Palm-sized cats are a type of fairy. They are not pets, and they do whatever they want. Rarely, one might like you enough to stay in your house and let you name them. Welcome to the story of Kanade and Fluffy.
This review contains minor spoilers for Fairy Cat Volume 1
Meet Fluffy
One fateful rainy day, a palm-sized cat enters Kanade’s home and makes herself comfortable in it. From then on, Kanade slowly but surely builds trust between them: he gives her milk, draws her, and builds her a cat tower. In return, she responds to the name “Fluffy” and snuggles with him at night. Nobody close to Kanade knows about Fluffy except for his best friend from school, Yusei—and it happened accidentally when Fluffy sneaked into Kanade’s school bag. Yusei also reveals he had a palm-sized cat visit him and help him practice piano back in the 6th grade, but it disappeared after he told his sister about it. However, it does not seem like Fluffy is going anywhere any time soon. I wonder why.
My Thoughts
There’s really not much more for me to discuss, because nothing really happens in this first volume aside from typical cat shenanigans. I wouldn’t call it boring, but it doesn’t really introduce enough about the story to make me want to continue. We get a faint idea about Kanade having some piano-related trauma and possibly a difficult relationship with his mother because of it. And we get Yusei’s brief introduction, which reveals a little more of Kanade’s personality. Of course, we also don’t know why Fluffy appeared before Kanade or why she decided to stick around. These are the only things that could persuade you to keep reading. I wish the last chapter had actually been the one with Kanade’s piano flashback. Bbecause then maybe the reader would’ve been left with enough intrigue to pick up Volume 2. The art style is really adorable, though.
Seven Seas released Volume 1 of Fairy Cat on May 27th, 2025.
