The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Vol. 10

デキる猫は今日も憂鬱 [Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu] #10

by Hitsuzi Yamada

諭吉の行きつけのスーパーのアルバイトにして元バンド女子の仁科さん。彼女がついに、師匠と慕う諭吉が着ぐるみ男ではなく本物の猫だと気づいてしまった! ……だからといって何が変わるわけでもなく、相変わらず「デキる独り暮らし女子化計画」に邁進するべく諭吉師匠に家事の奥義を教わり、代わりにギターを教える(猫に!)日々であった。恒例の単行本描き下ろしエピソードも収録!

Genres: Manga, Animals, Humor, Adult, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2024

About the author

Hitsuzi Yamada (山田 ヒツジ, Yamada, Hitsuzi) is a Japanese cartoonist, best known for the manga series The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, which debutted in 2018.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s no denying the inherent appeal of this series’ emotional core. Nishina figuring out her life leads to a series of sweet moments with her former bandmate and a cute interlude where she shows off what she’s learned from Yukichi.

It’s also tangled up in a very lame subplot where Saku thinks Yukichi is either going to leave her or kill her, that the manga thinks is funnier than it actually is. There’s a coziness built in to this series that it might be trading on a little this volume.

I mean, I like this interconnected neighbourhood that we’ve built up over the many volumes, but I also don’t know that Nishina’s muse for a song she wrote years ago necessarily had to be Yukichi, sweet as it is.

Sometimes this works - the kitten that Yukichi and Yume saved becoming first a social media sensation and then… well… you really need to see it to believe it…? That’s pretty cute and I am always down for a playful slam on magical girl shows.

There are just a couple too many ‘okay’ chapters this time out, like a four leaf clover contest and a Morse code thing, that don’t really lead anywhere. Not to mention potentially yet another super-intelligent cat, although that does offer an obstacle for Saku’s unlikely love life.

Still, many manga have an off volume. And this one still has lots of sweet moments that do tug even my frayed and worn heartstrings. Plus, yuri bait or no, Nishina’s crush on Saku will never not be adorable to me.

3.5 stars - sometimes you just can’t quite reach the level of your best work and that’s fine. An overall unremarkable volume with some bright moments to elevate it.

[Sakura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve been waiting a while for this one to come out, so I was very excited to finally read it!!
It was fun and I adored all the Umyu-Sea stuff at the beginning, but I feel like later in the book, it took a dip towards being much less interesting and funny. I don’t really like Rio, so that’s the main thing I disliked.
But, I still enjoyed it, all in all a good read! If you like the series you’ll totally enjoy this ✨

(This book contains a girl taking a shower, (her body is covered mostly), hints of a girl crushing on another girl, and the use of some slightly mature words, as well as alcohol. I would give it an age rating of 11+!)

[goblin_ghoulz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt so lost in this one and kept putting it down but I finished it! It’s moving a way a bit from the main dynamic and I’m kinda sad so the ending was kinda funny cause yeah it felt like that was happening in way. I might stop collecting here, 10 is a nice even number.

[Kyrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Masterful cat learns to play guitar. Fukuzawa joins an Umyu-Sea watch party. It's all silly, and kinda fun, and I love the cat.

[Greyland Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars
Sadly it was really hard to keep my interest in this volume. It mostly followed Nishina (side character) and it was boring.