Chainsmoker Cat Episode 3 Preview: Japanese Fans React — "Kansai Is a Nearly Perfect Furry, Except For Being Unfunny"

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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 613)

• The sheer completeness of Kansai being genuinely, properly unfunny is next level.

  かんさいがちゃんとおもんないの完成度が高すぎる

  — @あああ-b7j6f665 likes

• His "unfunny-ness" comes through even harder than in the source material — legendary voice acting. This, this is something else.

  カンサイの「面白くない」ことが原作以上に伝わってきて、神演技だ。これは、これはすごい。

  — @Gリング198 likes

• If only Kansai actually had a sense of humor...

  カンサイに笑いのセンスがあれば…

  — @そろそろそそそ-g8j933 likes

• It's genuinely impressive how unfunny he manages to be, lol.

  ほんまに面白くないの凄いよなw

  — @maki-nr5hb95 likes

• Apparently Kansai's comedy is divine revelation, so...

  カンサイのお笑いは神の啓示らしいから…

  — @kemuru_mu_bembe33 likes

• An advanced technique for conveying just how unfunny Kansai is.

  カンサイの面白なさを表現する高等テクニック

  — @ぺすかとるで34 likes

• It's insane that with this lineup, Chainsmoker Cat is actually forced into being the straight man.

  このメンツに入ると本当にヤニねこがツッコミに回らざるを得ないという狂気

  — @user-sy1ne4kc1w130 likes

• Kansai's life is legitimately falling apart and I can't stop laughing.

  カンサイ普通に人生終わりかけてて笑う

  — @そのだめ311 likes

• It's brutal how Yaniko keeps looking more and more normal with every episode.

  回を重ねるごとにヤニ子がまともに見えてくる酷さ

  — @LOVE-wc1ez108 likes

• Thought this got taken down yesterday... and it just quietly came back lmao

  昨日、削除されたと思ったら… しれっと復活したwww

  — @デグ-f6d36 likes

• The soccer animation is better than actual soccer anime, and that's hilarious.

  サッカーの作画がサッカーアニメより良すぎて笑った

  — @ジョンみょん600 likes

• A brutal jab at Blue Lock.

  ブルーロックへの猛烈な皮肉

  — @English_study202489 likes

• You really think Chainsmoker Cat can run for even a full minute?

  ヤニねこが1分も走れると思ってんの？

  — @すん-i4w25 likes

• Aru-neko's voice is adorable.

  アルネコこえかわいいな

  — @がすわら-n2i471 likes

• Well yeah, it's the same voice actress as Nanachi. And she herself is adorable too.

  そりゃナナチと同じ人だからな 声優本人もかわいい

  — @ロッチナ-x5u80 likes

• Makes sense, that's Shiori Izawa.

  そりや井澤詩織さんだから

  — @ほし-c8k25 likes

• Aru-neko's little wave goodbye is so cute.

  アルネコのバイバイかわいい

  — @tatsuya162740 likes

• I want to marry Kansai and have him tell unfunny jokes next to me for the rest of my life. And when he passes first in old age, I want to cry over never hearing his jokes again.

  カンサイと結婚して一生隣で面白くないギャグを言い続けてほしい。 んで老後先にカンサイが亡くなってもうカンサイのギャグが聞けなくなって泣きたい。

  — @Sixerd244 likes

• You're a kind soul.

  お前優しいな

  — @Skyhisashi28 likes

• Laugh your heart out one last time in front of the grave. But the tears won't stop either, and laughing wide-open through them anyway — that's its own kind of beautiful.

  墓の前で最後ぐらい大笑いして。でもやっぱり涙が止まらなくて、それでも大口開けて笑い続けるやるのもまた一興

  — @人食いサーモン9 likes

• Please turn Aru-neko's mug into official merch.

  アルねこが使ってるコップを商品化してくれ

  — @may-432186 likes

• That style of cat-ear mug does actually exist... but it's more of a display piece than something you drink from... because the ears poke your eyes if you use it normally.

  あのタイプの猫耳マグカップは存在はしてるけど… あれって飲み物飲むってより置物なんだよね… 普通に使うと猫耳が目に刺さるからね

  — @尾田栄二郎9 likes

• Any anime where every single character is unhinged is a masterpiece (with a couple exceptions).

  登場人物が全員狂ってるアニメは神アニメ (一部は除く)

  — @ワドルディワドルディ-i1m344 likes

• I love it when everyone's insane.

  頭おかしいの大好き

  — @FM-ゆあ17 likes

• 0:06 — I love how the landlord moves there. Isn't it kind of insane that the preview alone is as satisfying as watching the actual episode?

  0:06 この大家さんの動き好き 本編観たのと同じくらい予告だけで十分満足すぎるって凄くね？

  — @りふか-u3v103 likes

• Incredible! No matter how many times I listen, Kansai's talking just will not register in my brain!

  すごい！何度聞いてもカンサイの喋りが頭に入って来ない！

  — @ha-cl4kz13 likes

• The anime that heals my brain after it's been running full-speed watching Ghost in the Shell.

  攻殻機動隊でフル回転した頭を癒してくれるアニメ

  — @CHANGmojimoji256 likes

• Yeah, the temperature swing is what resets you.

  温度差で整うのよね

  — @ふの-k3p35 likes

Who is Kansai in Chainsmoker Cat?

Kansai is a new character introduced in the Episode 3 preview whose defining trait, according to the flood of comments, is being completely and consistently unfunny — commenters called it "an advanced technique for conveying just how unfunny he is."

Why are fans comparing the show to Blue Lock?

A soccer scene in the preview drew praise for animation quality that commenters said rivaled or beat dedicated soccer anime, with one 89-like reply specifically calling it "a brutal jab at Blue Lock."

Who voices Aru-neko in Chainsmoker Cat?

Commenters identified the voice actress as Shiori Izawa, who fans noted is also known for voicing Nanachi in Made in Abyss.

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