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みーちゃんは飼われたい [Mii-chan wa Kawaretai] #3
Mii-chan Wants to Be Kept Vol. 3
CAT OR HUMAN? THE DECISION IS IN MII-CHAN'S PAWS!Before Mii-chan's eighteenth birthday, she must make the ultimate live the rest of her life as a carefree cat or as a spirited girl. When she tells her owner, Iori, that she'd be happy either way as long as they're together, Iori decides to prove just how fun the human world can be.
Iori racks his homebody brain to come up with exciting experiences--digging for clams at the beach, visiting the zoo, and anything else she'd miss if she stayed a cat. Iori works tirelessly to make her happy, but is it enough to sway Mii-chan's heart?
Iori racks his homebody brain to come up with exciting experiences--digging for clams at the beach, visiting the zoo, and anything else she'd miss if she stayed a cat. Iori works tirelessly to make her happy, but is it enough to sway Mii-chan's heart?
- GenresManga
196 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 19, 2024
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December 15, 2025
Sure, it’s fine. It’s a cat-girl/girl-cat and a guy who’s probably too old falling for one another. That hasn’t really changed, although I notice they really backed away from the ‘Mio needs to have sex to choose to stay a human’ and couched it more as a choice this volume.
Eyebrow raising on that point aside, it’s dutifully enjoyable, but I don’t think it stands out even compared to A Kiss With a Cat which had this but swapped genders.
There’s a lot of ‘we have manga x at home’ energy here; one of Iori’s coworkers turns out to be wildly different off the clock and, regardless of which came first, it just felt like a copy of Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You to an uncanny degree.
It’s not bad, is the best I can say. Iori and Mio have fun, Iori acts like a dope and learns some things, realizes that Mio’s changing him at least as much as he has changed her. Usual stuff.
I did laugh at how Mio’s older brother, Keito, got roped into this story and complains a lot but generally can’t escape his fate as part of the cast. He definitely got better as the story went along.
The art is super cute, at least, and Mio’s design feels very feline, even when she’s not in her cat form. I love the art style and design here far more than any other part of it. Mio’s kind of a manic pixie dream girl, but not in a bad way.
I find the tone of this really weird too. The whole kidnapping subplot/backstory feels so out of place in what is otherwise a bog standard set-up, even as an excuse for Mio having so little experience with the world (not sure what Iori’s excuse is).
That’s tied up with overbearing guardians and dead parents and is entirely heavier than something this by-the-numbers really warrants. Imperilling Mio at the end, should it happen, won’t make for a great ending.
But it’s a good hang - these characters interacting is typically fun enough - that I don’t mind those aspects too badly, but they also definitely keep it back from being anything better than average.
3 stars - cat stuff that’s been done better and a story that’s a stereotypical set-up. I mean, that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy it, but you’re not finding anything beyond that here.
Eyebrow raising on that point aside, it’s dutifully enjoyable, but I don’t think it stands out even compared to A Kiss With a Cat which had this but swapped genders.
There’s a lot of ‘we have manga x at home’ energy here; one of Iori’s coworkers turns out to be wildly different off the clock and, regardless of which came first, it just felt like a copy of Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You to an uncanny degree.
It’s not bad, is the best I can say. Iori and Mio have fun, Iori acts like a dope and learns some things, realizes that Mio’s changing him at least as much as he has changed her. Usual stuff.
I did laugh at how Mio’s older brother, Keito, got roped into this story and complains a lot but generally can’t escape his fate as part of the cast. He definitely got better as the story went along.
The art is super cute, at least, and Mio’s design feels very feline, even when she’s not in her cat form. I love the art style and design here far more than any other part of it. Mio’s kind of a manic pixie dream girl, but not in a bad way.
I find the tone of this really weird too. The whole kidnapping subplot/backstory feels so out of place in what is otherwise a bog standard set-up, even as an excuse for Mio having so little experience with the world (not sure what Iori’s excuse is).
That’s tied up with overbearing guardians and dead parents and is entirely heavier than something this by-the-numbers really warrants. Imperilling Mio at the end, should it happen, won’t make for a great ending.
But it’s a good hang - these characters interacting is typically fun enough - that I don’t mind those aspects too badly, but they also definitely keep it back from being anything better than average.
3 stars - cat stuff that’s been done better and a story that’s a stereotypical set-up. I mean, that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy it, but you’re not finding anything beyond that here.
December 11, 2025
Iori just needs to get his head out of the ground and realize he has an opportunity for happiness right before him. It was fun watching Mio getting to experience all these new human things to do, like going to the zoo, fireworks, and so forth. Her smile is just so big and her enthusiasm is infectious.
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