Neko-Mata

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Neko-Mata
Name
Japanese	猫又
Rōmaji	Forked Cat
Additional Information
Located in	Japan

Neko-Mata (猫又 Neko-Mata, lit. Forked Cat) is a type of Bake-Neko. When a cat's tail grows long it forks in two and the Bake-Neko is then called a Neko-Mata. Higher stages possess increased numbers of tails such as Neko-Shō in the fifth series with three tails.

This superstition may have some connection to the breeding of the Japanese Bobtail.

The classification doesn't necessary include other beings of two-tailed cats such as Gotoku-Neko and Grimalkin in certain legends.

Appearance

Powers and Abilities

In Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō, Neko-Mata swallowed a scientific paper and read the paper within his stomach and understood the content. Then he used the new knowledge to take one's life force to make him younger, and became a Neko-Shō.

Transformation:

Feline Transformation: Neko-Mata in the fourth anime adaption can transform his body from his usual form to a more feline-like one.

Magical Train Ticket

List of Neko-Mata

• Jeeta
• Neko-Mata (Fourth Anime)
• Nora　
• Neko-Shō
• Mike (he looks like a normal cat, but Medama-Oyaji called him as Neko-Mata)