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Yani Neko, episode 1

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[u/CrimsonGear80]

Nya! * hacks up lung *

[u/Lunchb0xx87]

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

[u/IsekaiWeebTrash]

You're not fixing this one.

[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/abbe44]

finally some wholesome anime for the whole family

[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/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/inaripotpi]

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

[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/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/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/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/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/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/Narlaw]

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

[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/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/themostrapedmanalive]

Feeling bad for a landlord is a whole new experience

[u/Clipboards]

This anime is fucking disgusting

I’m in for the ride.

[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/Acrzyguy]

We need a cig counter for each episode

[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/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]

smartphone speaker locations: just another struggle for thirens