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Chainsmoker Cat Manga Clip: Yuta's Freak Healing Power Steals the Whole Thread

『ヤニねこ』静江の生んだ2匹のバケモノに海外ではなく日本のファンが反応、主役は裕太少年

Chainsmoker Cat Manga Clip: Yuta's Freak Healing Power Steals the Whole Thread

A Japanese manga-narration channel posted a Chainsmoker Cat clip titled "the two monsters Shizue produced are just too much," built around the chain-smoking side character Shizue and two chaotic characters tied to her.

Across the clip's 517 comments, though, the runaway topic isn't Shizue or her smoking habit — it's a side character named Yuta. The top comment (5,002 likes) is actually about the smoking angle, but the second-highest (4,733 likes) is a one-line reaction to Yuta, and from there the thread spends most of its energy comparing his self-healing body to Black Jack and to the parasite-possession manga Parasyte, debating which of the two "monsters" is really the scarier one.

It closes with a few commenters stepping back to treat the whole clip as a case study in what kind of parenting produces a monster.

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A Japanese manga-narration channel posted a clip from Chainsmoker Cat titled "the two monsters Shizue produced are just too much." It's built around the chain-smoking side character Shizue and two chaotic characters connected to her — one of them a boy named Yuta, whose body reportedly heals itself no matter what happens to it. The clip has pulled in 517 comments, and almost none of the top ones end up being about Shizue's smoking at all. Anyone clicking in expecting a straightforward comedy bit about a cat who won't quit cigarettes ends up somewhere much stranger.

The single most-liked comment does start on-topic, at least.

It's so real how the second Chainsmoker Cat seriously tries to quit, someone's right there trying just as hard to get her smoking again.

ヤニねこが本気で禁煙しようとすると本気でタバコ吸わせようとするのほんま

@ああえ115,002 likes

Shizue isn't just there for jokes, either. One reply further down clarifies a scene where she reportedly loses her temper, and reframes it as protectiveness rather than hypocrisy.

Shizue didn't blow up because Yaniko was smoking — it's because Yaniko got framed for a cigarette that wasn't even hers, and Shizue wasn't having it.

静江がバチギレたのはヤニ子がタバコ吸ってたからじゃなくて、ヤニ子が身に覚えのないタバコが見つかって、濡れ衣着せられかけたからなんだよなぁ

@kapakapakapa893862 likes

That's as far as the smoking angle gets before the thread flips entirely. The second-highest comment on the whole video isn't about Shizue at all.

The boy Yuta is just unbelievable, lol.

裕太少年やばすぎて草

@メイちゃーーーん4,733 likes
The second one is a genuine monster, no notes.

2人目はほんとに化け物やんけ

@okamothi551 likes

From there, the comments spend most of their energy trying to diagnose exactly what kind of unbelievable he is. Nobody disputes that whatever he's got going on is real inside the story — the debate is only ever about what to call it.

Yuta's healing would even shock Black Jack — a body where damaged organs just fix themselves is on another level.

ブラック・ジャックもびっくりな裕太の治療法 悪くなった臓器が勝手に治る身体とか凄すぎ

@油水-r9e1,679 likes
Yuta, buddy, that's less a Chainsmoker Cat power and more the kind of thing you'd see in Parasyte...

裕太クン、それヤニねこというより寄生獣とかで使うタイプの能力だと思うんだ……

@黒巣白宗201 likes

A few commenters step back from Yuta specifically and treat the whole clip as proof that the humans in this world might be scarier than the actual beast-people, who are the ones normally treated as the outsiders.

Turns out the humans are pretty terrifying too, in this world.

人間も大概ヤベェ世界

@後藤かずんど2,687 likes

By the end, gags about Yuta being called a "monster" a second time keep piling up, but one reply pulls the whole thread back to the video's actual title and turns it into something closer to a verdict.

A perfect example of how either a neglectful parent or an overly indulgent one can end up raising a monster.

毒親でも甘親でも化け物を生み出すきっかけになる例。

@和幸早川-p3s220 likes

It's a stray comedy clip about a chain-smoking side character, and it still ends on commenters arguing about parenting theory. That's Chainsmoker Cat's comment section in a nutshell — the title character barely gets a mention once the thread finds someone weirder to talk about.

FAQ

What is this Chainsmoker Cat clip about?
A Japanese manga-narration channel posted a clip from Chainsmoker Cat titled "the two monsters Shizue produced are just too much," centered on the chain-smoking side character Shizue and two chaotic characters connected to her. It drew 517 comments.
Which character do the comments end up focusing on the most?
Not Shizue — a side character named Yuta. The two top comments about him (4,733 and 1,679 likes) describe his body as healing itself no matter what happens to it, including his organs, and compare the power to the doctor manga Black Jack and to the parasite-possession manga Parasyte.
Do the comments say anything about Shizue herself?
Yes — the single most-liked comment (5,002 likes) jokes about how hard people try to keep her smoking whenever she tries to quit, and another reply notes she quit for about 10 months during a pregnancy. One comment near the end reads the whole clip as a case study in how either a neglectful or an overly indulgent parent can end up raising a monster.
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