Itou Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Muu

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Synonyms: Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

Japanese: 伊藤潤二の猫日記よん&むー

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 10

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 26, 2007 to Dec 26, 2008

Genre: Comedy

Themes: Memoir, Pets

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Magazine-Z

Authors: Itou, Junji (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #3686²

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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
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Famed horror manga artist Junji Itou loves nothing more than to stand and admire the fresh white wallpaper, gleaming floors, and smell of his brand-new house. But his happiness is short-lived when his fiancée, A-ko, reminds him of her plan to bring her cat Yon into their new abode. As an avid dog person, Junji experiences chills down his spine whenever he recalls Yon's uncanny face and a seeming skull on his furry coat. When A-ko also decides to adopt another cat, Muu, to keep Yon company, he fears that all hell will break loose.

With Yon and Muu's arrival, the wallpaper is quickly covered in shiny, protective sheets; the floor is marred with scratches; and the stench of the litter box hangs heavy in the air. The two cats become quick friends, and—to Junji's surprise—endear themselves to the new cat owner as well. As they grow closer, the manga artist begins to believe that living with cats may not be so bad after all.

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Itou Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Muu was published in English as Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Kodansha Comics USA on October 27, 2015. The same English publisher later released a hardcover collector's edition that included exclusive author interviews and a glow-in-the-dark cover on November 9, 2021. It was also published in Spanish by Tomodomo Ediciones in 2015.

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Jun 11, 2022

shadow_snox

Recommended

This is the first review I've done so I'm sorry if it isn't longer than other reviews on this website. As I write reviews, I'll make them longer each time.

Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu is the first-ever manga I've read by Junji Ito. I enjoy his art style since you don't typically see that kind of style in other mangaka's works. I also enjoyed the story of having to deal with cats on an everyday basis since I own two cats myself.

For the characters, I'm gonna review the humans and then the cats. The humans, J-kun and A-ko, were fun to ...

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Dec 14, 2021

Scipione1

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How can cats be so terrifying?
Because Junji Ito!
The Master of Horror made a manga about super cute creatures, so he had to make them evil and scary.

There is not much of a story, the whole thing is a slice of life, about Ito moving in with his wife Ako and her cats, Muu and Yon, whose name can be read like “Death” and who has a skull shaped spot. That’s enough for Ito to decide that the cat is not only evil and malevolent, but also out to get him! So it begins a story of horror and tension between the Master of Horror ... himself and the two cute (actually all but cute, in his art) felines, which hasn’t got that many interesting plot points, even though the premise is fine, the story is nothing special, 5/10.

Speaking of art, though, it’s a very different matter, and I’m surely not the one who has discovered that Ito’s unique style is great, even though, for how much I could ever love it, there’s no denying that drawing cute things made scary with it, lets it down a little bit. The cats lose a lot (if not all) their cuteness and become really unsettling at times, but some other times they are not really scary enough to sell the scene well (Mu in particolar, who looks really fluffy). Nevertheless, the art style does miracle on the cats, and also on Ako, who is drawn with blank white eyes and is REALLY creepy, almost everytime she is present. Even though is does a great job at it, monsters and body horror, certainly suit it best, 9/10.

Human characters are fine, nothing spectacular, nothing terrible, they are stereotypes of Ito and Ako’s personality, but the great characterization of the cats bumps it from total mediocrity: they truly are the main characters of the story and it feels like it, they are perfectly normal cats who happen to be evil and inconspicuous (just like normal cats) and never feel fake, it’s just very evident that they are a bit exaggerated by Ito’s iagination (both at the time and when writing), 7/10.

In the end, I found it really enjoyable, even though it isn’t Ito’s regular work, it’s light hearted and funny, and the horror is twisted in an unusual (but often very nice) comedic way, without letting you forget how Ito earned his nickname. The book is also very short, both in chapter length and in chapter amount, so it’s very light and relaxing to read (if only it wasn’t 12€ for only 120 pages…).
The little inserts in between chapters (little Q&A that was published along with the chapters in the original release, with some very funny scenes and facts) also add to the score.
Keeping the price out of the equation, it’s very enjoyable, 8/10.

Overall, a deserved 7/10, it’s not incredible, but it’s something different that any Junji Ito fan should read and could enjoy

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Jan 30, 2015

chubar

Mixed Feelings

Today, we’re looking at his cat diary that he wrote when he and his wife first got married. In the manga, he dubbed over their names and called them like J-san, A-ko, Yon, Muu, etc. It actually hardly matters because the focus on the story on how he’s trying to cope living with cats, since he’s a dog person.

What makes this pretty funny is that he’s telling a non-horror story using his signature horror style. It kinda makes things creepier than he intended but once you’re stuck in a style, it’s hard to get out of it.

There are a lot of moments where we can ...

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