Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu 01

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Little did he know…his blushing bride-to-be has some unexpected company in tow—Yon, a ghastly-looking family cat, and Mu, an adorable Norwegian forest cat.

Their contributions consist of Ito's comic, "Yon Went to Heaven," and his wife's letter chronicling the death of Yon from heart failure on 3 February 2011, about a month before the earthquake, and their subsequent grieving. This cat diary is drawn in his typical horror style and has similar pacing to a horror manga but it is laugh out loud hilarious. What I'll say is that, personally, there was a LOT of interviews with Junji Ito rather than manga panels. Previously, Ito had drawn cats as frightening but had recently drawn a "very cute" cat in a way that appeared to capture the "essence" of cats, thus convincing the editor. Style [ edit ] J-kun attempts to play with the cats, to no avail; his mouth becomes more horrific as he fails to capture their interest.You may have run into the little bit where Yon almost eats Junji Ito's dinner back when we were all waiting for this to get translated already. to eventually accepting their presence in his life to the extent that he is jealous of their relationship with his wife. The cats scratch things, make messes, bite, make him feel unworthy, all the things that cats do and he's documented it here for our absolute enjoyment.

Junji Ito is a horror manga artist known best for exceptionally creative and terrifying works such as Uzumaki and Tomie.Silverman wrote that A-ko's terrifying appearance reflected her love for her cats, in that she appeared "as creepy as many of us cat owners fear we do.