History Manga / NekoMusumeMichikusaNikki

!! ''Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki'' shows examples of:

* ZashikiWarashi: The old woman Kurona lives with thinks that her human form is one of these, due to her popping up to help with chores and then mysteriously vanishing.

** The Living Anatomy Model frequently find himselves on Kokkuri's bad side and thus receives a beatdown from Kitsune!Chika. The Jinmenken tends to get caught in the crossfire.

* CatGirl: Kurona's favourite form is that of a human girl with cat ears and a tail.

* ComedicSpanking: If the Head Priest catches Koma misbehaving, his response is to conjure up a BattleAura and resplendent DeathGlare, then give her behind a paddling. PlayedForLaughs due to it still causing her pain despite her literally having stone skin. When he catches Kurona and Koma play-fighting, he promptly carries them off and they're next seen with bandages on their backsides.

* DisproportionateRetribution: When Kurona, Daiki, and Chika wander inside the elementary school during the summer and are trapped by a thunderstorm, the Living Anatomy Model decides the best recourse is scaring them to death. It gets to the point where even the haunted paintings think he's going too far, but he didn't bank on one of his victims being a cat youkai and one of his underlings performing a HeelFaceTurn. When Daiki later steals his organs as a prank, he plans to torture Daiki to death before being mauled by Chikai's kitsune form. Kokkuri possesses Chika and mauls him when he tries to start a 14th School Mystery by popping out of the incinerator.

* HelpingHands: A kai-nade [[note]]a yokai that lives in toilets and caresses peoples' butts when they're trying to go to the bathroom[[/note]] tries to help itself to a handful of Chika's backside. Kokkuri puts her foot down on it, as does Chika... [[PervertRevengeMode several times]].

* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: In Chapter 35, Kokkuri attempts to confess her feelings to Chika in a very creepy fashion, but is interrupted by the Living Anatomy Model.

* {{Kitsune}}: Kokkuri-san is a kitsune who works as the sixth of the elementary school's Seven Mysteries.

* {{Meganekko}}: Kokkuri's human form, only seen once in chapter 19, wears glasses.

* ParentalAbandonment: Kurona's owner abandoned her as a kitten, and she was taken in by the old tengu, who looked after her until she became a youkai. Because of this she initially states she hates humans, but her actions say otherwise.

* TokenYuriGirls: It's kinda obvious even in-universe that Kokkuri is romantically interested in Chika, who is mostly unwilling to reciprocate unless she requires Kokkuri's powers to save Daiki.

* {{Youkai}}: There's dozens of types and more are introduced every chapter, although they're referred to as ayakashi.

* PowerDyesYourHair: When Koma's and Shishimaru's original temple was destroyed they lost their divine status and their hair turned lanky and black, making the former look like a StringyHairedGhostGirl.

** The Living Anatomy Model frequently find himselves on Kokkuri's bad side and thus receives a beatdown from Kitsune!Chika. The Jinmenken

* ButtMonkey: Ikeno the Kappa often finds himself on the sharp end of Kurona's claws for his lecherous attitude. The Living Anatomy Model and the Jinmenken frequently find themselves on Kokkuri's bad side and thus receive a beatdown from Kitsune!Chika.

--> '''Living Anatomy Model:''' [[OhCrap You again...]] *Chikai lunges* HELP ME!!!

* ComedicSpanking: If the Head Priest catches Koma misbehaving, his response is to conjure up a BattleAura and resplendent DeathGlare and give her behind a paddling. PlayedForLaughs due to it still causing her pain despite her literally having stone skin. When he catches Kurona and Koma play-fighting, he promptly carries them off and they're next seen with bandages on their backsides.

* DeathGlare: Kurona, Koma, and Chika can dish out quite sinister glares when they get overly annoyed.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When in human form Kurona's hair is arranged in a neat bob. When her ears show, it becomes spiky and messy.

* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: In Chapter 35, Kokkuri attempts to confess to Chika in a very creepy fashion, but is interrupted by the Living Anatomy Model.

* LoveTriangle: Between Kurona, a cat youkai; Daiki, one of a trio of elementary school boys who pester her; and Chika, the {{tsundere}} Class Representative who is [[IronicFear terrified of ghosts and spirits]].

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Chika and Kokkuri-san, made creepy by the fact that the former is an elementary school student and the latter is a kitsune of unknown age.

* TheShadowKnows: Kurona's shadow is either shown as having cat ears and a tail or being a monstrous cat.

* BadassGrandpa: The old crow tengu used to be revered as a god.

* DisproportionateRetribution: When Kurona, Daiki, and Chika wander inside the elementary school during the summer and are trapped by a thunderstorm, the Living Anatomy Model decides the best recourse is scaring them to death. It gets to the point where even the haunted paintings think he's going too far, but he didn't bank on one of his victims being a cat youkai and one of his underlings performing a HeelFaceTurn. Later, when Daiki steals his organs as a prank, he plans to torture Daiki to death before being mauled by Chikai's kitsune form.

* HellishPupils: Kurona's pupils are vertical slits even in her human form, though no-one comments on this.

''Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki'' (Catgirl's Grassy Wayside Journal) is a slice-of-life seinen manga that tells the story of Kurona, a CatGirl youkai who alternates spending her time playing with her lecherous kappa friend Ikeno and other youkai, hanging out with her human friends, being scolded by the old crow tengu who oversees the region's spirits and demons, and sleeping in the lap of the elderly woman she found a home with.

* GenkiGirl: Kurona is excitably and loves having fun and playing, much like a kitten. While Koma tries her darndest to be stern and mature, she's NotSoAboveItAll, to the chagrin of the priest looking after her and her brother.

''Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki'' is a slice-of-life seinen manga that tells the story of Kurona, a CatGirl youkai who alternates spending her time playing with her lecherous kappa friend Ikeno and other youkai, hanging out with her human friends, being scolded by the old crow tengu who oversees the region's spirits and demons, and sleeping in the lap of the elderly woman she found a home with.

* DisproportionateRetribution: When Kurona, Daiki, and Chika wander inside the elementary school during the summer and are trapped by a thunderstorm, the Living Anatomy Doll decides the best recourse is scaring them to death. It gets to the point where even the haunted paintings think he's going too far, but he didn't bank on one of his victims being a cat youkai and one of his underlings performing a HeelFaceTurn.

* FailedASpotCheck: When the Anatomy Model proclaims his [[ToThePain intent to torture Daiki to death]] for stealing his organs as a prank, not noticing Kitsune!Chika kick the door down and do to the other spirits exactly what he's describing to do to Daiki. The other spirits, however, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck spot her right away]].

* MegatonPunch: Chika's response to being startled is to punch it as hard as she can.

* ShoutOut: A fairly minor one, but one of the supporting characters is [[LightNovel/{{Kanokon}} a female kitsune who can merge with her love interest by kissing, temporarily turning them into a kitsune in the process]].

* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Seven Mysteries, one of the portraits of past principals is opposed to "disciplining" Kurona, Chika, and Daiki for entering the school building during summer, and the Ninomiya Kinjirou Statue is the only one to not engage in malicious behaviour, trying to warn the children about the danger they're in.
* TokenYuriGirls: It's kinda obvious even in-universe that Kokkuri is romantically interested in Chika, who is mostly unwilling to reciprocate unless she requires Kokkuri's powers.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Kurona the bakeneko and Koma the lion-dog.

* IronicFear: Chika is ''very'' superstitious and terrified of ghosts. Almost being killed by the spirits haunting the elementary school and discovering her new friend Kurona is a ''bakeneko'' almost drives her to a HeroicBSOD nearly breaks her. When Kurona runs away crying, thinking that Chika hates her after seeing her true form, it prompts a FreakinessShame on Chika's part that leads to her begrudgingly becoming something of an ambassador between the humans and youkai.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kokkuri-san is one, or at the very least closely resembles one.

* ComedicSpanking: If the Head Priest catches Koma misbehaving, his response is to conjure up a BattleAura and resplendent DeathGlare, drop her hakama, and give her backside a paddling. PlayedForLaughs due to it still causing her pain despite her literally having stone skin. When he catches Kurona and Koma fighting, he promptly carries them off and their next seen with bandages on their backsides.

* FreakinessShame: When the superstitious Chika sees her new friend Kurona is a bakeneko, she freaks out and Kurona runs away, distraught and thinking Chika hates her. Chika realizes that, monster or not, Kurona saved her life, and runs after her, apologizing and giving her a hug.

* MirrorMonster: One of the Seven Mysteries of the elementary school is a cursed mirror, the spirit of which almost kills Chika before being fought off by Kurona in her bakeneko form.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Jinmenken's refection is shown as being a complete dog, and Kurona's reflection is shown as a cat walking on its hind legs when she saves Chika from a haunted mirror.

* DisproportionateRetribution: When Kurona, Daiki, and Chika wander inside the elementary school during a thunderstorm, the Living Anatomy Doll decides the best recourse is scaring them to death. Even the haunted paintings think he's going too far, but he didn't bank on one of his victims being a cat youkai and one of his underlings performing a HeelFaceTurn.

* MirrorMonster: One of the Seven Mysteries of the elementary school, who almost kills Chika before being fought off by Kurona in her bakeneko form.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Kurona's reflection is shown as a cat walking on its hind legs when she saves Chika from a haunted mirror.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Seven Mysteries, the Ninomiya Kinjirou Statue is the only one to not engage in malicious behaviour and tries to warn Chika, Daiki, and Kurona about the others' plan.

* ComedicSpanking: If the Head Priest catches Koma misbehaving, his response is to conjure up a BattleAura and resplendent DeathGlare, drop her hakama, and give her backside a paddling. PlayedForLaughs due to it still causing her pain despite her literally having stone skin. When he catches Kurona and Koma fighting, he promptly spanks them both at the same time.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Kurona's reflection is shown as a cat walking on its hind legs when she is in human form.
* MistakenForPedophile: A elderly youkai hunter and his assistant were caught in the act of pulling Kurona's panties down to verify that she was a real cat youkai by Daiki, Kappa, and a bunch of other youkai. The clincher: the assistant was butt-naked and the youkai hunter was holding a video camera.

* TrueCompanions: Kurona and her UmbrellaGhost have been together ever since they were abandoned by their owner and became {{youkai}} together.

* HauntedHouse: TheSevenMysteries of the local elementary school compete to scare Kurona, Daiki, and Chika when the three of them wander inside during a thunderstorm. Unfortunately they didn't bank on one of them being a cat youkai and one of their own performing a HeelFaceTurn.

* HelpingHands: A kai-nade [[note]]a yokai that lives in toilets and caresses peoples' butts when they're trying to go to the bathroom[[/note]] tries to help itself to a handful of Chika's backside. Kokkuri puts her foot down on it, [[PervertRevengeMode as does Chika... several times]].

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Kawano the Kappa asks Kokkuri-san if she's a lesbian and in love with Chika, Kokkuri denies it ''vehemently''. However, Ikeno managed to get photos of her taking Chika's presumably-used recorder out and playing it.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When in human form Kurona's hair is arranged in a neat bob. When her ears show, it becomes spiky and messy.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: While ecchi humour isn't necessarily out of place in a seinen series, the fact remains that the human portion of the cast are ''at most'' in their early teens.

* GlamourFailure: Kurona's ears and tail pop out, and Ikeno's human form lacks a bellybutton.

* LovableSexManiac: Ikeno the Kappa almost never misses an opportunity to grope Kurona. He [[IronButtMonkey pays for it]].

* TheSevenMysteries: The elementary school Chika and Daiki attend is haunted. The local Seven Mysteries are led by a possessed anatomy model who is [[LaughablyEvil obsessed with scaring people]]. The other notable member, Kokkuri-san, is a kitsune who has taken a... [[LesYay liking]] to Chika, the class representative.
* SexierAlterEgo: Ikeno the Kappa's human form is actually pretty attractive... but he never uses it, even when he's around humans.

* ShipperOnDeck: The Jorōgumo ships Kurona x Daiki like the Titanic, meaning that [[CuteAndPsycho anyone who interferes is going down]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: Kurona the bakeneko and Koma the lion-dog.

* HelpingHands: A hand made out of toilet water tries to help itself to a handful of Chika's backside. Kokkuri puts her foot down on it, [[PervertRevengeMode as does Chika... several times]].