Hey there! It’s time for another Rising Sun, and this time I’m going to do a series that wasn’t officially released in America, but can be entertaining regardless.

The work in question is Neko-de Gomen (Sorry, but I’m a Cat), a manga released in 1989 that spans four or five volumes. It’s about a young girl named Yayoi, who reluctantly tries out her father’s new teleportation device. It works without a hitch, unless you count the fact that a cat stepped onto the machine right when it was activated, causing the two to fuse together like in The Fly. From now on, whenever Yayoi is exposed to the proper stimuli or gets excited, she’ll grow cat ears, a tail, claws and acquire feline abilities. To put it simply, hilarity ensues because of the fusion.

And hilarity does ensue, as a bunch of crazy situations come out of Yayoi’s condition and multiple other factors. Duplicate balloons, walking Venus fly traps, and making bears look like pandas are just three of the crazy scenes that take place in this series. Complementing it is a solid art style. The series has a nice aesthetic and appealing character designs, and while it reminds me somewhat of Fushigi Yugi, it’s good to look at. Speaking of looks, it should be warned that Neko-de Gomen has several explicit scenes that might put some readers off. This is especially the case in chapters two and three, where Yayoi succumbs to her cat side’s oestrus cycle. However, like with Ranma 1/2, I’m willing to overlook the explicit content for the sake of enjoying the work as a whole.

So if you’re looking for a nice comedy series that, as Adventure Time‘s Ice King puts it, “is crazy crazy in your face all the time”, the fan-made English version of Neko-de Gomen will surely draw your attention.