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When I was 5 years old, I went to my aunt's house. She had a cat there, a type of domesticated animal that I hadn't seen before. As I went up to greet it, the feline lifted it's tail in my direction. You see, when cats's are scared, they perform an action called "spraying" where they expel urine in a certain direction. The direction, in this case, was toward my soft young face. Now, remember that cat urine contains 0.05% ammonia (about 1% of the concentration that might be found in household cleaners), among other caustic substances. This resulted in a horrible burning sensation on my paper-thin facial flesh. I tilted my head backwards and unleashed a pained, terrified scream.

Ever since then I've hated cats; even despised them. However, the cats in Nyanko Days are quite different. They lack all of the unappealing aspects of the domesticated feline, while retaining their cute and playful nature. The severely limited intellect of the cat is replaced with that of a precocious child, and their sharp claws and disease-ridden fangs are nowhere to be seen (Note: cats harbor a large amount of bacteria in their mouths, and bites from them can lead to severe conditions like sepsis or worse).

Their dander-riddled fur is also completely absent, with the Nyanko Days cats bearing soft, warm human flesh. I remember staying the night at my aunts house when she had her cat there. In the middle of the night my throat swelled up, restricting the intake of air to my lungs. Had my reaction been a bit worse, I could have died. It was all due to that cat. That evil, evil cat.

Thankfully, the cats in Nyanko Days wouldn't do that to me. They're sweet little girls that just want to love you and have fun. This show transports me to a world where cats aren't malicious creatures of chaos, but adorable soft little bundles of joy.

I'm rating the "sound" score very high mainly because of the opening song, which is very cute and catchy, despite it's short run-time of 30 seconds. Cat's in real life don't make pleasant sounds like this. I remember when my roommate got a cat a year ago. At night it would sit outside my bedroom door for hours on end, screaming like it was in the throes of death. It was absolutely horrid. One day after work, I returned to my bedroom to find my figure of my dear waifu Hestia on the floor broken, with a dreadful pile of cat feces on it. Outside, in the hallway, I spotted a pair of feline eyes glaring at me, glowing a sinister gold and full of primal malice. I cried myself to sleep that night...

Anyway, back to my discussion of Nyanko Days. It's a fun, saccharine 1-minute long dose of cutesy moe that's worth a watch whenever you're feeling blue. When I see those cute little moe-blobs, I can't help but smile and feel calm, even with memories of my feline-related trauma wriggling through my subconscious, threatening to break through to the surface at any given moment.

I have to admit, sometimes I lay in bed and weep from the fact that I'm trapped in this corporeal 3D body, unable to ascend to the eternal paradise known as the 2D world. What did we all do to deserve this foul, dreadful curse?

But I digress. Nyanko Days is a great show and you should give it a watch.

Final verdict: 8/10.