History Manga / Nyankees

Nyankees is a manga about JapaneseDelinquents... except these delinquents are actually street cats! The art alternates between showing them as cats and as humans.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Cat toys have never been so threatening.

* CoolCat:

* HairballHumor:

* WeUsedToBeFriends: A major theme.

** Becomes a major problem for Ryuusei when he's up against a smarter foe.

* ChummyCommies: Aggressive and authoritarian as they may be, the Goblin Cat Tails [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans have good intentions]] and can work nicely with other cats.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: A major theme. Both Ryuusei and Taiga have this kind of relationship with someone in their past.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Every character [[spoiler: except Madara]] struggles with their impulsive, instinctive natures and ridiculously short attention spans.

* NoSell: Mr. Moke can send any cat into a drug-induced haze... except [[spoiler: Mocchi ]], who's one of the 30-50% of cats who don't react to catnip.

** In the climactic fight between [[spoiler: Madara and Ryuusei]], the former takes advantage of this trope by [[spoiler: littering the battlefield with [[MundaneMadeAwesome moving cat toys]]]], making it impossible for anyone else to focus.

* Chummy Commies: Aggressive and authoritarian as they may be, the Goblin Cat Tails [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans have good intentions]] and are willing to work with other cats.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Nekonaki clowder plays with, but ultimately averts this trope.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler: Madara's kittenhood owner]] is a horrifying example; the depiction of animal abuse is eerily realistic, down to the lasting psychological impact it has on the cat.

* ChosenConceptionPartner: Sango desperately wants a litter from Ryuusei after seeing his skill in combat.

* DamselInDistress: The Goblin Cat Tails kidnap Mii, forcing Ryuusei and Taiga to come to her aid.

* GenderReveal: Sango, in her second chapter.

* TakeOverTheCity: Sango's plan. It's remarkably ambitious, given that she's a cat.

* FromStrayToPet: [[spoiler: Gekka]] lives happily in a human home at the series' end.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: A repeated theme. Both Ryuusei and Taiga have this kind of relationship with someone in their past.

* CuteKitten: Most of the characters are cute, but Mocchi, the youngest cat in the main cast, stands out from the rest, with his shy, sheltered personality and baby doll face.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Madara''.

* IdiotHero: Ryuusei is brave, loyal, strong, and about as dumb as a rock. One page shows him struggling to count to four next to an infographic that explains just how small domestic cats' brains are.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Sango, [[spoiler: the leader of the Goblin Cat Tails clowder]]. She's the biggest cat in the manga and [[BrawnHilda built like a tank]]; cats who meet her for the first time are shocked that she doesn't have balls.

* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Ryuusei's trademark attitude and, by extension, the moral of the manga.
* TheStoner: Mr. Moke, the catnip expert who's eternally high on his own supply. His human design even has weed socks.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: A repeated theme. Both Ryuusei and Taiga have this kind of relationship with someone in their past.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ryuusei is built like a linebacker and outweighs many of the other cats at just one year old--the feline equivalent of ''fifteen''.

* ChosenConceptionPartner: Sango ''desperately'' wants a litter from Ryuusei after he defeats her in combat.

* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForKids: Ryuusei's trademark attitude and, by extension, the moral of the manga.

* TheStoner: Mr. Moke, the catnip expert who's eternally high on his own supply. He even has weed socks.

* HeadbuttOfLove:

* CuteKitten: Most of the characters are cute, but Mocchi, the youngest cat in the main cast, stands out from the rest with his shy, sheltered personality and baby doll face.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler: Madara's original owner]] is a horrifying example; the author shows almost every detail of the abuse, including the lasting psychological impact, in painstaking detail.

* GenderReveal: Sango, in "The Strongest Molly."

* IdiotHero: Ryuusei is brave, loyal, strong, and about as dumb as a rock. One page shows him struggling to count to three next to an infographic that explains just how small domestic cats' brains are.

* OvercomeWithDesire: Two cats drop everything to mate with each other in the middle of a major conflict.