Holiday Review: NYANKEES

That being said, nothing is more memetic than cats on the internet, so it's no surprise that early this year we got a manga that combined the eternal appeal of cats with an unexpected angle.

NYANKEES, by Atsushi Okada.  First published in 2016 and first published in North America in 2019.

PLOT:

Ryuusei is a tough, street-wise tabby on the hunt for a calico tomcat with a scarred eyefrom his past.  He ends up fighting his way to the top of the local gang, only to find himself a target of another gang that wants to unite the cats of the town by force.  Things come to a head when Ryuusei learns that the gang's new leader is a strange-looking tom with a scarred eye...