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Become friends with the Catgirl!
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Become friends with the Catgirl!Although she usually looks just like a human, when she sees mice—including Mouse-Man—or gets excited and angry at fish, her eyes turn golden, her ears split open, and sharp fangs flash from her wide-open mouth, transforming into the visage of a shape-shifting cat. She absolutely loves fish, dried bonito flakes, and mice. Like Kitaro, Old Man Eyeball, and Mouse-Man, she is a character created by Shigeru Mizuki, yet she is also recognized as a yokai. She harbors a shy, unrequited love for Kitaro. Starting with the fifth anime series, she acquired the nickname “Nyanyanya the Catgirl” in contrast to “Gegege no Kitaro” and “Bibibi the Mouse-Man.” Her first-person pronouns vary depending on the work—“I” in the original manga and in the first, fifth, and sixth series; “atashi” in the third and fourth series, occasionally in the second, fifth, and sixth; and “atai” in the early original manga, the second series, and the “Ibun Yokai Kidan,” sometimes even changing according to her mood. Her origins lie in being a half-yokai born between a human and a yokai; official sources, including books supervised by Mizuki Pro, classify her as a half-yokai alongside Mouse-Man. However, unlike Mouse-Man, there are very few instances in the main story where this background is explicitly mentioned or explored. In the early days of the original manga, several cat-girl-type yokai and cat-woman–like creatures appeared as Mouse-Man’s arch-enemies, but most were one-off guest characters. It wasn’t until the first series of the Weekly Shonen Magazine edition, in the story “Catgirl and Mouse-Man,” that a cat-girl with a bob haircut and a one-piece dress made her debut as Kitaro’s friend. As a regular character in the role of Kitaro’s girlfriend, the cat-girl became established starting with the Weekly Shonen Sunday edition. At that time, she sported a messy, tousled hairstyle and wore traditional Japanese clothing, markedly different from the cat-girl in the Magazine version, and went by the name “Nekoko.” Even so, features such as slanted eyes and round cheeks had already been firmly set by then. This Nekoko was described as a human afflicted with a strange illness that turned her into a shape-shifting cat whenever she saw mice or fish, though not officially classified as a yokai.[5] Nevertheless, she herself stated within the story that she was “a kind of yokai” and “not interested in humans,” leaving her status ambiguous—whether she is purely a yokai or a human (and thus distinct from “half-yokai” figures like the cat-girl or Mouse-Man). In the anime adaptations, she made her debut as a guest character in episode 20 of the first series, “Catgirl and Mouse-Man,” and appeared from the very first episode of the second series, becoming a regular member of the gang. Elements such as her red‑based outfit adorned with ribbons and her romantic feelings toward Kitaro were firmly established during this period.
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