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3	''Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki'' -- ''Cat Girl's Grassy Wayside Journal'' in English -- is a slice-of-life seinen manga by Ike which began serialization in ''Comic Ryu'' in 2008, and is still ongoing.
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5	It chronicles the daily life 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.
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8	!!''Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki'' provides examples of:
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10	* AsianFoxSpirit:
11	** Kokkuri-san is a kitsune who works as the sixth of the elementary school's Seven Mysteries.
12	** A kitsune named Tamae works at a cafe alongside a tanuki named Kinu.
13	* AsianLionDogs: Koma and Shishimaru -- [[MeaningfulName true to their names]] -- are a pair of lion-dogs tasked with guarding the local Buddhist temple.
14	* AuthorAvatar: In Chapter 42.1, a down-on-his-luck manga author stumbles into a cafe run by a kitsune and a tanuki, explaining that the magazine he works for was cancelled. At the end of the chapter he gets a call that it's back in print, with a message at the bottom asking for the fans to keep supporting the manga.
15	* BarbieDollAnatomy: The few occasions female characters are seen naked from the front without covering themselves there are - usually - no details.
16	* TheBerserker: Chika is an interesting example, as it's triggered by fear rather than rage. Nevertheless, when confronted by the Seven Mysteries, she goes to town on them despite screaming her head off in terror.
17	* ButtMonkey:
18	** Ikeno the Kappa often finds himself on the sharp end of Kurona's claws for his lecherous attitude.
19	** The Living Anatomy Model frequently find himself on Kokkuri's bad side and thus receives a beatdown from Kitsune Chika. The Jinmenken tends to get caught in the crossfire.
20	* CatGirl: Kurona is a bakeneko (cat youkai) whose favourite form is a human girl with cat ears and a tail.
21	* ClassRepresentative: Chika is the class representative and does her best to be stern in regards to Daiki's slacking. Her overwhelming fear of spirits tends to kibosh her efforts at being serious, however.
22	* 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 both off and they're next seen with bandages on their backsides.
23	* CuteAndPsycho: The Jorōgumo, who also happens to be a ShipperOnDeck for Kurona and Daiki.
24	* DeathGlare: Kurona, Koma, the High Priest, and Chika can dish out quite sinister glares when they get overly annoyed.
25	* DemonicPossession: Kokkuri-san possesses Chika by kissing her, temporarily transforming her into a kitsune.
26	* DisproportionateRetribution:
27	** 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.
28	** Kokkuri possesses Chika and mauls the Living Anatomy Model when he tries to start an 8th School Mystery by popping out of the incinerator.
29	* ADogNamedDog: Most of the youkai are named after what they are.
30	* EasilyForgiven: Kurona will maul Ikeno with her claws when she catches him doing something perverted, but lets him off the hook immediately afterwards.
31	* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Kurona's cat form tends to get this reaction.
32	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When in human form Kurona's hair is arranged in a neat bob. When her ears and tail show, it becomes spiky and messy.
33	* FailedASpotCheck: The Living 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 doing to Daiki. The other spirits, however, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck spot her right away]].
34	* FoeTossingCharge: Kurona and Kitsune Chika plough their way through the spirits barring the way between them and Daiki.
35	* FootPopping: Chika pops her left foot up when kissing Kokkuri-san for the second time.
36	* FreakinessShame: When the superstitious Chika sees her new friend Kurona is a bakeneko, she freaks out and runs away. Kokkuri telepathically tells Chika to stop running, and Kurona breaks down into tears asking if Chika hates her because she's a cat yokai. Chika realizes that, monster or not, Kurona saved her life and gives her a hug, reaffirming their friendship.
37	* GagNose: The crow tengu has one in his rarely-used human form.
38	* GenkiGirl: Kurona is excitable 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.
39	* GiantSpider: The Jorōgumo's true form is a house-sized arachnid.
40	* GlamourFailure: Kurona's ears and tail frequently pop out, Ikeno's human form lacks a bellybutton, and the Jorōgumo has ExtraEyes in her hair.
41	* GodivaHair: Ibuki's side tails are long enough to censor her chest.
42	* HalfHumanHybrid: Ibuki is half human, half yukionna.
43	* HauntedHouse: TheSevenMysteries of the local elementary school are reoccurring minor antagonists.
44	* HellishPupils: Kurona's pupils are vertical slits even in her human form, though no-one comments on this. Kokkuri's pupils are also vertical slits.
45	* HelpingHands: A kai-nade [[note]]a hand-shaped 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. Before it can do so, Kokkuri puts her foot down on it, as does Chika... [[PervertRevengeMode several times]].
46	* HotSpringsEpisode: Chapters 11 and 12 have the group stop off at a hot spring for {{youkai}}.
47	* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, Koma is insecure about her place as the guardian of the Shibugaki Hachiman temple and wants to be accepted as its guardian, due to having been stripped of her divine power after her original shrine's destruction.
48	* 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. Chika is terrified out of her mind, and Kokkuri is [[DestinationDefenestration furious]].
49	* 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'' causes her to run away until she's stopped by Kokkuri. Seeing Kurona sobbing at the thought that Chika hates her after seeing her true form prompts a FreakinessShame on Chika's part that leads to her begrudgingly becoming something of an ambassador between the humans and youkai.
50	* IWasQuiteALooker: The Crow Tengu was handsome, hotheaded, and arrogant in his youth, and as it turns out was an acquaintance of the shopkeeper Kurona lives with.
51	* LaughablyEvil: The possessed anatomy model who is the nominal leader of the elementary school's Seven Mysteries. Each time he shows up, he gets carried away -- usually in his attempts to frighten Daiki -- and pays for it courtesy of Chika and Kokkuri-san.
52	* LivingToys: A group of forgotten Hinamatsurai dolls, and Lady Mary, a discarded child's doll, have become ''tsukumogami'' yokai.
53	* LovableSexManiac: Ikeno the Kappa almost never misses an opportunity to grope Kurona. He [[IronButtMonkey pays for it]].
54	* LoveFreak: The Jorōgumo has an unhealthy obsession with the "forbidden love" between Kurona and Daiki.
55	* 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]]. It grows to be a love square with the addition of Kokkuri-san, a lesbian kitsune who has the hots for Chika.
56	* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: Kokkuri can temporarily turn Chika into a kitsune, but in order to do so they have to kiss.
57	* MagicPants: Kurona's clothes appear when she transforms into human form and disappear when she transforms into cat form.
58	* TheMasquerade: The youkai are supposed to be "close but far away" from the humans, and the old crow tengu scolds Kurona for letting people see her with her ears and tail out.
59	* MeaningfulName:
60	** Kurona is a black cat, and "kuro" is the Japanese word for black.
61	** Koma and Shishimaru, since ''komainu'' is what the lion-dog statues found outside temples are called in Japan, and ''shishi'' are what they are called in China.
62	* MegatonPunch: Chika's response to being startled by a youkai is to punch or stomp on it as hard as she can.
63	* {{Miko}}: Koma and her brother Shishimaru both kinda dress like this and are lion-dogs whose original temple was demolished before being taken in by a priest.
64	* MirrorMonster: #3 of the Seven Mysteries of the elementary school, Same-Face Mirror, is a cursed mirror which almost kills Chika before being fought off by Kurona in her bakeneko form.
65	* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: When reflected in Same-Face Mirror, 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.
66	* 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, Ikeno, and a bunch of other youkai. The clincher: the assistant was butt-naked and the youkai hunter was holding a video camera. ItMakesSenseInContext... kinda.
67	* MsFanservice: Ibuki the [[AnIcePerson yukionna]] is a busty BadassBiker who frequents hot springs.
68	* TheNapoleon: Lady Mary is a doll ''tsukumogami'' with a powerful hatred of humans for throwing her away, to the point where she creates a kingdom of ''tsukumogami'' out of a junkyard and plans to conquer the human world.
69	* OhCrap: The Living Anatomy Doll's reaction when he spots Chika in her kitsune form is to scream for help just before she dismembers him.
70	* ParentalAbandonment:
71	** 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.
72	** Lady Mary holds a deep grudge over being thrown away, and wants to conquer the human world as a result.
73	* PervertRevengeMode: Kurona does not hesitate to use her claws on Ikeno when he tries to do perverted things to her.
74	* PowerDyesYourHair: Inverted into "Lack of Power Dyes Your Hair". 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.
75	* PowerIncontinence: Ibuki loses control of her powers when she's drunk, causing a massive blizzard.
76	* PowerPerversionPotential: Ikeno steals the Tengu's invisibility cloak and uses it to take lewd photos of the girls.
77	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: When the Anatomy Doll is outlining his plan to torture Daiki in revenge for a prank, Kitsune!Chikai delivers a chilling one after [[CurbStompBattle decimating]] his "army".
78	--> '''[[LargeHam Living Anatomy Model]]:''' We will make him shriek like he has never before!\
79	'''[[ButtMonkey Jinmenken]]:''' ''[yelps in pain]''\
80	'''Kitsune Chika:''' I won't let you...\
81	'''Living Anatomy Model:''' [[OhCrap You again...]] ''[Chika lunges]'' HELP ME!!!
82	* PrehensileHair: In Chapter 46, the Dumpster King turns an abandoned doll into a ''tsukumogami'' at the behest of Lady Mary. The doll dons a dark suit of samurai armour and a naginata she uses with her hair, and goes on a rampage astride a black horse.
83	* SecretKeeper: Chika, who is {{Tsundere}} on one hand but superstitious and terrified of spirits on the other, becomes this for Kurona when she saves her from being killed by a mirror youkai. It later gets to the point where yokai come to her asking for advice and help.
84	* 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... liking to Chika, the class representative.
85	* SexierAlterEgo: Ikeno the Kappa's human form is actually pretty attractive... but he virtually never uses it, even when he's around humans.
86	* TheShadowKnows:
87	** Kurona's shadow is often either shown as having cat ears and a tail or being that of a monstrous cat.
88	** In Chapter 35, Kokkuri's shadow is shown as that of a [[AsianFoxSpirit fox]] as she is about to "claim" Chika.
89	* ShipperOnDeck: The Jorōgumo ships Kurona x Daiki like the Titanic, meaning that [[CuteAndPsycho anyone who interferes is going down]].
90	* ShrinkingViolet: Shishimaru is ''very'' timid and shy, in contrast to his brash and aggressive sister.
91	* ShoutOut:
92	** Daiki initially thinks Kurona is [[Literature/CatPlanetCuties an alien from the Cat Planet]], which Kurona thinks is ridiculous.
93	** Kokkuri is [[Literature/{{Kanokon}} a female kitsune who can merge with her love interest by kissing them, temporarily turning them into a kitsune in the process]].
94	* ShutUpHannibal: When a divine messenger sparrow sneers that Koma will never be accepted as the guardian of her new temple, Kurona's response is to yell at him to shut up and lunge at him, presumably with the intent of doing to him what cats to to birds.
95	* SiblingYinYang: Koma and Shishimaru. Koma is hot-tempered and aggressive, while Shishimaru is shy and quiet.
96	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: When disguised as a human, Kokkuri wears a pair of glasses. She takes them off in her LittleBitBeastly form.
97	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Kawano the Kappa asks Kokkuri-san if she's a lesbian and in love with Chika, Kokkuri vehemently denies it. However, Ikeno managed to get photos of her taking Chika's presumably-used recorder out and [[IndirectKiss playing it]].
98	* TakeThat: Kurona laughs off Daiki's theory that she's [[Literature/CatPlanetCuties an alien from the Cat Planet]] as being utterly ridiculous.
99	* TheTease: The Jorōgumo makes a scarf out of aphrodisiac threads for this express purpose.
100	* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Seven Mysteries, one of the portraits of past principals was 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. Kokkuri pulls a HeelFaceTurn after falling for Chika.
101	* TransformationOfThePossessed: Chika develops slitted pupils, claws, pointed ears, and a fox tail when possessed by Kokkuri-san.
102	* TrueCompanions: Kurona and her {{karakasa}} have been together ever since they were abandoned by their owner and became {{youkai}} together.
103	* {{Tsundere}}: Koma the lion-dog is non-romantically belligerent with a begrudging soft spot towards Kurona, and Chika is the same towards Daiki.
104	* UrbanFantasy: Takes youkai from Japanese folklore and plops them down in a modern urban Japanese setting.
105	* VagueAge: It's not stated exactly how old the characters are, but Dakai and Chika attend the local elementary school, making it likely they're between 10 and 12 years old. Kurona appears to be a similar age as them.
106	* VitriolicBestBuds: Kurona the bakeneko and Koma the lion-dog constantly bicker and fight whenever they meet, but are actually close friends, [[{{Tsundere}} not that Koma would ever admit it]].
107	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most youkai can assume a human or humanoid form at will. Kurona initially has difficulty keeping her ears and tail retracted.
108	* {{Youkai}}: There's dozens of types and more are introduced every chapter, although they're most often referred to as ayakashi.
109	* ZashikiWarashi: The old woman who 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.
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