Chainsmoker Cat
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| image = Yani Neko 01.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ヤニねこ
| ja_romaji = Yani Neko
| genre = Comedy, slice of life
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = NyanNyanFactory
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint = Young Magazine KC
| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine
| first = February 20, 2023
| last =
| volumes = 8
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{{Nihongo|Chainsmoker Cat|ヤニねこ|Yani Neko|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023.
Plot
The series follows Yaniko, a catgirl who lives in a small apartment building in modern-day Japan and is addicted to smoking, regardless of the damage to her environment, her psyche, or her family. Almost all money she gets goes towards buying new cigarettes, and when she cannot buy new packs, Yaniko resorts to reusing spent cigarette butts or salvaging loose smokes off the street. As the series progresses, more catgirls are introduced with their own issues, along with their human landlord who tolerates their antics, and hints of an old civilization of cat-people capable of making their own tobacco products.
Publication
Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Chainsmoker Cat started in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヤニねこ:ちまたで話題のやべーマンガが「ヤンマガ」に 今、最もクズなネコ|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230219dog00m200025000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=ja|date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=February 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207132812/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230219dog00m200025000c.html|url-status=live}} Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:とにかくタバコが大好きなクズ獣人・ヤニねこの日常を描く「ヤニねこ」1巻|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/535650|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=ja|date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205064742/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/535650|url-status=live}} As of April 28, 2025, eight volumes have been released.
In February 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume set to release in December of the same year.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Seven Seas Licenses Godzilla -1.0 & Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World Novels, A Reincarnated Carrier's Strategy for Another World Manga, 6 More Titles|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-26/seven-seas-licenses-godzilla-1.0-and-chronicles-of-an-aristocrat-reborn-in-another-world-novels-a-/.221680|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227031301/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-26/seven-seas-licenses-godzilla-1.0-and-chronicles-of-an-aristocrat-reborn-in-another-world-novels-a-/.221680|archive-date=February 27, 2025|date=February 27, 2025|url-status=live}}
=Volumes=
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|VolumeNumber = 1
|OriginalRelDate = August 4, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/534981|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=Japanese|date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804024012/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/534981|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-532350-2
|LicensedRelDate = December 9, 2025{{cite web|title=Chainsmoker Cat Vol. 1|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/chainsmoker-cat-vol-1/|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment|access-date=April 9, 2025}}
|LicensedISBN = 979-8-89561-435-8
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|VolumeNumber = 2
|OriginalRelDate = November 6, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:【11月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/547455|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=Japanese|date=November 6, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121063055/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/547455|url-status=live}}
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|VolumeNumber = 3
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|VolumeNumber = 4
|OriginalRelDate = May 7, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【5月7日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/571486|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=Japanese|date=May 7, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511173852/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/571486|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-535598-5
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|VolumeNumber = 5
|OriginalRelDate = August 6, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/584220|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 7, 2024|language=Japanese|date=August 6, 2024|archive-date=August 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806013205/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/584220|url-status=live}}
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|VolumeNumber = 6
|OriginalRelDate = November 6, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【11月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/597220|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 6, 2024|language=Japanese|date=November 6, 2024|archive-date=November 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127002515/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/597220|url-status=live}}
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|VolumeNumber = 7
|OriginalRelDate = February 6, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:【2月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/609366|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 5, 2025|language=Japanese|date=February 6, 2025}}
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|VolumeNumber = 8
|OriginalRelDate = April 28, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月28日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/618557|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 27, 2025|language=Japanese|date=April 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427222717/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/618557|archive-date=April 27, 2025|url-status=live}}
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Reception
The series ranked 12th in the ninth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2023;{{cite web|script-title=ja:次にくるマンガ大賞2023、コミックス部門1位はむちまろ「生徒会にも穴はある!」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/539186|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 2, 2024|language=ja|date=August 31, 2023|archive-date=September 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902114647/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/539186|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!, Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta Win Next Manga Awards Print, Web Categories|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-08-31/seitokai-ni-mo-ana-wa-aru-ki-ni-natteru-hito-ga-otoko-janakatta-win-next-manga-awards-print-web-/.201635|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 2, 2024|date=August 31, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903204307/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-08-31/seitokai-ni-mo-ana-wa-aru-ki-ni-natteru-hito-ga-otoko-janakatta-win-next-manga-awards-print-web-/.201635|url-status=live}} it ranked 13th in the 2024 edition in the same category.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「次にくるマンガ大賞 2024」1位に「カグラバチ」「ふつうの軽音部」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/588589|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=September 2, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901034535/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/588589|url-status=live}} The series ranked 18th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|last2=Cayanan|first2=Joanna|title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2024 Rankings (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213100334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367|archive-date=December 13, 2023|date=December 13, 2023|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/yanineko|Official website at Young Magazine}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|28833|noparen=true}}
{{Series in Weekly Young Magazine}}
{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2020–2029}}
Category:Comedy anime and manga
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic cats