From Windows XP Days to a Dedicated Self Hosted Domain
Every religion has an origin story. This one starts with the roar of a Dell Dimension 2400 PC, a terrible 19" 1024p monitor, and a kid on terrible DSL getting absolutely awestruck by badly compressed catgirls and other kemonomimi on the early internet.
How Catgirl Devotion Entered My Life
Picture it: Internet, circa 2006. Tabs? What are those? Myspace was in it's prime. JPEG compression crimes were being committed hourly. Somewhere between anime forums, fan sites, and three separate videos per episode of anime on YouTube, I discovered my devotion. Time has eroded the name, was it perhaps Mew Ichigo? Inuyasha? Karin? One can not be certain..
It wasn’t just “oh that’s cute.” My brain immediately alt-tabbed into a new world. The ears, the tail, the expressions that somehow condensed mischief, warmth, and “I’m absolutely cooler than normal human characters” energy into one being… it just clicked.
Time skipped. Broadband got faster. Monitors got wider. Art quality went from cursed to god-tier. Life kept changing, but every time the internet tried to distract me with something new, one constant remained: catgirls (and their kemonomimi cousins) stayed pinned as my devout home screen.
At some point, “I like catgirls” stopped being a phase and turned into core infrastructure.
They started shaping my likes, my printed posters, my figure purchases, my passwords (unfortunately real), and eventually… my domain purchases.
- 2000sFirst contact. Saving JPGs with filenames like kitygirlfinal3_realREAL.png into mysterious nested folders. No system. Only vibes.
- 2010sCatgirls as profile pics, wallpapers, and MMO characters. Friends: “Oh, you really like catgirls, huh?”
Me: “Yes, I do actually.” - 2020sFull send. No irony. No disclaimers. Just deadpan, sustained devotion and a shrine folder that needs its own backup strategy (this is resolved).
- Nowcatgirlreligion.com exists. Not as a shitpost, but as a monument. A place to finally say, “Yes, I am absolutely devoted to catgirls and kemonomimi, and I built an entire church website about it.”
A Letter from the Founder
I bought this domain because at some point, “I’m a big catgirl fan” stopped being accurate. I needed religion-grade language. I needed doctrine, pages, structure, a gallery, and a footer that could handle this level of devotion.
This site isn’t asking anyone to worship me. This is a cathedral for a very specific flavor of love: that moment when a new catgirl or foxgirl pops up on your screen and your brain goes, “Oh. There it is. That’s exactly what I wanted to be looking at and I didn’t even know it.”
If that feeling is familiar, congrats: you’re already part of the Catgirl Religion. You’ve been in the congregation this whole time. All that’s left is to admit it, and say the vow out loud at least once.
With unwavering devotion (and way too many PNGs),
VAGUEDUSTIN
Self-appointed High Priest of the Sacred Kemonomimi