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* LightmareFuel: In essence, Ito [[SelfParody parodies his own work]] by writing and drawing in the same style as his iconic horror fiction...except that it's an (almost) completely harmless story about him and his wife taking care of their cute kitties.

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* LightmareFuel: In essence, Ito [[SelfParody parodies his own work]] by writing and drawing in the same style as his iconic horror fiction... except that it's an (almost) completely harmless story about him and his wife taking care of their cute kitties.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: As the real life photos show, Yon having spots on his back that form a skull-like face seems on-brand for a cat owned by a renowned horror mangaka.
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In stark contrast to his typical works, the series isn't horror, instead being an autobiographical slice-of-life piece detailing Ito's domestic life with his fiancée upon moving house and getting the titular cats.

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[[CreatorsOddball In stark contrast to his typical works, works]], the series isn't horror, instead being an autobiographical slice-of-life piece detailing Ito's domestic life with his fiancée upon moving house and getting the titular cats.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Or rather, breed. Usually when a long-haired cat is mentioned to be of a particular breed, it'll be either a Persian or a Maine Coon. Mu is instead a Norwegian Forest Cat.
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* SleepingSingle: Although not for censorship reasons; J-kun and A-ko just prefer different kinds of bed.
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''Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu'' (''Itō Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mū'') is a manga by famous horror manga author Creator/JunjiIto.

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''Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu'' (''Itō Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mū'') is a manga by famous horror manga author Creator/JunjiIto.
Creator/JunjiIto. The manga was serialized in ''Monthly Magazine Z'' from 2008 to 2009, with its chapters compiled into a single volume.
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** One of J-kun's associates buys him a plastic poop while visiting New York, which he uses to play a practical joke on A-ko. [[spoiler: J-kun sees the poop again a few days later and, assuming A-ko was trying to get revenge on the joke, picks it up, only to find out it was actual poop.]]

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** One of J-kun's associates buys him a plastic poop while visiting New York, which he uses to play a practical joke on A-ko. [[spoiler: J-kun sees the poop again a few days later and, assuming A-ko was trying to get revenge on the joke, picks it up, only to find out it was actual cat vomit that was in the shape of poop.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The epilogue reveals that [[spoiler:Yon-kun eventually died of a mysterious illness, but J-kun treasures the time they had together, thanking Yon for being in his life. Junji Ito later did a followup video with Crunchyroll, showing the two new cats that he adopted in Yon and Mu's memory.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: The epilogue A bonus comic included in the collected edition reveals that [[spoiler:Yon-kun eventually died of a mysterious illness, heart failure, but J-kun treasures the time they had together, thanking Yon for being in his life.life. Ito's wife Ayako included a letter telling her side of the story, talking about Yon-kun's final days. Junji Ito later did a followup video with Crunchyroll, showing the two new cats that he adopted in Yon and Mu's memory.]]



* DarkIsNotEvil: In spite of constantly making weird facial expressions, J-kun is perfectly nice and mild-mannered... relative to most characters in Junji Ito's ouvre, anyways.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: In spite of constantly making weird facial expressions, J-kun is perfectly nice and mild-mannered... relative to most characters in Junji Ito's ouvre, oeuvre, anyways.



* TheGadfly: While they are HappilyMarried, A-to can't help but tease her fiancee that Yon likes her more. She does, however, show him how to play with the cat toys properly.

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* TheGadfly: While they are HappilyMarried, A-to can't help but tease her fiancee fiancée that Yon likes her more. She does, however, show him how to play with the cat toys properly.



* HappilyMarried: Despite the fact that J-kun wasn't keen to have a cat and A-to teases her fiancee about how he wants Yon's affections, they have healthy chemistry. It's shown they work as a team on house renovations.

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* HappilyMarried: Despite the fact that J-kun wasn't keen to have a cat and A-to teases her fiancee fiancée about how he wants Yon's affections, they have healthy chemistry. It's shown they work as a team on house renovations.



** One of J-kun's associates buys him a plastic poop, which he uses to play a practical joke on A-ko.

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** One of J-kun's associates buys him a plastic poop, poop while visiting New York, which he uses to play a practical joke on A-ko.A-ko. [[spoiler: J-kun sees the poop again a few days later and, assuming A-ko was trying to get revenge on the joke, picks it up, only to find out it was actual poop.]]
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* CutenessProximity: With a healthy dose of NightmareFace. J-kun

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* CutenessProximity: With a healthy dose of NightmareFace. J-kunJ-kun immediately falls for Mu when seeing his reaction to getting kisses.



* HappilyMarried: Despite the fact that J-kun wasn't keen to have a cat and A-to teases her fiancee about how he wants Yons' affections, they have healthy chemistry. It's shown they work like a team on house renovations.

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* HappilyMarried: Despite the fact that J-kun wasn't keen to have a cat and A-to teases her fiancee about how he wants Yons' Yon's affections, they have healthy chemistry. It's shown they work like as a team on house renovations.

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