Mahoutsukai no Neko

The isekai genre is plagued by overpowered protagonists and flat, generic protagonists. This particular manga switches up that formula by being plagued by a confusing story and characters whose motivations and intentions are often difficult to decipher.

The basic concept behind the story, that the protagonist reincarnates into another world as a wizard's cat isn't a bad one, but it quickly veers into a place where it becomes hard to understand what the characters are trying to do and why. Also (minor spoiler), the cats in the story are primarily cats in name only; they spend most of their time as people. This itself isn't a problem, but it creates the question as to why the author created such this plot point only to barely use it. The way magic works is also poorly explained, and it's not easily apparent why some characters are more powerful than others.

I almost dropped it without finishing it after the first few chapters but I kept reading it anyway, either out of curiosity what would happen or to see if it got any better (it doesn't). If it had been better written, I could have given it at least a 6 or a 7, since the art is decent and it does have occasional cute moments, but these aren't enough to overcome the clumsy story and character development.

This manga is light and has some humor, but has a darker tone. However, you probably won't take it too seriously. The story is pretty cute and the characters are interesting. I don't think that all of the chapters have been uploaded in English yet, but-so far-the story is engaging and has the potential to be really good. I recommend it if you like wizards and cute cats.