First there’s Mu a kitten who seems harmless enough, perhaps even cute, but then Mu is joined by A-ko’s full-grown cat Yon.

Alongside authors such as Maruo Suehiro and Kazuo Umezu, Junji Ito is well-known as one of Japan's greatest in the genre of horror manga. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. Maybe that was exacerbated by how much of the volume was taken up by interviews, but it still felt too small to be a complete story. In "The Events of One Late Night," J-kun tries to bribe the cats to sleep on his bed, rather than A-ko's, to no avail.King Yon" chronicles Yon's further unsuccessful attempt to escape, his unusual strength, and his position as dominant cat within the household. This story is about cat loving, it's about becoming a cat person - a true one, believe me, and about how these little furry assholes change everything when they arrive in our lives.

This was a hilarious combination of Ito's normal horror art style mixed with the comedy of having two cats with VERY different personalities. A-ko's appearance, with her almost entirely white eyes, has also been noted to share similarities with yokai, supernatural Japanese entities. Reigning king of horror manga Junji Ito presents a series of hysterical tales chronicling his real-life trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner.Additionally, she pointed out that A-ko's trademark striped pants are nowhere to be found in her personal wardrobe. Is there anything spookier than a silent feline, eyes glinting, stalking you in the night…IN YOUR OWN HOME Master of horror Junji Ito turns his twisted eye on his own life in this comedic graphic memoir about becoming a cat owner, now reissued in a deluxe hardcover featuring an exclusive interview with Ito and a NEW cover illustration by the author that GLOWS IN THE DARK!

Kodansha USA announced that it had obtained the manga's license at the 2015 Anime Boston convention, [13] and published the English-language translation in North America on 27 October 2015. Little did he know…his blushing bride-to-be has some unexpected company in town, a ghastly-looking family cat, and Mu, an adorable Norwegian forest cat. J, a dog person, was convinced into adopting two cats by his fiancee A-ko: Muu, a foreign cat, and Yun who has an accused face. Reviewers enjoyed the narrative as a lighthearted window into pet caretaking, where the humor derived from the caretaker's response to the cats, rather than the cats' behavior.J-kun is instantly terrified by Yon’s ‘accursed face’ and evil glare, fascinated by the possible significance of the sinister, skull-like markings on Yon’s back.