Neko no Otera no Chion-san

Neko no Otera no Chion-san (猫のお寺の知恩さん; "Cat Temple's Miss Chion") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Ojiro. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from May 2016 to October 2018, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes.

Neko no Otera no Chion-san
First tankōbon volume cover
猫のお寺の知恩さん
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Makoto Ojiro
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Big Comic Spirits
Original run	May 9, 2016 – October 6, 2018
Volumes	9

Plot

The series follows Gen, a high school student who relocates to a quiet countryside town to attend school. He stays at a relative's temple, where he begins living alongside Chion. Despite her seemingly dependable nature, Chion exhibits unguarded behavior. The story chronicles their daily interactions against the backdrop of a serene rural setting.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Makoto Ojiro, Neko no Otera no Chion-san was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from May 9, 2016,^[2] to October 6, 2018.^[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, released from August 30, 2016,^[1] to December 27, 2018.^[4]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	August 30, 2016[5]	978-4-09-187770-3
2	November 30, 2016[6]	978-4-09-189237-9
3	February 28, 2017[7]	978-4-09-189370-3
4	June 30, 2017[8]	978-4-09-189509-7
5	October 30, 2017[9]	978-4-09-189640-7
6	February 23, 2018[10]	978-4-09-189798-5
7	May 30, 2018[11]	978-4-09-860016-8
8	September 28, 2018[12]	978-4-09-860077-9
9	December 27, 2018[13]	978-4-09-860152-3

Reception

Neko no Otera no Chion-san won the 2016 Bros Comic Awards by the Tokyo News Service's TV Bros. magazine.^[14]