Junji Ito's Weirdest Story

[@TheTaleFoundry]

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[@AlanaArtDream]

Ooo you have to read cat + gamer and nights with a cat mangas you’ll love them

[@dallindespain5082]

It might be a government spy cat. ( The US government did actually try making a robocat during the cold war, the project failed and they stopped trying. Or so they say)

[@tigerlily2941]

You have been chosen by the cat distribution center. You must accept the cat, and it shall be yours.

[@KosMik_Skul]

YO! Tale Foundry! hey... what's up with those other 2 videos you mention in the beginning @ :10 secs in, I just looked for them several times and even by exact title I can't find them! Nothing comes up... I can only find the one on "The Enigma of.." which is one of my favorite stories by Junji Ito and your channel is one of my top 10 maybe top 5 KZbin Channels, so I really wanna watch them!!! did they get erased? Mandala Effected? lol or... "Anti-Meme-ed" [there is no such thing as these 2 other TaleFoundry videos. You (tube) Do(es) Not Recognize the (dead) Videos in the Trash.] but seriously!?!?! please help...

[@barrybend7189]

I had 6 cats. You don't adopt one. They adopt you. You are free to name them.

[@corpsehandler5321]

and they are free to answer or ignore you as they please.

[@barrybend7189]

@@corpsehandler5321 my cats respond to their names.

[@obsidianstar9089]

It's akin to gifting them a fragment of your soul for companionship, and mental anguish :3

[@corpsehandler5321]

​@@barrybend7189same! sometimes.

[@DragonJack505]

And they are free to name you

[@BradsPitts.]

Imagine being married to Junji Ito and the only issue you have with his illustrations is that he draws you without pupils 💀

[@armageddon7432]

🐟

[@Rissfleisch]

What's funny and weirdly wholesome in their relationship is that his wife is the one who does the black filling in Ito's pages because he always was too lazy to do it and now she's better than him at filling lol. His mom used to help with the same task. Now it's all his wife. Family made horrors beyond our comprehension. A real labor of love.

[@BunnyRot439]

​@@Rissfleisch A true horror power couple! That's so sweet. :3

[@nlamlam1289]

she also draw a lot of art with yokais and cats too

[@ckay11002]

Cats can totally learn the names you give them. On the other hand, you'd also be surprised to find out that if you get close enough to them, they can also learn your name, and try their best to meow it, essentially "naming" you in their own speak.

[@MrGorillafist]

Yeah I recently learned most cat communication in non-verbal but they do adapt to recognise sounds. They're clever little creatures.

[@cherrymarriedindiscord1404]

Mine was a literal MAaAA 🤣🤣🤣

[@bonebag1961]

Sometimes when I'm doing something else and my cat wants attention, she'll jump up to where I'm sitting, sit next to me, and put her paw on my arm, trying to get me attention They know what they're doing

[@tortoiselover7215]

Do you have a one syllable name?

[@WobblesandBean]

Yup. And they really know it, I've tried to call them by similar sounding names and they don't react at all. Even my ducks know their names!

[@alejandroacevedo2521]

12:05 telling someone "you're not even art" is a really abstract insult that I'll have to start using from now on

[@ringlhach]

You didn't acquire a cat, the cat acquired you. You are expected to feel honored.

[@WyxienTheFox]

The Cat Distribution Systemᵀᴹ strikes again

[@anythingyoucando1546]

We had a cat that understood the family dynamic of our family. Of who is the adult and who are children. Even included teenager in this cat's understanding of older kitten. Myself and my sibling tried to walk to school one morning. The cat followed meowing along urgently. I felt obligated to let the cat lead us, "lost kittens" back home. She kept double checking to make sure we were still following. Never had any other pet do that. Not to say that it doesn't exist with other animals. Just one story of a 'memberable moment in my life. I was about 16/17 at the time.

[@jacketuniverse3986]

Dogs sorta has this as well, like those videos of dogs being gentle to babies

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@jacketuniverse3986 Lol no. I think that's just anthropomorphization. Especially when you consider the sheer number of babies and kids Game Over'd by family dogs.

[@thatotherted3555]

@@WobblesandBean 15 per year in the US, on average, according to the CDC. Does the sheer number really support your argument?

[@KenikoB]

@@WobblesandBean No, just because some dogs get violent doesn't mean that dogs don't bond with human children and see them as puppies as well. Dogs are an extremely social pack-living species, they see the whole household as their pack and it's extremely unusual for them to attack their human family in a loving home without having something wrong with them.

[@Proygon]

did you make this video just to tell us there's a cat living in your house and you don't know what to do

[@dubuyajay9964]

You should advise him, pirate cat.

[@Riseofziggy]

Good idea I’ve had a cat living in my house for 15 years and I still don’t know what to do, the bodies keep piling up and all the coyotes moved away. Be wary of cats.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@Riseofziggy Good riddance of coyotes.

[@Secret_Moon]

If you do, please blink slowly to signal us.

[@seriousmaran9414]

Yes, got a problem with that? People own dogs, cats own people.

[@cristaltophat]

“Why name a cat?” Because after a period of time they learn that the sound you make is just for them and cats are known to only meow at humans to get their attention as well,It’s not just a name It’s way to communicate and display affection between two different creatures.

[@WobblesandBean]

Yup. Cats only meow at people. They're really smart, they know how to communicate what they want. A dog will just stare at you until you guess what it is he wants lol

[@Shining4Dawn]

​@@WobblesandBeanmy dog boops my treat pouch with her nose when she's hungry, she lies on her back when she wants belly rubs, she presses her side against people when she wants to be petted and she'll pick up her toys and bring them over when she wants to play. She'd only ever bark when she's being ignored for too long. Dogs can communicate what they want very well.

[@jerryworshiper1587]

i love how Tale Foundry never breaks character. even with this sort of personal event, he still manages to incorporate it fairly effectively into the character's lore.

[@allynmcdowell7582]

Good to know the cat distribution system affects sentient robots as well

[@kaylathehedgehog2005]

The CDS discriminates against no one.

[@guyclykos]

I see the cat distribution service had paid you a visit.

[@lyn100]

this is probably my favorite story of his, just because when you really think about them... cats kinda are unexplainable little goblin creatures. his style fits their shenanigans perfectly

[@Broeckchen]

Not just that. They're still extremely close to their wild ancestors, so we humans just decided to put these little apex predators into our homes because we think they're cute??? There are so many weird fun facts about cats that are kind of ridiculous. Like that the average meow of a cat has a similar frequency as human babies crying, which is one of the reasons we find it so attention grabbing. Or that their purr can literally accelerate physical healing of the human body???? Or that they literally only meow because they understand on some level that humans communicate verbally, and cats that grow up without humans stop meowing after kittenhood????? I love them. They're such intriguing creatures that it feels like someone had to have made them up, but they just happened, and humans were all like "yes, this is a perfect being, thank you!"

[@lyn100]

@@Broeckchen YES exactly!! i love all their weird little idiosyncrasies (which, to ito's credit, can absolutely be a little terrifying). but like you said i love how we just brought in these little aliens and thought "yes this little guy is perfect"

[@Nullthewolf01]

@@Broeckchen they also domesticated themselves mice ate the food and cat's ate the mice so the cat's just kinda stuck around

[@KenikoB]

@@Broeckchen They meow because that's what kittens do to get attention, and cats living with humans learn that humans can't hear their normal sounds or understand their body language. Basically they're yelling "hey, heyyyy, mom, listen to me!"

[@Broeckchen]

@@KenikoB Yes, that's the long version of it haha! I should have written "only meow as adults because-", the way I said it was more misleading. So thank you for the correction! Still makes me feel like my cats basically look up at a huge fleshy giant with beady eyes and a colossal maw and go "googoo gaagaa, bebi snug!" Because they think we can't talk like normal civilized people (cats).

[@OlympianWarrior]

Throughout this whole thing, I'm expecting a dramatic twist, a revelation that these fuzzy creatures aren't actually all they seem, but I'm surprised to find... just cats. (And congratulations on 1 million!)

[@ursidae97]

The only dark is that Junji Ito wrote it i guess

[@williamhenby952]

I think that's the joke. Junji Ito knows his reputation, so he can surprise his audience by doing absolutely nothing.

[@meliasnahtony2951]

You never adopt a Cat. A Cat just goes "I live here now" and you have to deal with it.

[@lainiwakura1776]

What if you got it from a shelter or breeder though?

[@MrGorillafist]

God how I wish a cat would choose me 😢

[@meliasnahtony2951]

@@lainiwakura1776 Shhh.... we don't talk about those...

[@MarshallTheArtist]

Is that why they run away when you leave the door open?

[@WobblesandBean]

Lol yup. The Cat Distribution System is hard at work

[@arielbishop1807]

Me and my family have a saying, "you don't choose the cat, the cat chooses you."

[@hernehaugen6878]

My family has a saying about cats too. "Go on now, git!"

[@Stopitfox]

As a cat owner I can honestly say cats adopt you, you don’t adopt them. They’ll just show up and claim u. 1:32

[@themangacomic6651]

Keep the cat away from Lilies. Every part of the flower is highly toxic to them.

[@Chicagocanine]

In general just avoid any plants that grow from a bulb. Most are toxic to cats.

[@alexismyers6053]

So like... you didn't aquire the cat. The cat adopted you. Give your new overlord a cute and embarrassing name and make sure overlord gets fixed.

[@morphunkown]

"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed." -Junji Ito

[@squeethemog213]

This video genuinely made me cry. I struggle a lot with being a good person and just hope I leave a good impact on people. Thank you for making this video guys. You're all wonderful 🙏🥹

[@bennygairns2235]

As long as you keep trying, I'm confident that you can be a good person.

[@scorpionswimmer828]

Junji Ito’s horrifically amazing.

[@linren901]

I have a cat who’s one year old. He loves playing with a green feather, carrying it around the house. While I was watching this he ran over with it, jumped up on me and sat the feather on my lap. He’s a good boy!

[@t.rellis834]

I really do wish more of Junji Ito's works would be animated well.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

I love how much Ito-San makes fun of himself in this manga, as well as his approach to horror. But my favorite scene is that one with Muu sleeping on his laundry.

[@enanirwin2182]

Cats that's sometimes how you become owned by a cat they decide you are theirs. You feed them and provide soft warm spaces. It is amazing how much personality they can cram into a very small body.

[@rogue3398]

I lost my cat of 19 years to cancer recently, and this story affected me deeply. I still see her in every shadow and piece of cloth. She was a blessing and I will love her forever. No matter how long they stay, it is never long enough.

[@edrozenrozen9600]

Cats vomit alot sometimes. Its great for horror inspiration. And screeching from the interpersonal (interfeline?) battles! Terrifying!

[@lainiwakura1776]

My favorite is the sound they make when they're in heat... but not really.

[@stickperson286]

I haven't watched a Tale foundry video in so long. That animated intro bit was LITERALLY stunning, I stopped everything I was doing and watched it with wide eyes.

[@crisx3358]

Yes yes. This is honestly probably one of my favorite Junji Itto works, next to Uzumaki. Love to see people talking about it.

[@taureleafsilver]

I wish he did more comedic stuff! There is a handful of pure comedic comics he did (I believe cat diary, dog diary, Memories of Real Poop, and Ghost Heights Management Association are the only ones) but they're all something special!

[@Crowdelia]

I love listening to interviews where Junji Ito talks about cats. He says they are scary but then describes exactly how they are cute little mysteries. It’s all so heartfelt and charming I laugh every time.

[@Broeckchen]

I suggest the name Long John Silver! I never got to have a pet while growing up, we lacked the resources for one. But I always wanted to have a cat or domestic fox some day and did a lot of research on cat husbandry! Then, in 2020, my Mom gifted me a kitten. Her name is Milkyway and her first act upon coming home with my family and her brother (after a snack, of course) was curling up in my lap to sleep there. We've been inseperable ever since! She follows me around and pokes me with a single claw just once if I deny her attention and meowing isn't enough lol. And goodness, she insists on so many snuggles ♡ She has a lil sister named Cookie Dough now! Cookie takes over the morning shift by sitting on my chest while I sleep until I wake up, then meowing up a storm and rubbing her lil head against me until I laugh and scritch her! Those two are an incredible anchor to me. I used to hate waking up, realizing the reality I live in all over. But ever since Cookie greets me, I actually enjoy that. Sometimes I lay there in the evening with Milky snuggled into the crook of my elbow and purring for me, and my heart fills with joy. And I can only think: "Right. This is why I want to wake up again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after..." They slow me down when ADHD jerks me around and keep me grounded when depression tries to drown me. I love them! And they love me too.

[@superspider64]

if this was just an excuse to gush about a new kitty you stumbled upon I am here for it

[@robojosh4444]

He changed the title from "A Cat obsessed Story" to "Junji Ito's Most Normal Story" now he changed it to "Junji Ito's Weirdest Story" btw check the replies wonderful people continued to update it, so send them a like or two

[@stevetopop2028]

Now its "Junji Ito's Only Pleasent Story"

[@somelonelyguy000]

Now it's "Why Junji Ito Wrote a Horror Story About Cats"

[@sheersternfeld1914]

Now it's the opposite, it's "Junji Ito's weirdest story"

[@sheersternfeld1914]

Did I comment twice? KZbin is buggy Edit: it would seem that I did. I deleted one of the comments.

[@robojosh4444]

@@sheersternfeld1914 thank you

[@GodLoverOdin]

JUNJI ITO!!! I love that man! He makes such disturbing stories!

[@tforter]

I've always been intrigued by his art style, I've never read any of his stories unfortunately as the time was just never right, but everything I've seen and heard sounds incredible and I've always been drawn to it

[@alexicon2006]

Trust me whenever you're in that right horror mindset you NEED to check him out. Mans one of the GOATS of horror.

[@Hi-js6kz]

As a cat owner I can confirm my own personal fur demon is the light of my life even if she decides that my current yarn project is more comfortable than any other place she could go. If this is a real dilemma with the cat than I suggest taking them to the vet and talking about next steps.

[@FelicityUwU]

Sewing KZbinrs always have a pet sit on their thing they are trying to cut, and I found out when I started sewing recently that they aren't the only ones.

[@laraschroeder5195]

I heard that they prefer to sit there because you’re paying a lot of attention to your yarn when your knitting or sewing or whatever, and the cat wants that attention as well.

[@themindelectrified]

I swear this was named Junji Ito’s most normal story and now the name has changed

[@jacintacapelety9600]

I 100% saw that too, so it's not just you.

[@LizzyThePirate]

I love how Junji Ito doesn't change a thing about his art in his book. It feels like there should be horror right around the corner. My favorite part is when he's "living it up" at a hotel room and his wife sends him a pic of one cat sad he's gone and he falls into disrepair.

[@Hotshot2k4]

First minute gives me strong "Hal, it's about cats..." vibes

[@ethanemerson4862]

As a Cat owner, they are slightly less weird if you know their body language and how they communicate. For example: why do they pretend to ignore you by turning their head away from you? Simple. Cats don’t like eye contact. It’s how they get serious. If they’re looking away from you while doing a slow blink, that means it’s deliberately making itself vulnerable and says “I trust you”. So give your cat a slow blink with little head turn, it’ll get what you mean.

[@OldLadyMapleSeed]

I have the same issue with seeing my cat where he isn’t. Once I actually saw something shaped and coloured more or less like him walk into a bedroom. I couldn’t see him when I poked my head in the door, and he didn’t answer when I called him. I almost put my head under the bed, but got a weird feeling and left. There he was in the living room.

[@Chiefahleaf]

I like this story alot from Ito. The extra ending that was included in the latest editions made me hug my cats more closely abit as well.

[@catbatrat1760]

2:18 Ngl, the "smoochy smoochy" comic cracked me up.

[@RandomDude1487]

You should make a video on the game Undertale, it’s perfect for a video. In one ending it’s confusing, in one it’s wholesome, in one it’s psychological horror at its finest.

[@daviddimitrov3696]

My cat passed away about a year ago, and it was devastating, so I completely understand the last part.

[@BBB_bbb_BBB]

I had a cat friend for a week one time. It was meowing on my porch. I opened my door and it came inside. I gave it some leftover chicken. And after about an hour it was meowing at the door again and I let it back outside. That repeated many times a day for about a week and then I never saw it again. It was a cool experience.

[@lyricperson24]

8:10 owning a white cat means anything vaguely cat sized and light in color in the corner of my eye and/or in a dark room registers as the cat. big bottle of bleach, plastic grocery bags, even pastel pink roller skates. but at the same time it’s like… yeah sometimes you walk in and they’re just sitting on the table in the dark or whatever. it’s almost more surprising to see something and realize it’s NOT the cat

[@TheSUGA1202]

Horror is the lenses through which we explore different perspectives, it allows us to empathise with different people and break unseem veils that are formend during life and granting us insight into the unknown. Having recieved that knowledge , you can direct it into other situations, even the mundane can be explored with this way of thinking. I suppose Junji Ito has applied that mindset. Note that I havent read the cat story you are telling, im just guessing. The way that i got to this conclusion was after watching Coraline, child stories and the horror inside them allowed me to focus on the story much more than any other movie I watched and made me curious beyond the first watch.

[@sabhyde5327]

My friend and I had a small black cat named Elvira (he named it not knowing about the show) but she was an outside inside cat. One night there was a terrible storm and she didn't come back, she did this often. Later the next day we found her body on the road. She was hit by a car during the storm. My friend was always a jokester always making light of the most awful of things. That's how he coped. Later that night at her grave was the first time I ever saw him cry, full on weeping. One thing we certainly take for granted is the value of life. Whether it being a human or animal. I'm an Orthodox Christian so my worldview is different than most people. However I believe in the power that Man has with all of creation. We are able to feel more deeply about the loss of those we love than any other creature. Since we are made in the Image and likeness of God when something we love dies it truly brings us to the realization that we truly loved something. We loved something that was outside ourselves. It starts small with a pet. Which what truly is a pet but a companion on which you can share this gift of life with? Whether it be for a brief time the pain of loss let's us know how real it truly is. These little creatures are true blessing. Because without them life would be utterly dull.

[@thanosandnobill3789]

One day before one month a cat arrived suddenly out of nowhere at my aunt's home balcony meowing. My aunt gave her food and water, few days later she brought her five kittens also haha now there are six cats there plus one other grown-up cat that is probably the father.

[@carlstrojny8565]

Remember what the cat from Coraline says "Cats don't need names... We know who we are"

[@Xehlwan]

My oldest cat passed away yesterday, and I'm still processing. This video couldn't have come at a better time, with its soothing message. Thank you!

[@unpronouncable2442]

You do not adopt (or acquire for that matter) a cat. They adopt (or acquire) you.

[@holleighgram]

I really needed the message towards the end if this. The timing is uncanny. Thank you.

[@stevens4957]

There was a glitch in my video that caused the bit describing "your" new cat, and that had me wondering the whole bideo what kind of cat related dark twist we were going to experience. Turns out, yep, it's about cats. And that is enough.

[@DianaDxD]

My sister adopted our cat as a kitten and fully expected him to bond with her but lately he's been following me around, I clean his litter and his vomiting has sent me into panic mode. He was also diagnosed with diabetes that I wake up ungodly hours to administer his insulin shots and stay up late to do his nightly dose. He also bites if you pet him for too long and eats on anything plastic but at the end of the day even if he is a menace I wouldn't change it for the world cuz he's become my companion and without him it makes the lonely nights and days not so lonely and I'd call him my best friend. You don't really choose cats they choose you and even if they act aloof and distant it doesn't mean they don't value their owner it's just their way of showing you love🥰

[@Caranig]

Official motion to name the kitty Archive.

[@SnowyOwl369]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. I'm genuinely sad, thinking about how one day my cats will pass away. They are wonderful and precious beings.

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsili]

The first time I met my cat she was 6 months old and she was in my backyard. I tried to walk up to her slowly but she ran off. So instead I left some food out for her. A couple hours later I saw her eating the food. Day after day I left food out and day after day she came back. So one night I saw her sitting out the door patiently waiting for food. So I got some food left it out for her once again and she didn’t run away when I went outside realizing she wasn’t that afraid I set at my picnic table. Same thing happened for the next few nights. Until I let her inside and she slowly transitioned into a house cat.

[@meganshaw1949]

I love cats. And as for when it came to naming my own cat, I went with a simple name and one that started and ended in a vowel sound, as she had a good response to it and came to it very often. While a group of cats can be called a clowder, it can also go by a glaring or a clutter. In my own experience, part of the reason that we get pets are for companionship and love. Pets can be a way of emotional connection and are often beings that we turn to, to trust.

[@AnUndivine]

You should name it. That doesn't mean you are bonding with it. It just means you can talk about it more easily instead of calling it a "fuzzy little living thing wandering around in my space."

[@fraise-ob7it]

I really need to read this man's Manga.

[@TheGamingPole]

I also had a cat, one day it just showed up, we fed it and then after some time it refused to leave, disappearing for a day or two but then coming back.

[@ItsNotAPhase-iv7rv]

Video suggestion, when the protagonist is the villain

[@BrandyAHyatt]

My friend bought me this book during free comic book day. It’s such a cute book. Highly recommend.

[@flareden_animation]

You've reached 1M!!!

[@jakturner7844]

Yo, please tell me the cat will be a reoccurring character! They are so precious

[@vampyresmiles713]

As a cat person myself, the usual agreement is you give the cat food and shelter and the cat allows you to exist in its vicinity. anything further is up to the individuals both cat and noncat

[@nickshaw3619]

I've always had cats in my life. I was born into a home with a cat in it, and I have a bunch of them now. I've always been confused by some of the things people say about cats: I've never found them aloof, and their behavior makes perfect sense to me. Cats are survivors, and everything they do is in service of that. If you're a clear benefit to a cat, it will be open to bonding with you. If not, you're one of the three Fs: furniture, food, or foe.

[@attackfrogs]

my dad was much the same, before he married my mom. had very little opinion of cats other than "they keep mice out of the animal feed." but then he met 'Gooberhead' and has been a proud cat dad for the past 30-something years :P

[@bluegamemc1403]

Remember, if your cat starts walking in a spiral, RUN

[@Valeneo]

I dont have cat yet, but i am genuinely curious... RUN, but why?

[@anaemcfarland7129]

I’m also curious

[@anaalicepimentel5318]

Uzumaki

[@bluegamemc1403]

​@@Valeneo Another series by Junji Ito called Uzumaki that features a spiral curse that infects and kills people and generally lowers the quality of life of those around it. The spiral made everyone affected become obsessed with spirals.

[@mahogania5536]

and skip town if possible, unlike certain people...

[@DementatDeus]

Since you seems a little befuddled and lost in regards to your new roommate, I may be of assistance since I was too a few years ago. First, I recommend naming the cat. They do learn their name over time, and do get excited when individuals they like use their name while talking to them. Second, I highly recommend reading Jackson Galaxy's book Total Cat Mojo. It really helps in learning how cats think and behave.

[@Jaciekakes]

I received this as a Christmas present a few years ago and it's one of my favourite of his works. Congratulations on being chosen by the cat distribution system.

[@sakurawitch1303]

Sorry for all the info and personal anecdotes I typed out, I've just had a lot of experiences the past 6 years or so as an adult with a cat and I love sharing what I've found and experienced with others. 8:30 cats tend to break or get into stuff when bored, I've noticed. Mine eats plastic. If you have a window, make a cozy spot for it, make sure it has toys (a stuffed sock with catnip would be sufficient as a starter toy. I say that due to it being my cat's first and favorite lol) and try playing with it often, even if it doesn't seem interested. I'd also find plenty of time to just sit and do something that doesn't require a lot of movement, like reading. It will take time, but you'll notice the cat laying in the same room as you. That is a good sign, as it sees you as someone it likes. Some cats are never cuddly, some eventually get there. You end up learning how the cat is personality- wise, and it's neat to see different ones when you've been around multiple cats in a single life time. 8:58 you sound like my boyfriend when he met my Maine Coon for the first time. He called P-Chun (pronounced Pee-Chan, my mom spelled the name like that when she named him) "a man stuck in a cat's body" due to his face looking too human- like for a cat lol 9:40 I think cats do that either from being overstimulated or being in a playful mood. Cats, especially kittens, will roughhouse with each other and their mom's tail to learn how to hunt, and it may just be in a roughhousing mood. Playing normally helps with this issue, as it gets the aggression out onto the toy and not your hands. Sometimes it does feel like it's out of nowhere, and that's not anyone's fault. You and I can't read their minds, and cats can't tell us in a language we can clearly understand. It happens, so you got to react accordingly and in a way that won't hurt it. 12:10 actually, if trained right, cats can be really useful in pest control. I'm not sure how one would do that since I never had the need to find out, as he is an indoor cat in a big town. I think they also are pretty decent emotional support animals. Are they chaotic? Yes. Is their litterboxes and occasional hairball/ food vomits gross? Also yes. But at the end of the day, it's a creature that sees you as one of their own when they are very independent, and it feels special having a companion you have to work for their affections. Why would you want to do that? I'm not sure. That would be something that psychology might give vague answers on, but personally, I feel like it's the same as when you get through a level in a video game that you struggled with, except it's creating a bond with a living creature that's independent of you.

[@mareczek00713]

Ah, yes, as a dude that lived for maybe 2 years total in a city I know what you mean with "acquiring" a cat - just enjoy it, if it grows to like you enough it'll either stay with you or keep coming back. And feel free to name it, despite them not caring about names they learn to recognize that when you make the sound of their name you are calling them,

[@sadee4175]

I love how when hearing about these kinds of stories behind the author we get to see that despite making some of the most unsettling and scary Manga's Junji Ito is a soft soul who deeply loved his pets

[@Fayren7]

I want whoever did the beginning animation to do a whole show in that style, it's so beautiful

[@VeneerOfSanity]

Good to know the cat distribution system works even for robots :}

[@jessicajayes8326]

The cat chooses who it wants to be with. My cats chose me and it's been fantastic. Naming a cat means you're familiar with it's presence. It looks like Greebo from the Discworld!

[@lillithcollins5192]

I have let my last two cats "choose" their own name. Its a process from an autobiographical book I read called The Cat Who Came for Christmas. The process is simple: call the cat whatever random name comes into your head, until they start to respond positively to one and that becomes the cats name. It's only a sample size of two, but in both cases they tend to learn their name rather quickly compared to saying the same word over and over. It's not so much what you are saying exactly, but more that they like the way YOU say that word, so it becomes their name. Warning: Don't pick a ridiculous name as a joke, because I assure you they WILL choose that one and you'll have to explain it for the rest of forever to anyone you introduce to the cat.

[@EmperorOfApathy]

Cats certainly are very, very strange. Of the two cats I have, only one actually likes me and I have no idea why, I've done almost literally nothing to make her like me so much.

[@RukaKikuchi]

3:30 "Cats might seem boring to you humans" What do you mean? A bulk of the internet is literally built on cat videos. 🤣🤣

[@aino-kaisav5504]

This was actually my first Junji Ito manga, although I was already aware of his career and reputation. There's the surreal feeling of uneasiness combined with rather down-to-earth slices of life that makes this a weird yet pleasant experience.

[@raydgreenwald7788]

I had a cat bestowed on me by my sister who moved in with a boyfriend, a year after that cat died, a neighbor reached out to me and my dad to asked if we needed a cat since one followed his son home.

[@tanktalk6732]

Junji it is my favorite artist 0:36

[@Jalen861]

Your situation actually gave me inspiration for a story idea. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@CelticVampireQueen]

People say that I act like a cat. I don't meow or anything wack like that. I'm scared of dogs, I mostly eat and sleep and play, and I'm sensitive. And people treat me like a cat.

[@aceundead4750]

CDS, Cat Delivery Services, working as it should i see. Good, good. Who knows what Junji Ito-esque horrors might occur/appear if it stopped.

[@Christian_H3rnand3z]

Bro, you should read or watch "My Roomate Is A Cat." It's a lot more "chill", not "scary", but is still a slice of life and knows how to rip your heart out at times.

[@darthchalupa2485]

I know it's not fully related to the video, but your comments towards the end about existence reminded me of a quote from, of all things, Invincible. Mild Spoilers for S2E7, the quote was "We aren't our bodies, we're the decisions we make, the lives we change, the people we love & who love us" Loved the video, really liked your final thoughts on this one

[@nutsi3]

It looks like it’s name would be scar… completely unrelated to it’s scar

[@prezaurian4914]

I would disagree with the statement, 'And not one of them has ever done anything important'. It depends on what you value or consider important. Nice video as usual.

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

The parking of the building I live used to have cats. It took me a few years, but I managed to walk between them without they going away. Yeah, it's a stupid and useless triumph, but I liked it.

[@ThatDarnRedKhezu]

That cat has seen some shit. Take good care of them, and they will protect you.

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

Talebot, for reference, all three cats I own are able to come and go as they please, they may have different motives from humans and you, but that's why we like them. We trust each other because we understand that we both want the thing that is best for us, so we help each other as we can. Also cats do that "mroop" thing when they are curious about an object or concept, similar to us and the destruction is a reaction to fear or lack of knowledge almost every time. Hope that can help at least a bit.

[@tagair211]

I've found the comic in my local library, and I grabbed it because I remembered your video about ! I was so glad ! It's such a great story, it made me relate to it a lot as a cat owner. And the Junji Ito faces of horror are quite hilarious in the context ! I can't read his horror stories more than once because he's that good at Horror ! He's really the Stephen King of manga, but the monstrosities in his other works haunt me 😅 One time is good enough 😅😅

[@mySoupDied]

As someone with nine cats I can confirm they are chaos puddles

[@Tobi2x4]

I own his cat diary, and the version I have included photographs! Yon really did look like he had a skull or ghostly face on his back. I thought he was exaggerating til I saw the picture.

[@SilversapphireWolf]

This book was actually my introduction to Ito, I enjoyed it so much and enjoyed hearing your thoughts on it.