American culture turned it into a loose word, generalizing an idea rather then the actual word it means. i know that in Japanese neko means cat, and kitsune means demon fox. however as i stated earlier, just like so many other words in the japenese language, neko has transformed to mean half human half animal, upon entering the american language.

besides the fact is that though my character is a neko fan she likes kitsunes more because they are so cute to her, second i was only using the term loosely since she doesnt really know yet that miranda is a kitsune

and again since i dont know what to call brandon, i used neko