I got cancelled in Japan

"Cries of abuse" is crazy work

If a cat is unhappy, they would definitely make it known lol

Tetra being held “unrespectfully” : 😺 Tetra being held lovingly: 😾

If one of your cats were truly pitiful it’d be Nanaki, let’s be real here

Japanese guy here! The translation for the comment at 0:38 is actually pretty accurate, the original comment is saying the cat seems so nonchalant haha. I’m sure you have had some nasty comments too but please know that not all are!

People forget cats won't tolerate being mistreated or disrespected. They have claws.

You tried to hold her like a normal cat and then she gets upset 😂

"You guys dont have weird cats in Japan?" I can assure you they do. I hear some even chainsmoke...

Hey! I’m Japanese! I don’t think some of the comments were ill intended! Japanese language is a little more complex so it was more of the expression of “oh how pitiful!” In a more endearing way! Kinda like how we say, “no thoughts behind those eyes” in English!

Just fyi some of those phrases like 可哀想 [かわいそう](kawaisou) are not necessarily condescending, especially when directed towards children/animals/cute things. It's more sympathetic. This is because the root for kawaii and kawaisou both come from kaohayushi, which referred to expressing pity or embarrassment. In this context, a lot of Japanese were using kawaisou to say your cat is cute in a pathetic/vulnerable way. Japanese is very contextual, and the comments I saw were largely positive. The general consensus is they think the cat is cute!

like others have said, kawaisou is also used like 'oh, bless your heart'. meaning this cat looks a little brainless, so bless her heart..... not necessarily a complaint about you! japan has more cat owners than dog owners, and stray cat colonies are well-taken care of and loved, so it really is just a nation of people conditioned to say 'who's my dumb little baby?' to an orange cat.

0 days since our last "well-meaning but close-minded non-cat owners mistakenly assuming that a cat would even put up with being held or squeezed in a way they didn't like without turning their surrounding area into a warzone" incident

As someone who speaks Japanese 「めっちゃ反省しないキャット」literally means "What an unrepenting cat", but the meaning is closer to "What a shameless cat". Don't worry. They were not calling you disrespectful.

The comment that said 'unrespectful' would could also be translated to 'What a lack of introspection in that cat' 反省 (hansei) is usually used to mean reflecting on your misdeeds/mistakes/etc, which is probably why the software translated it that way. My reading is more like the typical 'one orange braincell'/'no thoughts head empty' remarks

こうした猫たちを長い間見守ってきた私たちは、彼らが実はそのように抱っこされるのを好んでおり、決して傷つけられているわけではないことを知っています。もし気に入らなければ彼らは彼にそう伝えるでしょうし、私たちにもそれが分かるはずです。こうしたおかしな猫たちを楽しんでもいいんですよ。 It just goes to show that no matter where you are in the world someone will get upset and think they know better when it comes to animals. At least you know they care about your cats.

Poor orange Sister! A whole country is thinking she's abused, meanwhile, she and orange brother are living a great feline life!❤

Cats will be unrespectful 😂

So glad there are others explaining that Japanese is sooo context dependent! Again, others beat me to the punch, but a better contextual translation would be something more along the lines of "Look at that shameless cat! 😂" Emojis help contextualize for English speakers. And so many things are 'kawaiisou❤'. A wonky-looking but cute puppy or kitten would be 'kawaiisou.❤' A long-haired cat freshly bathed and not yet dried, looking especially scrawny because all it's fur is hanging down and it's head is all floofy would be 'kawaiisou.' It's all context and tone! 😊

As others have pointed out, kawaiisou is kind of a overall nicer version of the phrase "bless your heart" or "you poor pitiful thing!" Used in the same way you baby talk a pet when they act up. Its hard to explain with text only when the inflection makes or breaks what you mean by it

Apparently DO NOT THE CAT is an international thing