Ojisama to Neko

There is one cat at the local pet shop that has been waiting a long time for someone to bring him home. He has reached adulthood alone in his cage, avoided by potential owners for petty reasons like not being cute enough or being snotty. His fortune changes one day when an elderly gentleman named Fuyuki Kanda comes into the store and chooses to take him home. As a widower left behind by his grown-up children, Kanda seeks a feline companion to alleviate his solitude.

At times humorous and others heartwarming, Ojisama to Neko follows Kanda and the newly named Fukumaru as they experience the joys of living together and learning about each other.

Ojisama to Neko ranked fifth in the 2019 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Female Readers division.

The series has been published in English as A Man & His Cat by Square Enix Manga since February 11, 2020. It has also been released in Polish by Waneko since September 20, 2021.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese live-action TV series that aired from January 7, 2021, to March 25, 2021. The cats in the show were portrayed with puppets.