Manga Review – Chi’s Sweet Home Vol 5 by Kanata Konami (5/5 stars)

Reading Level: All Ages
Genre: Manga/Humor/Cats
Length: 160 pages
Publisher: Vertical
Release Date: February 22, 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1934287132
Stand Alone or Series: 6th book in the Chi’s Sweet Home series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 5/5 stars

This is the fifth volume in Chi’s Sweet Home. It was just as cute, funny, and family friendly as the previous four volumes. My whole family reads this series together and this is one of my 7 year old son’s absolutely favorite series of books right now.

Chi is still getting settled in to her new home. There are other pets there but they seem to be content with their lots in life. Chi explores the mysterious upstairs of the apartment, ransacks Mr. Yamada’s office, and then goes on a tour of the neighborhood and meets other cats. She also gets to discover the joys of being brushed.

This is another cute and very funny installment of Chi. It’s not all fun and games though for this one, Chi gets lost again outside and deals with some big scares. Chi also is led by another cat to seek out her mother and siblings, this is a bit sad and also a bit scary for Chi.

Some of the scenes with Chi getting in a fight with some tape are very funny. Chi ends up finding an old friend outside of the house too. When she meets up with Blackie again the ensuing journey back home is pretty hilarious.

There are a lot of new pets and cats introduced in this book and Chi is finally getting a group of animal friends to compliment her human family. It was very nice and cute how all of the cats help Chi out in her exploration of the city.

The illustration is just as adorable as in previous installments. It is done is pastels and does an excellent job of showing emotion. I love how all of the cats sound a bit different as well.

As I mentioned above this is great for all ages and my family loves to read it together. This has been a very high quality manga series and is just wonderful, especially if you love cats.

Overall another fabulous installment in this series. This continues to be a very adorable, hilarious, and just all in all well done manga series. I highly recommend it to cat lovers of all ages.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge