Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate

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.

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)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Akinoko
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Imprint	Big Gangan Comics
Magazine	Monthly Big Gangan (April 25, 2024 – present)
Original run	November 21, 2023 – present
Volumes	4

Publication

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 four tankōbon volumes as of April 2025.^[4]

The series is published in English on Square Enix's Manga Up! Global service.^[5]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 25, 2024[6]	978-4-7575-9126-4
2	April 25, 2024[7]	978-4-7575-9164-6
3	October 25, 2024[8]	978-4-7575-9488-3
4	April 24, 2025[4]	978-4-7575-9823-2

Reception

The series was ranked thirteenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.^[9] The series has been nominated for the 11th Next Manga Awards in the print category in 2025.^[10]