Chainsmoker Cat (2026) s01e07 Episode Script

I can hear them.
The voices of resentment against a world
so cruel to smokers.
Very well.
I will stain this world with ash and tar.
For I am the Nicotine Demon.
Cockroach!
The floor is covered in garbage, too!
Who lives like this?
There's a half-eaten rice bowl
just left out in the open!
When you're done using a dish,
wash it immediately and put it away.
I hate this kind of person the most.
The ramen broth has congealed
and turned black.
Something moved.
No, no, no! I can't handle bugs!
I just stepped on something! What was it?
Something squished under my foot!
That's so gross!
Gross!
I'm so done! I hate this place!
I'm going home!
THE WORLD WAS SAVED.
BEASTFOLK DISPATCH COMPANY
BEAST PAL
So this is the dispatch company
Yaku mentioned.
I'm running low on my smoke funds
this month, so I need to work.
Number 82.
I want a job.
Very well.
When can you start?
I want to start working right away
and make lots of money.
In that case, we have an opening
that starts this afternoon.
What kind of work is it?
It's simple cleaning work anybody can do.
Okay, time for a 15-minute break.
Everyone, come up.
BREAK ROOM
Hey!
No open flames! Your protective gear
is caked with flammable material.
Even a beastfolk can figure out
why that's a bad idea, right?
What is the deal with this job!
The work sucks, and we hardly get breaks.
It's not worth the pay!
You're with me on this, right?
I mean, right?
Honestly.
BEASTFOLK DISPATCH COMPANY
BEAST PAL EVALUATION SHEET YANIKO SATO C
Chainsmoker Cat.
Hey, Autumn darters.
I guess that means Autumn's here.
Honestly, time flies.
Yaku Neko, you're back already?
Hey.
I thought you were going
to spend more time with them.
Well, I've got work tomorrow.
I brought back bean cakes for you.
DORAYAKI BEAN CAKES
Thanks.
There's this old shop
near my parent's home.
I was just about to have tea.
Do you want to join me?
Thanks.
But I'm a little beat,
so I think I'm going to pass for today.
Okay.
Rest up.
Thanks.
Was that Yaku?
Yeah.
I haven't seen her in a while.
She was visiting her parents.
It was her grandfather's one year
memorial service.
So that explains her hair.
Black is cute on her, too.
Was her grandfather a beastfolk, too?
Meadowhawks, meadowhawks
AESHNA CRENATA
Meadowhawks, hawks, hawks
Can't wait to fry them up and eat them.
I get another dish for dinner.
I'm out of smokes.
I know!
Yaku, you back?
I'm out of smokes.
Hey, Yaku Neko, you back?
Give me some smokes.
What is it?
Give me smokes. Also, it's dark.
Turn on the lights at least.
In my bag.
Go ahead and take them.
You should visit home
once in a while, too.
Hey, Yani.
Why…
Why…
Why do humans…
You're not human.
Chainsmoker Cat!
SATO
How have you been, Yaniko?
Well, I've been doing
a lot of part-time work.
I see.
I got fired from all of them.
I see.
Shizue, give me a light.
Okay, okay.
Let's see.
Now, where did I put the lighter?
Hope you don't mind me borrowing this.
Tastes a little different
when you light it with a match, right?
Could I have one?
Thank you!
Hurry, hurry!
That's so good.
It's already this late?
Oh, no! She's going to be home soon!
I'm home.
My sister's here!
You're smoking!
How many times do I have to tell you,
there's no smoking in our house!
Why didn't you stop her, Mom?
You're so easy on her!
You just promised me the other day!
That face won't get you out of this!
How do you feel?
They're as close as ever.
- No means no!
SATO
Here's your ticket, Mom.
PAON CINEMA
CATWOLF BLOOD
This one's yours, Sis.
So I guess you can reserve tickets
these days?
Convenient, right?
Why is my seat so far away from everyone?
You're going to smoke, right?
So I put you far away.
While you always act so harshly,
you still accommodate
your sister's smoking.
After all's said and done,
you really love your sister.
You be quiet, Mom.
If people live for 80 years,
half of that is plenty for me.
Toshi, don't you end up like me.
I want to smoke.
I want to smoke so badly right now.
Why does this movie
have so many smoking scenes?
I'm going to the bathroom.
Hey.
Help me, Yaniko.
I cried so much.
Thank you both for coming with me today.
My friends weren't interested
in seeing a Yakuza movie with me at all.
Why are you two so close?
Now you smell like cigarettes, Mom!
Why can't you be more considerate?
Yani didn't do anything wrong, nya!
That's not going to work!
It's true!
You know, I didn't want you to smoke
during the movie, either!
- If only this moment could last forever.
LABORATORY
Regarding your health checkup
from the other day.
I heard it was difficult drawing blood
from you because of your shaking.
That's a clear sign of addiction.
Also, this high AST score
is inversely proportional to your GPA.
AST = LIVER FUNCTION
GPA = UNIVERSITY GRADES
That's a characteristic
of a slacker student.
This might be none of my business,
but you should quit drinking
and come back to class.
Or you'll die before you graduate.
I even stopped drinking for a whole week.
Watch out!
You need to watch where you're going,
or you'll get run over!
Is she in grade school?
Was this a school route?
Were you on your way home?
Yeah.
Do you want me to come with you?
This is the same direction
as my sister's place.
Did something bad happen?
Yeah, something with school.
I see. School can be hard.
When I was in grade school,
I got bullied for a short while.
A boy would call me cat girl,
and would hide my shoes and recorder.
CONGRATS GRADUATES!
Then one day in middle school,
that bully confessed his feelings for me.
He said he did that stuff
because he liked me.
When I heard him say that,
I was like "that's what it was about?"
It made me realize that
I was worried over nothing.
Are you bragging about
all the unwanted attention you get?
No, of course not!
But I guess that's what it sounds like.
Oh, no.
Well…
I think I feel better now.
Most problems aren't as big
a deal as we think.
That must be it.
Right.
Thank you.
- She was a strange little girl.
She reminds me of my sister a little bit.
Earthquake.
These old buildings shake a lot.
Wait, this is way too long.
What is this, the intro to Love Phantom?
Hey, Aruko. We should evacuate.
You're the one doing this?
I have my follow-up health checkup.
I'm not your mom, but the important thing
is to take care of yourself day by day.
When was your last drink?
A day ago?
No, one hour.
Just give it up this time!
I am currently…
outside.
THREE MINUTES EARLIER
Earthquake?
It's a big one!
I need to evacuate outside!
Crap, I'm stuck! I'm spasming too much!
It's not worth dying over!
And I ended up here.
The shaking must have jammed the door!
In other words,
it's checkmate.
If they see me like this…
DANGER
I'll have to go around the back
and break my balcony window.
A window or two is nothing
compared to becoming a pariah.
Heaven, help me!
What?
Hello.
Is that a centaur costume or something?
No, that can't be it.
Centaurs don't have two heads.
Is it a new type of Cerberus?
Kill me.
What?
There's no talking my way out of this.
I will die today.
Hold on! Let's just try to calm down!
This is just my guess,
but while you were with
your beastfolk love doll,
you tried to evacuate
during the earthquake
but then got stuck inside your doll
and then you ran out naked,
but the door jammed
preventing you from going back inside.
Is that what happened?
I got it right!
All my manga writing experience is
paying off!
You can stay in my room
until the repairmen come.
I'll go buy some men's clothes.
I really appreciate it!
Would you mind staying a few steps
further behind?
I'm sorry.
That was close.
I had to stop Yani Neko, because who knows
what she'd do.
When did I fall asleep?
SORRY
I had a weird dream.
Yeah?
You were a centaur.
That's ridiculous!
Chainsmoker Cat.
You wrote something again?
Yes! No! I mean, my friend did!
I've never posted to Kakeyome!
Based on your previous feedback,
they apparently used a popular
template on Kakeyome!
It would be great if you could read it.
You wrote an exile story.
That's right.
It was surprisingly fun.
I guess templates aren't all bad.
Is what my friend said.
The man is a lone Dragon Major.
The man has no name.
That's because he threw it away.
People simply call the man Major.
Just so you know, "Dragon Major" Is an
occupation in the fantasy world--
The backstory explanation
is way too long as usual.
The explanation is needed
for the world-building.
Major!
You've come.
What did you want to talk to me about?
Yes, about that.
I'm exiling you from the party!
- What?
Get off the ship.
Wait, this dude Major
isn't the main character?
No, he is.
Why would the main character
be doing the exiling?
That's not usual.
What, really?
Yes, that's what the template would be,
but there's no value in writing
the same thing as everyone else!
So by having Major do the exiling,
it's subverting the usual trope--
You haven't even read any works
that follow the template, have you?
Chainsmoker Cat.
- Chainsmoker Cat.
Look, I get the reason why
you started living here secretly.
It must be hard living by the river
after the typhoon blew away your tent.
Are you in contact with your folks?
Blood ties just force relationships
into a predefined mold.
That's not what I'm saying.
Look,
I'm not kicking you out or anything.
It's not like we're strangers.
I mean, we're practically like family.
You and everyone else.
Family?
So if that's the case, be upfront
with me and speak from the heart.
I'd be happy to rent you
a corner of an apartment.
Okay.
Thank you.
Well, that was so out of character of me.
Today's on me, let's all drink together.
Okay.
Huge wind gust!
Are you okay, Pen-Pen?
Sorry.
Schwing!
No! This is just a male biological
reaction I have no control over!
Calm down!
I can't help it! We're family, right?
Right? Right?
Normally, families don't get erections
from each other!
You want me to take off what I can?
That'd be great.
Okay, here I go.
This much came out
from just a little brushing?
I guess that's cat shedding season
for you.
Your hair is so thick
that it's really coming out.
It's always like this every
spring and fall.
Look how much has already come out.
You could probably make
a whole other you from all this.
This is so fun! This is so freaking fun!
Subtitle translation by: Zensho Yamamoto
THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION.
UNDERAGE SMOKING AND DRINKING
IS PROHIBITED. DO NOT IMITATE.