Cat Eyed Boy

==Summary==
Cat-Eyed Boy is the titular protagonist of Umezu's 1976 manga, also known as Nekome Kozō (猫目小僧). A being born of nekomata heritage but abandoned for being too similar to a human in appearance, Cat-Eyed Boy wanders Japan as a vagrant, constantly witnessing strange and supernatural events. Although he is proud to be a monster and often punishes or mocks the humans that routinely fear and hate him, he nevertheless often works to assist them against the depredations of malicious youkai.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with weapons
Name: Cat Eyed Boy
Origin: Cat Eyed Boy
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, looks about 8-10 years old, but may only be a few years old. Was born in the year of the Fire Horse, which is the year the manga began to be serialized, and if he ages more like a normal cat, may reach adulthood far faster than a normal human would
Classification: Nekomata, Youkai
Powers and Abilities: Acrobatics (Regularly pursues foes through constant hopping, climbs walls and leaps from rooftop to rooftop with ease), Animal Manipulation (Can communicate with and order cats, with them seeming to serve him of their own free will. The cats will fight even to the death, carry him when he's injured, and act as an information network), Body Control (can swallow and regurgitate things at will, such as a book or oil), Enhanced Senses (Can see in pitch black, observed a tsunami building far out to sea in the middle of the night), Extrasensory Perception (Strong spiritual intuition that lets him sense youkai before humans, identified the "vital spots" of the band of 100 monsters), Fire Manipulation (Can breathe fire using a combination of oil and a light), Illusion Creation (Can change his appearance to imitate other people except for the eyes, can fake being decapitated by making objects resemble his head while hiding his own body's, and can even transform a large swarm of butterflies (at least 17) into clones of himself capable of using the same physical capabilities and following his orders), Instinctive Reaction (Even when he blacks out, his body continues kicking and fighting), Poison Manipulation (Saliva becomes poisonous when angered, strong enough to force the One-Legged Beast of Oudai to demanifest), Regeneration (Low-Mid, grows back eyes and throat about a day after they were torn out, and regularly regenerates from being stabbed through the chest), Stealth Mastery (Stealthy enough to remain undetected by humans unless he wants to, even moving from a closet into the roofing totally undetected by a human who'd been told there was someone in said closet), Ventriloquism (Claims that he can use this to make it appear like cats are speaking), Skilled Marksman (Excellent aim, spitting a bone finger into an eye sized slit in the wall several feet away while being choked by a boney arm and regularly attacking foes with accurate spear throws from several meters away.)
Attack Potency: Below Average Human level (Physically weak but capable of clawing up other people), Street level with weapons (Often throws spears with enough force to embed them in enemies' heads).
Speed: Peak Human (Was able to dodge and counter a lunge by the undead man's leg, which was nearly too fast for humans to see, but is generally only slightly faster than pursuing humans and often slower than rival youkai. Aim-dodges gunfire)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Drags Professor Monster up a basement staircase with his jaw alone, drags an adult human male out of a burning building in a short period of time before the building burns down. Dug a tunnel with his mouth alone).
Striking Strength: Below Average Human level (can injure animals and people, but usually only due to his claws or weaponry)
Durability: Human level (Poor, but good at faking it. Severely pained by a bite from the leopard man, who had normal human teeth and jaw. Lost consciousness when hit in the head by a stick. Twisted his ankle jumping off of a building. Survived and regenerated from a serious train crash, survived being trampled by or attacked by several mobs).
Stamina: Athletic. High pain tolerance, often faking that an attack did nothing or withstanding continued injury with only minor reaction, but can be easily knocked out by direct hits to the head or suffocation. Can perform extended acrobatics for long periods of time, but usually takes long rests between altercations.
Range: Standard Melee Range with claws and fangs, several meters with makeshift and real spears or his flamethrower technique.
Standard Equipment: Walking stick with his possessions, which once manifested as the spirit Nai-Nai, a limbless creature with a long tongue ending in a human hand. Was able to burn away meatball, a cancer spirit, due to the presence of a cancer curing substance inside the wood of whatever tree he made it of, but was totally destroyed after this revelation and replaced with a new stick.
* Optional Equipment: Sake, flammable oils, and kindling.
Intelligence: Gifted. Highly crafty, and possesses a variety of unusual knowledge such as how to extract nicotine from a cigarette. Generally defeats much stronger and more powerful foes through analyzing their weak points and avoiding direct confrontation through power alone. Often is the first to notice something strange in any situation, and usually ends up the only individual who truly understood everything that happened within a chapter by the end of it. Also holds knowledge on a wide variety of local secrets thanks to his cat intelligence network. 
Standard Tactics: Prefers to attack first with makeshift spears from a distance. Usually begins activities by moving into a local family's attic and using it as a base of operations. Spends a great deal of effort talking to and trying to understand both supernatural and human individuals even if they may be actively aggressive.
Weaknesses: Can't heal nearly as quickly from man-made injuries, like those from a bullet. Is still quite small and can be overpowered or knocked out by attacks to his head like a normal human. Incompatible with human blood transfusions. Had no defense against being possessed by the One-Legged Monster of Oudai, although it stated that normal humans would never have been able to recover their true selves like he did.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Firebreathing
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Category:Characters
Category:Cat-Eyed Boy
Category:Male Characters
Category:Manga Characters
Category:Primary Protagonists
Category:Horror Characters
Category:Kids
Category:Protagonists
Category:Youkai
Category:Poison Users
Category:Acrobats
Category:Animal Users
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Extrasensory Perception Users
Category:Fire Users
Category:Illusionists
Category:Instinctive Action Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Spear Users
Category:Stealth Masters