Caroline told me I should read this series, and I was like, are there any talking cats in it, and she was like, no but there's a baby panda that acts like a cat, and I was like, SOLD.

And then she said, but the baby panda-cat doesn't appear in the first 5 or so volumes.

It actually takes EIGHT volumes for the baby panda-cat to appear but it's pretty great!!

also I'm moderately interested in this other land with its own alchemy or whatever.

but mainly: panda-cat!!!