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Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi Manga Returns From Hiatus

Kodansha's Comic Days website posted on Friday a new chapter of Yuri Sonoda's Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi (Tsureneko Maruru to Hachi) manga, marking its return from hiatus. Sonoda added that the manga will take a slower pace than before, but promises to continue draw each chapter with care.

Sonoda put the manga on hiatus in January 2025 due to health reasons. 

Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

An odd couple of stray cats team up to share the trials and tribulations of life in this heartwarming manga.

Maruru lived a pampered life till one day, he ran after a flock of sparrows and couldn't find his way back home. He encounters Hachi, a tough stray, who says he doesn't need a spoiled house cat on his territory and chases him away. But then Maruru helps Hachi out of a jam, and they team up to face life on the street together.

Sonoda launched the manga on Kodansha's Comic Days website in December 2021, and Kodansha published its sixth volume in December 2024. Seven Seas Entertainment published the sixth volume in English on April 28.

The manga won the grand prize in the Comic division of the 54th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards last year.

Source: Comic Days, Yuri Sonoda's X/Twitter account