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“Withdrawn cat-human Hachisuke navigates a prejudiced society where cats are merely cute objects for humans.”
Cat Man
ねこにんげん
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52,261 rank · 128 readers · 1 favorites
Anthropomorphic
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Synopsis
Withdrawn cat-human Hachisuke navigates a prejudiced society where cats are merely cute objects for humans.
Hachisuke is a cat humanoid living in a world where humans and cats coexist. But Hachisuke is withdrawn and has difficulty being loved by humans. After all, cats are still treated as cute "objects" for humans. See the world through Hachisuke's eyes as he tries to fit into modern society and endure the prejudice that comes with being different. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.41
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · May 2025 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This manga is by far the best manga I have read. I had no idea what I was walking into but what I initially thought was possibly a BL or a slice of life type story told through cat people. I was so...”
- 7 “I found Neko Ningen/"Cat Man" looking through one of the furry/anthro stacks and in retrospect that mislead me pretty badly about what kind of story I was going to be reading. This isn't a...”
- 7 “I highly enjoyed this book not just for the cute anthropomorphic cat characters but how it handled social issues like the types discrimination and prejudice we see everyday in our society. The best...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Jul 2020 – Dec 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M78641 catalog