Nukozuke! Volumes 1 and 2 Review

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Sarah

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Meet Kei and Sasame, two adorable ‘nukos’, and their human, Yuya, who’s doing his best to look after them in this slice-of-life manga which is bound to appeal to cat-lovers…

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kuuderes_shadow said:
When did this get licensed in English?

I have the series in Japanese and was following it on the 花とゆめ website for a while too and it is really, really adorable.
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One Peace Books didn't supply the date they licensed this title but it must have been relatively recently (maybe 2023?). It was offered to us to review this autumn. I'm glad you've been enjoying it too (and you must be far ahead of me!) - and I also wonder if One Peace will bring us all 21+ volumes. I'm glad too that it has a sympathetic translation from Laura Egan.
 
I have the first 11 volumes, although I'm not sure whether I got further reading on the website or not. The fact that each chapter was serialised in one of three different places, each of which had their own separate chapter numbering, and that the tankobon release follows a different order at times, does not make it easy to keep track (I believe this is the only manga I own which has a guide in each volume as to where and when each chapter was originally released - and if it isn't then it's certainly the only one I've ever had to actually refer to this). It shouldn't affect your reading experience either way though, don't worry. Probably the only time you'll even notice this is because chapter 5 suddenly introduces all the characters again - because this was the first online chapter

Incidentally, in the Japanese the chapters use the counter that is used for small animals as the counter for the chapter number, which is probably the basis for the 'chat-purrs'. I like the 'chat-purr' idea, though. Especially as 'chat' is of course French for cat.

The Yuuya as a nuko chapters in the JP version are on the cover under the dust jackets.
 
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kuuderes_shadow said:
(I believe this is the only manga I own which has a guide in each volume as to where and when each chapter was originally released - and if it isn't then it's certainly the only one I've ever had to actually refer to this).
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I've encountered this practice far more in French manga - and, of course, they retain the cover art beneath the dust jackets (I love French manga for having dust jackets!) And that's great to have reached 11+ volumes! (I wonder in One Peace will be able to do all 21; I suppose it depends on the sales figures, as ever (although seeing they'll be up to Volume 23 of The Rising of the Shield Hero by Jan 2025, we could be in luck.)
 
This sounds really cute!

I was going to get the first two volumes on the Kindle store, but they're £10.28 each. That's a bit more than I'm willing to pay for 144 pages - I thought Seven Seas digital volumes were the most expensive, but One Peace has outdone them! 😄

(As a comparison, Yen Press volumes are generally £5.99 - Viz are mostly £3.99/4.99 but they can vary a bit)
 
awadama said:
This sounds really cute!

I was going to get the first two volumes on the Kindle store, but they're £10.28 each. That's a bit more than I'm willing to pay for 144 pages - I thought Seven Seas digital volumes were the most expensive, but One Peace has outdone them! 😄

(As a comparison, Yen Press volumes are generally £5.99 - Viz are mostly £3.99/4.99 but they can vary a bit)
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That is unexpectedly expensive for digital (and disappointing). The paperbacks are modestly sized, though, and don't take up too much space and are about the same, give or take, if you felt like investing. (Kodansha can be very expensive too at c. £8.70-ish for new digital volumes - although, to be fair, they also offer in-between volumes in series at £3.99). Agreeing that it'd be good if the Yen Press and VIZ digital prices could be emulated by the other big manga publishers, though!
 
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