Papi Nyang The Cat Prison Break is Korean Webtoon by Guava, about a young cat named Chev who wants to escape from his prison. This story runs along side the tales of a family of stray cats trying to survive. Once Chev escapes from his jail and meets up with the strays, he learns the outside world is all that he imagined.
Originally in Korean found here
and an English translation can be found here. It was completed at twenty-four chapters with some added bonus chapters.
See Nineteen, Twenty-One for another cat-related Korean Webtoon.
Tropes:
- Animal Talk: All of the cats can understand each other.
- Cats Hate Water: Chev refuses to run away when it's raining because he hates water.
- Dead-Hand Shot: After the cat who helps Chev dies, we see his injured leg.
- Gory Discretion Shot: All that's seen when the old cat who helps Chev dies is a lot of blood splatter.
- Averted during the cat fights.
- Kids Are Cruel: The boys who throw rocks at Chev. Though there is the nice girl that tries to feed him.
- Happy Ending: The cats come home and don't escape again.
- Look Both Ways: The nameless old cat who looked after Chev gets killed by several cars when talking to Chev.
- Parental Substitute: The Jailer thinks the mother cat is this to Socks, without knowing that the mother cat is actually Sock's mum, and they've been looking for each other.
- Tropey, Come Home: After Chev and Socks escapes, the jailer goes around trying to find him again. They eventually do.
