Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu ( Itō Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mū) is a manga by famous horror manga author Junji Ito. The manga was serialized in Monthly Magazine Z from 2008 to 2009, with its chapters compiled into a single volume. a b c d Stoup, Josiah (31 January 2016). "[Review] Junji Ito's Cat Diary". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 9 November 2019. Author Avatar: J-kun is clearly a stand-in for Junji Ito himself, while A-ko is a stand-in for his wife Ayako. Bittersweet Ending: A bonus comic included in the collected edition reveals that Yon-kun eventually died of heart failure, but J-kun treasures the time they had together, thanking Yon for being in his life. Ito's wife Ayako included a letter telling her side of the story, talking about Yon-kun's final days. Junji Ito later did a followup video with Crunchyroll, showing the two new cats that he adopted in Yon and Mu's memory. It's bizarre but completely realistic. I've never been a cat owner. Unfortunately, I'm highly allergic. But based on the experiences of my friends, this is accurate to their cat-owner-history.

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" (in Italian). Panini Comics. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 29 July 2019. Everything's Better with Sparkles: Subverted; Yon sneezes all over the floor, creating pretty yet disgusting sparkles. Despite being a manga about two adorable felines and his wife, Ito uses the same drawing style and presentation as for his horror manga. The wife has pupil-less eyes and a demonic grin. The cats are constantly drawn as creepy, fearsome beings internally plotting among themselves for their owner's demise. Frequently, Ito draws himself as an insane monster. ThisIt's the true enough story of what happened when his fiance moved into his house and brought two cats with her. Ito had never considered himself a cat person before and found her first cat to have a bad vibe about him. But he soon finds himself lured in by the cuteness and wants the cat to love him as much as it does his wife. He bounces between being afraid of the cat and having an uncontrollable urge to smother it with affection. Lightmare Fuel: In essence, Ito parodies his own work by writing and drawing in the same style as his iconic horror fiction...except that it's an (almost) completely harmless story about him and his wife taking care of their cute kitties. Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu ( Japanese: 伊藤潤二の猫日記 よん&むー, Hepburn: Itō Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mū) is an autobiographical manga written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z from November 2007 to December 2008, it follows the adventures of J-kun, a horror manga artist as he adjusts to life with cats: Yon, whom his fiancėe brings along to their new house, and Mu, a Norwegian Forest cat whom the couple adopts as a kitten. Junji Ito's Cat Diary draws on autobiographical elements of Ito's personal experience with cats. Publisher Kodansha compiled the ten installments of the manga into a bound volume and released it in March 2009. The individual chapters detail different episodes of dealing with cats, from their adoption to them curling up on a bed to one escaping and being caught. It's entertaining enough for cat lovers and owners, but one obviously shouldn't expect Ito's usual creativity. It is, after all, a cat diary. Ito was smart enough to end it after 10 chapters, before the cat's antics became repetitive, and the charm of the horror-style presentation faded away. Ito, Junji (2015). "Translation Notes". Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu. Kodansha Comics USA. ISBN 978-1-63236-197-4.

Then played straight in the final strip in the collected edition where Junji Ito explains Yon's deteriorating health and finally his death due to heart failure. to eventually accepting their presence in his life to the extent that he is jealous of their relationship with his wife. a b c McCulloch, Joe (8 April 2015). "This Week in Comics! (4/8/15 –– Sit, Ubu, sit!)". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019 . Retrieved 28 November 2019. Junji Ito is a horror manga artist known best for exceptionally creative and terrifying works such as Uzumaki and Tomie. I've read almost everything of his that has been released in America (still waiting for my bf to finish one anthology so he can lend it to me). His works are creepy, disturbing, spectacularly drawn, and always something I have never seen before. This book is no exception, just that it is also very funny.Much of the humor comes from ominous set ups, actions that in his other comics would lead to gruesome murders or hauntings instead pay off with a joke. Visuals that could be alarming in other works are played for comedy (for example an extended mouth with over large teeth moving towards a cat and a panel saying “I’m going to gobble you up” then the next frame showing kissing/cuddling the cat).

In "The Events of One Late Night," J-kun tries to bribe the cats to sleep on his bed, rather than A-ko's, to no avail.

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He learns things that people like him would learn about cats and how people are with them. I don’t have much to say about it because it’s really cute and it’s really funny. Within the manga, there’s also some questions some fans would ask him and he’d earnestly answers them! Sleeping Single: Although not for censorship reasons; J-kun and A-ko just prefer different kinds of bed. I have been successfully creeped out by horror manga-ka Ito's Uzumaki (a town driven to madness by spirals) and Museum of Terror (boys driven to madness and murder by a girl/femme fatale), so I just added this to my tbr list, and was surprised to find it is basically diary comics, the funny story of how dog person Ito got pushed into living with two cats by his wife. Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu” is a collection of strips chronicling the artist’s first experiences living with feline friends. Readers witness Ito’s anxiety over his fiancé’s desire to bring two cats into their home, which is only compounded by the ‘cat proofing’ that precedes their arrival. From there, anxiety gives way to acceptance and, eventually, a deep bond between the artist and his new companions. a b Marie, April (3 June 2016). "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (Manga)". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 9 November 2019.