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The story
YouTuber Shibata (1.13 million subscribers) reported on October 10 on the response to a video he’d made about “Teshima Ryokan,” a cat-rescue inn in Yamaguchi Prefecture — and in the process revealed that the 20-year-old cat he keeps at his parents’ home has become bedridden. He described his feelings, saying, “I realized this is really it, and I ended up crying a little.” The news set off a thread on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Hōchi+ board, where many commenters sympathized by sharing their own experience nursing aging cats, while others took a colder view, suggesting he’s cashing in on a dying cat for content — reactions were sharply split.
On October 10, “Shibata” (1.13 million subscribers) posted a video titled “Huge Response to the Cat-Rescue Ryokan — Thank You So Much.” In it, he reported on the reaction to the cat-rescue inn he’d featured earlier, while also sharing an update on his 20-year-old cat back at his parents’ house.
The feature video led to hundreds of T-shirts sold and homes found for kittens
Shibata had previously featured “Teshima Ryokan” in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which runs cat-rescue activities, highlighting its work and the inn’s charm.
Source: yutura.net / Original article here
What people said
Yeah, it got quiet after Hezuma stormed in on him.
Guess you do get used to it. My rabbit died when I was a kid and I've been too scared of death to keep any pet since.
Same here exactly. I love cats enough to stop my car and talk to one if I spot it while driving, even if it ignores me — but I still can't keep one. I get my fix petting other people's cats, where I can afford to be irresponsible about it, and I bail the second I feel myself getting attached.
'Aibyou' (written form for 'beloved cat') is something you see in text, but nobody actually says it out loud.
Watch the road when you're driving. That level of distraction is terrifying.
This reads like it was written by someone on something, lol
Whoever coined 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' really understood reality.
That used to happen back when people let cats roam outdoors like in the old days, but nobody keeps cats outside anymore.
That's the one thing actually worth praising, so why tack on a good deed that just drags it into minefield territory.
Say that after you look in a mirror.
Background and Key Points of This Story
Shibata built his name partly through behavior once branded a public nuisance, and that history shows in the thread, with a fair number of cold remarks along the lines of “he’s just cashing in on a dying cat.” On the other hand, it appears the actual caretaking is being done by his parents back home, not Shibata himself — worth noting, since the video creates the impression that he’s the one looking after it, which doesn’t quite match up. Also, a cat reaching 20 far exceeds the typical lifespan (around 15 years); the thread mentioned an online nickname crowning long-lived cats with the title “nekomata,” but that’s just an old folk superstition, not anything backed by science.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Hōchi+) thread “Shibater’s 20-Year-Old Cat Is Bedridden: “I Realized This Is Really It, and I Ended Up Crying a Little”.”
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