# The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today

The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (Japanese: デキる猫は今日も憂鬱, Hepburn: Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hitsuji Yamada. It began serialization on Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius online manga section on the Nico Nico Seiga website in August 2018, and is also published in Monthly Shōnen Sirius since October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by GoHands aired from July to September 2023.

## Plot

The young employee Saku lives alone with her cat Yukichi, a feline as big as it is special. Yukichi is in fact extraordinarily intelligent, doing his utmost to take care of the house and of his mistress, who on the contrary is far from conscientious and has a habit of neglecting herself and her house.

## Characters
### Saku Fukuzawa (福澤 幸来, Fukuzawa Saku)

    Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa
    A young salarywoman who works as a foreman in a large company. Careless, ditzy and not very careful to take care of herself, she is also a compulsive hoarder and often exceeds in drinking. After taking Yukichi with her and understanding his exceptional nature, her life has significantly improved. Thanks to the cat's work, she has started to follow a healthier lifestyle, drinking less and taking better care of herself. Although she may appear lazy, if she is prodded she turns out to be an excellent employee.

### Yukichi (諭吉)

    Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto
    A big black cat who lives with Saku in her apartment. Big as a human being and extraordinarily intelligent, he is able to walk on two legs and use any kind of tool or appliance. He also has a great memory capacity and can learn new things easily. He is very skilled at cooking, something he is very proud of. He takes care of the house while his mistress is at work, as well as taking care of meals and household chores. Although he claims to have bonded with Saku only to not starve it's quite obvious that over time he has grown fond of her, worrying about her health and supporting her in her daily problems.

### Yuri Shibasaki (柴咲 ゆり, Shibasaki Yuri)

    Voiced by: Ai Kakuma
    Saku's coworker

### Kaoru Orizuka (織塚 馨, Orizuka Kaoru)

    Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
    Saku's boss

### Rio Nishina (仁科 理央, Nishina Rio)

    Voiced by: M.A.O
    Works at the grocery store where the cat shops

### Shop Manager (店⾧, Tenchō)

    Voiced by: Miyu Irino
    Manager of the local grocery store

### Yume (優芽)

    Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu
    Kaoru's niece

### Yume's Mother (優芽の母, Yume no Haha)

    Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
    Kaoru's older sister

### Yume's Grandmother (優芽の祖母, Yume no Sobo)

    Voiced by: Tamie Kubota
    Kauro's mother

### Saku's Mother (幸来の母, Saku no Haha)

    Voiced by: Satomi Satō

### Saku's Father (幸来の父, Saku no Chichi)

    Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

### Oshiro (尾代)

    Voiced by: Aoi Inase

### Mei (メイ)

    Voiced by: Kotoe Taichi

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Hitsuji Yamada, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today began serialization on Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius online manga section on the Nico Nico Seiga website on August 22, 2018; it also started publication in Monthly Shōnen Sirius on October 26, 2021. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual wideban volumes. The first volume was released on April 9, 2019. As of September 9, 2024, ten volumes have been released.
In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | April 9, 2019 | 978-4-06-515173-0 | September 28, 2021 | 978-1-64827-605-7 |
| 2 | September 9, 2019 | 978-4-06-516903-2 | November 23, 2021 | 978-1-64827-618-7 |
| 3 | April 9, 2020 | 978-4-06-519050-0 | February 22, 2022 | 978-1-63858-117-8 |
| 4 | December 9, 2020 | 978-4-06-521586-9 | May 24, 2022 | 978-1-63858-260-1 |
| 5 | June 9, 2021 | 978-4-06-523514-0 | December 20, 2022 | 978-1-63858-668-5 |
| 6 | June 9, 2022 | 978-4-06-528097-3 | June 13, 2023 | 978-1-63858-903-7 |
| 7 | February 9, 2023 | 978-4-06-530568-3 | January 16, 2024 | 979-8-88843-113-9 |
| 8 | August 8, 2023 | 978-4-06-532528-5 | September 24, 2024 | 979-8-89160-294-6 |
| 9 | March 8, 2024 | 978-4-06-534788-1 | March 25, 2025 | 979-8-89373-177-4 |
| 10 | September 9, 2024 | 978-4-06-536740-7 | — | — |

### Anime

In May 2022, it was announced that the series would be adapted into an anime television series. The series is produced by GoHands, who supervised the scripts written by Tamazo Yanagi, with Katsumasa Yokomine directing, Susumu Kudo serving as chief director, and Takayuki Uchida designing the characters. It aired from July 8 to September 30, 2023, on the Animeism programming block on MBS and other affiliates. The opening theme song is "Ureu Kado niwa Fuku Kitaru" (憂う門には福来たる, "Fortune Comes to a Worried House") by Somei. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) and will stream it on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel. Netflix added the series to its catalog in India in December 2023.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
| 1 | "The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu" (Japanese: デキる猫は今日も憂鬱) | Shingo Suzuki, Katsumasa Yokomine | Shingo Suzuki, Katsuyuki Kodera | July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08) |
| 2 | "The Masterful Cat Has Grown Big" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Ōkiku Sodatta" (Japanese: デキる猫は大きく育った) | Masayuki Tachibana, Shōhei Adachi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | July 15, 2023 (2023-07-15) |
| 3 | "A Masterful Cat Is Good at Giving Care" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Osewa ga Dekiru" (Japanese: デキる猫はお世話がデキる) | Masayuki Tachibana, Shōhei Adachi | Katsuyuki Kodera | July 22, 2023 (2023-07-22) |
| 4 | "A Masterful Cat Goes to the Aquarium" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Suizokukan ni Iku" (Japanese: デキる猫は水族館に行く) | Tetsuichi Yamagishi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | July 29, 2023 (2023-07-29) |
| 5 | "A Masterful Cat Also Goes to Birthday Parties" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Otanjōkai ni mo Iku" (Japanese: デキる猫はお誕生会にも行く) | Tetsuichi Yamagishi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | August 5, 2023 (2023-08-05) |
| 6 | "A Masterful Cat Is Photogenic" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Shashin Utsuri ga Ii" (Japanese: デキる猫は写真映りがいい) | Shōhei Adachi, Masayuki Tachibana | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | August 12, 2023 (2023-08-12) |
| 7 | "A Masterful Cat Is Able to DIY" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Dī Ai Wai mo Dekiru" (Japanese: デキる猫はDIYもデキる) | Shōhei Adachi, Masayuki Tachibana | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) |
| 8 | "A Masterful Cat Has a Lot of Worries" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Shinpai ga Ōi" (Japanese: デキる猫は心配が多い) | Katsumasa Yokomine | Katsuyuki Kodera, Shingo Suzuki, Katsumasa Yokomine | August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31) |
| 9 | "A Masterful Cat Is Popular" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Natsukareru" (Japanese: デキる猫は懐かれる) | Katsumasa Yokomine | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | September 2, 2023 (2023-09-02) |
| 10 | "A Masterful Cat Can Watch the House?" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Rusuban ga Dekiru?" (Japanese: デキる猫は留守番がデキる？) | Tetsuichi Yamagishi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09) |
| 11 | "A Masterful Cat Also Cares About Health" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Kenkō ni Ki o Tsukau" (Japanese: デキる猫は健康に気をつかう) | Tetsuichi Yamagishi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16) |
| 12 | "The Masterful Cat Runs Away from Home?" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Ie o Deteiku?" (Japanese: デキる猫は家を出て行く？) | Shōhei Adachi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23) |
| 13 | "The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Tomorrow As Well" Transliteration: "Dekiru Neko wa Ashita mo Yūutsu" (Japanese: デキる猫は明日も憂鬱) | Shōhei Adachi | Katsuyuki Kodera, Katsumasa Yokomine | September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) |

## Reception

The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020" by the Honya Club online bookstore. The series was also ranked eighteenth in the 2020 Next Manga Award in the web category.