Flora has vanquished her enemies and settled into life in a haunted mansion with the interdimensional Creepy Cat—but one day Creepy vanishes! Can Flora depend on Police Officer Oscar to find Creepy, or will the case of Oscar’s own missing supernatural pets get in the way? Gloom is assured, and happiness not at all guaranteed in this final volume of Creepy Cat!
Woraya Chotikul, or Cotton Valent, was born in an ordinary village with normal villagers. With a boring childhood, Woraya looked for exciting things such as 90's horror manga. She had started drawing stick figures and undead creatures since preschool also enjoyed thinking up stories and wished to be a horror cartoonist someday. These days she is a freelance illustrator and draws comics during her free time. She loves drawing strange figures and creepy scenes. Woraya is the author of Glitch and the creator of Creepy Cat.
I may have given it four stars, but I have to admit that it was a stretch. I'm not going to lie that the ending twist got me, the creepy cats have stolen the hearts of their owners.
Still, the lettering remains trash. It never corrected itself and remains a mess to read with the change in orientation in the middle of reading panels in sequence. The score is purely for enjoyment and not the build of this book or its editing. It didn't even provide for a table of contents.
This last installment was pretty all over the place and the ending was a bit odd, but I still enjoyed it for the cute, silly shenanigans of Creepy Cat & co. I'm glad I picked up this series and I need more cute, goth cat stories in my life!
This may be the stupidest book I've read this year.
Having got my interest up last volume by actually having a plot, this one also got off to a promising start as the cats of the book start disappearing, and the Red-Haired Lady who has been hanging around in the background the whole series actually started to do something. Things were actually building toward a big emotional moment, but then the writer said, "Nope," and undid everything in a page with no explanation.
That left half the book for noodling around with nonsensical slice-of-life gags until a last second romantic development made it seem that the next volume might be more interesting. But then the next page was the author's afterword announcing this is the final volume. (Yeah, yeah, I often start reading manga without ever looking at the back cover or online description and get surprised by stuff like this).
Adding to the stupidity of the plot was the shortcomings of the storytelling. The art is fine for a Goth comedy, but the writer rarely names characters in the story and the editors offer no cast list. So a lot of unnamed people with ambiguous roles wander through the story acting as if I should know them.
The editors get to take another bow for stupidity because twice in this book there are footnotes that actually try to reference where a couple of the vague characters first appeared. They don't provide a name, mind you, just a chapter number. A chapter number. Want to guess what this book series does not have? CHAPTER NUMBERS!!!! There are no chapter numbers anywhere in this book or the previous volumes. The footnote might as well have referred me to the color yellow or an eggplant for all the use a chapter number has.
The author keeps open the possibility of more Creepy Cat someday. Here's hoping any future efforts are presented with more care and under the guidance of a better editors.
Really sad with the ending kind of a slap to the fans tbh I hope the author considers writing more cause it was abrupt and very lack luster compared too the previous volumes
A paranoid goth girl named Flora moves into a decrepit mansion haunted by creepy supernatural shapeshifting cats. Whacky hijinks ensue.
This is a really goofy slapstick comedy series where each chapter is a single page joke with a ridiculous concept. The series pokes fun at classic gothic horror cliches and tropes with wholesome cat-themed humor. Some of the concepts and subplots revolving around the main characters aren't that good admittedly, but all the stuff revolving around the creepy cats just doing crazy cute stuff is great.
Overall I enjoyed the gothic ghost story aesthetic combined with the funny cat jokes.
First half was actually a mini-arc and the second half is just cute jokes. I enjoyed it as much as the other volumes. It's not very serious. If you enjoy the Emily the Strange comics you'd probably like this little series too!
3.5 stars for the gorgeous aesthetic and engaging my daughter, who doesn’t like reading as much as I do. The plot and character development finally happened and all of the seemingly disjointed scenes over the last 4 volumes all came together to create a lovely picture, but the ending was dissatisfying.
On m’a très fortement conseillé ce manga (assez court, seulement 4 tomes) et quand j’ai pu le découvrir j’ai été très agréablement surprise. Alors certes, tout le concept de l’univers se résume au titre de ce livre : un chat flippant qui vient habiter avec une jeune fille dans son manoir. Si l’origine de ce chat reste longtemps mystérieuse, on se délecte tout de même de ces petites scènes qui marquet le récit. Plus on progresse dans les tomes, plus on sent la profondeur et la complexité (relative, ça reste un court manga humoristique) de l’univers. De ce fait, même si on découvre petit à petit l’univers, on prend quand même plaisir à lire cette histoire, ne serait-ce que pour le récit en lui-même.
L’histoire est dans l’ensemble plutôt réussie. L’intrigue se construit petit à petit, avec quelques éléments çà et là qui la font progresser tout doucement mais surement. Ainsi, avec les différentes actions qui ponctuent le récit, l’histoire tend à s’accélérer et à prendre plus d’ampleur, tout en restant très abordable. J’ai été agréablement surprise par la composition qui ne freine absolument pas : ce n’est pas parce que l’histoire est fragmentée par des petites scènes comiques régulières qu’elle n’avance pas à un rythme agréable. En effet, si l’intrigue se met en place doucement, elle s’accélère petit à petit pour trouver un rythme de croisière agréable qui permet au lecteur de suivre avec intérêt cette intriguant histoire.
Les personnages sont également plutôt bien réussis, je trouve. Si on se concentre majoritairement sur l’héroïne, la propriétaire de cet étrange chat, sa personnalité est donc extrêmement bien travaillée et elle apparait d’autant plus adorable au fil des pages. Si j’ai pu très facilement m’attacher à cette peintre, c’est également le cas des autres personnages de ce roman qui sont eux-aussi très bien travaillés. Ils s’attachent certes à un certain archétype, mais ils n’en restent pas moins agréables à découvrir, avec des éléments qui restent uniques et qui évoluent au fil de la lecture, notamment grâce aux relation qui se façonnent au fil du récit. Ces dernières apportent un vrai plus à l’histoire, car elles permettent d’explorer plusieurs points de vue.
La plume de l’autrice est assez particulière il faut bien le souligner. D’abord, les dessins en couleurs offrent un rendu vraiment originaux dans le monde des mangas et apporte pas mal d’éléments qui rendent ce manga unique en son genre. De plus, elle arrive à créer une atmosphère particulière qui va parfaitement avec son récit. Si l’histoire oscille entre avancée et scène d’humour, l’atmosphère est, incroyable mais vrai, parfaitement adaptée aux deux versions. Elle oscille entre humour et coté plus sombre avec une élégance parfaitement adaptée, ce qui enveloppe le lecteur et lui fait enchaîner les pages avec rapidité pour connaitre le fin mot de cette histoire. Les messages restent assez sympas à découvrir et marquent avec panache le récit.
I need to research why this is the final volume? Did it get cancelled? Did the creator lose the desire to tell the tale? It is such a abrupt ending in my opinion it makes it hard to give this book anything more than 3 stars, and it tempts it towards the 2-star status. Not the quality but as we know reading is a journey the creators take us on...and this one felt like it needed a little more. But with that said, I still enjoyed aspects of the book and as always, the art is sharp and on point!
Believe it or not the most annoying aspect is things like page 73 when it refers you back to a chapter.... chapter 106. If you're on volume 4 or about to read it, you realize there is no chapters and have not had a chapter number system EVER in this series. So, it really means absolutely nothing to anyone. The series was a good enjoyable run, but you do feel a little cheated in this final volume.
A cute final installment worthy of the rest of the series! I particularly enjoyed the Hime and the broken cat toy subplot thats leads us into the bigger conflict, and the continued appearance of We also get a cameo from our favorite poltergeist, I wish they had more scenes!
I had a :o moment at true identity, though I definitely felt like something was fishy there right from Volume 1! Overall, the ending was lovely and the domestic scenes we get at the end are reminiscent of early book 1, which made this volume feel well tied into the series.
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Found this series very enjoyable, mostly because it is adorable and low stakes and was a reprieve from other reads. It is supposed to be humorous as well, but the humor was hit or miss for me, sometimes even a bit puzzling. I had the impression of being told jokes with no punchlines, or punchlines with no set up. Then again, it might just be that something was lost in translation, or perhaps it's a humor typical of the author's location. Anyhow, it did not affect my enjoyment too much because I was sufficiently amused by the art style, the cuteness and many of the shenanigans.
You should probably be aware that this is a series of strips. It has a somewhat continuous storyline, but it reads more like, I don't know, a Garfield album.
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A sweet ending to a great series.
After their last big adventure, Flora and Creepy Cat settle back into their familiar routines. But when Creepy Cat and the other supernatural cats suddenly go missing, the humans who love them set out to solve the case. Truths are revealed. Old acquaintances reappear. And there are plenty of twists and turns along the way.
This series has been so fun to read. I love all the supernatural feline antics.
This was a nice final volume. As always, the artwork is wonderfully dark and cute. Great humor, creepy atmosphere, and adorable cats. An entertaining series.
As I conclude my journey through this series it is met with a profound sense of sadness. The unexpected dynamic between Flora and Mr. Oscar piqued my interest throughout four books, as their connection seemed both inevitable and impossible due to time constraints. The narrative involving Creepy Cat and other felines was an enchanting addition that complemented the primary story arc elegantly. Uncovering Flora's true nature as a Witch came as an unforeseen twist that added another captivating layer to the tale. Although there are only these four installments available currently, one cannot help but hope for additional entries into this magical world given its vast potential.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
3.5 I love the gothic style but this lacks substance. Here, and the previous volume to a lesser extent, everything is resolved extremely fast and a lot of exposition is given that doesn't actually affect anything.
I'd have been fine with this being a simple cute 4 koma manga with mild spooky elements, as the author's attempts at a larger plot are poor and incoherent. Most character's names are an afterthought, as are all characters except Flora and Oscar tbh.
An annoying error is that I know manga is read backwards but this series occasionally has panels that subvert that, making reading harder.
3.75 but I really enjoyed this series and will miss it dearly so decided to round up. The idea for this series was fascinating and I love the art and that it’s in full color and I loved the cats so much and how interesting the plot was and I was not wanting Flora and Oscar to get together so I’m glad they didn’t (actually there’s a moment where flora wonders if she should have a boyfriend and that’s when her cat shows up and takes her out of it which fits extremely well for him). I’m so glad I found this series
Now I am sad that what little creepiness there was is over.
Another thought: How, in her loneliness, Flora first ruminates that maybe she should get another pet ... or a boyfriend? -- that girl has her priorities set right.