The Star of Cottonland

Overview

Chibi-Neko is a young kitten who has been abandoned. She doesn’t know she has been abandoned, and doesn’t know the difference between cats and humans. Indeed, she imagines herself as a human girl and believes she will become human someday. She is found and rescued by a boy named Tokio, who has just graduated from high school. However, he flunked the entrance exams and now is not sure of his future or what he will do. Chibi-Neko soon begins to love Tokio and wants to become a human and marry him someday. But then she sees Tokio with another girl in the park, and sees that he is in love with this girl. She also keeps getting visited by Raphael, a mysterious male cat who tries to tell her that cats cannot become human, they are always cats. What will Chibi-Neko do? Notes: Chapter count includes the following one-shots - Volume 1 contains Natsu no Owari no To Tanchou (夏の終わりのト短調) - Volume 2 contains Tasogare wa Ouma no Jikan (たそがれは逢魔の時間) - Volume 3 contains Akasuika Kisuika (赤すいか黄すいか) - Volume 5 contains Uraniwa no Saku wo Koete (裏庭の柵をこえて) - Volume 6 contains Ama no Kaguya (あまのかぐやま) - Volume 7 contains Rankiri Ninjin (乱切りにんじん), Digitalis (ジギタリス), Summertime (サマタイム), and Savabian (サヴァビアン).

Source: AniList