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A cat owner in Nara sent in a request that any pet parent will recognize instantly: his living room carpet seems to manufacture an endless supply of black cat fur. No matter how many times he runs a korokoro — the sticky-paper roller that's a staple cleaning tool in Japanese homes — over the rug, the tape comes away covered in fur, again and again, no end in sight.
The show assigned the case to a detective who happens to have a cat allergy, which tells you a lot about the tone this segment is going for. After confirming the carpet really was hiding an absurd amount of fur, the team called in the owner's friends and family, split the rug into sixteen lanes, and launched a full-manpower rolling operation. Fifteen-plus passes later, the carpet still wasn't clean — at which point a professional cleaner stepped in to explain that a roller alone was never going to cut it.
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According to the detective, the long-handled roller pulled up something like actual crude oil’s worth of fur.
探偵曰く、長い棒付きのコロコロは石油ぐらい取りあったそう
The requester’s fully into it and the actual cat barely shows up — so on-brand for Knight Scoop.
依頼者がノリノリだし、肝心の猫ちゃんがほぼ出てこないのがナイトスクープっぽい
This show has no mercy, sending in a detective who’s allergic to cats.
猫アレルギーの探偵を使う鬼畜番組
Cracked up at the episode where the homeowner just had other people clean his house until he was satisfied.
家主が満足いくまで他人に家の掃除をさせた回で笑いました。
Same energy as clapping a chalkboard eraser — dust just keeps coming out and I’ve wondered since elementary school when it actually runs out lol
黒板消しも叩くと無限に粉が出てくるけど、いつまで出てくるんだろうって小学生の頃からずっと思ってるｗ
As a cat owner I feel this way too much… the fur really is infinite…
猫飼いとしてはとてもわかりすぎる…本当に無限に猫の毛出てくるよね…
Mii-chan’s belly is so cute lol
みーちゃんのお腹かわよw
While the humans are worked like draft horses, the actual culprit is just lounging around relaxing 🐱www
馬車馬の如く働かされている人間とは裏腹に、汚した張本人はゴロゴロして寛いでる🐱ちゃんwww
The cat has zero idea how hard everyone’s working and it’s adorable lol
依頼者さん方々の苦労なぞ露知らずな猫ちゃんかわいいw
Whoa, that’s a lively, chonky cat
うお、これは活きの良いデブ猫
With that much fur coming off, you’d expect the carpet to end up pitch black — the fact that it doesn’t might be the real mystery here
アレだけあったら、真っ黒になりそうなのがそうでもないのが最大の謎かもしれない
Cat hair is thin, and plenty of black cats only have black at the very tips — so it’s not that mysterious
猫の毛が細いのと黒猫でも毛先だけ黒い子もいるからいうほど謎でもない
Do you know which reflects more light, white or black?
白と黒 どっちが光の反射率高いか知ってる？
First time seeing someone roll cat hair off with a lint roller and go 「gross」
猫の毛コロコロでとって「汚ねぇ」って言う人初めて見た
By the end he’d basically become a professional judge lol 😂
最後採点のプロになっててワロタ😂
Seiya has a cat allergy 😢
せいやさん猫アレルギー😢
Thought this was a Yamato ad at first, turned out to be Knight Scoop (Yamato Transport’s logo is a black cat carrying a kitten, so the mix-up makes sense)
ヤマトグループかと思ったらナイトスクープだった
This is straight-up hell lol
地獄なの草
Don’t send the detective with a cat allergy on this one
猫アレルギーの探偵に行かすなよ
The requester’s cat used in the thumbnail is so cute
アイキャッチに使われる依頼者のニャンコかわゆす
Isn’t this taking allergies way too lightly? We’re past that kind of thing now
アレルギーを軽視しすぎじゃないか？もうそういう時代じゃないよ
Appreciate the cutaways of Mii-chan 🐈⬛ just lounging around here and there
時々ゴロゴロしてるみーちゃん🐈⬛の映像が入るの助かる
I’ve been wondering about this forever — how many times do you actually need to roll it?
ずっと気になってました。コロコロ何回したらいいのだろうかと
That sloppy little belly is adorable
だらしないお腹がかわいい
Cat owners really do swear by this kind of roller.
猫飼いさんはこのコロコロ愛用するよね。
At this rate the carpet’s going to disappear entirely
カーペットがなくなりそう
A jaw-style fur roller works better than sticky tape, honestly
粘着テープよりぱくぱくローラーいいですよ
Seria (a Japanese 100-yen store chain) sells a handy tool that scrapes fur out of carpet — used it once and it pulled out a ton
Seriaにカーペットを引っ掻いて毛を取る便利アイテム売ってる それを使ったらゴッソリ取れた
Seriously, stop sending the allergic detective on these… I get that a sneezing scene makes for good TV, but anaphylaxis isn’t off the table, and if something actually happened this becomes a workplace injury case, right?
流石に猫アレルギーの探偵さん行かせるのはやめてあげて…クシャミとかする場面撮れたら美味しいな〜とか思ってたのかもだけど、アナフィラキシーもゼロじゃないし何かあったら労災なるの分かってるの？
I go into anaphylaxis around cats. Terrifying.
猫でアナフィラキシーなるワイ。怯える
Poor cat, shut out of the room with its favorite carpet while a bunch of strangers show up at the house — must’ve been scary. Hope once filming wrapped it got to roll around happily on that carpet again
大好きなカーペットのある部屋から隔離されて、家に知らない人間がいっぱい来てさぞ怖かっただろう猫ちゃん。この撮影が終わった後にはこのカーペットの上でルンルンで転げ回っててほしい
And it’s back to square one lol
リセットされてて草
Carpets in general just keep collecting stuff no matter how many times you roll them, pet or no pet
カーペットってペットの毛に限らずコロコロしても永遠にゴミくっついてくるよね
Just buy a new one
買い替えろ
The carpet upstairs is probably in a similar state… I wonder which gets more fur out, this or a strong vacuum?
上の階のカーペットもたぶんすごいことに‥ 吸引力の強い掃除機で吸うのとどっちがしっかりとれるんだろうか？
A sponge made specifically for pet hair removal works best — vacuuming alone won’t get all of it out
ペットの毛を取る専門のスポンジみたいなのが一番よく取れる 毛は吸い込むだけでは取り切れない
Is the cat going bald or something? 😅
猫禿げてる？みたい😅
Might be beside the point, but I can’t help thinking — just buy a new carpet already! lol
余計な事かも知れんけど新しいカーペット買えよ！って思ってしまうよねw
This isn’t funny. Making someone with a cat allergy do this is basically harassment.
笑い事やない。猫アレルギーにさせるなんてハラスメントや。
My take
Once you've got a cat in the house, I think carpets just become consumables at that point.
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