Cat + Gamer

by Wataru Nadatani

Genres: Manga
Pages: 186
Series: Cat + Gamer #1
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Synopsis:

Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat in this adorable manga series!

Her coworkers can’t quite figure her out—she never talks about her personal life, she never works overtime, and she never joins them for happy hour. Is she antisocial? Nope, she’s rushing home to play video games! One day, a stray cat is found in the office parking lot, and before Riko knows it, the cat has moved in with her! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat's worldview.

Volume one of Wataru Nadatani’s Cat + Gamer is pretty fun: an office worker who clocks off right on time and goes home to play video games at night impulsively adopts a cat. She knows little about taking care of pets, and eventually decides to view it in a gamified sort of way.

Sometimes that’s kinda cringe (rushing the cat to the vet with fleas, talking about it having a debuff), but it mostly comes out cute. I especially like the interludes between chapters, showing events from the cat’s point of view.

Overall it’s silly light fun, and a nice palate cleanser.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)