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Japanese cardboard-tank cats are here to conquer your heart and pillage your fridge【Pics】
Scott Wilson Oct 29, 2021- Tweet

These cats are done kitten around!
Japanese cats have impressed us before with their ability to crash through doors and prowl up and down entire mountains at night.
But one thing we haven’t really seen them do before is pilot machinery… although now thanks to Japanese Twitter user @jirosan77, the owner of five lovely felines, that has changed forever.
▼ “World War Cat”
Coming to a living room near you!
にゃんこ大戦争 pic.twitter.com/NI1s8hXaiU
— 猫は液体 (@jirosan77) October 22, 2021
This cat’s name is Tempura, and how can you not fall in love with that face? It’s the perfect combination of “I have no idea how I got here” and “Listen, hand over the churu and nobody has to get hurt.”
Plus the fact that the tank is made of Amazon boxes adds just the right amount of intimidation. With Jeff Bezos’s empire on Tempura’s side, how can they possibly lose?
And apparently World War Cat is serious business, as other Twitter users were quick to escalate things by posting their own takes, both with Tempura and their own cats:
▼ “Great idea! And cute!”
Image text: “Time to clean up the scum, nyaa!”
発想がすごい!そしてかわいい! pic.twitter.com/s1omxCcseH
— さい (@saisanhito) October 23, 2021
▼ “(*ΦωΦ) I’ll join you in battle!”
(*ΦωΦ) 参戦します! pic.twitter.com/q5PM2y9RUX
— カケヒ軍曹@コジマ塾【静岡HS南館F-75】 (@SergeantKakehi) October 24, 2021
▼ Apparently “ARL” is a tank that was produced in France right at the end of World War Two… and was also featured in the anime Girls und Panzer.
https://twitter.com/ohnosoma913319/status/1451858034037198848
▼ “We also had a World War lol.”
うちも大戦争してました笑 pic.twitter.com/tl6OvlEvTT
— はみとぅん (@hami_game1230) October 23, 2021
▼ And even a non-cat made an appearance!
“Cute! My mom made a World War Ham-Ham and I thought it was hilarious.”
可愛い🙈
母手作りのハムハム大戦争と
リンクしてクスっと笑っちゃいました😂 pic.twitter.com/6TOcxTTZ9R— 岡田彩希(おかだあき) (@I_AM_AKICHAN) October 22, 2021
▼ @jirosan77 recently posted an update of their own, this time featuring another one of their cats, Anmitsu, ready for “World War Cat Two.”
にゃんこ大戦争2 pic.twitter.com/fjaJYbUyEU
— 猫は液体 (@jirosan77) October 26, 2021
If you like these pictures, then be sure to give @jirosan77 a follow on their Twitter or Instagram accounts. They post tons of great photos and videos that make for perfect timeline cleanses, such as:
▼ “They were all like this when I was putting out my laundry to dry on the veranda.”
ベランダに干物干し置いてたら入ってた。 pic.twitter.com/TuuJCDPWEs
— 猫は液体 (@jirosan77) October 16, 2021
Excellent. Now if we can just get those cats into some adorable cosplays, everything would be right with the world.
Source: Twitter/@jirosan77
Top image: Twitter/@jirosan77
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