| 1 | [[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NekoRamen1_8161.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:253:[[HotBlooded Hey! Order Up!]]]] |
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| 5 | ->''" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A cat makes the ramen.]]"'' |
| 6 | --> -- '''Back of the first volume''' |
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| 8 | ''Neko Ramen'' is a very SliceOfLife manga by Kenji Sonishi, which ran in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' from 2006 to 2012. It resembles what it may be like to walk into a friendly ramen shop where [[Series/{{Cheers}} the chef knows your name]] and order. But your chef is kind of an idiot. And also a cat. |
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| 10 | [[LargeHam Taisho,]] the titular Neko to his counterpart Ramen shop, is determined to show the world, and his [[StraightMan straight man, Tanaka-San]], that besides the fact that... |
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| 12 | * He is a cat. |
| 13 | * His father models for cat calendars. |
| 14 | * [[FollowInMyFootsteps He was expected to turn out just like his old man(cat).]] |
| 15 | * He originally wanted to be a sushi chef. |
| 16 | * And has multiple failed careers as a driving instructor, doctor, athlete, artist and horse race gambler behind him... |
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| 18 | ...he is in fact [[{{Determinator}} a truly great ramen chef.]] |
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| 20 | Tanaka-San believes his ramen is adequate at best. |
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| 22 | Originally a Japanese Flash Animation, now a Japanese full-length feature film. With puppets. |
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| 24 | Compare ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' with Snoopy, or most newspaper comics with sapient animals. Unrelated to ''Anime/CatSoup''. |
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| 26 | !! This series features examples of: |
| 27 | * CharacterDevelopment: Surprising for a comedic strip. Taisho is shown to be a TragicHero when we learn his back story, and StraightMan Tanaka gets just enough character development to show that more than just a straight man, he's genuinely kind. |
| 28 | %% * {{Chiaroscuro}}: In the first episode of the anime. |
| 29 | * FurryConfusion: Some cats appear to be sapient while others aren't. This leads to some weird situations, like [[spoiler:Taisho keeping his former human girlfriend's cat as a pet.]] |
| 30 | * UnreliableExpositor: Taisho's stories often end up not being quite true, especially the "friendship bowl" story. |
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