Yokai Cats, Vol. 3

Yokai Cats #3

by Pandania

More and more yokai cats!

The special mischief of yokai cats never ends! Meet the one who hangs from the ceiling by its back feet, and another who can prophesy in human language! What tricks will the one who loves sand get up to? Find out in volume three of this series about the lives of yokai cats and their people.

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

136 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2023

Reviews

[McKenzie Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

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More adventures in the world of yokai cats. A nice mix of new and old friends. It was fun to meet new characters like the ceiling hanging Tenjo-sagari, the sandy Sunakake Baba, and the echoing Yamabiko. Always love to see what Shiro the Nopperabo, Tama the Rokurokubi, and Mita the Kappa are up to.

As always, the artwork is adorable.

A fun slice-of-life collection with relatable topics for sharing a space with cats such as shedding, their constant seeking of heat, and the unbreakable rule of not getting up once they're on your lap.

Such a sweet series.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh my god! These cats are so damn cute and their owner are just so chill about their wonderfully weird cats. I love all these cats but Azuki-arai (he washes azuki beans) has to be my absolute favourite yokai cat. Nekomata (he has 2 tails) who works at the cat cafe is a close second. Nekomata doing tea ceremony just slayed me.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I cannot believe I only realized this cool feature halfway through volume 2 of Yokai Cats. Each cats pages are color coordinated. So when you pick up any volume, you can see the colors and you will know exactly when a cats stories begins and ends! How cool is that!?!? These short stories are enjoyable but make it hard to describe the substantial difference in a new volume during a review. Rather than going into the short stories I would rather pick my favorite cat from the book (well the cats stories). In this volume Azuki-arai wins it for me! I am looking forward to reading future volumes. They read quick and easy, but are fulfilling and take just the right amount of time to enjoy.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

More cuteness. Lots of time given to Nopperabo (the cat with no face that likes to startle people), but also a few short sections with some new yokai cats. I am disappointed that one of the new ones, sunakake baba (sand-throwing hag) seems to go back mostly to a famous manga/anime/movie series and doesn't seem to have an independent existence in folklore. Though maybe it is just too obscure to show up in English language sources; and, of course, many famous yokai simply go back to popular illustrations from the 19th century or so and have no real weight of folklore and tradition behind them, so kind of a moot complaint.

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another collection of comics featuring mythical cats with yokai characteristics and their antics.

This felt like just revisiting similar humorous bits that have already been explored in previous volumes but just slightly different. It was entertaining and cute, but nothing super new.

No content issues.

[Coral Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cutttteee

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with Lennox, age 9.

[Raechel · Rating 4 out of 5]

We learn more about the cats both their likes and dislikes. The illustrations of the cats are amazing. I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this series.

[Tyler Armendariz · Rating 5 out of 5]

These cats WILL get me through this year

[Loz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and fun.

[Sybiee Colvin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cat.

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another adorable and interesting volume! I love how creative this mangaka is.

[Jenny Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continues to be cute, and we have two new types show up!

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[Elexndra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok manga not my thing library borrow

[Ta1ia✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't wait for the vol. 2 so I just started to read the 3 one instead. I still really like the series so far!

[Nicola · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 10 year old is really enjoying reading these :)

[Ash · Rating 5 out of 5]

something about this series is so addicting

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It’s cute, brainless fun but not very interesting kind of fun.

Snack read 7 of 2025