I think you're right, she's a tanuki - Pon-chan, her name is. But the translation actually has him mentioning a raccoon at one point, and I just glommed onto her as what he meant.
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I think you're right, she's a tanuki - Pon-chan, her name is. But the translation actually has him mentioning a raccoon at one point, and I just glommed onto her as what he meant.