Kani Tabetai! - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[zeronatsume]

the otter(?) took me out

 

[Darkshade13]

the otter(?) took me out

It's possible, though IIRC quite difficult, to own small otters as pets in Japan. I think mostly Japanese river otters. There are a few youtube channels out there that are run by people who own pairs of otters and document their lives, and I think also an "otter cafe" (you know, like a cat cafe). From what I remember off of one channel there's a ton of paperwork and hoops you have to jump through to get permits for them because they are "exotic" pets that aren't easy to care for and the government wants to restrict ownership to prevent all the problems that come along with owning fad pets, but it can be done there.

I would guess that the author probably follows at least one of those channels and used it as an inspiration for there being pet otters in this story.

 

[EchoGirl]

cute, i wonder if the author's had any experience owning a pet like that or just wanted to draw another animal

 

[Kaarme]

I used to know a conservationist family who rescued an abandoned baby otter and brought it back to health and suitable maturity to survive in the wilds on its own. They even wrote a book about it. As expected, an otter stays more or less completely wild even as a pet. It has zero generational domestication going on, after all, unlike dogs and cats, for example. It's pretty social, though, by nature. Those people were pretty hardcore nature conservation folks, albeit with scientific backgrounds, so they made sure the creature didn't grow up helpless or alienated from nature. So maybe being their pet wouldn't be quite the same as for someone random, who would keep the beast locked indoors, treated like a real pet.

First time back home in five years is a long time. If the missus's only family was a mother who was working abroad for five years, never visiting Japan, it's interesting the family home still remained. Maybe it was rented out to an outsider for that five years predetermined time period.

 

[estolfo]

Guys, do you also have something that you find visually appealing but can't stand the taste of? For me, it's crustaceans.

 

[Hs13h]

Guys, do you also have something that you find visually appealing but can't stand the taste of? For me, it's crustaceans.

Nah, Crab lowkey goes crazy when cooked right

 

[Kyuketsuki]

Pet otter in this year: believable
Wife in this timeline: unbelievable