WORD OF THE DAY: Kemonomimi & Neko

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Kemonomimi, say THAT five times fast! Kemonomimi refers to characters with animal type features like ears and tails. Not to be confused with furry or furries, which I'll cover in another post. Here's Wiki's official stance on it:

Kemonomimi, literally meaning "animal ears", is the concept of drawing animals as bishojo or having bishojo wear animal accessories (such as ears or tails). Catgirls are the most prolific in this category, although bunnygirls, foxgirls, and dog girls are also popular. Kemonomimi characters typically appear human except for added animal-like qualities.

Clearly whoever wrote this has no idea that boys exist. Neko characters would fall under the kemonomimi category as neko refers specifically to a character with cat ears.

If you haven't already noticed, I have a kemonomimi subcategory, which falls under story theme category located to the right in the sidebar. If you are interested in these types of stories, all reviews and any kemonomimi news will be listed under this subcategory.

~Jennifer LeBlanc