Chi's Sweet Home
Creator: Konami Kanata
Publisher: Vertical
Released: June 2010

Most manga you buy these days is black and white. I hate to admit it, but it's something I have secretly never liked about manga. I know that's how it is and how it's always been, but I like color. I just do. So to open my brand new edition of Chi's Sweet Home and find brightly colored pages just really pleased me. Plus, everything about Chi's world is so vivid, the color just gives it that extra pop. It made me want to show the book to all my friends who read manga, which I consider high praise.

Even the back cover is precious.  Of course, it doesn't vary from the Japanese cover -- everything is identical except for the language. And I like that, because I think the cover is perfect for the story inside. Elegant and simplistic, just like the story of Chi and her loved ones.

I don't want to ruin the story, but chapter one tells of the very beginning, where Chi gets separated from her mother and siblings and stumbles into the arms of her new human family. My favorite thing about this manga is Chi's expressions, which keep you laughing aloud as you read her adventures.

See what I mean?

This is a must buy for fans of the series, but if you are unfamiliar with it and a lover of all things cute or stories about cats, you certainly won't regret picking this one up. You can snap it up here at Amazon for about $11, although I have to warn you, once you start, you may find yourself unable to stop reading her adventures. You get addicted to this strong of a dose of pure cuteness very quickly!