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Nekopara, Episode 3: That Girl on My Mind

joeschmo1of3 by joeschmo1of3
5 years ago
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The stray kitten adjusts to living in Shigure’s house, but both she and Chocola miss each other.

Episode 3 – “That Girl on My Mind”

Hmm.

Nekopara appears to be settling on slice-of-life comedy for the first half of the episode and then drama and catharsis for the second half. That’s formulaic, and if every episode follows this pattern, that cadence will make the season boring. I hope Nekopara doesn’t fall into that narrative rut, because I found some fun things starting to get emphasis in this episode.

First, Nekopara has established their running jokes and gags for the season. Cinnamon has sex on her mind and her targeted life partner is Maple. The yuri is strong in this one! Maple has a small bladder and her frequent trips to the bathroom are enough to keep the toilet seat warm so the stray kitten seeks it out. That’s good humor right there. There are more, like Shigure relying on her cat network on the internet and the size difference between Azuki and Coconut making their frequent spats hilarious, so we can enjoy the familiar material filling out the slice-of-life plot each week.

Second, the music was more prominent this week in Nekopara than previously. I think it was because there were fewer lines of dialogue as we focused on the stray kitten getting used to Shigure’s household, and since she doesn’t talk much, the other cats didn’t have that much to say either. The light and airy background musical score accompanied the slice-of-life elements well.

Finally, the stray kitten actually talked! She’s going to have to get a name soon and it’s not going to be “Sugarcane.” Since all the cat girls in Nekopara have names based on sweets, I’m curious to see who names her and what it will be. We will have to wait until next week for that momentous occasion.

Heh.

Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Vanilla Intro

Is Shigure going to introduce every Nekopara episode with this “Welcome to La Soleil” sequence?

Nekopara Episode 3 Cats In Pajamas
Nekopara Episode 3 Coconut Azuki Start To Fight
Nekopara Episode 3 Maple Discovers Hiding Place
Nekopara Episode 3 Maple Embarrassed
Nekopara Episode 3 Stray Kitten On Warm Toilet Seat
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola At Breakfast
Nekopara Episode 3 Vanilla Teases Chocola
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Enjoys Toast
Nekopara Episode 3 Vanilla Sees Plot Twist
Nekopara Episode 3 Shigure Ready For Breakfast
Nekopara Episode 3 Coconut Azuki Eat Breakfast

The little stray kitten likes to stray. Azuki and Coconut go straight at each other first thing in the morning. Oh, so that’s where she was. She found the warm spot on the toilet because Maple goes to the bathroom so often.

Aw. Chocola is preoccupied with the stray kitten. I see lots of jokes in Nekopara coming because of her absent-mindedness. Vanilla loves her clumsy sister. Nori no tsukudani (nori seaweed boiled in soy sauce) is not supposed to be spread on toast, but apparently, Chocola likes it. Vanilla breaks the 4th wall.

First nori on bread instead of rice and now Chocola can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube. Chocola is worried about the stray kitten, but Vanilla is more worried about Chocola. She just put her uniform on backward!

Azuki is calling the stray kitten “Sugarcane,” but nobody likes her doing that. Maple doesn’t like the name, so she’s searching on “Oooglo” for baby kitten names. And naturally Cinnamon must go crazy over have babies. She’s got such a dirty mind! Just how long is Cinnamon going to think about sex here? She’s insatiable!

That kitten is so good at disappearing! She’s also a feral cat. Eating on the floor with no hands.

Nekopara Episode 3 Coconut Fired Up
Nekopara Episode 3 Coconut Pounces On Paper Roll
Nekopara Episode 3 Coconut Plays With Ribbon
Nekopara Episode 3 Vanilla Chocola Applaud Azuki
Nekopara Episode 3 Azuki Tries To Reach Coconut

Azuki insists on this “Sugarcane” name, but nobody is buying it. Coconut is fired up because she gets to be a big sister now. I just realized that with all the catgirls in Nekopara, almost everyone will have a fang and will do the snout smile at some point. :-3 Aww. Coconut is disappointed in herself because she’s still a kitten and wants to play with paper rolls and ribbon.

Azuki shows how being a competent big sister is done. Oh ho. Coconut has better reach than Azuki, though.

Nekopara Episode 3 Maple Cinnamon With Stray
Nekopara Episode 3 Maple Reads With Stray
Nekopara Episode 3 Cinnamon Maple Swing Jump Rope
Nekopara Episode 3 Cinnamon Maple Jump Rope
Nekopara Episode 3 Cinnamon Maple Dizzy

Meanwhile, back at the Minaduki household, the stray kitten gets hungry after seeing an aquarium on TV. Maple is so fancy with afternoon tea. The stray kitten would prefer the dried sardines she shared with Chocola. Stray Kitten just wants to eat something. She doesn’t need this tea lesson. Cinnamon doesn’t care either. Uh oh. Stray Kitten is going to start thinking about Chocola now. Nekopara needs to give Stray Kitten a name soon because it’s awkward to keep writing “Stray Kitten.”

Shigure was able to match that orange ribbon on the Stray’s cap for her little overalls. That’s attention to detail. Cinnamon shouldn’t be teaching the Stray how to “play house” at her age. Jump rope might be too advanced as well. Aw. The Stray wishes she could hug Chocola.

Nekopara Episode 3 Eye Catch 1
Nekopara Episode 3 Eye Catch 2

The eye catches give an excellent plot summary for the first half of Nekopara‘s episode.

Nekopara Episode 3 Cinnamon Waves Cat Toys
Nekopara Episode 3 Cats Jump On Coconut And Matatabi
Nekopara Episode 3 Cats Girls High On Matatabi

Aw again. Chocola is trying to be strong in not admitting she misses the little stray. Vanilla noticed her sister’s struggles. Uh oh. The stray has gone missing again! Panic! She’s really missing. Coconut! Don’t do it! And all the cats are down from silver vine (matatabi) overdose. Cats have a similar response to catnip, which is found in the West, while the silver vine is found in China and Japan.

Nekopara Episode 3 Vanilla Catches Chocola By The Tail
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Startled By Stray
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Joy And Relief
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Hugs Stray
Nekopara Episode 3 Stray Holds Chocola's Hand
Nekopara Episode 3 Stray Joins Chocola And Vanilla
Nekopara Episode 3 Chocola Snuggles Stray

Chocola got the call and zoom! But not yet. Kashou and Vanilla understand Chocola’s feelings and they let her go look for the Stray. Huh. This hat-and-overalls combo is popular with the kitten set. Shigure must have been following fashion trends. Predictably, Chocola finds the kitten where they first met. This quiet stray kitten seems smart. Man, that’s amazing how she just appears out of nowhere. I loved the animation on Chocola’s face as it progressed through many emotions. Nekopara is giving us shades of healing anime here too. Aw. The Stray needed to comfort Chocola by holding her hand. This is good stuff. Officially sisters.

And so, we learned that Kashou never had a problem with taking care of one more cat. He just said that one comment after he opened the shop and wanted to discourage the other catgirls from sneaking in through parcel service. Well, now that the stray has transferred over to La Soleil, she should be getting a better name than Sugarcane. We’ll just have to wait for the next dramatic development when we discover her origins and all that entails, but for now, we have a toddler cat living with Chocola and Vanilla.

Nekopara Episode 3 End Card

The awesome artist @kaguyuzu shows Maple brushing Cinnamon’s hair in the end card. Also, you can check out all of Nekopara‘s end cards as the season progresses at the official anime website.

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