Chi's Sweet Home (チーズスイートホーム) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Konami Kanata. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning from 2004 to 2015, with its chapters collected in twelve volumes. The manga has been licensed for North American distribution by the publisher Vertical. An anime television series adaptation, lasting two seasons, aired from March 2008 to September 2009. A 3DCG anime television adaptation lasting two seasons began airing in October 2016 to September 2018, and a third season premiered worldwide on Netflix in July 2024.
Plot
A small grey and white American Shorthair kitten wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside with her family. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Yohei, and his mother, Miwa. They take the kitten home, but, as pets are not allowed in their housing complex, they try to find her a new home. This proves to be difficult, and the family decides to keep the kitten and so must hide it from the landlady.
While being housebroken, the kitten mistakenly answers to "Chi" (from chī (ちー), a Japanese word for "urine") and this becomes her name. Chi then lives with her new family, learning about different things and meeting new people and animals.