Animals at work.

Twelve animals. Twelve jobs. One town. Jobmals are drawn in Japan — and tired in a way you'll recognize anywhere.

Born in Japan. Working everywhere.

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Nurse Rabbit mid-jump, arms wide, ears straight up

12 animals. 12 jobs. One town.

Nobody here is the sidekick. Each one is the main character of their own shift. Two have clocked in so far.

Nurse Rabbit

Nurse

Chef Bear

Chef

Coming

2 of 12 clocked in

No. 1 — Nurse Rabbit

She hasn't sat down since 7 AM.

First-year, med-surg, still charting. No punchlines about patients — just the part every nurse recognizes: the time, the room number, the thing that happens every single shift.

Call light. Room 4. Sixth time this hour. It's the TV remote. It is always the TV remote.

Call light, again

Shift ended at 7:00. It's 7:42. I'm still charting.

Still charting

Lunch break: scheduled for 12:00. Actual lunch: 3:47 PM. Standing up. Half of it. In the med room.

Haven't had a break

How's the shift going?

16 stickers. One whole shift.

Clock-in to clock-out, in order. They were drawn in Japan, so the words on them are Japanese — the English is right underneath.

Clocking in for nights

夜勤入ります

Call light, again

ナースコール連打

Still charting

記録が終わらない

Haven't had a break

休憩とれてない

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Off the night shift

夜勤明け

Report is running long

申し送り長い

Got the IV

ルート確保

Going to take vitals

バイタル測ってきます

Starting rounds

ラウンド行ってきます

Paging the doctor

ドクターコール

Go get an order

指示もらってきて

Staying late

残業確定

Left on time

定時で帰れた！

PTO approved

希望休とれた

Otsukaresama desu

お疲れさまです

Copy that

了解です

LINE (Japan) — submitted, awaiting review

No. 2 — Chef Bear

Asked my boss for a day off. I said no.

He's the boss. He looks like trouble. He isn't. Sixteen stickers from one kitchen — prep, the rush, the taste test, the shutter coming down.

16 stickers. One kitchen.

Omatase — here you go

おまたせ

Slammed

忙しい

One bite. Trust me.

飛ぶぞ

Closed. Shutter's down.

閉店ガラガラ

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Morning

おはよう

Prepping

仕込み

Come on in

いらっしゃい

Spicy!

辛っ！

Sweet!

甘っ！

Bitter!

苦っ！

Haven't had a day off

連勤中

Maido — thanks, as always

まいど

Not to brag, but

手前味噌ですが

So?

で？

Day off

休み

Happy to.

はい喜んで

LINE (Japan) — coming soon

Want these in English?

Some lines stay Japanese on purpose. Otsukaresama desu is what you say to someone who worked hard — roughly, thank you for your tiredness. Omatase is what a cook says as the plate lands: thanks for waiting. Everything else can be English. Whether that happens depends on who asks.

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Jobs × animals.

One animal, one job

The rabbit is the nurse. The bear is the chef. Twelve animals, twelve jobs, no repeats.

Everyone's the main character

No hero, no sidekicks. Each one has their own shift, their own bad day, their own story. Start with anyone.

One town

Same station, same café, same train. Sometimes one of them walks through another's story. We won't always point it out.

Drawn in Japan, about work everywhere

The art comes from a Japanese sticker tradition. The feelings come from work, which is the same everywhere.