Yani Neko (ヤニねこ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023.
Plot
The series follows Yani, a catgirl who lives in a small apartment building in modern-day Japan and is addicted to smoking, regardless of the damage to her environment, her psyche, or her family. Almost all money she gets goes towards buying new cigarettes, and when she cannot buy new packs, Yani resorts to reusing spent cigarette butts or salvaging loose smokes off the street. As the series progresses, more catgirls are introduced with their own issues, along with their human landlord who tolerates their antics, and hints of an old civilization of cat-people capable of making their own tobacco products.
Publication
Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Yani Neko started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023.[2] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023.[1] As of November 6, 2024, six volumes have been released.[3]
The series ranked 12th in the ninth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2023;[9][10] it ranked 13th in the 2024 edition in the same category.[11] The series ranked 18th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[12]
