Yumene Connect

Yumene Connect (Japanese: ゆめねこねくと, Hepburn: Yumene Konekuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kō Sawada. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in September 2024, and has been compiled into four volumes as of July 2025.

Yumene Connect
First tankōbon volume cover
ゆめねこねくと (Yumene Konekuto)
Genre	Slapstick[1] Romantic comedy[1] Science fiction
Manga
Written by	Kō Sawada
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	September 4, 2024 – present
Volumes	4

Plot

The series follows Yūhi Takamiya, a first-year high school student and a loner. Having missed his entire first week of school due to a sudden illness, he becomes conscious of the fact that he has been unable to make any friends. Suddenly, an alien named Nano arrives after hearing his plight and aims to help him. However, this only leads to lewd hijinks affecting him and those around him. Nano, together with an alien lifeform named Nyoru Puppu Panpippi, comes to live with Yūhi.

Characters

Yūhi Takamiya (高宮 遊日, Takamiya Yūhi)

A high school freshman who was unable to make friends due to missing his first week of school. Because of his plight, he copes by making up a bookworm persona.

Nano (ナノ)

An alien who works for the Yumeneko Company. She came to Earth after learning of Yūhi's situation and tries to help him by offering her company's products.

Nyoru Puppu Panpippi (ニョルプップパンピッピ)

Koharu Takamiya (高宮 小春, Takamiya Koharu)

Yūhi's older sister, who works as a nurse.

Kana Shiraishi (白石 香奈, Shiraishi Kana)

Yūhi's classmate. She likes cute things, which made her gain an interest in Nano and Nyoru. She becomes Yūhi's first friend.

Momoka Saeki (佐伯 桃果, Saeki Momoka)

A second-year student and Yūhi's senior. She aims to start an Occult Research Club at school and seeks his help in establishing it.

Hikaru Saeki (佐伯 光, Saeki Hikaru)

Momoka's younger brother and Yūhi's classmate, who usually avoids going to school.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by Kō Sawada. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in September 2024,^[1] and has been compiled into four volumes as of July 2025.^[2][3]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	November 15, 2024[4]	978-4-06-537392-7
2	January 17, 2025[5]	978-4-06-538069-7
3	April 16, 2025[6]	978-4-06-539097-9
4	July 16, 2025[3]	978-4-06-539761-9