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Cat + Crazy (Volume 2) / Wataru Nadatani, Susie Lee (Contributor), Zack Davisson (Contributor)

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Cat + Crazy (Volume 2)
By: Wataru Nadatani, Susie Lee (Contributor), Zack Davisson (Contributor)
Genre: Manga
Number of Pages: 184
Published: November 4, 2025 (1st Published July 15, 2016)
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Dates Read: November 24, 2025
Format: Library Book / eBook

Kensuke Fuji loves cats but can’t have any of his own. Recently, he’s become an apprentice for the local cat whisperer, Nekoya Jin. This time around, his new mission is the cat cafe!

I loved this volume more than the first because I think with this one, I fully allowed myself to embrace the silliness that’s in it. The first volume I was still getting a feel for the characters.

This one, since I read it digitally, I ended up taking a few screenshots of how they talked about cats – especially how to act around the different groups of cats. I myself have always loved being around cats, so I totally get it, but I do have a few friends who aren’t cat people and those screenshots may be helpful for them and for me to help explain maybe why my cats have no interest in them.

Overall, this is still a silly, but fun manga read for any cat lover out there.

Cat + Gamer (Volume 7) / By: Wataru Nadatani, Susie Lee (Contributor), Zack Davisson (Translator)

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Cat + Gamer (Volume 7)
By: Wataru Nadatani, Susie Lee (contributor), Zack Davisson (Translator)
Genre: Manga
Number of Pages: 160
Published: February 25, 2025 (1st Published January 18, 2022)
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Dates Read: March 8, 2025
Format: Library Book / Paperback

A few of the stories in this collection include Riko Kozakura trying to figure out the best way of balancing working from home and the cats’ asking for attention, playing hide and seek, finding the culprit of a mess in the kitchen, and finding the wonderful smell of a cat.

Just another fun collection with such relatable things – like Soboro sitting on the keyboard of the computer or Musubi sitting on Riko’s brand new work chair and her sitting on the edge (one of the reasons I think I automatically sit on the edge of my work chair regardless if there’s a cat there or not).

High applauds to the talent of how Nadatani captures the expressions of a cat without changing what a cat will actually look like. Sure, we get inside their heads during the bonus pages, but the cat’s faces are truly that of a cat’s face (and the amount of times I’ve seen my own cat in Musubi’s face…)

Overall, I still absolutely love this series and can’t wait until the next one.