Cats With Jobs, Vol. 1

Cats with Jobs #1

by Pandania

Where There’s a Job, There’s a Cat Who Can Do It!

Ever wondered what it would be like if your cat had to get a job? The cats in this book do every kind of occupation you can imagine, and they do it just the way they like. Feline chefs, dentists, wrestlers, detectives, opera singers and much more await in this hilarious full-color collection by the creator of The Evil Secret Society of Cats, Yokai Cats, and Monster Cats!

Genres: Manga, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics, Cats, Slice Of Life, Animals

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2025

Reviews

[Peacegal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pandania hits another one out of the park with an odd, quirky collection of cats in manga form. These felines are hard at work--well, sometimes. Take a look at the job opportunities available to cats, from rock star to sumo wrestler, and see if your tabby is ready to join the workforce.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and cute manga! With a surprising attention to detail for a book about chibi cats.

[Emmy]

While I really enjoyed Yokai Cats and Monster Cats, I thought that the gimmick for this book fell kinda flat. The first two allow for some real development of the characters, as we see various families interacting with their respective pets. This one was a sort of one-off gag each and every time, so you really didn't get the chance to appreciate the rakugo cat or the maid cat. However, I will say, the bodybuilder cats were almost worth the price of admission.

[Cody Roecker]

its just cute and fun

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book comes via the wifey.
You cannot help but have a good chuckle at these cats. The job descriptions with the artwork adds another level of fun.
Too many amazing characters to choose a favourite. Although, take your time to study each cat.

[Sesana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I do feel kind of bad for rating this book so low, but it really is my least favorite of Pandania's cat books. Since most of the cats with jobs get only one 4 panel comic, it's nothing but one off gags. Generally the most obvious gags possible, so most of them aren't even very funny. There's also the issue that a good chunk of the jobs are only arguably jobs (spirit medium, aspiring author) and some aren't jobs by any stretch of the imagination (ghost, Heian noble).

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, quick read. But I found the artwork generic and the jokes kind of flat. There were a few funny ones, like the cat ninja.

[Sol · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm really happy I read this, because sometimes I get parents coming into the library who ask me for manga recommendations for their little ones, and I have a very limited selection on what I know would be good to recommend to kids under the age of 13-ish. But I think this book would be really good for little ones interested in the format of manga -- it's simple and easy to follow, the pages are full-color and gorgeous quality with a really adorable chibi manga art style. I really like how each job has a detailed description before the 4-koma itself; even though I obviously know about all of the jobs described in this book I still enjoyed reading each one. It might help introduce kiddos to some career paths they've never heard of.

I grew up reading 4-koma like Lucky Star and Shugo Chara-Chan so when I read this, I smiled thinking that my younger self would have pored over this over and over again until the pages were wavy and yellow. I'm excited to recommend this to people at the library once I get the opportunity to because it's just so cute!

I also genuinely laughed out loud at some parts. My favorite kitties were the maid cat, Santa Claus, the ninja, the weather forecaster, and the explorer. I also read this whole thing under a heated blanket with my cat Sissy sleeping on my lap so overall, 10/10 experience :)

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't particularly interested in this premise when I first encountered the title, but having read through all the other Pandania books in my library system, I thought I might as well read this one, too. I ended up liking it quite a bit. There's an absurdist edge to the world of these stories where cats behave just like people, yet are also definitely cats. Each "job" is usually only given a single four-panel comic strip, some get and few if any get more (ninja has three, but I don't remember any others as long). In Yokai Cats and Monster Cats most of the cats get multiple comics, but since many of the cats have a single shtick, there is often less variety to stories than that would imply.

For some reason the book is arranged into chapters, but I don't understand why. Each chapter is of varying length and there doesn't seem to be any thematic link between the comics within a chapter.

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mean, the title is pretty self-explanatory? This is about cats—with jobs.

If that interests you, then you’d probably like this series.

It’s basically a collection of snippets about cats performing all kinds of different jobs. There are some uniquely Japanese jobs in there—which could give some readers a glimpse into another culture.

Otherwise, I just think this is cute. I like how this author keeps coming up with adorable little stories that feature kitty cats~

[Georgette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I laughed my ass off. Picture a job- any job- but with CATS in the role. These are jobs with descriptions of the gig and panels with examples. Best one in this book? The mahjong parlor. Cats and tiles; you just know how this one is going to go.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is thicker than the usual offering from Pandania (and I do miss the different coloured pages rather than the constant olive pages). These cats are a delight. I love that there are some many different jobs for cats, including hauntings and crimes!

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is cute and the ideas are funny. The author is a cat expert. I just wish there were longer segments about the jobs. I really enjoyed the ones that were two pages long. I wanted a little more. But I guess that’s also a sign of a good book.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the part when the cats had jobs

(-1 star for repeating jokes)
(-1 star for mediocre copyediting)

[Lara S · Rating 4 out of 5]

cool

[Ev · Rating 4 out of 5]

super cute book

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the illustrations in this manga. It was super cute and easy enough to read. I wish there was more of a plot to the book though where you could see the cats interacting with each other on their day to day jobs, but other than that, it was fine.

[Nicole Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extreeeeeeemely cute!! The little details are everything! This book would give me life on my breaks!

[Lucy Kirby · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fun but I enjoyed Pandania's other series more.

[Katie]

So cute!!

[ReadingFrog · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Lyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely read, great artstyle, although I felt like some jokes got a little lost in translation.