Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi

Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi (ツレ猫 マルルとハチ, Tsureneko Maruru to Hachi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuri Sonoda. It began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days manga website in December 2021.

Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi
First tankōbon volume cover
ツレ猫 マルルとハチ (Tsureneko Maruru to Hachi)
Genre	Slice of life[1]
Manga
Written by	Yuri Sonoda
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	Comic Days
Original run	December 24, 2021 – present
Volumes	6

Characters

Maruru (マルル)

Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama (PV)^[2]

Hachi (ハチ)

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara (PV)^[2]

Yasuo (やすお)

Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama (PV)^[2]

Hino (日野)

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara (PV)^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yuri Sonoda, Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days manga website on December 24, 2021.^[3] Its chapters have been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.^[4] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[5]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	April 13, 2022[6]	978-4-06-527553-5	August 27, 2024[7]	979-8-89160-218-2
2	October 12, 2022[8]	978-4-06-529512-0	December 17, 2024[9]	979-8-89160-219-9
3	April 6, 2023[10]	978-4-06-530901-8	April 15, 2025[11]	979-8-89160-549-7
4	October 5, 2023[12]	978-4-06-533291-7	August 5, 2025[13]	979-8-89373-346-4
5	May 7, 2024[14]	978-4-06-535499-5	December 16, 2025[15]	979-8-89373-585-7
6	December 6, 2024[4]	978-4-06-537727-7	—	—

Other

A promotional video was released on the author's Twitter account on February 22, 2024 (National Cat Day). The promotional video featured vocal performances from Kōki Uchiyama and Yūichirō Umehara.^[2]

Reception

The series won the Grand Prize in the Comics Division at the 54th Japan Cartoonists Association Award.^[16]