Cats of the Louvre ( Japanese: ルーヴルの猫, Hepburn: Rūvuru no Neko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine from June 2016 to July 2017.

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Natalie (in Japanese). July 20, 2017. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020 . Retrieved July 25, 2020. Very well executed. Simple and to the point. Hardly drags at all. Seeing the cat perspective for a few chapters was quite nice and really kept the momentum of the story rolling. Story was a bit darker than I was expecting. A couple of cat deaths were shown in the manga which I found surprisingly gory. Nothing too crazy but definitely not aimed towards kids. Where do we draw the line between realities - our own, those around us and, eventually, the reality of the world as a whole? Can they ever be really separated or are they all connected by some intangible threads, each pulling the other one as it moves?

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manga and one of the saddest scenes in the manga involves these two. But in contrast, there's a few cats that got hit with the ugly BIG time. That's not to say that's a completely bad thing though as they start to receive their own charm as you get to know them. However, they are still awkward to look at.

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Taiyo Matsumoto effortlessly crafts a moody atmosphere for the Louvre at night for Cats of the Louvre. You sense right away that all is not right in the museum never suspecting that at the center of it all is a small white kitten. As we get to know Marcel, the night caretaker, we learn that the art hanging on the walls can be dangerous to those that can hear them. Snowbebe has those kinds of ears and spends all of his time concentrated on the paintings that he's become quite estranged from his little cat family. In my opinion, some of the artwork especially towards the middle and end is especially breathtaking and surreal. My two favorite (and in my opinion most interesting) designs are the cats Snowbebe and Sawtooth. Some of my favorite art in the To start with, this is an absolutely gorgeous book! The hardcover has a nice, solid heft to it. And the use of contrasting textures between the stripe across the top and the rest of the cover is a tactile delight. If you're reading a digital copy of this book, I feel sorry for you. Its beauty as a physical object is, in my opinion, a significant part of the experience of reading it.Ressler, Karen (February 14, 2019). "Viz Licenses The Way of the Househusband, Cats of the Louvre, No Guns Life, Levius Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020 . Retrieved July 25, 2020. In the attic of the Louvre there are variety of cats, some of them talking, some with human features, and one of them, little white Snowbébé, is drawn to the artwork, so he increasingly ventures downstairs. He has a kind of close affinity to the art, having a kind of sixth sense where he hears some of the artwork luring viewers into them. Another key character is Marcel, the older night watchman who also cares for the cats, who believes that when he was a little boy fifty years ago his sister wandered off in the Louvre and actually entered into one of her favorite paintings (which is the kind of thing that happens in more than one of the Louvre series books). He enlists docent Cecile and Snowbébé to find the painting and his long-lost sister. Cats living in the Lourve - when I first saw the synopsis I was like, 'How cute!', and I must say I have never felt so betrayed. I mean, I thought it will be magical and adorable, and what I was given was a sad story about a missing girl, a depressed cat and a bittersweet tale? Like, WHAT? The story is, as the name suggests, mostly about the cats living in hiding in some part of the Lourve castle - they are being fed by an old night guard, but they can't be seen running around during the day, you know, because well they will be caught and removed from the premises. So the community of cats that lives there makes sure that the kitten, Snow Bebe doesn't get out and be seen, which of course, doesn't always work. He is seen by one of the museum guides, who along with the night guard, starts to uncover the mystery of his missing sister (who disappeared decades ago into a painting) and is helped indirectly by Snow Bebe. The artwork is a bit rough in its linework and character design, and the anthropomorphic cats switch between cat form and well, the Cats musical form. As I mentioned, it has more sad moments (is it the French setting?) than cute moments and at the end, I don't really know where the story actually had intended to go, or if it was just supposed to be about their life.

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Thanks to Edelweiss and VIZ Media for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. It has not influenced my opinions.Each of the human characters were enjoyable to read. They got the plot moving along at a good pace and were fun to see interact with each other. The cats are obviously the stars of the show and each of them were interesting. Snowbebe especially was delightful to read about. Oct 25 Yearning Teens, Frustrated Romance, Pretty Skies — Is There Anything Else to Makoto Shinkai? Along with Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier, the series won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in the Asia category for Viz Media's English release. [8]