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Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 1 by Konami Kanata
4.0

Chi's Sweet Home is adorable and funny. Each little story is just so pure and innocent and fun. I love it! There's a dash of some more deeper emotion: like when Chi tries to remember her mom and can't or when her family laments parting with her or when she gets lost. Generally though, the tone remains upbeat and sweet with enough comedy to keep you smiling. I find Chi being angry to be especially cute and funny; there's one comic where she's like all pouting because the dad did something to upset her so she's just laying in a shoe going "Hmph. I hate you, Daddy. Bite me >:(" and it's so cute that I saved the scan page.

This is the sort of manga you read when you just need to feel good and the exploits of a kitten and the happy little family that's taken her in seem like the best things in the world to read about.

Personally, I really enjoy the 2D animated series based on this manga. It's so cute and it's really nice to have it play in the background while I work on other things. There's a CGI version with a more 3D style too, but I don't like the look of it so I've never watched it.

One thing that sets this comic series apart is that it's in full color. Though because it is in full color, each chapter is very short and the panels are very simple.

I've personally only read fan scans of this series, but I hear that the official translation purposefully writes Chi's dialogue to sound like... lispy and babyish... which can get really grating, so keep that in mind.

It's not anything deep or complex, but it's cute and sweet and I like that it's just a cute, sweet story. Sometimes it's exactly what you need.