Chainsmoker Cat


Chainsmoker Cat is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since February 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bibury Animation Studios is set to premiere in July 2026.

Plot

The series follows Yaniko, 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, Yaniko 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.

Characters

;Yaniko Satō / Yanineko

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by NyanNyanFactory, Chainsmoker Cat started in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 20, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes, with the first one released on August 4, 2023. As of November 6, 2025, ten volumes have been released.
In February 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume released in December that same year.

Volumes

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 2, 2026. The series will be produced by Bibury Animation Studios and directed by Taku Kimura, with Takashi Aoshima writing the scripts, Riki Matsuura designing the characters, and Keiichi Suzuki composing the music. It is set to premiere in July 2026 on Tokyo MX.

Reception

The series ranked 12th in the ninth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2023; it ranked 13th in the 2024 edition in the same category. The series ranked 18th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.