- Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu. Autor J-kun has just moved into a new home with his fiancée, A-ko. But with her comes an unspeakable curse: A pair of cats. Ghastly looking, mysterious…and adorable! Can J-kun shed his dog-lover persona and win the sympathies of his new feline friends?
In 2009, famous horror manga artist Junji Ito (Uzumaki, Gyo) delivered a comedy based on his real-life experiences with pet cats (partly on a suggestion from his Editor; partly to recapture his start as a humor comic author). The result is an unusual comic with which Ito pokes fun at his own excesses. Be they the over-the-top expressions, the characters over-reacting to any little surprise or the monstrous designs out of nowhere, it delivers a much-needed splash of cold water to fans who take his work a little too seriously.
And outside of that, is it a good comic? Well, it’s a fairly original slice-of-life yarn, and while the comedy will probably not be as effective for people unfamiliar with Ito, it still manages to be an occasionally moving story wrapped in a bizarre exoskeleton.
Generally, an interesting, off-beat manga worth at least a look.
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