Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu Collector's Edition: 2

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a b c d "Journal des chats de Junji Ito (le)". Manga News (in French). 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019 . Retrieved 9 November 2019. His wife wants a cat. Junji panics over not wanting one, while simultaneously appeasing his wife and saying 'of course'. They get the cat. His wife says that the cat is lonely and surely needs another cat. Junji has another mental spiral. But when both cats arrive, he swiftly descends into a breakdown because the cats don't love him as much as he discovers he loves them. Thus ensues a long journey of a man trying desperately to make two moody cats adore him while also upholding the facade of not caring if they do or don't. a b c Ito, Junji (2015). "Question 6". Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu. Kodansha Comics USA. p.90. ISBN 978-1-63236-197-4. a b c d e f Silverman, Rebecca (16 January 2016). "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 9 November 2019.

No.2 ２月号 2008年12月26日 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010 . Retrieved 30 July 2019. 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). But how can a horror artist tell the story of two cats coming to live in his house? As if the cats were monsters, of course, out to destroy him, and so on. It's pretty adorable stuff, facetious and tongue-in-cheek and all. He does it to look like a horror comic, as if this is how he can't help but see the world, but in fact he falls in love with kitties, aw. Ito becomes a cat person! Not such a creepy scary guy, after all.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.

watch as they dealt with their two cats. I can't really relate to J-kun since he is just learning how to deal with cats but I've had cats ever since I was a baby. I definitely relate to A-ko better though since she already knows how to deal with cats. Now for the cats, Yon and Mu. Yon was way more creepier than Mu and I can see why J-kun was scared of him at first. On the other side, Mu was much more cuter. Mu also reminds me of one of my cats named Honey but Honey is vastly different from Mu since she is always angry, except for when she has just woken up. Ito, Junji (2015). "Question 4". Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu. Kodansha Comics USA. p.46. ISBN 978-1-63236-197-4. The little inserts in between chapters (little Q&A that was published along with the chapters in the original release, with some very funny scenes and facts) also add to the score. Lieberman, Marissa (16 December 2015). "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu". No Flying, No Tights. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 . Retrieved 14 December 2019.Ito, Junji (2015). "Question 5". Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu. Kodansha Comics USA. p.89. ISBN 978-1-63236-197-4. relate to – trying to get the cat’s affections, when cats do weird things, when cats run away. The cats themselves definitely have their own personalities and honestly, I think Junji wasn’t entirely serious on doing this manga in the first place. It says what it is right on the tin: a cat diary. I feel that without prior knowledge of his works, this will come off as just a bizarre little book and many won’t get the joke. That said, people who are into his sort of horror might not like that when all is said and done, he just wrote a cute little book about his cats.

Junji Ito's Cat Diary". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 2 August 2019. Minami, Nobunaga (5 April 2009). 伊藤潤二の猫日記 よん＆むー [著]伊藤潤二. asahi.com (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Is there anything spookier than a silent feline, eyes glinting, stalking you in the night…IN YOUR OWN HOME?? Master of horror Junji Ito turns his twisted eye on his own life in this comedic graphic memoir about becoming a cat owner, now reissued in a deluxe hardcover featuring an exclusive interivew with Ito and a NEW cover illustration by the author that GLOWS IN THE DARK! The perfect gift for the slightly-twisted cat lover in your life. Price, Austin (1 November 2018). "Comic Horror: The Work of Junji Ito". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019 . Retrieved 28 November 2019. The Unreveal: Gorou, the skittish and elusive stray cat A-ko's parents adopted, is always drawn as a shadowy blob to represent J-kun's unfamiliarity with him. Despite J-kun's attempts to befriend him and then lamenting that he still hasn't gotten a good look at him in over a year, the reader never sees him drawn as an actual cat, remaining a shadow even when Mu plays with him.My biggest takeaway from this book is that it is incredibly funny. There were more than a few points where I found myself laughing out loud, which doesn’t usually happen with Junji Ito comics. I mean, there are darkly-humorous parts in each of his works, but to call any of them a comedy would be a mighty big stretch. And that’s one more way that “Cat Diary” is different. At the end of things, this feels like a comics that’s supposed to be funny before anything else. Ito’s works have been adapted multiple times. In addition to the Tomie adaptations, one of the most notable adaptations is the horror anime anthology series Junji Ito Collection. This 12-episode series adapts iconic Ito stories, including “Fashion Model,”“Shiver,” and “Smashed,” among many others. Art-Style Dissonance: Played for Laughs, since Ito still uses his trademark scary art techniques despite this manga being a Slice of Life story about cats rather than his typical horror fare.