Neko Janai mon!

Neko Janai mon!
File:Neko Janai mon! cover.jpg First volume cover
ネコじゃないモン!
Manga
Written by	Kentarō Yano
Published by	Shueisha Leed Publishing
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1982 – 1985
Volumes	13 (1983-1985) 11 (1991-1992) 11 (2000) 10 (2000-2001)

Neko Janai mon! (ネコじゃないモン!, lit. "I'm Not a Cat, You Know!") is a manga series by Kentarō Yano which ran in Young Jump magazine from 1982 until 1985. The story follows the romance of Naoko Miyamoto (宮本尚子, Miyamoto Naoko), a young artist attending art college, and Yokokawa (横川), a crass young man attending the same college. Because of a bad experience with a kitten when she was young (she saw one get killed), Miyamoto is scared of being around cats. Despite her fear, a local cat adopts her.

Manga

First release

The first release of the manga consisted of thirteen volumes published by Shueisha.

1. ISBN, February 25, 1983
2. ISBN 4-08-861322-8, April 25, 1983
3. ISBN 4-08-861323-6, August 25, 1983
4. ISBN 4-08-861324-4, November 25, 1983
5. ISBN 4-08-861325-2, January 25, 1984
6. ISBN 4-08-861326-0, April 25, 1984
7. ISBN 4-08-861327-9, July 25, 1984
8. ISBN 4-08-861328-7, October 25, 1984
9. ISBN 4-08-861329-5, November 25, 1984
10. ISBN 4-08-861330-9, December 25, 1984
11. ISBN 4-08-861331-7, January 25, 1985
12. ISBN 4-08-861332-5, March 25, 1985
13. ISBN 4-08-861333-3, May 25, 1985

Second release

The second release was in 1991, and consisted of eleven volumes published by Shueisha.

1. ISBN 4-8342-2021-4, October 23, 1991
2. ISBN 4-8342-2022-2, November 1991
3. ISBN 4-8342-2023-0, December 1991
4. ISBN 4-8342-2024-9, January 1992
5. ISBN 4-8342-2025-7, February 1992
6. ISBN 4-8342-2026-5, March 1992
7. ISBN 4-8342-2027-3, April 1992
8. ISBN 4-8342-2028-1, May 1992
9. ISBN 4-8342-2029-X, June 1992
10. ISBN 4-8342-2030-3, July 1992
11. ISBN 4-8342-2031-1, August 1992

These were rereleased by Shueisha in 2000.

1. ISBN 4-08-861321-X, 2000
2. ISBN 4-08-861322-8, 2000
3. ISBN 4-08-861323-6, 2000
4. ISBN 4-08-861324-4, 2000
5. ISBN 4-08-861325-2, 2000
6. ISBN 4-08-861326-0, 2000
7. ISBN 4-08-861327-9, 2000
8. ISBN 4-08-861328-7, 2000
9. ISBN 4-08-861329-5, 2000
10. ISBN 4-08-861330-9, 2000
11. ISBN 4-08-861331-7, 2000

Third release

The third release was in 2000, and consisted of 10 volumes and was published by Leed Publishing.

1. ISBN 4-8458-1791-8, May 2000
2. ISBN 4-8458-1792-6, June 2000
3. ISBN 4-8458-1793-4, July 2000
4. ISBN 4-8458-1794-2, August 2000
5. ISBN 4-8458-1795-0, September 2000
6. ISBN 4-8458-1796-9, October 2000
7. ISBN 4-8458-1797-7, November 2000
8. ISBN 4-8458-1798-5, December 2000
9. ISBN 4-8458-1799-3, January 2001
10. ISBN 4-8458-1800-0, February 2001

Albums

An image album and a single were released for this manga series.

• Neko Janai mon!, Pony Canyon, EP, 7G0037, ¥1289, November 1983

1. "Neko Janai mon!"
2. "Feel so Nyan-Nyan"

• Sound Comic Series Shukkan Young Jump Serialization Neko Janai mon!, Pony Canyon, C25G0183 (EP), 25P7302 (cassette), ¥2500, September 21, 1983

1. "Neko Janai mon!"
2. "Feel so Nyan-Nyan"
3. "Naoko"
4. "Pastel Weather"
5. "Neko Janai mon!" (Instrumental)
6. "Furi Mukeba Seishun"
7. "Atashi no Suki na Lonely Boy"
8. "Futari"
9. "Neko Janai mon! Finale"
10. "Oyasuminasai"