A Man & His Cat, book 7, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd.

Box full of kittens!

This is pretty much how the book starts, with a famous pianist coming to see Mr. Kanda and finding a box of abandoned kittens on the way. Despite having been brought up with no animals, and not being allowed to interact with them even momentarily, he can’t leave them to die in the rainstorm. So he shows up at Kanda’s door with five little kittens in his arms…

The book isn’t entirely kittens, though. The serious thread in this one is about how a person’s upbringing can shut them off from having friends. How even though a parent thinks they are doing the best thing for their child, it can have unpleasant consequences. And how parents and children should take a chance and actually talk things out.

I probably enjoyed this book more than any except the first volume. I mean, boxful of kittens!