Even though this wasn't my favorite volume of the bunch in terms of plot points, I still really enjoyed myself! I love seeing what these characters get up to so much. For some reason the episodic nature of this manga and the way the different chapters are plotted out and resolved seriously reminds me of Shugo Chara all the time, which fills me with childhood nostalgia and makes this a really nice read for me.
I think Luka and Aleksei have so much potential -- I wish this series was longer so that they could have more time to shine!! I really loved the cat circus costumes too (which also reminded me of Shugo Chara/Peach Pit artwork, haha! It's so charming!)
The Miyako side-story at the end was so sweet, it was totally my favorite! I love the relationship between Miya and Yukiharu, how they're so close yet distant with each other like father and son. It's so sweet and adorable to see.
I’m up and down with this series so far. The catlords are so mean to him in the first book, then there’s bonding and revealing of past trauma, but then it gets weird? On to the fourth book to see how it ends.
It seems that Yukiharu has figured out how to connect with most of the cats in the house in some way or another. He remains closest to Akira and Susumu, with Kyou being a close third... but only more because Kyou can be rather demanding and wants to be the center of attention more than just being friendly. Miyako seems to be the hardest to get a read on, and these new circus members, Luka and the Ringmaster, seem like trouble. It's a little concerning that they seem to know what the catlords are without any explanation and seem so intent on collecting them. Somehow, it seems like the 4 of them at least are rather attached to Yukiharu at this point. Not so sure about any of the others as we rarely see them aside from the ghost incident, and honestly not sure if there are any others at this point or not.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Yukiharu recieves a message at school which threatens to expose something and he immediately thinks it's someone wanting to blackmail him about the catshifters. But it turns out to be something completely different, so the secret is still safe.
The school-age cats want to go to an amusement park, so the entire household goes, only to get tangled with a weird MC of a cat circus. It appears they know about catshifters and they want Yukiharu's family to join, by force if necessary. Clearly a new adversary in making.
Jumped right into this next volume as the previous left off on such a cliffhanger. Yukiharu suspects someone is possibly blackmailing them and knows of a bakenekos’ identities at school. His bakeneko friends,Susumu and Akira, are not making it easy to keep their magical abilities under wraps. Also he has reason to suspect as a new interesting character comes into the mix, and Yukiharu and his cat company find themselves stuck in a cat circus!?
Three outta the five cats will reveal their secret because they are stupid. One will reveal it out of concern, and the last one won’t ever because they are a shut in. How have they survived this long without someone catching them?