There is one cat at the local pet shop that has been waiting a long time for someone to bring him home. He has reached adulthood alone in his cage, avoided by potential owners for petty reasons like not being cute enough or being snotty. His fortune changes one day when an elderly gentleman named Fuyuki Kanda comes into the store and chooses to take him home. As a widower left behind by his grown-up children, Kanda seeks a feline companion to alleviate his solitude.
At times humorous and others heartwarming, Ojisama to Neko follows Kanda and the newly named Fukumaru as they experience the joys of living together and learning about each other.
Time for me to enjoy this lovely story again. I read the first two volumes once in the past, but now I’m going to catch up with the volumes. It’s a very cute manga about a cat who is adopted by a lonely older gent and basically worshiped. It also has a huge amount of meow puns, like so:
Considering this is mostly from the cat’s point of view, I kind of shrug it off. I know there are some people who won’t be able to manage, though.
Anyway, the cat remains unadopted because he isn’t really traditionally cute. A widower, on the direction of his late wife, ends up adopting a cat to keep him company. He absolutely falls head over heels for the little guy, and they become a new family.
This manga is so fucking cute, dude, and that’s the whole point. We’re watching them become close, and then you know… cat comics. But it’s nice to see them heal one another.
