The joke is that the apocalypse is adorable, and you're not allowed to solve it with violence. Every survivor is one cuddle away from becoming the thing hunting them, which means the real horror is resisting something designed to make you want to lose. It's a post-apocalyptic survival story where the only winning move is staying cold to something that purrs at you, and the comedy never stops grinding that knife.
A virus is spreading across the world and turning people into cats. Not metaphorically. Anyone who touches an infected feline becomes one, and the cats rub up against humans, so the horde keeps growing. The twist that breaks every survival story rule: these cats are irresistibly cute, which makes self-defense nearly impossible. Kunagi, a man with no memories, has to flee a cat cafe in the middle of his shift. With him are Kaoru, whose family runs the place, and a customer named Tanishi. The three search for a way to survive the animals they love while the government fails to contain the spread. The show mixes post-apocalyptic horror and action with absurd comedy, finding its humor in the clash between outbreak-film logic and an enemy you mostly want to pet.
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