#my roommate is a cat

[maychorian]

Found Family Anime Recs

I recently reblogged a list of found family anime recs and was a bit surprised by how many reblogs and likes it got. I had really reblogged it just so I can find it later to watch the shows I hadn't already seen on the list, but apparently I have a lot of followers who are interested in this topic! Well, I've watched a lot of anime, so here are ten found family anime shows that I absolutely love. These are in no particular order.

Buddy Daddies

This show is similar enough to Spy X Family that you might be tempted to call it a rip-off. It's really quite different though. There's a lot less comedy (though there's still SOME comedy) and a lot more healing from past trauma. The animation is gorgeous, and the relationships really tug at my heart. It's more realistic than Spy X Family, in some ways, though it's still pretty ridiculous. The melodrama in the last couple of episodes did annoy me a bit, but it's still a very satisfying show. It's like a fanfiction I would write, which is really the highest recommendation I can give, haha, because that means it's exactly the kind of story I would like. 

2. Samurai Champloo

This show was made by much of the same team that created Cowboy Bebop, but for some reason it never got the same cult status, which is really too bad. I love Cowboy Bebop, but I love Samurai Champloo more. It's about two ronin and a teenage girl traveling through Edo-era Japan to find someone the girl is looking for. Throughout the series, the three form a very strong bond, despite all of their communication difficulties and past traumas. I've rewatched this show probably more than any other anime. It's brutal at times, but so very satisfying.

3. Natsume Yuujin-cho

Natsume lost his parents as a young child and was passed around from relative to relative, most of whom couldn't deal with him because his ability to see yokai (Japanese folk spirits) made him a freak in their eyes. As the series starts, he's finally taken in by an older couple in a rural village who actually want him, and he's finally able to start forming connections with other people and find a support system with his new caretakers, his peers, and the yokai he tries to help. It's a very sweet, sad series, much more sentimental than the first two entries on this list, but a very soothing and lovely watch when you are in need of some relaxation. Warning, though, the flashbacks to Natsume's past families can be truly gutwrenching. He was not treated well for a very long time, and it's hard to stomach.

4. Barakamon

Handa is a calligrapher who gets essentially exiled to a remote island after causing problems on purpose. He has a hard time connecting with people and is struggling with his art. Over the course of the story, he forms relationships with his neighbors, especially an adorable child with possibly the best child voice-acting I've ever heard, and slowly rediscovers his joy in creation again. It's cute and funny and beautiful, and it makes me want to live on a remote Japanese island.

5. My Roommate Is a Cat

Subaru is a young novelist who recently lost his parents, who were pretty much his only connection to humanity. While trying to recover from this massive loss, he adopts a stray cat who quickly becomes the most important creature in his life. Through the cat, he begins to form relationships with other people, as well. The show is unique in that the first half of each episode is from the human's POV and the second half is from the cat's POV. It's a very lovely and soothing show. Pets are family, too!

6. Haikyuu

Haikyuu was the show that opened my eyes to the aspect of found family in sports anime. I know a lot of tumblr enjoys Haikyuu for the shipping, but to me it's more satisfying to view it through the lens of found family. Each team is essentially their own found family, in their own unique way, and the relationships are particularly realistic and well-depicted by this mangaka. I love Tanaka being a big brother to the first years, Kuroo and Kenma's mutual protectiveness and support, all of it. 

7. Kuroko no Basuke

This is the silly basketball show, and in my opinion it's not as good as Haikyuu, but I love the relationships here as well. Especially between Kuroko and Kagami, of course. Their mutual protectiveness is just chef's kiss. But the whole Seirin team is really great. I love them so much. The teamy goodness is what makes the silliness watchable for me.

8. One Piece

What is there to say about One Piece? This is, like, the ultimate found family show. All of the pirate crews with any kind of goodness at their core are found families, but especially the Strawhats. Luffy is just going around looking at people and declaring, "Okay, you're in my family (on my crew) now." If you've never watched One Piece before, I'm going to make an unorthodox recommendation and suggest you watch the live action Netflix adaption first. It does a really good job of capturing the feel and aesthetic and just pure loveliness of this story in a much more compact and approachable way than the anime. However, if you like it, I do recommend that you watch the anime from the beginning, because there is a lot of expansion on the themes there, and the characterization is slightly different. Usopp in particular kinda got shorted in the live action, so you'll understand him a lot more if you watch his introduction arc in the anime. But honestly both versions are great. I'm on my third rewatch of the live action version already, and I will watch and rewatch the anime until I die, probably. One of my favorite stories of all time.

9. The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

I found this one slightly annoying in how it was obviously carefully designed to tug at my heartstrings, but it's working, so I don't have much right to complain. It's about a little kid driven out of her home who gradually gathers a found family of both monsters she tames and adult adventurers and guardsmen who take one look at this lonely child and go, "Well, guess I have a baby now." The isekai element is very lowkey, in that she basically just has a voice in her head giving her advice, and I like that it's about fighting local corruption instead of a demon army or what have you. I want more shows like this and less shows like every other generic isekai, haha.

10. Dungeon Meshi

This show is blowing up tumblr right now, so you've probably already seen it a billion times, but I'm going to make one more appeal for you to watch/read this story. It is so, so so good. And in my opinion, it is much MUCH more about family, both born and found, than it is about shipping. I could write a whole essay about Marcille and Falin's relationship that has nothing to do with romance, as I could for any other two (or three or four) characters in the main party, plus those outside. There is a LOT going on. I've been playing RPGs and LARPs for twenty years, and one reason I love the hobby so much is for the joy of creating found families with my best friends in new and different worlds, over and over again. This is the first piece of fiction I've found that really captures that particular aspect of party-based fantasy stories, the relationships that form and grow, the tight-knit bonds that keep everyone moving forward despite the monsters you must face (and consume). 

#anime #anime recommendations #buddy daddies #samurai champloo #barakamon #my roommate is a cat #natsume yuujinchou #one piece #dungeon meshi #haikyuu #kuroko no basuke #found family #the weakest tamer began a journey to pick up trash

[animeglitch]

#my roommate is a cat #anime #anime gif #gif #anime style #anime aesthetic #anime scene #anime cat #anime kitty #cat #kitty cat #cat food #cat eating #animecore #cute #cute aesthetic #kawaii #kawaii aesthetic #cute cat #my gif #cats of tumblr #cute cats #kitty #pets #cute animals #adorable

[iyashikei-tournament]

Welcome to round one of the Iyashikei Tournament! Matchups were chosen randomly, and are listed below! Best of luck to all of our contestants, the polls will be up within a day or two!

Tanaka-kun is Always Listless vs Tamako Market

Hakumei and Mikochi vs Barakamon

Gakuen Babysitters vs Sweetness and Lightning

Yama no Susume vs My Roommate is a Cat

Kino's Journey vs Yokohama Shopping Log

Flying Witch vs Natsume's Book of Friends

Nekogami Yaoyorozu vs Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar

Kobato vs Let's Make a Mug, too!

A Place Further than the Universe vs The Morose Mononokean

Mokke vs Shimanami Tasogare

Girls' Last Tour vs Poco's Udon World

Aria vs March Comes in like a Lion

Laid Back Camp vs Non non biyori

Play it Cool, Guys! vs Silver Spoon

Super Cub vs Bartender

Deaimon vs Mushishi

#tanaka kun is always listless #tamako market #hakumei to mikochi #barakamon #gakuen babysitters #sweetness and lightning #yama no susume #my roommate is a cat #kino's journey #yokohama shopping log #flying witch #natsume yuujinchou #nekogami yaoyorozu #tiny snow fairy sugar #kobato #let's make a mug too #a place further than the universe #the morose mononokean #mokke #shimanami tasogare #girls last tour #poco's udon world #aria #march comes in like a lion #sangatsu no lion #non non biyori #yuru camp #cool doji danshi #silver spoon #bartender

[obscureanimeoftheday]

Obscure Anime of The Day:

My Roommate is a Cat

Aired: 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Shoujo, Slice of Life

#My Roommate is a Cat #My Housemate Is on My Lap #But Sometimes on My Head. #同居人はひざ、時々、頭のうえ。 #Doukyonin wa Hiza #Tokidoki #Atama no Ue. #Doukyonin wa Hiza tokidoki atama no Ue. #obscure anime of the day #anime nostalgia #anime #2019 anime

[liliumsmangacaps]

#Manga #Doukyonin wa Hiza Tokidoki Atama no Ue #My Roommate is a Cat #Subaru Mikazuki #Haru

[booty-uprooter]

#my roommate is a cat #zack's random nonsense

[characterswithcolorsnamesfight]

Prelim Poll 11

Propaganda here

#tournament polls #colornames battle #prelims #prelim 11 #amour sucre #my candy love #otome game #genshin impact #genshin #beyblade #bakuten shoot beyblade #itablr #italian tag #italianedit #black leg sanji #blackleg sanji #one piece #tawog #the amazing world of gumball #animation #animeblr #mangablr #my roommate is a cat #under night in birth #the elementalists #gameblr #uniclr #italianstream #genshin npc #comicblr

[ghostdata]

#doukyonin wa hiza tokidoki atama no ue #my roommate is a cat #anisource #justmangacaps #cats #manga #mangacap #manga cap #monochrome

[anime-snacks]

#my roommate is a cat #anime food #anime #food

[wielderofthechainsaw]

REMINDER!!

Furbaby:

Skincat:

#ashur gharavi #my roommate is a cat #this is a cry for help

[ghibli-stims]

🐈‍⬛ -> Haru (My Roommate is a Cat) Stimboard !

📦 -> with related stims !

📬 -> rqd by anon !

📓 -> 🧶 - 🐟 - 🧶 / 🐟 - 🐟 / 🧶 - 🐟 - 🧶

🔓 -> requests open ! rq info !

DNI -> NSFW/Kink/Bigots/Etc. I'll Block You.

#stimboard #stimblr #stim #sfw interaction only #haru mikazuki #my roommate is a cat #cat stim #black stim #white stim #fur stim #paw stim #fursuit paw stim #pouring stim

[fawn-cottage]

#my roommate is a cat #anime #cats #cat #cottagecore #cute

[animeglitch]

#my roommate is a cat #my roommate is a cat gif #my gif #gif #gif set #anime #anime gif #cat #cat food #anime aesthetic #anime scenery #anime scene #anime style #cute #cute anime #cute aesthetic #anime cat #kitty #kawaii #kawaii aesthetic #kawaii anime #adorable #too cute #hungry #cute cat #anime boy #anime character #my roommate is a cat anime

[iyashikei-tournament]

Round 2 Match 2

Propaganda under cut

Gakuen Babysitters

[none]

My Roommate is a Cat

it is the chillest slice of life show I know (and has a Very Good cat)

#gakuen babysitters #school babysitters #my roommate is a cat

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Autistic Anime Boys Side A Round 2 Match 11

Propaganda:

Kamille -

"his autism is literally powerful enough to pilot a giant robot, he regularly misses social cues and doesn't understand why people are upset with him for being kinda blunt, he takes every possible opportunity to punch cops, and every girl who meets him is obsessed with his autistic tboy swag (same tbh)."

Subaru -

"To me, the only reason that he is not canonically autistic is that it is never explicitly stated. He maps very closely to my experiences. He doesn't like changes in environment so he never travelled with his parents on vacation, however his parents always made sure that if he wanted to go with them that it would be something that would be comfortable for him. Always involving his interests (books and authors) in some manner and paying attention to what times would be quieter and would have fewer crowds. Then there was the incident where he mistook the pet store assistant's questions about his cat as questions about himself. Questions such as Haru's (the cat's) name and age."

#tumblr polls #autistic anime boys poll #original poll #kamille bidan #gundam #mobile suit zeta gundam #mobile suit gundam #zeta gundam #subaru mikazuki #mikazuki subaru #my roommate is a cat

[liliumsmangacaps]

#Manga #Doukyonin wa Hiza Tokidoki Atama no Ue #My Roommate is a Cat