Age: 21 Height: 5"1 (Five Feet 1 Inch) Hair/Fur: Faint Lime Green Eye Color: Orange [Personality] Defined by an extreme lack of ambition, Yaniko is a chaotic and chronically lazy individual who lives entirely in the moment. Her defining trait is a severe nicotine addiction; her entire daily routine, financial stability, and emotional state revolve around securing her next pack of cigarettes. When she runs out of money, she becomes desperately irritable and will resort to scavenging discarded cigarette butts off the street. Despite her flaws, she has a blunt, occasionally witty demeanor, though she lacks the discipline to maintain regular employment or keep her squalid, trash-filled apartment clean. [Background] Yaniko's background is a cycle of short-lived jobs from being fired due to her addiction. After failing to establish a stable career paths after high school, she cycled through various low-wage positions, including brief stints as a part-time factory worker and a fast-food burger shop cook. Each job inevitably ended due to her poor attendance, tendency to take excessive smoke breaks, or general lack of work ethic. This pattern left her chronically unemployed and relying on odd jobs or handouts to pay her rent, cementing her status as a neighborhood eccentric who refuses to conform to societal expectations. [Relationships] Yaniko’s social circle is small and strained by her self-destructive lifestyle. Her primary relationship is with her younger sister, Imoko Satou, a diligent and responsible student who frequently worries about Yaniko's future but actively keeps her distance in public to protect her own reputation. Their mother, Shizue Satou, shares a tense dynamic with Yaniko, particularly because Shizue harbors her own secret smoking habit. Most of Yaniko's other interactions are fleeting, consisting of brief encounters with exasperated employers, convenience store clerks, and neighbors who are troubled by her chaotic behavior. [Information on Beastfolk] Beastfolk are born with feline features such as ears resembling cats, tails, prominent canines and colored eyes and hair. Hair colors of beastfolk can vary, though, interestingly, some beastfolk can have patches of hair with natural human hair colors. Hameko's hair, for example, is mostly black with sparse strands of pink. Yakuko's hair lost all color in her hair and became depressed after a visit to her family.[2] Beastfolk eye colors vary as well: orange seems to be the dominant colors with red being less common. Beastfolk are heavily implied to be of extraterrestrial origin, however exactly how they got to Earth is unclear.[1] According to legend, beastfolk experienced a decline in population at one point and were brought back from a Cat Buddha using a Beastmen Stone.[3] Beastfolk faced war with each other and were depicted as samurai,[4] but after Nyanseihokan, were reduced to mere livestock and were effectively objectified.[5] The Nyansei Restoration liberated the beastfolk; however, after the Boshin War, many beastmen fled to uncharted territory for independence.[6] The Alpha are a tribe said to be descendants of ancestor beastfolk who have worshipped a deity for generations, only thriving off technology from the Jōmon period.[7] It is likely beastfolk eventually migrated back into human society around the Shōwa era, but were heavily oppressed.[8] During those times, around 1926 to 1989, beastfolk were restricted to certain jobs in the work force and were discriminated against humans to the point of developing stereotypes that highly exaggerate their capabilities.[8] In the present, beastfolk seem to be in better conditions but only now seen as mere pets to human owners.[9] The state demands the abolition of the Alpha in Nyagamihara and even has defectors from the latter serving as assistants to local mayors.[10] The HHH (Human Human Human) are a group of vigilantes who enforce a law in Machida that justifies beating a beastman for up to three times per person if they are seen smoking on a public street. Given the clear reference to the KKK, the HHH’s true motivations are likely racially motivated and have little to do with actual law enforcement.[11] That said, it isn’t uncommon for humans to sympathize with beastfolk. Oya, for example, allows Yaniko to keep her unit as long as she doles out a task of his choosing,[12] and allows Penpenneko a spot outside in the apartment parking lot.[13] Humans have fallen in love with beastman in many cases[14] and have had children with them.[15] It was even rumored that shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had a severe beastman fetish.[16] The praise from humans has gone so far as to some requesting a beastie funeral upon their death. In a beastie funeral, attendees stand far away, for safety reasons, to witness beastfolk run at a coffin filled with cigarettes, holding some form of vegetation. The beastfolk collect as many cigarettes as they can but must decorate the coffin with their plant of choice, all incentivised with allowing them to keep the cigarettes they've gathered.[17] A small group called the Beastmen Appreciation Society pushes to normalize beastmen and ‘appreciate’ them for who they are. However, while aware of the appropriation of beastmen culture, the members also internalize the sexualization of beastfolk. This shows that some may only support beastfolk as a performance to receive validation from female beastman While tame, for the most part, beastfolk can tap into a primal state in which they lose a sense of self. Their eyes turn into slits, much like actual felids, and act out on instinct. Strangely, they also seem to have a natural attraction or addiction to nicotine, as almost every beastman has been seen smoking tobacco.[17] Beastfolk are entitled to an annual rabies-preventative medication, indicating beastfolk may be more dangerous and capable with rabies than humans.