History Manga / MyRoommateIsACat

* TheShutIn: Subaru, who rarely leaves his house unless necessary in favor of staying indoors to focus on his work and reading. When he runs out of food, he immediately tried to order some from online delivery and seemed to be on the verge of a panic attack at the thought of having to go out an a simple grocery run when the website said it would take days for his food to arrive. Flashback shows he was this even when he was younger, preferring to stay inside to read books even during summer vacation and declining his parents' many offers to go on trips outside of town.

* CharacterDevelopment: Subaru, who starts the series as an antisocial recluse, slowly begins to open up more and comes somewhat out of his shell thanks to the influence of Haru and his expanding social circle.

** One-sided on Subaru's half with Hiroto. While he at times appeared annoyed by how exuberant Hiroto can be, he still doesn't truly mind him. Hiroto, meanwhile, has been nothing but decent towards Subaru, even trying to get him to open up more, was there with im on his parents' funeral, and tries to make sure he's taking care of himself.

* YouAreNotAlone: This is AnAesop for Subaru as he learns how to take care of Haru and by extension begins interacting with people and going outside his house.

* AnimalTalk: While most animals are cats to start with, Haru has no problem talking with the neighbor's dog when the have a chance encounter at the vet's office.

** Subaru's relationship with his editor Kawase is also this, with him at times getting exasperated by how exuberant the latter can be but slowly warms up to him. The latter of course, is nothing short of nice to him, token teasing aside.

* TearsOfRemorse: Subaru in episode 3, [[spoiler: when he finds an album his mother put together with various notes about vacations he might enjoy, and realizes too late how much his parents loved him and how much thought they put towards ways to connect with him. As it hits him how little appreciation he showed their efforts, he begins to cry]].
* TheMuse: Why does Subaru take a stray cat into his house? Because the cat inspires him to write a new novel with a cat as a character.

* TearsOfRemorse: Subaru in episode 3, [[spoiler: when he finds an album of his mother and begins to cry in regret of how he always spurned their attempts to get close to him by taking him on a trips. He tearfully realizes how much they loved him while he avoided them.]]

''Doukyonin Wa Hiza Tokidoki Atama No Ue'' (''My Roommate Is A Cat'') received an anime adaptation in the winter 2019 season.

** Little before the beginning of the series, she goes off to find food for her two starving younger siblings. When she gets back [[spoiler:one of them is dead, having been killed by crows, while the other one is missing but thankfully is alive]].

* FromStrayToPet: Some the consequences of this are explored, even though Haru and Subaru are lucky enough that some of the worst potential consequences didn't happen.

* OddFriendship: At the start of the series, solitary Bookworm Subaru's OnlyFriend was the extraverted NiceGuy Hiroto. Also with him and his {{Manchild}} of an editor Kawase.

* PosthumousCharacter: Due to their death being part of the story's premise, Subaru's parents get their entire development via flash-back.

Mikazuki Subaru is a reclusive novelist, content to lock himself away with his writing and avoid people whenever he can. His antisocial nature is only intensified following the deaths of his parents.

Food left on the family grave of Mikazuki Subaru's family. One fated meeting later, and Mikazuki and this stray feline find themselves a dysfunctional new set of roommates. Between his very reduced existing social circle turning out to be made of cat lovers and the requirements for properly caring for a cat making him meet new people, Subaru finds himself giving people a second chance in spite of himself. Haru, meanwhile, needs to slowly adapt to being cared for by a human and periodically finding herself needing to care for him.

** Little before the beginning of the series, she goes off to find food for her two starving younger siblings. When she gets back [[spoiler:one of them is dead, having been killed by crows, while the other one is missing but thankfully is alive.]]

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Subaru is a decent Novelist, with his employers remarking that his works are very successful and popular. He is also a social recluse that actively avoids human contact or even leaving his house to spend his time reading.
* CatsAreMagic: Haru is able to [[spoiler: see the ghosts of Subaru's parents, who thank the cat for watching over him and helping him move on by getting her to draw Subaru's attention towards some memorabilia they left around for him.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Subaru who starts the series as an antisocial recluse, slowly begins to open up more and comes somewhat out of his shell thanks to the influence of Haru and his expanding social circle.

* CreepyCrows: A recurring problem during Haru's time as a stray. [[spoiler:And what killed one of her siblings.]]

* FaceOfAThug: Ookami's other cat, Roku. A tough looking, [[BadassBaritone deep voiced]] ex-stray. But he quickly proves to be friendly despite his intimidating features.

* NumericalThemeNaming: Cross-species example with Nana(7), naming her cats Roku(6) and Hachi(8).
* OddFriendship: At the start of the series, solitary Bookworm Subaru's OnlyFriend was the extraverted NiceGuy Hiroto. Also with him and his Manchild of an editor Kawase.

* PerspectiveFlip: The manga's main gag. First showing us Mikazuki's view, then flipping over to see how Haru reacts to the same situation.

** Right at the start, its pointed out that Subaru has a habit to [[ForgetsToEat skip meals and sleep]] when he gets too focused on his deadlines. In the first episode, he ends up collapsing from not taking care of himself, and in his hunger eats the closest edible-looking thing by reflex. Which happens to be a bowl of Haru's cat food.

* GoodParents: Flashbacks show that Subaru's parents were nothing short of loving, decent people who always cared for him. Even when Subaru refused their offers to go on trips with them, they were never shown to be anything less than understanding and caring.

** The hyper-vigilance Haru acquired while on the streets results in her being a little hostile towards the more smothering displays of affection coming from humans, notably Kawase and Hiroto's youngest siblings.

* NiceGuy: Atsushi Kawase, Subaru's editor. Despite Subaru being rather cross with him, he still maintains a friendly demeanor towards him and is all too willing to try to establish a closer relationship than just writer and editor. When Subaru doesn't answer his cell phone for a while and collapses in his house, Kawase immediately goes in and helps him out. When Subaru goes unresponsive to his calls again later on, he had no problems rushing through a rainstorm to get to his house to check on him.

* {{Manchild}}: Kawase, whose excitable LargeHam tendencies seem more fitting on a kid. Unsurprisingly, when meeting Hiroto's younger siblings, three of whom are in elementary school with the youngest being a toddler, he [[FriendToAllChildren got along with them swimmingly.]]

* AbandonedPetInABox: Haru and her siblings.

** Her and her siblings waking up alone in the street on the box, with no parents or anyone else around. Thankfully, they run into [[CoolBigSis Tora]] soon enough.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Subaru, who tends to actively avoid people in favor of staying in his house to read books and making his novels.

** Subaru's Childhood friend Hiroto is also this. Regularly coming in to check up on him, and trying to get him to open up. Even goes and leaves some food in Subaru's fridge when he notices that its empty.

* OddFriendship: At the start of the series, solitary Bookworm Subaru's OnlyFriend was the extraverted NiceGuy Hiroto. Also with him and his Manchild of an Editor Kawase.
* OnlyFriend: At the start of the series, the only thing close to human contact Subaru had was his ChildhoodFriend Hiroto. His social circle slowly begins to expand however.
* ParentalAbandonment: Subaru's parents both died in a bus accident recently at the start of the series. Haru and her siblings also never met their own biological parents, but were thankfully taken in by [[ParentalSubstitute Tora and Kuro.]]

* PromotedToParent: Being the biggest of her litter, Haru was left in charge when they were abandoned.s
* RealityEnsues: Right at the start, its pointed out that Subaru has a habit to [[ForgetsToEat skip meals and sleep]] when he gets too focused on his deadlines. At the first episode, he ends up collapsing from not taking care of himself, and in his hunger eats the closest thing edible to him by reflex. Which happens to be a bowl of Haru's cat food.
** Due to never having a pet before, and his own [[NoSocialSkills lack of social graces,]] Subaru ends up making a few mistakes when he first gets Haru such as not taking her to a vet, getting her a collar, or even giving her a name until one of his friends point out and press the issue.

* TheShutIn: Subaru, who rarely leaves his house unless necessary in favor of staying indoors to focus on his work and reading. When he runs out of food, he immediately tried to order some from online delivery and seemed to be on the verge of a panic attack at the thought of having to go out an a simple grocery run when the website said it would take days for his food to arrive. Flashback shows he waas this even when he was younger, preferring to stay inside to read books even during summer vacation and declining his parents' many offers to go on trips outside of town.

* VitriolicBestBuds: One-sided won Subaru's half with Hiroto. While he at times appeared annoyed by how exuberant Hiroto can be, he still doesn't truly mind him. Hiroto, meanwhile has been nothing but decent towards Subaru, even trying to get him to open up more, was there with im on his parents' funeral, and tries to make sure he's taking care of himself.

** Recently before the start of the series, she goes off to find food for her two starving little siblings. When she gets back [[spoiler:one of them is dead, having been killed by crows, while the other one is missing but thankfully is alive.]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: Subaru is shown to be extremely uncomfortable in large crowds,and even being around people in general to the point he actively avoids human contact in favor of just staying inside his house reading. He even seems to get physically exhausted from basic social interaction, and is hyperfocused on his reading and work to the point he ForgetsToEat at times.

* BigLittleBrother: Subaru is shocked when meeting Yu for the first time and learning he's Nana's younger brother and still in highschool since he's so much bigger than her and Subaru, who are both in their early twenties.

* ChildhoodFriend: Hiroto Yasaka, who has been Subaru's friend for a decade now and was his OnlyFriend at the start of the series.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: For quite a while, Haru isn't aware that Haru is her name. She assumes it means 'Food'.
* CoolBigSis: Tora, the female stray that took in Haru and their litter and raised them and taught them how to survive. Haru is also this to her own litter.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subaru shows how he's NotGoodWithPeople when at a cafe with his editor Kawase, he becomes clearly uncomfortable and jumpy by so many people there are and getting short with Kawase for bringing him to such a crowded place before leaving in a rush.
* ForgetsToEat: In the first episode, Subaru becomes so focused on his work that he ends up neglecting eating or sleeping. Deconstructed as [[RealityEnsues he quickly ends up collapsing from it.]] This is apparently not uncommon as his editor was informed of this by a colleague and Hiroto regularly checks up on him and is unsurprised on how empty his fridge is. Even the vet he takes Haru to notices, pointing out how skinny he is.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kuro, the male stray and friend of Tora. When first seeing Haru and her litter, he's rather gruff, pointing out what a drag it will be with having more mouths to feed. Despite that, he still helped train them to survive, helped them out and [[spoiler: tossed himself in along with Tora against some crows to let Haru and her litter escape.]]

* KindHeartedCatLover: Majority of the human cast that Subaru's social circle consists of are this, and are willing to help him out with taking care of Haru.