The Cat In The Box Manga Reviews

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Feb 03, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

蓋が開いて、猫が箱の中にいたから…

Because the lid opened and the cat was inside the box...

This review contains spoilers. 悩んで悩んで答えにたどりつくまでの長いまわり道。しっかり者の小学生と、その彼にバカ呼ばわりされちゃうちょっと気弱な高校生。出会ったときは恋かどうかなんてわからない。お見舞いに給食のプリンを持ってきてくれたノブ、バカだなって笑い飛ばしてくれるノブ、もう全然かなわないんだなぁって和雄が気づいたときにようやく腕の中。ノブ、漢だわ！

This review contains spoilers. It's a long detour from worrying and worrying until we arrive at an answer. An elementary school student who is strong, and a high school student who is a bit timid when he calls him stupid. When we met, I didn't know if I was in love or not. Nobu, who brought me school lunch pudding to pay his respects, and Nobu, who laughed at me because he was stupid, was finally in his arms when he realized that it wasn't at all right anymore. Nobu is Han!

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Nov 07, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

可愛い

pretty

This review contains spoilers. 作者さん買いです。主人公の和雄（高校生）が捨て猫を通じて知り合った小学生のノブ君を好きになってしまい葛藤するお話。和雄（受）は高校の先輩と付き合ったりノブ君が引っ越して離れ離れの間に彼女がいたりするので、とにかく一途じゃなきゃ嫌だって人には向きません。それぞれの行動や和雄の葛藤がリアルで読ませます。とは言え作中で先輩やノブ君にも言われてますが和雄がアホ可愛いので変な重さはなく楽しめます。雁先生のお話は道端にひっそり咲いている小さな花のようなこじんまりとしたハピエンで、でもだからこそ可愛らしく愛しく温かみががあって心に沁み入ります。これぞハピエン！の夢物語的なお話も好きですが本作のように地に足がついたハピエンはたまりません。欲を言えばやっと2人の気持ちが通じ合ってこれからってところで終わってしまってるので、この先の2人をもう少し見たかった。かなり昔の作品なので難しいとは思いますがどこかの作品に数ページものの番外編を入れていただけたら…と願ってみます。楽しい作品をありがとうございました。

This review contains spoilers. The author is buying it. This is a story where the main character, Kazuo (high school student), falls in love with Nobu, an elementary school student he met through an abandoned cat, and is in conflict. Kazuo (Suke) goes out with his high school seniors and has a girlfriend while Nobu moved away, so it's not suitable for people who don't like it unless they go all the way. I can read each action and Kazuo's conflict in real life. That said, as Senpai and Nobu said in the story, Kazuo is so cute that he doesn't have a strange weight and you can enjoy it. Mr. Kari's story is a small happy person that looks like a small flower blooming quietly by the roadside, but that's why it's cute, lovely, and warm, and sinks into my heart. This is Happien! I also like dreamy stories, but Happien, which is down to earth like this one, is irresistible. Speaking of greed, their feelings finally came through, and it ended at the moment, so I wanted to see a little more of the two people in the future. It's a work from quite a long time ago, so I think it would be difficult, but I hope you could include a few pages of extra pages in some work... Thank you so much for the fun work.

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先輩が好き。

I like my seniors.

This review contains spoilers. 軽い気持ちで読み始めたら、なんだかすっごく引き込まれて、2連続で読みました！流されまくる主人公と、虎視眈々と近付いていくハンサムな先輩のやりとりが好きだな。北原君も笑顔が可愛くて、時たま小学生とは思えないかっこ良さ出してきて、あれは惚れるの分かる(笑)友人マイケルも優しく和雄を受け入れてて、いい味出してたな～！直接的なエロ描写はほぼないけど、どこ触ってるのかな？何してるのかな？とか妄想を掻き立てられました(笑)作者さんの他の作品も見たいと思います！

This review contains spoilers. When I started reading it with a light feeling, I was somehow really drawn in, and I read it 2 times in a row! I love the interaction between the main character who is swept away and the handsome senior who quickly approaches him. Kitahara-kun also had a cute smile, and sometimes he came out so cool that you wouldn't think he was an elementary school student, and I know that would fall in love (lol) my friend Michael also kindly accepted Kazuo, and he had a great taste! There are almost no direct erotic depictions, but where are they touching? What are they doing? It stirred up my delusions (lol) I'd like to see the author's other works too!

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Jan 04, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

シュレディンガーの猫

Schrödinger's cat

箱を開けぬ内は、不確定のまま。箱を開けぬ内は、気付かないまま。入っていた心はどんな状態か。開けてしまえば、きっと確定してしまう恋心。わからないままのほうがいいのに。開けてしまった。そしたらもう、気付かないふりは無理だから。小学生に恋してる、なんて。

The inside remains uncertain without opening the box. If you don't open the box, you won't notice it. What state was the heart that was in? Once opened, a love affair that will surely be confirmed. It would be better if you didn't know. I opened it. After that, it's impossible to pretend not to notice it anymore. I'm in love with an elementary school student, I can't believe.

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Oct 02, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

猫と一緒に拾ったモノはパンドラの箱！

What I picked up with my cat was a Pandora's box!

This review contains spoilers. 高校生の苦悩が苦しかったなあ。小学生は犯罪になっちゃうし明らかにフェアじゃないもんね。だからこそ必要な廻り道だったし時間だったと思います。脇役が個性的で救いがあった。お母さん、先輩、マイケル、周りに恵まれてこその幸せだった。パンドラの箱は皆で共有したのが良かったのかな。あと、高校生のノブの台詞はイケメンすぎたわ。

This review contains spoilers. The suffering of high school students was painful. Elementary school students are committing crimes, and it's obviously not fair. I think that's why it was a necessary detour and time. The supporting characters were unique and there was salvation. I was only happy when I was blessed to have my mom, my senior, and Michael around me. I wonder if it was good that everyone shared Pandora's box. Also, the high school student Nobu's line was too good-looking.

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Jul 22, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

箱の中にあったのは...

What was in the box...

地味顔で流されやすく、ちょっとおバカ、小心と見せかけてわりと肝が太いタイプがとても好きなのですが、その全てをこの主人公は兼ね備えてました(好き)箱の中を覗きさえしなければ、子猫に気づくこともなく、ノブと出会うこともなく、自身の性的指向を知ることもなかったかもしれない。でも、目の前にある箱を無視するのって難しいもので、和雄にとってはある意味こうなるのが必然的だったのかも。タイトルがいろんな意味を内包していて読めば読むほど味わい深い作品です。

I really like the type that has a plain face and is easily swept away, and is a bit stupid and has a pretty big heart, but this main character has all of them (I like) If you don't even look inside the box, you won't notice the kitten, you won't meet Nobu, and you may not have known your own sexual orientation. However, ignoring the box in front of him is difficult, and this may have been inevitable for Kazuo in a sense. The title contains many meanings, and the more you read it, the more delicious it is.

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アホで正直で切ない片想い

An idiot, honest, and sad unrequited love

雁須磨子さん好きで本作未読の方にはぜひ読んで欲しい。他の高評価作品のいくつかよりも、私はこっちが好きだなぁ。作品紹介があっさり短いのも良い。レビューも読まずにとっとと読むべし。ショタかなと思って避けている人にこそ読んで欲しい。確かに小学生に恋心は抱いちゃってるけれども。そこからの広がりがとても良いのだ。小学生相手でのエチはなし。それ以外だとあれこれあり。全170ページ。

If you like Mako Karisu and haven't read this book, I definitely want you to read it. I like this one more than some of the other highly rated works. It's also good that the introduction of the work is so short. You should read more without even reading reviews. I only want people who avoid it because they think it's Shota to read it. I certainly have a crush on an elementary school student, though. The spread from there is very good. There is no etiquette against elementary school students. Other than that, there's this and that. 170 pages in total.

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Feb 16, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

なつこ

Natsuko

主人公の和雄君がぐるぐる考えたり真剣に話したりする場面でも、その独特の間が絶妙で目が離せませんでした！ノブ君も可愛いしかっこいいしで展開にドキドキハラハラしましたが、全体的にはほんわかしていて和みました。猫とのぞたんにも癒されます〜。

Even in the scene where the main character, Kazuo, thought round and round and had serious conversations, that unique space was exquisite and I couldn't take my eyes off it! Nobu was also cute and cool, so I was excited and excited about the development, but overall it was warm and at ease. Cats and Zotan are also healed.

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May 05, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English

やっぱり良い！

After all, it's good!

作者買い。いつもの心の声とかモブのセリフとかまですごく好きです。面白いし切ないし、優しい。でもあと数ページ、2人のその後が覗き見たかったかなぁ？でもこの作者さんは何時もこんな感じなので、想像(妄想)は自分でしてくれって事なのかも。

Buy the author. I really like the usual voice of the heart and even the mob lines. It's funny, sad, and kind. But I wonder if I wanted to take a peek at a few more pages and after the two of them? But this author is always like this, so maybe he did his own imagination (fantasy).

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Apr 06, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English

ノブ最高

Knob is the best

めちゃ面白かった～。ノブがめちゃめちゃ男前なんですけど～。そりゃ和雄も惚れるわな。続きがみたいな～

That was really interesting. The knob is really handsome though. well, Kazuo would fall in love with him too. I want to see the continuation ~

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いい！切なさもあった！

That's good! There was also sadness!

This review contains spoilers. さすが、雁さん！高校生と小学生でほのぼのか〜、ショタ苦手だからいいけど、ほのぼのし過ぎなのもな〜って思いつつ気になってたので作家買い。読んでみると、結構、切なさもあってとっても良かった、好きです。主人公は小学生に惚れてしまい、葛藤します。小学生の北原クンがかっこいい。表紙の主人公の左側のピンクの影になってる先輩もキーパーソンです。先輩を幸せにしてあげて！でも、飄々としてて、最後にギュンッと変態キャラ（主人公の説明セリフだけ）に仕上げたのは雁さんの読者への優しさでしょうかw 高校生、小学生、ネコ、ゲイの先輩、日本語ペラペラアメリカ人のごった煮でほのぼのしつつピリッと切ないBLなんて雁さんにしか描けない。さすがです。あ、ショタ苦手な人も大丈夫です。

This review contains spoilers. As expected, Mr. Geese! It's heartwarming between high school and elementary school students, and while thinking that it's fine because I don't like Shota, it's fine, but it's also too heartwarming, so I bought an author. When I read it, it was quite sad and very nice, and I like it. The main character falls in love with an elementary school student and has a conflict. Kitahara-kun, an elementary school student, is cool. Senpai, who is in the pink shadow on the left side of the main character on the cover, is also a key person. Make Senpai happy! But I wonder if it was Kan-san's kindness to readers that ended up being a sharp pervert character (only the main character's explanatory line) w high school students, elementary school students, cats, gay seniors, and Japanese fluent Americans can only draw heartwarming yet tangy and sad BL with Gan-san. As expected. Oh, people who don't like Shota are fine too.

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May 02, 2016 (PST) | Translate to English

飽きずに読み返したくなる作品

A work you'll want to reread without getting tired of it

購入してから何度か読み返したくなるBLだけど、っぽくないストーリーです。6つ差がある恋愛なんだけど片方は、しっかり者で俺が大きくなってコイツはバカだから、ちゃんとしてやらないと…ってことをランドセル背負った子が考えてて、片方は年上なのに一緒に遊んだり、好かれたいなぁーってホンワカしたこと考えるような2人が恋愛に発展せず引っ越しで離れるんだけど…恋愛とかそういうのが全然ないけど何か見守り続けたくなる関係で不思議なBL本でオススメです。

It's a BL that makes you want to reread it several times after buying it, but it's not a typical story. It's a love affair with 6 differences, but on one side, a kid carrying a backpack thinks that I have to do it properly... and even though the other is older, the two people play together and think that they want to be liked don't develop into a relationship and move away... there's no love or anything like that at all, but I recommend it as a strange BL book with a strange relationship that makes you want to keep watching.

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Feb 12, 2016 (PST) | Translate to English

何度も

Over and over

何度も読み返してます。そしてその都度面白いってどういうこと？素晴らしすぎます、雁須磨子さん尊いです♪( ´▽｀)

I've reread it over and over again. And what does it mean to be interesting each time? It's so wonderful, Mako Karisu is precious ♪ ('▽`)

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Aug 29, 2015 (PST) | Translate to English

作家買い

Buy an artist

雁先生の本はＢＬ〜エロ系まで何でも面白いです。独特の雰囲気があります。おすすめです。

Kari-sensei's books are all interesting, from BL to erotic. It has a unique atmosphere. I recommend it.

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断じてショタではない！

Definitely not Shota!

が、すごく好き！高校生と小学生で知り合う。確かに犯罪だし、キモいけど大人になれば6個差など大した事ない！しかも大きくなるまで何をしたわけでもないし。高校時代先輩に言いくるめられるようにして付き合うのが微妙だけど。ヘタレな和雄と男前なノブいいです。ただ、気持ちの確認して終わってるので、物足りない！大きくなったんだから、ラブラブ見たかった！！

But I really like it! I met a high school student when I was in elementary school. It's certainly a crime, and it's gross, but when you become an adult, 6 differences aren't that big of a deal! What's more, I didn't do anything until I grew up. It's a bit tricky to go out with a high school senior in such a way that they get carried away by it. Disgusting Kazuo and handsome Nobu are nice. However, I've confirmed my feelings, so it's not enough! Now that I've grown up, I wanted to watch Love-Love!!

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面白かったです⤴

That was interesting ⤴

高校生が小学生に抱いてしまう恋心を見事に健全？なまま成就させてます。子供に抱いてはいけないモヤモヤは、都合良く歳上の先輩が和雄のアホさにつけ込んで解消してくれます。雁先生独特の、恋に気づいていくドキドキ感が毎回キュンとさせてくれます。恋の予感、気付き、戸惑い、確信、苦悩、充足感。恋の醍醐味全部乗せです。

Is the love that high school students have with elementary school students brilliantly healthy? I'm making it come true as it is. An older senior conveniently takes advantage of Kazuo's idiocy to resolve the mess that should not be held by children. Kari-sensei's unique sense of excitement about becoming aware of love makes me cringe every time. Premonition, awareness, confusion, conviction, anguish, and fulfillment of love. All the real thrills of love are on it.

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先生らしい、アワアワする受け(笑)

Like a teacher, that's amazing acceptance (laughs)

先生の描く受けって、脳内ぐるぐる、行動アワアワ、そして流されやすくちょっと抜けていて、可愛い。じわじわ攻めてくる先輩が個人的に好き。大人になったその後が見たい。

It's cute because it goes round and round in my brain, my actions are crazy, and it's easy to be swept away, and it's a bit out of place. I personally like Senpai who attacks slowly. I want to watch it after I become an adult.

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Mar 15, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

ノブが男前

The knob is handsome

和男ーっっもっとしっかりしろ!!と読みながら何回思ったことか……。大きくなったノブも良いけど、もう少し11歳のノブと和男の絡みが見たかったかも。そしてなんだかんだマイケルと続いてることに嬉しくなりました！

Kazuo, be more firm!! I wonder how many times I thought while reading... The bigger Nobu is good too, but maybe I wanted to see an 11-year-old Nobu and Kazuo getting entangled a little more. And somehow it made me happy to continue with Michael!

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不完全燃焼・・・

incomplete combustion...

This review contains spoilers. 小学生の北原君に片思いする高校生の和雄のお話。北原君は確かに小学生の頃からしっかりしてて男前だけど小学生の男の子に恋愛感情持っちゃうのはな〜とモヤモヤしました。朝尾先輩がいい味出してたからお付き合いの部分をもっとしっかり描いて欲しかったな。北原君が高校生になって再開してからの部分も駆け足だったし、そこが重要でしょって思いました。後半の内容をもっとガッツリ読みたかったです。エチはほぼ無し。

This review contains spoilers. A story about Kazuo, a high school student who has a crush on Kitahara-kun, an elementary school student. Kitahara-kun has certainly been solid and handsome since he was in elementary school, but I was confused about how he would have romantic feelings for elementary school boys. Asao senpai had a good taste, so I wanted them to draw the relationship part more carefully. The part after Kitahara-kun became a high school student and resumed was also in a hurry, and I thought that was important. I wanted to read more about the latter half. There is almost no etiquette.

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絵もストーリーも良かったです。

The pictures and story were great.

This review contains spoilers. 猫がきっかけで小学生のノブと出会った和雄は友情か恋心か分からない感情を抱き、自分がゲイかもしれない、もし恋心なら犯罪になっちゃうから告白も出来ないしと悩みまくります。そんな時和雄の先輩も和雄と仲良くなりたくて悩み相談をしていたら先輩は和雄に恋愛感情を抱いていてＨもして和雄はゲイだと自覚、先輩は身代わりでもいいからと付き合い始めるけど長続きはせず別れます。今は元カレで友達としてはいい関係のようで良かったです。数年後ノブが和雄の母校の受験する為に帰郷してきて再会、会えばやっぱりノブを今でも好きで、離れてる間にノブも和雄の事で色々考えて悩んだようで恋心だと確信できてたから決心した受験だったのかと思ったらノブも意外と健気で可愛いなと思いました。和雄はやっぱり躊躇してたからノブからちゃんと告白して遠回りしたけどハッピーエンドで良かったです。

This review contains spoilers. Kazuo, who met elementary school student Nobu because of a cat, has feelings where he doesn't know if it's friendship or love, and he's worried that he might be gay, and if in love, it would be a crime, so he can't even confess. At that time, Kazuo's senior also wanted to be good friends with Kazuo, and when they were discussing their problems, the senior had romantic feelings for Kazuo and realized that Kazuo was gay, and they started a relationship with their senior because they could take his place, but they didn't last long and they broke up. I'm glad they seem to have a good relationship with my ex-boyfriend now as friends. Nobu came back to his hometown a few years later to take the exam at Kazuo's alma mater, and when they met, they still liked Nobu even now, and while they were away, Nobu seemed to think about various things about Kazuo and was worried, and when I thought that it was an exam that they made up their mind because they were convinced that it was a love affair, I thought Nobu was surprisingly healthy and cute. Kazuo was hesitating after all, so Nobu made a proper confession and took a detour, but I'm glad it had a happy ending.

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