Don't overthink it. Succumb to the nyanko.

After years and years of painstaking research, studio EMT² emerges with the perfect girl-to-kitten hybrids. In fact, these "nyankos" are so cute that we are not worthy to witness them for longer than two minutes at a time!

I don't know what exactly it is, but the fact this series even exists just makes me happy. Nyanko Days is nothing but a quick rush of serotonin in cute chibi nekogirl form. Main character Yuuko is a sweetheart, quite relatable to many in her wallflower personality, and her friend Azumi helps supplement the series with a nice, blossoming friendship (complete with her own nekogirl!) Each of the kittens in Ma, Ro, Shi, and Elsa each express their own individual personalities and quirks, leading for a diverse cast of kittens to cuddle!

No, it's not a literary masterpiece, not even close, but that's not the purpose. Nobody buys a cat and expects it to recite Shakespeare or Descartes. You watch Nyanko Days to feel good. You watch it to forget your troubles. You watch it to see cute cats doing cute things.

Stress from work? School? Break-up? Just angry at the world? Nyanko Days, my friend. Your pain and discomfort will melt away as you're comforted by three (four later on) of the cutest beings ever drawn. There's something genuine in each and every expression that lets you know everything will be okay.

It's just hard to explain. If you like this kind of über-kawaii content, you're going to like Nyanko Days. Two minutes of your time for a rush of happiness? Count me in. I'll be sticking around until the end.

The only outstanding flaw of the series is how short each episode runs, being only a minute and a half when you exclude the outro. The mini-episodic format the creators elected towards greatly affects the flow of the series, and we find ourselves craving so little content each week. It will prove one of anime's greatest tragedies that Nyanko Days didn't get the proper run-time it deserved.

With all of that in mind, there is only one thing to take from this: Nyanko is love, Nyanko is life.

A great anime to watch if you don't know what series to move onto, or maybe you just finished a show and you want something easy and cute to get behind. Nyanko Days is a calm, fun, and easy anime to get into. Mainly focused on the lack of plot, it's a slice of life anime about a girl who has some rather human-like felines. Each with their very own personalities, however the personalities reflect the cats they're supposed to represent.

A very smart and fun anime. Naturally, my only complaint is the episodes are only 2-3 minutes long, but that's understandable.