Kocour, který zachraňoval knihy – Nacukawa Sósuke (2022)

The Japanese bestseller number 1 brings a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them. High school student Rintaró Nacuki, an avid bookworm, is about to close the bookstore-antique shop he inherited from his beloved grandfather. At that moment, however, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. He asks Rintaró to help him save the books. The world is full of lonely books that remain unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaró must free them from the owners who neglect them. The unusual duo embarks on an amazing journey and undertakes three expeditions into an imaginary world, during which they enter various mazes to liberate the books. On their travels, the feline savior and Rintaró encounter a man who lets his books languish on a shelf, an unwitting book torturer who tears pages from books into shreds to help people with speed reading, and a publishing drone that wants to create only bestsellers. Their adventure culminates in a final, unforgettable task – the last maze that awaits Rintaró leads him to a realm that only the bravest dare to enter… A gripping story about books, first love, fantasy, and the unusual friendship of a young boy with a talking cat...