Like the first two books in this series, this is a warm, tender, and surprisingly sober series of comics. We get more of Mr. Kanda's (the titular "Man") backstory; this is teased by the cover art, which I think beautifully aligns tonally and narratively across the season.

As always, there is an element of silliness hear, i.e. a lot of puns on "meow" in Fukumaru's (the titular "Cat") dialogue, over the top reactions from Mr. Kanda's younger teacher colleagues, but it's all part of the charm.