Saturday, October 30, 2010

Animal Attribute Human or Kemonomimi

Animal attribute humans, animal attribute people, or kemonomimi, are normal people, but with animal characteristics.  The most common of example of this level is a normal human, but with the ears and tail of the respective animal species (a.k.a. the 10% variety).  Some may have additional features, such as abilities, claws, paws, horns, fangs, and instincts, but they are otherwise completely human.

Since they are basically ordinary humans, but with animal adornments, they wear clothes just like a normal human would.  The type of clothes varies with each setting and culture.  In "modern" or science fiction settings and cultures, they will wear modern-day attire, while in fantasy or "native" settings and cultures, they might wear only a loincloth and jewelry, or even forego clothing entirely. 

Here are the different types of Kemonomimi:

Inumimi: means "dog-ears" in Japanese; doggirl, dogboy, or dogperson
Kitsunemimi: means "fox-ears" in Japanese; foxgirl, foxboy, or foxperson

Nekomimi: means "cat-ears" in Japanese; catgirl, catboy, or catperson
Nezumimi or Nezumi-mimi: means "rat-ears" or "mouse-ears" in Japanese; mousegirl, mouseboy, mouseperson, or ratgirl, ratboy, or ratperson
Usagimimi: means "rabbit-ears" in Japanese; bunnygirl, bunnyboy, bunnyperson, or rabbitgirl, rabbitboy, or rabbitperson

Of all kemonomimi, catgirls (or nekomimi) are the most common examples.


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