The Complete Chi's Sweet Home, Part 4

チーズスイートホーム [Chi's Sweet Home] #10-12

by Kanata Konami

Fur the Well!

After six years in North America the Chi's Sweet Home saga has finally come to an end! Chi, Blackie, Cocchi and the rest will wrap up their adventures near Green Park in this final collection. But before Chi moves on to her new role as a 3DCG anime star, will she find her new home? Or will she decide to move away in search of new adventures?

This is a collection of volume 10, 11 and 12.

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Cats, Animals, Comics, Middle Grade, Fiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 2016

About the author

Konami Kanata (jp. こなみかなた), is a Japanese cartoonist best known for her cat characters Chi's Sweet Home. Her works revolves around the daily life of house cats.

She went to Futaba-Kōtō Academy in Suwa, Nagano Perfecture. Her first published manga as a profesional manga-ka was the short story Puchi Neko Jamu Jamu in Nakayoshi Manga Magazine in 1982. The magazine is a part of Kodansha Publishing, in which she published her works ever since her first debut.

[From English and German's Wikipedia]

Reviews

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've seen a lot of reviews stating that this is a cute and simple story, but I have to kind of disagree. (Except on the cuteness, it's darn cute!). This last volume deals with pretty deep issues (identity, family, home) but it's so well presented that it seems simple. Kanata Konami's way of telling and presenting the story is pretty clever if you try nitpicking it. She can capture a feeling/the atmosphere in a scene with just a couple of frames and she's great at pacing. The story has it own pace and it felt very obvious to me as a reader when the story ground to a dramatic halt or sped on for the more exciting parts.

And I hadn't realized that this was the last volume, so while the ending was perfect, I got a slight shock that this was the last I was going to read about Chi. I've enjoyed this manga a lot!

[Carla (Carla's Book Bits) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have something stuck in my eye.

(really just sobbing)

[Amber ☾♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying.

I can't believe that it's over! I've loved this series so, SO much and I've fallen in love with Chi, her family and her friends. It's the cutest, warmest story I've read in such a long time and I know I'll revisit these volumes time and time again.

Seriously, though. I said it in my reviews of the last three books and I'll say it again: If you like cats, warm & fuzzies, and enjoy adorable art...why haven't you read this series?! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO! GOO!!

Ps: That final scene hit me SO hard. UGH.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started crying and couldn't stop even when i got to the end. Sad tears and happy tears but man do i have a love/hate with feeling that intensely for characters.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I would have enjoyed this more if I had read the first book. It took a while for me to get into the story. It did have some sweet moments.

[Erin Cataldi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another super cute installment to this children's manga series. Chi's Sweet Home follows a kitten as he adjusts to life with his new family. He's learning to be part of a family and also learning how to be a cat. In this fourth installment, he starts to learn about his original family, his mom and kitty siblings, because he has forgotten them. Once they are back in his life though, Chi will have to make some hard choices. Can families be more than blood or are families those we choose? Adorable as always.

[W0LFIE · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so heartwarming! It was kinda sad at some parts near the end but I still will give this a 10/10. I truly recommend it!

[Loz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and charming conclusion to Chi. Nothing blew me out of the water, but it remained consistently adorable and endearing. Good popcorn.

[Maggie Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t want it to be over 😭😭😭

[Kerrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such an emotional read! I really was attached to the entire plot for this part--I almost cried twice. Chi is one lucky kitten, and this has become one of my favorite manga series of all time.

[Gema (gemaspring_) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reconozco que he llorado lo mío y sufrido. No sabía cómo iba a terminar lo cual se aprecia en un manga, que aún dentro de lo cute/cotidiano/sencillo, haya una trama de fondo que acompaña. Chi y el resto de gatitos son adorables. Me ha encantado!

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

A gray and white cat? A graphic novel? I didn’t think this could fail to be my cup of tea, but unfortunately it was twee and repetitive, and I didn’t love how the words were laid out or the characters drawn. (It must be said that I am totally new to manga.) Kanata drew this as a serialized comic for a Japanese magazine for 11 years and was inspired by her son’s dedicated friendship with the cat he’d had since she was a kitten and he was age four. In the short chapters, Chi the kitten interacts with her human family and with other cats in the park. The whole plot turns on her inability to remember her cat family and her confusion over what her real home is. This was sufficient; I won’t read the other volumes.

[Mateen Mahboubi · Rating 5 out of 5]

As sweet as the previous 4 volumes. Prepare yourself for lots of feelings.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Complete Chi’s Sweet Home Part 4 was another fantastic bind-up of Chi's adventures bringing the series to an end.

Chi is an adventurous kitten who loves living with the Yamadas. But when Chi meets her real family, she begins to question where she belongs. And when the possibility of losing one of her families occurs, Chi will have to choose where she fits in.

This bind-up contains the final 54 chapters of Chi's story. There was a humorous storyline where Blackie has to explain to Chi that she's a cat after she has an identity crisis and realizes she's not the same as the Yamadas. We see quite a bit of Chi's mom and siblings in this volume compared to the last few. One of the big storylines in this volume was a lost cat poster each of the Yamada members find that is of Chi. Each family member struggles with what to do as they've come to love Chi and don't want to give her up. Ultimately I liked that it was Chi who made the choice of where she belonged and I was happy with the ending.

The art in this manga series is excellent and I love how brightly colored everything is. The animals are all quite adorable, Chi being the cutest of the bunch. The illustrations perfectly capture all of the cats' movements, particularly Chi's chaotic ones. I'm often reminded of my own cats' antics when reading these books as the depiction of the cats' expressions and movements are so well done.

Overall The Complete Chi’s Sweet Home Part 4 perfectly wraps up the series and I really enjoyed all of the volumes. This manga series would be a great introduction to younger readers newer to the format and for any cat lovers.

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

AUGHGHG, so cute and so nerve-wracking! Chi must choose between her adopted home and her original home. Again, whichever reviewer called this "relaxing" is a nonsense person who is to be ignored. Chi's Sweet Home, however, should probably be read multiple times in order to become relaxing, once you know that everything turns out fine. Maybe that's what the reviewer meant. Sorry, reviewer. Maybe you aren't a nonsense person after all.

[angelofmine1974 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one deserved all the stars. It made me cry... twice. Sad, happy, sad, happy... man what a rollercoaster! Chi finally meets his kitten family, his two siblings and his mom. It takes him a while to figure it out but when he does he's torn between his human family and the cat family. What will he choose? As usual, the cats were all adorable and really great ending... (chariots of fire was playing in my head!).

[Estibaliz · Rating 4 out of 5]

We finally say goodbye to Chi, in the most emotional volume ever.

I have to admit, Chi's adventures got a little bit monotonous after a while, but the author always managed to add some new twist or small anecdote that kept things interesting or, at least, cute enough for the reader.

The novelty in this last volume is how dramatic things get at certain point, but Konami delivers with a satisfying ending, and I, at least, felt quite all right with the farewells.

Bye, Chi!

[Bambi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly??? I did not expect the story to go like it did. I picked up the first volume of the full series thinking I was going to have some leisure cute cat adventures (which there was so many!) but what everything ultimately lead to did actually get me a little emotional and teary. 🥺 The story as a whole is very very sweet and i already miss Chi’s adventures. They don’t make them as sweet as this anymore!

[Jaylee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I CAME OUT TO HAVE FUN AND HONESTLY I JUST FEEL SO ATTACKED RIGHT NOW.

i spent the entire book crying so like THANKS CHI. *GROSS SOBS*

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

About 3/4 of the way through, i started crying and couldn't stop even when i got to the end. Sad tears and happy tears but man do i have a love/hate with feeling that intensely for characters.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5? 4? Either way, it was sad and I totally didn’t cry.

[Maire]

it get really sad towards the end but i loved it

[Abbie Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

excuse me while I hide in a corner to cry over the fact that this series is over.

[Shae · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's adorable! It's perfect! That is all!

[hope h. · Rating 5 out of 5]

i took an edible before reading this and it made me cry three times. this very small cat means everything to me 💔

[Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars!! Chi had a big mental crisis in this one so relatable

[ashleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

These mangas of Chi are literally the cutest thing ever 💚

I can’t wait to watch the anime series!

[Seonju Held · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’d give it six stars if i could

[Coffeecups · Rating 2 out of 5]

≽^╥⩊╥^≼ That was so stressful/sad... I did not like how the story went into and within this volume... I honestly don't see myself revisiting this volume moving forward like parts 1 and 2.

[Meonicorn (The Bookish Land) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was crying the whole time.