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The Adventures of Hamtaro #3
Jealous Hamtaro & Other Stories
The Adventures of Hamtaro
Meet the one and only original Hamtaro—the inspiration for the hit animation series—exactly as his creator, Ritsuko Kawai, first imagined him. This charming series of richly illustrated, classic children's tales follows our intrepid hero, hamster Hamtaro, as his adventures take him from pet shop to home to Ham-Ham Clubhouse to the great outdoors and beyond....
Volume 3: Jealous Hamtaro & Other Stories
In this volume, Hamtaro lives with a girl named Amy. Hamtaro loves Amy. He really, really loves Amy! In fact, Hamtaro loves Amy so much, that he wants her all to himself! So when she spends more and more time with the boy next door, Hamtaro's jealousy drives him to be a bad, bad hamster!
Meet the one and only original Hamtaro—the inspiration for the hit animation series—exactly as his creator, Ritsuko Kawai, first imagined him. This charming series of richly illustrated, classic children's tales follows our intrepid hero, hamster Hamtaro, as his adventures take him from pet shop to home to Ham-Ham Clubhouse to the great outdoors and beyond....
Volume 3: Jealous Hamtaro & Other Stories
In this volume, Hamtaro lives with a girl named Amy. Hamtaro loves Amy. He really, really loves Amy! In fact, Hamtaro loves Amy so much, that he wants her all to himself! So when she spends more and more time with the boy next door, Hamtaro's jealousy drives him to be a bad, bad hamster!
- GenresManga
110 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Ritsuko Kawai
65 books8 followersRitsuko Kawai (河井 リツ子 Kawai Ritsuko, born March 3, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist known as the creator of the Hamtaro franchise. She was born in Osaka, Japan, and received a design degree from Kyoto Saga University of Arts. After graduation, she set out to Tokyo to seek her fortune as a comic-book artist.
Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 (serialized in Shogaku Ni Nensei, a magazine for Japanese schoolchildren published by Shogakukan) and adapted into an anime television series in Japan in July 2000. The animation series based on her Hamtaro books began broadcasting in English in the United States in July of 2002. Her Hamtaro books have sold more than 6 million copies in Japan.
Other than Hamtaro, Ritsuko Kawai has created other shōjo manga, serialized in Ciao magazine.
Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 (serialized in Shogaku Ni Nensei, a magazine for Japanese schoolchildren published by Shogakukan) and adapted into an anime television series in Japan in July 2000. The animation series based on her Hamtaro books began broadcasting in English in the United States in July of 2002. Her Hamtaro books have sold more than 6 million copies in Japan.
Other than Hamtaro, Ritsuko Kawai has created other shōjo manga, serialized in Ciao magazine.
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September 2, 2023
A friend has been telling me that I have to read some of the original Hamtaro stories to understand the Japanese concept of kawaii - and now I think I have a better understanding of this key cultural concept - very interesting and educational; and it is a great nickname for someone who you like!
April 3, 2025
Cutest. Like a girly 107 pg book you’d get at a scholastic fair. Hamtaro secrets and facts (he weighs as much as five strawberries). He’s in love with his kawaii little owner, Amy. Crayon to shaded pencil drawings with big eyes. Good for studying how to draw him yourself. Also funny even for an adult.
So cute when he steals his wheel to his back like a hitchhiker or stealths through the toilet paper tube. Baby talk like “don’t weave me!” Adorable big-nosed pup like a The Dog plush mixed with snoopy. He makes lots of cute noises like kushi-kushi and packa-packa and zuzuzu, plus he hates her male friend. He works out and attacks for her. A continuous story throughout. He even gets a date himself!
So cute when he steals his wheel to his back like a hitchhiker or stealths through the toilet paper tube. Baby talk like “don’t weave me!” Adorable big-nosed pup like a The Dog plush mixed with snoopy. He makes lots of cute noises like kushi-kushi and packa-packa and zuzuzu, plus he hates her male friend. He works out and attacks for her. A continuous story throughout. He even gets a date himself!
January 28, 2018
This is a really cute book! The illustrations are so adorable and big that it makes it even cuter. I like the storyline of how silly Hamtaro was jealous of his precious Amy spending time with her neighbor, Timothy. Hamtaro, the silly hamster, in the end, let go his love for Amy and becomes friends with Tim. What can I say? I like happy endings!
This is a really good book for children that are beginners in reading books.
This is a really good book for children that are beginners in reading books.
April 3, 2009
HAMTARO!
May 30, 2010
HAMTARO!! little hamster big adventure, HAMTARO!!!
a cute, adorable hamster that you will love to read about for weeks and you will want to read it again and again!!
a cute, adorable hamster that you will love to read about for weeks and you will want to read it again and again!!
January 20, 2016
The girl name was Yukari then in this book it changes 0_o
another female hamster is there
funny book but I feel like I lost somehow ^_^'
another female hamster is there
funny book but I feel like I lost somehow ^_^'
December 31, 2022
It was a little more than unsettling that he had a jealous crush on his owner. I also had a hard time with the main character being changed
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August 28, 2024
I've heard of Hamtaro and seen adorable art/merch featuring him, but this is the first I've seen of the original Japanese series. Thank you to the Sherwood Regional Library of Fairfax County, VA for having this in stock! I presume this had originally been published as a paperback manga series, but the edition I read was hardcover and arranged left to right, I'm assuming for the American market.
This is cute, and Hamtaro definitely steals the show with his design and spicy personality. I loved being primarily in his POV and witnessing his character growth over the course of these chapters/stories. I don't like the art style for the humans, so that took me out a bit, but regardless, this is definitely one I recommend reading aloud with your kids.
"Heke? Ham 1, Ham 2! Chuuu~" = so fun :D
This is cute, and Hamtaro definitely steals the show with his design and spicy personality. I loved being primarily in his POV and witnessing his character growth over the course of these chapters/stories. I don't like the art style for the humans, so that took me out a bit, but regardless, this is definitely one I recommend reading aloud with your kids.
"Heke? Ham 1, Ham 2! Chuuu~" = so fun :D
May 21, 2025
The art is still ever so magical in this book of silly romance. Who knew Hamtaro wrote poetry.
April 28, 2016
If you enjoy the dub version of the anime, you are probably not going to care for this volume of the manga. All the names (except Hamtaro's) are different, including Laura's (Amy), Bijou's (Blossom), and even Brandy's.
In this volume, Hamtaro's owner is a tween girl named Amy, who has a huge crush on her boy pal, Timothy. Hamtaro is shown as jealous, insincere, and -at times- plain vindictive towards Timothy because of his stupid obsession towards Amy. He does whatever it takes to keep Amy and Timothy apart, even when it seems to be hurting Amy. I really dislike Hamtaro being shown in this way.
However, luckily, Hamtaro does come to see the light towards the end and allow Amy and Timothy to pursue the happiness that they deserve together.
In this volume, Hamtaro's owner is a tween girl named Amy, who has a huge crush on her boy pal, Timothy. Hamtaro is shown as jealous, insincere, and -at times- plain vindictive towards Timothy because of his stupid obsession towards Amy. He does whatever it takes to keep Amy and Timothy apart, even when it seems to be hurting Amy. I really dislike Hamtaro being shown in this way.
However, luckily, Hamtaro does come to see the light towards the end and allow Amy and Timothy to pursue the happiness that they deserve together.
November 19, 2012
Cute. Probably about 2nd grade level.
Hamtaro is a golden hamster who belongs to a young girl named Amy. He loves Amy more than anything, and becomes quite jealous when Amy starts hanging out with her crush/friend, Timothy.
Bigger than most manga. Large illustrations, some take up a full page despite being simple enough that the could fit into a smaller panel. Cute, simple drawings. Very similar to on the cartoon. The first few pages are more detailed and in full colour. Maybe done in pencil crayon?
Hamtaro is a golden hamster who belongs to a young girl named Amy. He loves Amy more than anything, and becomes quite jealous when Amy starts hanging out with her crush/friend, Timothy.
Bigger than most manga. Large illustrations, some take up a full page despite being simple enough that the could fit into a smaller panel. Cute, simple drawings. Very similar to on the cartoon. The first few pages are more detailed and in full colour. Maybe done in pencil crayon?
June 29, 2008
If you want to look at cute hamster drawings you're going to like this book, and if you don't care about cute hamster drawings you're unlikely to pick the book up in the first place, which is probably a good thing, as there isn't much story here.
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April 28, 2016It was quite cute. Hamtaro gets jealous when his owner (a girl named Amy in this book) wanted to hang out with a boy she liked instead of him.
February 28, 2019
Creepy to me.. didjt like it
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