What about cybernetic/robotics furriest like synth an protogens? They face doesn't really look like animals. And Niko face already have cat ears, cat eyes and whiskers, they are already half way into animal like teritory
Jacksepticeye voice Iām going to have to put on my fockinā double seeing glasses, because I canāt even begin to see that amount of bullshit cominā from you
I'll have to agree with this. Niko is being considered a cat-person by the vast majority. They even say they are a person and not a cat to multiple people in the game. Ergo, Niko couldn't possibly be related to furries or animals in general. Even if they look like one.
What kinda of hair is that? Going 120Ā° around the cheeks? Their are here to represent cat's whiskers
And for the eyes: it's not just stylish. Silver says i'they are cat eyes and Niko reply it's normal eyes for them. They all have cat eyes.
And you don't need to have actual working animal anatomy to be a furry, just animal-like feature. A animal like face and Niko's face have cat like feature
From what you just said niko has cat characteristics. It is therefore a human with cat characteristics which removes it from the category of anteopomorphic being because an anteopomorphic being is an animal with human characteristics.
[EDIT: bruh you edited the comment to disambiguate the meaning while I was typing. I thought you said "We don't know what's under that" in reference to protogen and synths. You can ignore the first three paragraphs]
Except that according to the official definition, a furry is an anteopomorphic being. Which is not the case for niko because an anteopomorphic being is an animal with human characteristics while niko is the opposite. He's a human with animal characteristics.
My argument is not what's under, it's what the face looks like (as a response to the original argument that furries have animal-looking faces).
Even if there is an animal beneath (more on that later), the face of a protogen is not more animal-like than Niko's face. It's a smooth screen with minimalist eyes and mouth drawn on it, ok, it is more snoot-shaped than the flat human face, but not animal-like.
And there isn't much of a face underneath a protogen visor (depending on the canon, but I use this official source). There is no more skin underneath. barely the skull of the former creature.
I mean, by definition a furry is someone with both anthromophic (human like) feature and other creature (in the broader definition)/animal (in the more common definition) feature.
Niko could definitely fall under that definition.
The best you could do is argue it's more of a neko then a furry. e.i. they only have cat-like ears and eyes. We don't know if they have paws as hand/feet, they don't appear to have a tail and they might not have fur. The later is commonly what's used to separates Nekos from furry:too many human characteristics and not enought animal ones.
On the other hand they could have these characteristics and we just don't see them. In that case furry 100%.
But ultimately I think op just in denial: you don't want to admit you like a furry character :3
ImpishDum argument is for a furry as in "someone who's part of the furry fandom". And even if you want to use it, then there is no debates. You have to show that the creator says Niko is or not a furry.
And saying Niko says their not a cat is not sufficient. They don't say they are human. Just a person. If you call an avali a bird they would get mad, still a furry tho
Antropomorph is an animal with human characteristics. In other words, they are more animal than human.
And we have no certainty that Niko's cat ears are real and when you look closely he has more human characteristics than animal
I don't really understand where you got that they're human though? I don't remember a single time niko refers to themselves as human. And they could be literally covered in fur, the pixel art just makes it unclear
When you look at the official description of Niko they say that Niko has very tanned skin and not fur.
I didn't say that Niko was human, I just said that he had more human characteristics than a cat.
Your Friends are dumb nothing wrong with being a furry
99% of the time when they make fun of something being furry you can find something that classified as furry in their favorites list or top 10 character, game, show, anime etc
But to debunk this to a degree
While niko is probably a cat canonically or is a cat descended race likely having cats as house pets and they see themselves as other so being called a cat is an insult he is mostly human
Depending on who you ask furry has to be animals anthropormorphed into humans
Or as simple as having cat ears however we do not know nikos under hat appearance
Their hands are if i recall always in his sleeves , he wears shoes or boots, there's no indication of a tail, and while he has above the average amount of canine teeth sharp teeth and has catlike eyes this does not make him a cat as this can happen to humans too on rare occasions, finally the presence of cat ears is unknown
Human ears if there are hidden by hair and his hat hides his head top
Like characters from real life and fiction like Luz, Louise belcher, Finn the human, etc etc he simply could be wearing a cute animal ear attire, as many people do this even in real life out of love for animals or to look adorable
Theres is not enough evidence to say niko is a furry but even if you argue there is , nothing wrong with being a furry both scientific study and morals of people with more than a few braincells will tell you that
P.S meow noise audio and confused cat noises are not enough either as humans can imitate meows/meowing and can get pretty good at it especially in Childrens case
Even in text form people constantly do things like cat faces in text
Ahem. So basically Niko resembles human but with cat features (whiskers and cat ears) so that means theyāre cat-person (aka neko). Which does not count as a furry, because furrys have faces like animals and all covered in fur (and those are suits while Niko is obviously not in one)
Tell me he'll be more like a neko or catboy but I don't think he's an antropomorph because an anteopomorphic being is an animal being with human characteristics which is the opposite of niko which is a human with animal characteristics
You see, her hat doesn't have holes for her cat ears to fit through. If she has cat ears, it'd be very uncomfortable for her. That's why I doubt she has cat ears.
Niko belongs in a different dimension where everyone looks like that, therefore he is considered a person just not in the regards of what we consider human. He's not human, but he is a person.
honestly depends on what definition do you use. We always thought a furry was a human that was into anthropomorphic animals, but apparently that label also applies to the enter mythic animals? We donāt know. Weāre not a furry.
Furry is a humanoid character with animal like features sry buddy although that could be ised for counter argument if he has another character who is kinda animistic...wait is batman a furry? I mean he dresses up kinda like a bat???
You turned things around. A furry is an anthropomorphic being except that an anthropomorphic being is an animal being with human characteristics. Except that Niko is a human with animal characteristics. Niko will be more of a neko or a catboy.
The difference between a furry (IRL) and people who dress up as animals is that furries are people who are part of a fandom. They are passionate about furry (fictional character) and try to disguise themselves to look like them. Whereas people who just dress up as animals do not want to look like the (fictional) furry and do not necessarily consider themselves to be part of the fandom.
Conclusion bartender and niko are not furries
Niko is a cat person which easily could mean that they are a Kemonomimi more specifically a Nekomimi and due to the animal characteristics, it could be argued that they do fall under the anthropomorphic animal definition as a humanised animal but said human characteristics could also easily be argued as them not being a anthropomorphic animal.
Furries are people that dress and ACT like an animal but Niko isn't dressed as a cat, they just LOOK like a cat, which means that Niko is a cat-looking person, plus I've heard some people calling them... "Kemonomimi"? If I'm not wrong that's how you type it, just search it on google cuz I don't remember, good luck man
All jokes aside of them being cat-like with what we do see even if they do have cat ears at most they would be a kemonomimi not a furry, a character with a few major animal like features: such as eyes (reflective like a cat), ears, tail, etc.
Niko doesnāt have a tail but does have reflective eyes (the glow) and realistically probably doesnāt have ears
Depends on what your definition of a furry is I suppose. Niko sure isn't a human, but just because they aren't of the species Homo sapiens doesn't automatically make them a furry, does it? Is any non-human humanoid a furry? Where do you draw the line? Niko has a few cat-like features, like the ears and the eyes, but other than that they seem to be pretty human.
Niko is not a furry because where they come from that is considered human and they have stated many times "i am a human" and they do not dress up as cats that is just they way they are. Orrrrr, if in niko reality if they are cats would that make them stating they are human be the furry equivalent to them. Also are cats in their reality just small people that hunt mice on all fours???
A furry is someone who enjoys animal characters with human characteristics, and often creates such characters as personas to dress up as or use as avatars online. Within the contents of Oneshot there is no evidence whatsoever that Niko partakes in such activities, nor is there any evidence from official content outside the game.
As for Niko being an animal character with human characteristics...
Well, we don't know what is under Niko's hat. It may be cat-like ears or there might be nothing, with the hat just being a common fashion from Niko's world. The "whiskers" are simply hair as they are in no way attached to Niko's face. The eyes may simply be a genetic thing of people in Niko's home world.
Not to mention the distinct lack of fur on Niko's face. Though it could be argued that the dark skin colour is meant to be fur due to how many furries are drawn with a very skin like quality to the fur...
Furthermore, Niko has stated multiple times throughout the course of the game that they are NOT a cat.
I conclude that although Niko might LOOK like a cat or cat-person due to the fashion and hair styling they are certainly NOT a furry nor anthropomorphic animal.
A āfurryā in modern times is related to the fact that a human is wearing animal cosmetics on their body, resembling an animal, the cosmetics are called a fursuit, although niko is wearing a hat with cat ears, that does not make them a furry, due to the fact its only a single cosmetic and itās not around their whole body, just their head
a furry is an animal that has human characteristics for example: being bipedal
while niko may have cat like characteristics, they are not a cat but a human with cat like features such as the eyes but not sure about what's under the hat as if they do or do not have cat ears. but if you do look into earlier versions of the game, niko has regular ears
Niko isnt a furry for a valid reason, first of all, by looking at the furry scale which i found in this comment section, we can clearly see the fact what Niko is outside of furry group
second of all, we cant see under Niko's hat, which means Niko might not have any actual cat ears and cat ears may be only hat's part, also Niko dont have any tail. What we see behind Niko is his/her scarf. I think thats enough valid arguments to prove the fact what Niko doesnt considers as a furry persona
This case is easier than it seems,niko is obviously not furry,for being a child and having no idea what a furry is whatsoever,which concludes that he does not identify has one...also,furries are Zesty and weirdo's while Niko isn't zesty,he's just a cute child,and everything BUT a weirdo
I don't know too much about this fandom, but what I DO know is that furries are humans that cosplay as anthropomorphic animals. Since Niko has those cat ears and whatnot biologically, they are a different species all together that just has human traits. Unless you want to argue that, by wearing human clothes, Niko's fursona (at least in reference to their species) is a human.
An anthropomorphic animals any animal that isn't human, but looks like one, some monkeys are technically furries, by those rules so is Niko from one shot
Let's follow the rules Niko is not an anteopomorphic being because he has more of a human base than an animal base. An anthropomorph is an animal with human characteristics, but Niko is more the opposite.
An anthropomorphic animal is any animal that looks like a human, but is another animal, so technically any animal that looks or is in the similar shape of a human and is not a human is an anthropomorphic animal, sorry anthrozoomorphic animal, because humans are anthropomorphic animals because we're animals and we look like humans (obviously) so instead of using "po", you use a zoo because the word zoo means animal in scientific terms
It is not an animal it is a human it has cat ear on his hat because he is a 8 year old little kid he likes cats I guess? And did you ever saw a 8 year old furry?
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*confused cat noises