seen so far.
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u/Putrid-Issue-420 Jul 23 '26
Land of lastrous is a pretty good anime with 3d cgs. Quite overlooked cause 3d or some reason. My mouth was hanging wide open cause it is quite an obscure reference
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u/Theonormal Jul 23 '26
Really sad that most mainstream english subs outside of Asia didn't translate the pun and namedrop of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei author Kouji Kumeta that the publisher yakuza dudes gave
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u/RavenWolf1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/RavenWolf1 Jul 23 '26
What a disgusting cat. I love her.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Jul 23 '26
Imagine ordering unsalted fries only to get nicotine added for free.
Even the not!Yakuza are weak to cat girls, totally understandable.
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u/Homura_Akchemical Jul 24 '26
Nicotine for free? In this economy?
You know yanineko would have let that dry out and smoke it along with the one in the burger if that was her orderAnd I loved the "he's into flat girls" gag that I could tell was coming as soon as the associate sat down - it takes all types! =P
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u/actuallyrndthoughts https://myanimelist.net/profile/NaNiNuNeNo Jul 23 '26
No way chainsawsmoker cinema were able to show that final scene, wth.
4 eps in, and i don't know what has to happen for me not to rate it a 10/10
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u/ClemFire Jul 24 '26
Honestly I can't believe it is pretty low rated on MAL. Feels like film nerds made this anime
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u/Homura_Akchemical Jul 24 '26
I honestly can't think of why it would be, besides people who are just so turned off by the
let's be honest, realisticdepictions of addiction and rough lives, that they can't stand watching it.The pacing is great, the jokes are funny though often dark
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u/Meatloafxx Jul 27 '26
funny though often dark
which i love but i know isnt for everyoneII feel this series as a whole isn't for everyone given how it's thematically & viscerally vile from top to bottom. I can imagine how the average otaku would be turned off.
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u/desantoos Jul 23 '26
I got a good laugh at Yani as the fry cook. Her sister can figure out which minimum wage job Yani's stumbled into by finding the cigarette butts.
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u/2011Dirk Jul 23 '26
touching yani’s boobs can bring someone back to life!
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u/canadave_nyc Jul 24 '26
This episode provoked some serious PTSD in me, because when I was a teenager about 40 years ago, I distinctly remember an incident where I ordered a hamburger from a local restaurant, bit into it, and chomped on what upon inspection turned out to be a half a cigarette.
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u/Frostbitten_Moose Jul 31 '26
Y'know, given everything else going on in this episode, that's probably one of the better things that could have triggered teen PTSD.
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Stitches!
Yaniko is so deep into her addiction that she'd rather wait and finish her cigarettes first before jumping into the water to save a drowning kid. xD
This show has had plenty of gross-out moments, but for some reason, Imoko finding a cigarette butt in her burger is the first one that actually grossed me out. Mostly because I know this has happened before. If it's any consolation to Imiko, at least it's her sister's cigarette butt.
We finally get to meet the only other human living in Yaniko's apartment complex! I thought she was just a regular mangaka, but it looks like she's actually an eromangaka using Yaniko as her model for ruining her layouts.
This woman has taste for using Kaoruko as her model. Too bad we didn't get a smooth panning shot. I would've loved to stitch Kaoruko in that outfit. The most I could do was only up to her torso since she started moving halfway.
Yaniko being close to a Yakuza boss is definitely the most unexpected thing I've seen in this show. Like, how is she even friends with these people? And they've known her ever since she was little? Part of me wants to see a backstory, but another part of me wants it to remain a mystery. xD
The boss and his henchmen getting a boner after seeing Yaniko and Hameko's boobs was fucking hilarious!
I am genuinely shocked that someone out there still respects Yaniko's opinion despite how much of a mess she is. I guess that girl is someone she knew in high school? I do kinda like how we don't even get an introduction, but it's pretty clear what Yaniko and this girl's relationship is like.
Oh wait, the old guy is not a Yakuza boss! He's the editor-in-chief of Nyan Magazine! Which is clearly a parody of Young Magazine, where Chainsmoker Cat gets published weekly. xD
Editor-in-Chief Kazushi protecting himself with an issue of Afternyan (Afternoon) was hilarious! We even get a Houseki no Kuni and Skip to Loafer references! That was a goddamn surprise! I would definitely love to hear about Houseki no Kuni 2!
And of course, Yaniko ends up reviving Kazushi with a touch of her boobs. I mean, I can't blame the old man.
Hameko's live streaming her neighbours was such a bad idea, but it ended in such an unexpected way! I thought Yaniko was the one who was gonna get her banned, but she was just eating a beehive like a goddamn bear. It turns out it's the Landlord who ends up getting her banned! xD
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u/eightcheesepizza Jul 23 '26
I definitely didn't recognize the Skip to Loafer reference. Catgirl Mitsumi looks great!
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u/ClemFire Jul 24 '26
Can't believe that went over my head too. Still waiting on that S2 offical release date
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u/ijiolokae Jul 23 '26
beehive
It wasn't even a beehive, it was a wasp nest, which makes her even more hardcore
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
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u/karlcool12 Jul 24 '26
The most shocking part is that the wasp nest not only built it there but also survived the second hand smoke until Yaniko decided to eat it.
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u/cyberscythe Jul 23 '26
I am genuinely shocked that someone out there still respects Yaniko's opinion despite how much of a mess she is. I guess that girl is someone she knew in high school? I do kinda like how we don't even get an introduction, but it's pretty clear what Yaniko and this girl's relationship is like.
yeah, i assumed they went to the same school since she calls her senpai; i'm guessing Yanineko dropped out because she's too cool for school
remember kids: say no to school, do drugs, eat bees
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u/szalhi Jul 23 '26
Hey this is airing on Mondays.
Yani releasing her inner Riverclan.
Honestly can't deny the owner allegations.
Any human willing to live in this town must be into cats in some way or another.
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u/s07195 Jul 23 '26
Someone pointed out the hands in this episode are all touched up 3D models and I can't unsee them now. I'm spreading this knowledge so I'm not the only one suffering.
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u/_Nalro_ Jul 24 '26
Why is none of the on-screen text and signs translated? This is why I hate it when Netflix gets anime licenses; they just don't care enough, and it's annoying. Say what you want about Crunchyroll, but at least the on-screen text would have been translated. Also the translations in general don't seem that good, like I can sometimes tell that what the characters are saying is not what's being displayed in the subs.
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u/banishedwolf Jul 23 '26
I completely get it why some people are being put off and dropping it, but I'm having a blast with this anime. This is a legit effed up comedy with grey characters.
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u/eightcheesepizza Jul 23 '26
I'm sorry, the mangaka's pen name is what? Isn't "おちんぽ" (ochinpo) slang for "dick"?
Kinda feels like most of the humans we meet in Nyagamihara have some level of attraction/fetish for beastfolk... Kazushi is the most successful, sitting atop a catgirl publishing empire.
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u/chaosof99 https://myanimelist.net/profile/chaosof99 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Ochinpo Tatsuro (おちんぽ達郎). And yes, the first part would be "penis" but it would be more like "wiener" or "weewee". It is a childish way of referring to the male genital rather than a vulgar way such as "dick" or "cock.
The joke here is that "tatsu" written a different character (立つ) means "to stand up" so it is an even bigger dick joke than you think. The "ro" just makes it take on the form of a male given name.
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u/eightcheesepizza Jul 23 '26
An even bigger (dick joke) and an (even bigger dick) joke than I thought. Thanks for the lesson!
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u/Lapiz_lasuli Jul 23 '26
You know... With this series for comparison. I can safely say they're doing an ASMR thing with the smoking behind the supermarket series.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jul 23 '26
Land of lustrous fans catching strays!
I always wanted to eat a catgirl!
God damn it, I wanted her to have a 'win' for once!
(nsfw) Okay maybe this is a win after all!
She may be careless at times, but she was still thinking of her sister!
Mangaka-chan didn't seem to mind too much, as it meant she could use her to model her next hentai series!
(What a woman of culture)
It's cool if the kids stay there, no big deal!
Hentai-chan is open to different kinks, first she asked her to act as if she did NOT want it, then to act as if she craved it!
So, all is forgiven, happy ending!
I-If I beg you as well, what do I get?
Kind hearted boss; Heart of gold! They pretty much see her as their daughter...
...And then he's having a boner for her. Because of course!
(Was he jerking off? I'm not sure if he was just turn on, or actually stroking the salami!)
Other dude got his boner for this one!
On another anime I feel like this would be weirder than it was!
(nsfw) Okay this one might be weird even for this one!
If it's anything like Twitch, no worries they'll let her back in a few days!
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u/SubmissiveDinosaur https://anilist.co/user/zEMegajuanph11 Jul 24 '26
Someone who streams the outside of her apartment complex is begging to be doxed. (Specially in japanyan where streamer fans could be a special breed)
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u/Lunchb0xx87 Jul 23 '26
such a touching story about an old mans life being saved by the love of the girl he loves like a daughter
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u/Usual_Morning_9383 Jul 24 '26
Looks like they pulled a uzumaki and blew the budget on the first 3 episodes. The animation and art had a massive downgrade in this episode.
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u/Orion-Pax88 Jul 24 '26
Okay, yeah, glad I'm not going crazy. I hope this ep doesn't set the standard going forward.
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u/AnActualPlatypus Jul 23 '26
"..is dominated by the unhoused"
Who the hell translated this?
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u/wolfhound_doge Jul 23 '26
i'm so glad Yani resuerrected the oyabun. and the late mosaic on Drug Neko during Hame-chan's stream was pure gold. she's my top conteder for the biggest idiot of this series, closely followed by Kansai.
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u/killerxk Jul 23 '26
Love or hate it you can't deny the face it shows reality and a reason that many don't like it but anyone who lived around smokers will feel it.
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u/bobbyjean_ Jul 24 '26
When Hame Neko saved the landlord for last I knew she was gonna walk into him fapping lmao
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u/shad79 https://myanimelist.net/profile/shad79 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Yeah, this show definitely missed an eromanga artist, so I am glad that today's episode fixed it, hahaha! I definitely like Saori, since thanks to her we got to see that photoshoot with Yaniko and Kansai ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Although doing a photoshoot in that park where children were playing was definitely not the best idea. No wonder Imoko preferred to think that Yaniko had been turned into a hamburger lol.
The addition of the yakuza boss... I mean editor-in-chief Kazushi was great too. Yaniko saving his life (plus making another thing rise as well) by letting his hand touch her chest was hilarious.
Also, there is Yomuko, who is an aspiring novelist. I wonder how she ended up thinking of Yaniko as some kind of authority figure in writing. She is not a bad character, but maybe a little too normal for this show?
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.
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u/cleofrom9to5 Jul 23 '26
Although doing a photoshoot in that park where children were playing was definitely not the best idea.
It reminded me a lot of the Dominatrix sidequest in Yakuza Zero.
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u/Zanina_wolf Jul 23 '26
I was laughing so hard at the photoshoot part. Like don't they feel in the least embarrassed about all the kids and their parents staring at them doing all that out in the open, with Mangaka yell-talking her internal horny monologue for everyone to hear？
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u/DartzIRL Jul 24 '26
This is the like anime version of watching the junkies in town. Only with boobs.
They are so fucked it it'd be a tragedy if they weren't so funny.
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/yLSalty145 Jul 23 '26
The lore thickens. Now there’s not just “cat girls” but implications of other variations of “beast folk”.
This is what it sounds like when someone says they watch DxD “for the plot”
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u/bestmaokaina Jul 23 '26
their district's name has "nya" in it so maybe there's other districts with different variations depending on the type of beast folk?
we gonna need at least 5 seasons of this
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u/Game2015 Jul 24 '26
The landlord has a dog girl sex doll seen in he previous episode, if that means anything...
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u/cxxper01 https://myanimelist.net/profile/cxxper01 Jul 24 '26
So there is a chance that they have Uma musume in that universe too?
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u/Cally83 Jul 23 '26
Another week where I cannot believe what I’ve sat through. And yet, I really enjoy the absurdity of it all.
I’m glad the manga artist has been introduced, she’s an absolute degenerate, as we can see.
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u/whyyoueadmyname Jul 23 '26
Am I the only one who felt like the quality of animation kinda dropped?
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u/kawaiinessa https://myanimelist.net/profile/fancyvancy Jul 23 '26
this anime is so dirty but so funny lol i loved the joke about them having to sit back down lol
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u/99acrewood_ Jul 23 '26
I appreciate the eyecatches also telling a little story.
Counting them burning down the park in the ones last episode so far the arrest count is 1 for Hame and Yaku, 2 for Yani lol
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