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I'm with you on this. I predict that the challenges will come from elsewhere, not this nation of cat-lovers. After so many generations, their relationship with the cats is embedded with the royal line, and the royals would never permit the kingdom's subjects to abuse cats without consequence. It's practically a cultural trait at this point. That and having the royal capital turned into a sea of flames is likely a threat that has been passed down through each royal generation. I suppose in this world dragons live a very long time.

Yeah...I'm guessing it might have to do with other nations seeking the power of the Cait Sith's that were taught to them? Since, I mean, the king did kinda hint that it might cause other nations to want it for themselves (or something along those lines). Before they actually established a sort of agreement, I wanna say that the threat itself was kind of a cultural trait too. Although I guess that just leads back to your point. Feel like it was more of a universal orally-passed-down kind of thing before the royals formed said connection with the dragon though, since none actually had a direct connection with the dragon or even seen the dragon before most likely. I guess currently the royals now have even more of a reason to interject and stuff (not that they didn't before, but y'know, more motivation) since they've been more or less been granted the trust of the dragon, if that all makes sense, lol.

Yeah, I was thinking this too! They ended it so nicely. No cliffhangers, no "noise", so to speak... Screaming rn it's so good. I know what happens after this roughly since my memory got jogged from the next episode title teaser, but I won't refresh my memory for the sole reason of enjoying it to its fullest tomorrow when the next episode comes out. Also screaming because there's only 2 translated chapters, so I'm also excited and curious to see what the rest of the series is like since I'll be completely in the dark come episode 3.

Same. Instantly started tearing up. Absolute shock how merciless and swift it was that there was barely any time to process it. Being able to write something and then have it transformed it into an animation that elicits this much emotion from their audience feels pretty rare, honestly. The manga (albeit only 2 translated chapters) was also really well done, and I cried during that too iirc like two years back. Gotta love seeing peak being animated.

I wanna say they aren't short-lived, per se, but have just ventured off into the vastness of the world. Saying that because I'm pretty sure the Cait Sith's have a much longer lifespan?? If not though, my bad. Not to say I don't agree with you though―definitely loving the themes and bonds. It was honestly such a great watch, and I loved seeing this animated so well. Cried twice too; once out of sadness, and once from the wholesomeness. Bouta scream outta excitement for the coming episodes, lol.

I was not expecting this to be THIS good, I really enjoyed the episode. I really liked how wholesome it was, watching the family accept him like that and never once it being brought up how different he was. And even when he discovered he wasn't actually a cat, the descendants of his family were not fazed by it and still called him "Uncle" was so sweet.  It was sad to see all the cats dead and being skinned, so we see what his mother meant about the dangers which is not surprising in this setting, but I really like how he went to take care of the problem.  It was cute to see the green cat befriending the Prince, but it was nice to see that friendship lead to such a drastic change for the kingdom. I like how they adopted both cat and dragon to the flag, and I like how the King seemed to very quickly understand how humble Cat Dragon is. Cat Dragon having a cat form is the cherry on the cake.  Now that cats are part of the society and royalty, I do wonder what kind of stories we'll get.

Yeah, it was adorable. I agree with your interpretation, but it's also possible since the descendants recognize each other by scent, the dragon was accepted as family. Remember when the dragon's cat sister returns with her mate, he recognizes the dragon's scent and accepts him as her sibling. I interpreted as having a long lost sister approach who looks just like me, and she says that she's not really one of the family, and I'd just tilt my head and say, "huh, ok. Once again, do you prefer tea or coffee?"

EXACTLYY, loving that part so much. Found family really is such a great theme that can be applied in so many diverse and drastically different types of media and art, it's awesome. It was sad, but fortunate I guess that the kittens didn't see that when they first saw humans with their mother. I guess the dragon forgot to mention the bit where his mom said that there are occasionally kind humans to the next generation of kittens, since iirc he only said to them: "Those are humans. Never approach them." ― Agreed that the immediate comeuppance of those guys was great. Loved to see it. Based on the beginning, yeah, should definitely expect more like that to happen in the future. And although I know it might be coming, you can bet that I'm still gonna bawl my eyes out when it does. I just remember the cat that befriended the prince as the "cat with the leaf on its head" lol. Love how the dragon, although disliking the humans, still gave them the benefit of the doubt both the first time he showed himself to them and when the leaf cat asked the dragon for permission, etc. Feel like the drastic change was pretty wholesome. Went from fearing the dragon's threats to actually befriending and bonding with the cats to the point of them kind of coexisting, in a sense?? King matching the vibes of the Cat Dragon and lessening their formalities was definitely nice to see. Start of a generational bond, mhm. Cat form is goated ngl. Mini dragon cat looking cute asf, lol. Definitely looking forward to the story going forward. Can't WAIT for where this is going next, fr.

Well, that was an absolutely wonderful premiere episode! The first 10-minutes genuinely got me emotional, starting with the Cat Dragon and his siblings saying goodbye to their mother when she was getting summoned. And I absolutely love how his siblings came back to the cave to give birth, as well as the sons and daughters of his siblings. T_T As a cat owner, seeing that pile of dead Caith Siths being skinned for their fur was just painful to watch. You really can't blame our boy for trying to burn down that human city. They're lucky that the kitten who stood up to him was a relative of his, and they got off with a warning. The little prince befriending the Cait Sith was adorable. Not gonna lie, the way the episode led to the Cat Dragon making peace with the Human King , this entire episode felt like a short fairy tale. I feel like the show could've ended here , and I would be satisfied with what I've seen. I'm very curious to see what else is in store for us for the rest of the season.

Either Cait Sith generally live longer then normal cats or the mother cat was special in someway. The fact that at the begining she admits to not just having raised the litters of other mothers but explicily the offspring of other magical beasts like a dragon before, really implies she had been around for some time. As how often would they realistically have stumbled into a siuation like that unless they had been around quite some time.

My cat hates anime for two reasons. She's jealous of my attention to the box with moving pictures, and she's even more jealous of the animated bipedal cats with their opposable thumbs and human proportions that can reach shelves without jumping. She will never admit this second one, of course. When I was watching this anime, however, she sat in my lap and watched with me. She doesn't do that often. She may not like cat girls, but cat dragons certainly seem to be her jam.

Isn't it also a thing where animals are more vulnerable after giving birth? I mean sure, it's probably been some time after, but not a lot, I'd assume. She'd have to get food herself, since I dunno, the mate isn't anywhere to be found. Plus, she looks younger than our dragon when he first went to the human kingdom, in which case, obviously he'd be more formidable then . Also not like they tried anything other than magic, but doubt ballista bolts would've worked anyway considering they probably got protective spirit magic and stuff like that.

It's also worth remembering that there are two sides to this horrible equation, and that it could well have been due to the powers of the human who threw the spear. After all, we're told that this is the Forest for Beginners (I forget the exact term), and we all know how routinely various assholes with a chip on their shoulder OP MCs come through those sorts of forests and do things like one-hit-kill rare magical beasts who aren't meant to be there according to the spawn chart human lore. Indeed, although I've phrased it like that, there's a decent bit of textual evidence to suggest that human-disruption is where this story tends to lean.