The BEST episodes of Nyan Koi! season 1

Every episode of Nyan Koi! season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nyan Koi! season 1!

Junpei Kōsaka is a second-year high school student who hates cats and is also allergic to them. His high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately hits the local guardian deity of cats. He finds he can now understand cats, including his family's own ill-tempered cat, Nyamusasu. However, if he does not grant 100 wishes to cats, he will be turned into a cat himself.

Last Updated: 11/19/2024Network: TBS (JP)Status: Ended
Milk & Bitters & Sugar & Spice
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8.18
107 votes

#1 - Milk & Bitters & Sugar & Spice

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2009

Junpei meets the twins Akari and Kotone Kirishima, who know about his curse and decided to help with his ordeal. However, hanging with them becomes another source of misunderstandings, mostly due to Kotone's strange infatuation with him and their ability to sense the supernatural like Junpei's curse.

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The Ugly Cat and The Cursed High Schooler
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8.12
143 votes

#2 - The Ugly Cat and The Cursed High Schooler

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2009

Junpei Kousaka's most important matters were to stay away from cats, due to his allergy to them, and his crush on his classmate Kaede Mizuno, until he accidentally damages the statue of a cat deity and is cursed with the ability to talk to cats and the task of attending 100 requests from them, with the risk of being transformed into a cat himself if he fails. The first quest he receives is to help the stray cats in the local park who have been tormented by a stranger leaving them traumatized. The tormentor later turns out to be Kaede who has an extreme fondness for cats to the point of smothering them.

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That Man is My Slave?
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7.94
138 votes

#3 - That Man is My Slave?

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2009

Junpei must help a cat to give his thanks to a girl who helped him, however, she is no other than Kanako Sumiyoshi, a childhood acquaintance of his who is determined to torment him during the school's cultural festival. The cat later moves in with Kunpei until he can find another home.

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Times Square
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7.94
135 votes

#4 - Times Square

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2009

Junpei sets for the amusement park with Kaede, which could be the perfect chance to get closer to her if Kanako and Nagi had not come along for the ride.

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Beautiful People
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7.93
138 votes

#5 - Beautiful People

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2009

Junpei's next request is from a cat owned by Nagi Ichinose, an upperclassman of him. While Nagi seems to be a threat to his relationship with Kaede at first, he ends up being surprised when he figures out Nagi's true nature.

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What's your name?
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7.93
107 votes

#6 - What's your name?

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2009

Junpei meets Chizuru Mochizuki, a postwoman in trouble, and decides to help her while roaming the city and helping the cats with their requests. However, hanging around with her ends up putting him in a series of misunderstandings much to his despair.

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The Passionate Private Running Coach
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7.92
136 votes

#7 - The Passionate Private Running Coach

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2009

Junpei's next task is to help a cat to get in shape in order to win the favor of his beloved. But when he starts to neglect his promise to him, the cat decides to enact revenge by putting him in a very embarrassing situation.

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Wait Until It's Getting Dark
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7.91
137 votes

#8 - Wait Until It's Getting Dark

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2009

Junpei sets out for a school trip to Kyoto with his classmates, but he barely has time to enjoy the trip when words about him spread among the local cats who flood him with requests. Junpei along with Kaede and Sumiyoshi soon stumble upon Ichinose whose family is situated in Kyoto and is there to attend an annual meeting. This meeting is in fact an arrangement to have Ichinose choose a husband, a decision which she would always decline.

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Heaven Will Wait?
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7.90
106 votes

#9 - Heaven Will Wait?

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2009

Kaede is suspicious about Junpei's secret and he must find a way to dissuade her before being stricken with the full force of his curse.

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As It Happened One Night
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7.87
103 votes

#10 - As It Happened One Night

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2009

The Kirishima sisters end up counting on Junpei's unexpected help to deal with a spirit who threatens his friends.

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Friends
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7.87
102 votes

#11 - Friends

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2009

Christmas is coming and after stumbling on Junpei, Kanako ends up spending some quality time with him.

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Girls in the Water
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7.75
135 votes

#12 - Girls in the Water

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2009

The gang sets out for leisure time at the swimming pool, but Junpei gets sick, and Kanako pays a visit to take care of him while struggling with her true feelings.

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