The Everyday Tales of a Cat God

Nekogami Yaoyorozu
Cover of the first manga volume
猫神やおよろず
Genre	Comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Written by	FLIPFLOPs
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Champion Red Ichigo
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 2007 – present
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroaki Sakurai
Written by	Touko Machida
Studio	AIC PLUS+
Original network	AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Saitama
Original run	July 9, 2011 – September 24, 2011

Nekogami Yaoyorozu (猫神やおよろず), also known as Cat God, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by FLIPFLOPs about a cat goddess that lives in an antique shop. In 2011, it was adapted into an anime television series by AIC PLUS+.

Plot

Nekogami Yaoyorozu is a story about a Cat God named Mayu who has been stripped of her rank and powers and banished from Takamagahara to live on Earth for illegal gambling. She ends up living in an antique shop called Yaoyorozudou with a girl called Yuzu. The story revolves around the various antics the two get up to as they meet with various other gods and creatures from Japanese Mythology.

Characters

Mayu (繭, Mayu)

Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu

Mayu is a diminutive Cat God (Nekogami) who has the power to find lost items using a magical scroll. Mayu is a really lazy Cat God, who likes to relax at home, play video games and of course sleep and eat (mostly seafood) much like a real cat. She also likes to tease everybody, and does anything for her games. She also has a gambling addiction which got her kicked out Takamagahara and stripped of her divine powers by her mother. Despite that she is very competent as a Cat God when she needs to be and is genuinely caring of others both her friends and of things there besides resulting her in being well loved by the people of her town. Mayu has orange-yellow hair, brown eyes and cat ears. She has two tails causing Yuzu to confuse her for a Bakeneko when they first met.

Yuzu Komiya (古宮柚子, Komiya Yuzu)

Voiced by: Yui Horie

Yuzu is the owner of Yaoyorozudou a Japanese antique shop she inherited from her father, and she lives together with Mayu. She has lavender colored hair and green eyes and always wears a white apron. Yuzu is very positive and all the gods like her. Yuzu rarely gets angry, but when she does she gets a little scary. Even though Yuzu doesn't like Mayu's annoying attitude, she still cares about her. The two met when the ghost of her dead cat Kotetsu convinced Mayu to help Yuzu with her grief over his death. She possesses no mystical power but has an incredible natural talent for discerning the quality and authenticity of antique Japanese items considered world-class.

Sasana Shōsōin (正倉院笹鳴, Shousouin Sasana)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

A black haired Cat God, who has also grey eyes. Sasana is Mayu's fiancé, the reason for this was because their dads just thought Sasana and Mayu would make a good 'couple' without considering the other child's gender. Sasana is usually happy, but when she's close to Mayu she's really happy, calling her 'Mayu-sama' and talking always about that she is ready for marriage. She wields a magical wooden sword called Swordfish which transforms from the pick of a Shamisen. She maintains a fierce rivalry with Meiko for Mayu's love.

Meiko (メイ子, Meiko)

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu

Meiko is a blonde "princess" with grayish-blue eyes. She is grand-daughter of the god Daikokuten and wields his magical golden hammer which is not only extremely powerful but can also create gold coins like in legend. Just like Sasana, she likes Mayu a lot, and the reason is due to their past. When Meiko had no friends Mayu invited her to play with her and Sasana, but she refused. But Mayu told her that she could come anytime she wanted to, and that left a strong impression on Meiko. Meiko also has a very dramatic personality, and she blushes a lot too.

Yoshino (芳乃, Yoshino)

Voiced by: MAKO

A minor goddess of Cherry Blossoms she has pink pigtails and is easily the weakest and clumsiest of all the main characters. Her portfolio only allows her to control the blossoming of cherry trees and she is generally useless in combat for no-want of effort. She joined Mayu's circle of friends after accidentally mailing a special jar of magical ash used to make cherry trees bloom which Mayu threw away not knowing what it was. Mayu then helped Yoshino find it again and bolstered her self-confidence. Yoshino is scared of ghosts.

Gonta (ゴン太, Gonta)

Voiced by: Yuuko Sanpei

A young Fox God in charge of caring for the town's wealth and prosperity. He has a major crush on Yuzu and is something of pervert spending much of his time daydreaming about her. Due to being extremely headstrong he is also willing to go as far as fighting typhoons in futility for his infatuation but is incapable of expressing his feelings even when circumstances don't conspire to thwart him. He enjoys antagonizing Mayu mostly out of jealousy over her closeness to Yuzu and his belief that Mayu is impending him.

Shamo (しゃも, Shamo)

Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki

A God of Poverty and a traveling performance auditor for the gods. She made friends with Yuzu (the latter not knowing Shamo was a Poverty God) through whom she came to conclusion that while chaotic and disorganized the town's gods were sufficiently competent and hangs out with them a lot.

Media

Manga

Nekogami Yaoyorozu began its serial run in July 2007 issue of Champion RED Ichigo. As of March 19, 2011, the series has been republished in four compilation volumes.

Anime

In December 2010, an anime television series based on the manga was announced in Champion RED Ichigo. Produced by AIC PLUS+ under the direction of Hiroaki Sakurai, the anime series began its broadcast run on July 9, 2011 on the Japanese network AT-X. The North American media website Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series under the title Cat God to audiences worldwide via internet streaming except for Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Taiwan, Andorra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, and Switzerland.

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External links

• The Everyday Tales of a Cat God (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia