Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate
| Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| となりの猫と恋知らず (Tonari no Neko to Koi Shirazu) | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
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| Written by | Akinoko |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Imprint | Big Gangan Comics |
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| Original run | November 21, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate (Japanese: となりの猫と恋知らず, Hepburn: Tonari no Neko to Koi Shirazu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akinoko. It initially began serialization on the author's Twitter account in November 2023. It later began parallel serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan in April 2024.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]Minato Seno is a shy and lonely high school student. One day, he's told by his teacher to wake up his classmate Mugi Nekozane from her slumber. He later befriends Nekozane due to their shared interests in cats and photography, and they start to develop feelings for each other.
Publication
[edit | edit source]Written and illustrated by Akinoko, Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate began serialization on the author's Twitter account on November 21, 2023.[2] It later began parallel serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan on April 25, 2024.[3] Its chapters have been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of October 2025.[4]
The series is published in English on Square Enix's Manga Up! Global service.[5]
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| 5 | October 24, 2025[4] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Reception
[edit | edit source]The series was ranked thirteenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.[10] The series was nominated for the 11th Next Manga Awards in the print category in 2025, and was ranked seventeenth.[11][12]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia