A kitten has stopped a train, inconveniencing 23,000 commuters and inciting both criticism and approval.
The incident occurred at 7AM on the JR Keihin Tohoku line, when a conductor on a 10 carriage commuter service bound for Ohmiya reported hearing “the cries of a cat under the floor.”
The train was stopped, and further investigation revealed a 20cm long black kitten under the train, which was taken into custody. The kitten was uninjured.
The incident resulted in a 22 minute delay, with service resuming at 7:30AM. JR estimates 15 trains were delayed, affecting some 23,000 people.
The delay was reported on station signage as “a kitty stopped the train!”
On Twitter the incident caused a minor sensation, and the reaction was largely approving – “if it’s a kitten it can’t be helped,” “I can forgive this,” “this healed me,” etc.
Cat loving 2ch is also approving of the delay:
“I forgave them!”
“If it’s a kitten it can’t be helped.”
“Forgiven!”
“Besides, an accident caused by a cat wouldn’t be good.”
“Right. More important than the life of the cat, what if it had been minced and dirtied the rails, causing an accident? Idiots criticising this are basically saying to kill people.”
“This all means the conductor who stopped the train will likely encounter a cute nekomimi girl when he returns home, and she’ll put out for him.”
“Right, there was a manga like that in Megastore recently!”
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Pussy always gets special treatment. They have their own train cars don't they?
Anyone know which manga/doujin the above image is from?
The 30 page short is, "boku to mii" by Inuboshi. It was translated into English by the well known translator, takehiro.
boku _no_ mii?
Yes they do 0-0
Found it "Boku to Mii" =^-^=
http://www.hbrowse.com/10204/c00001
Well, if it's a kitten, it can't be helped. Damn you cuteness/cat proximity!
A cat is fine too.
"A manga like that" ?!?!?
There are THOUSANDS like that!
Haha; tsukihime.
Aww kitty
I wonder if my boss will take this reason, when i'm late for work.
If you told him a pussy made you late for work, you're gonna get it...
His female boss will give him one too?
yeah but you may want to dodge work for a few days cause all your coworkers are gonna hear is some loud shouting and some firing.
no I will not. and i need to work overtime tomorrow!
you called?
there's always time for pussy
Kitten in train : Monorail Cat, alpha test phase
Anyone else thinking that the title should of been "Pussy stops train"
XD - Congratulations u just won the Internets!
As the adage say Sankaku is fail.
Doesn't Sankaku know we're tsundere for the misleading titles?
I was.... Just gonna post this v.v
I was gonna say "Vagina stops train" ^_^
With the first pic censored ofcourse.
ahahahaha i am also thinking of this and my friend was at this train hehehe there are some people *hey when we are moving* -w-
yes, kitties are just that important.
that man definitely deserves having a brown catgirl loli waiting for him at home
Saving a kitty for a pussy that sounds like a real bargain!
At least they have their priorities straight.
If it was a human calling for help they would have kept right on going.
There's too many humans nowadays anyway
Unfortunately humans aren't cute and fluffy.
what a sad world you live in
ah shit, you just remind me of this >.<
http://youtu.be/5DhpzOAaESM
Gawd, that woman creeps me out..
The train company would of gotten sued if they didn't keep going if there was a guy under there.
i would personally kill those 23,000 commuters if kitten master wishes so. all hail kitten!
YES MEOW LORDO!
ALL HAIL KITTANIA!!!!
HAIL KITTEN
I'm the kitteh that stopped the train, you iz supposed to be worshiping meh
My liege, My king! HAIL KITTEN!
As a cat lover, I want to give the conductor a medal.
Sakamoto says:
"I'm sorry,... I'm sorry,... I'm sorry,... I'm really sorry,.... Please forgive me!!"
A cat is fine too.
So the people who criticized this are basically saying its okay to kill a kitten. Heartless bastards, the lot of them.
23-min delay for 22,000 people could potentially cause a lot of real damage. They lost a few tens of million for that delay.
About 165000 USD loss based on a per capita GDP of $43000 (and 2100 working hours per year)
Probably compensated by skipping a coffee break.
(Not really a problem with office work, and manufacturing isn't running full speed anyway due to the power shortage)
Its started!
First they stop our trains and transport.
Then they will proceed to paralyzing our power lines.
And finally, the kitten's army will show up from some secret kitten's base to wipe us out!
Run or hide! For the kitten's overtake of this planet has started!
Then they take our women! The Raise of the shojo neko is at hand!
I'm really glad the kitten was unharmed.