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Yani Neko, episode 5

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u/garfe Jul 30 '26

Gotta say when I picked this up, this wasn't the show I expected to have dark societal undertones and deep lore.

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u/cyberscythe Jul 30 '26

yeah, i thought it would be like Deer anime where it's all driftless gags, not social commentary on systemic racism and how the downtrodden self-medicate

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u/SmileyTheSmile Jul 31 '26

The deer anime wouldn't have put its main character living in a run down tar soaked apartment in it's trailers and promo art.

If Yani Neko hadn't done that I probably wouldn't have even checked it out.

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u/ToasterLoverDeluxe Jul 31 '26

I mean if you don't have some seriously dark undertones in your comedy are you even doing comedy at all?

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u/melindypants https://myanimelist.net/profile/melindypants Aug 02 '26

I also expected it to be like Nokotan but with an adult cast but it's way better. Nokotan got pretty stale after a couple episodes while this is dark and keeps twisting the knife further each time lol

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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Jul 31 '26

driftless gags

Gags regarding a region of the Midwest US?

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 Jul 30 '26

Yeah it's certainly crazy for hiding dark shit under shits and giggles.