Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu


A Whisker Away

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Nakineko
Japanese: 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
English: A Whisker Away
German: Um ein Schnurrhaar
Spanish: Amor de Gata
French: Loin de Moi, Près de Toi
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Information

Type: ONA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 18, 2020
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Studio Colorido
Source: Original
Genres: Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama, RomanceRomance, SupernaturalSupernatural
Theme: SchoolSchool
Duration: 1 hr. 44 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.351 (scored by 285502285,502 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #26402
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #523
Members: 470,852
Favorites: 2,024

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Synopsis

Miyo Sasaki is an energetic high school girl who comes from a broken family consisting of her unconfident father and an overly invested stepmother, whose attempts at connecting with Miyo come across as bothersome. Seeing Kento Hinode as a refuge from all her personal issues, she cannot help herself from forcing her unorthodox demonstrations of love onto her crush.

While Miyo is unable to get Kento's attention as herself, she manages to succeed by interacting with him in the form of a white cat, affectionately nicknamed "Tarou" by Kento. But Miyo soon realizes that she cannot help Kento with the various problems she overhears in her cat form and is now caught between two tough choices. Will she continue her relationship with him as a cat, or will she reveal her identity and risk what they have in order to help him as her human self?

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Background

Winner of the Excellence Award at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Characters & Voice Actors

Kakinuma

Supporting
Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Tamaki

Supporting
Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Isami, Masamichi

Supporting
Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Sasaki, Youji

Supporting
Chiba, Susumu
Japanese

Sugita

Supporting
Yoshida, Oolongta
Japanese

Staff

Suzuki, Kousuke
Producer
Kumamoto, Norio
Assistant Producer


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"Hana ni Bourei (花に亡霊)" by Yorushika (ヨルシカ)
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Ending Theme

"Usotsuki (嘘月)" by Yorushika (ヨルシカ)




Reviews

Dec 27, 2024
This film could've very, VERY easily been a lot more inappropriate or obnoxious with the specific story it wanted to tell and the characters that were leading it. But the writers really seemed to try and avoid that as much as they could. And for that, I applaud them. Some people may still have problems with this film, but as someone whose seen this type of story done SO much worse, I was just relieved that it didn't ever end up there. Its a really sweet and innocent film that I'm glad to have finally gotten around to watching.

8/10
Apr 8, 2025
Mixed Feelings
I had high expectations before watching the movie. That's why I expected something big but it wasn't very good except for the art design. The characters are very ordinary, the anime suddenly turned into a romantic comedy and then a drama, I was surprised at what I missed, I couldn't warm up to any of the characters. The story felt like it was written in 1 day, and the time skips suddenly happen and end suddenly, which is a very bad feeling in terms of watching pleasure. In short, it can be watched but there is not much going on except for the design, the ...
May 22, 2025
It's a really great fantasy premise, but a really terrible execution on top of being used as a macGuffin vehicle for a terribly cringeworthy kiddy-romance.

It's really rough kiddyschool SoL for much of the first half. The FMC is portrayed in such a 'child-oriented person writing little girl' way, the 'romance'(nonromance) is absurdly forced for the entire movie. She's somehow all at once just a typical idiot who's suicidal, bipolar, autistic, narcissistic, cringe butt-bumping her crush and declaring her love to him constantly despite barely knowing him only through stalking as a cat, etc. She's a lunatic with zero ability to read the room or display ...

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Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )
KANLen09 - Jun 18, 2020
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Poll: should i watch?
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How's the romance?
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