Cat-Life Balance 3

In this office romance manga with a feline twist, a people-pleaser flirting with burnout discovers his antisocial coworker's secret: She only smiles when she's playing with stray cats! Now he's got a choice: Keep up the facade and keep saying "yes" to every extra task and happy hour, or risk his perfect work image to sneak off for some simple, frisky fun?

Fans of Sweat & Soap and Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You will love this new series from the creator of Cells at Work! Lady.

Kitaohji has earned a reputation for doing any favor his coworkers ask of him. Saying yes is stressful, though, and he’s started learning to relax by spending time with a group of three adorable community cats. The cats’ longtime caretaker, Kurone, is a reserved colleague from another department, and she’s slowly begun to let Kitaohji in. They go on their first maybe-date to shop for supplies to build the cats a new shelter, but shortly after that another woman at work makes her move, exploiting Kitaohji’s feelings for Kurone to get closer to him. Now Kitaohji will need to reckon with whether his pattern of behavior makes him a prince or a pushover…or something worse.

FINAL VOLUME!

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