Vampy Cat Play Friend

Vampy Cat Play Friend is a supplemental e-comic featured in MySpace/Dark Horse Presents #19. It is a tie-in to Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight issue #22, Swell,, in which Slayers Satsu and Kennedy must do battle with Japanese vampire cat dolls.

Plot
''Sachiko is very sad. She has no friends.''

This comic acts as a commercial about a young girl named Sachiko being made fun of by three boys about her weight and how she smells. As she leaves Sachiko meets a kindly old Oni demon who gives her a Vampy Cat Play Friend doll as solace from the boys. While having a tea party with the doll, the three boys return to make fun of her and her new toy. This time, the Vampy Cat doll becomes enraged because they have made Sachiko unhappy, and thus they must pay. The young boys’ pain and misery bring Sachiko joy and as she and the Vampy Cat doll embrace in victory, the doll bites Sachiko in the neck, explaining that it could not help itself since the girl is so sweet. The commercial ends with Sachiko declaring her love for the doll.

Production
Written by Steven S. DeKnight and illustrated by Camilla d'Errico.

Canonical issues

 * See also: canon

This series has been described as 'canon' by both Whedon and various commentators. As the creator of Buffy, Joss Whedon's association with Buffyverse story is often linked to how canonical the various stories are. Since Whedon is writing this story, it will be seen as a continuation of the official continuity established by Buffy and Angel.

This may mean it contradicts information given in the previously released non-canonical Queen of the Slayers, and Dark Congress, which are described as being set in an unofficial "parallel continuity".

Timing
This issue takes place before or during the events in Swell.

Links
Vampy Cat Play Friend, the E-comic in Myspace and Dark Horse Presents issue # 19.