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“An overlooked cat finds love with a lonely widower; their heartwarming life together begins.”
A Man & His Cat
おじさまと猫
8.29
355 rank · 24,568 readers · 620 favorites
Pets
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
An overlooked cat finds love with a lonely widower; their heartwarming life together begins.
There is one cat at the local pet shop that has been waiting a long time for someone to bring him home. He has reached adulthood alone in his cage, avoided by potential owners for petty reasons like not being cute enough or being snotty. His fortune changes one day when an elderly gentleman named Fuyuki Kanda comes into the store and chooses to take him home. As a widower left behind by his grown-up children, Kanda seeks a feline companion to alleviate his solitude. At times humorous and others heartwarming, Ojisama to Neko follows Kanda and the newly named Fukumaru as they experience the joys of living together and learning about each other.
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.6
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 1.87
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.87 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.38
Running avg · Aug 2018 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “One thing you have to know about this manga is that it is just pure. The story of how an elderly man and a cat find the joys of life together just warms your heart. Both of them go through various...”
- 9 “I hate this manga so much, every chapter kept squeezing my heart and tears were not stopping. I have never owned a cat before but reading this manga made me desperately want a cat. This is the...”
- 10 “I have never owned a cat before but this manga made me feel like i had. This series will pull all of your heart strings. I fell in love with this captivating story from day 1. The character...”
Verbosity
Short · 88%
Medium · 13%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jun 2017 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M47698 catalog