A Man and His Cat 1, Paperback

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique, adorable cat is available in English for the first time

In the pet shop he calls home, a chubby, homely cat whiles away the hours listening to coos of delight from potential pet parents...but he knows it's not him they're fussing over. Even as his price drops with each passing day, no one spares the kitty a glance. Having all but given up on life, the feline dejectedly awaits his first birthday, when he'll officially be past his sell-by date. So when an older gentleman comes into the shop and wants to take him home, the kitten himself is most shocked of all Will the man and the cat find what they're looking for...in each other?

Manga creator Umi Sakurai burst onto the manga scene in Japan with her debut series The Vampire Called God. She then began serializing A Man and His Cat on Twitter, where it garnered a massive following before being picked up for publication by Square Enix Japan.