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“Girl from broken home loves boy as cat "Tarou," must choose between feline comfort or human honesty.”
A Whisker Away
泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
7.35
2,780 rank · 492,840 viewers · 2,081 favorites
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Drama
Romance
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School
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Synopsis
Girl from broken home loves boy as cat "Tarou," must choose between feline comfort or human honesty.
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?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 178 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 178 viewers settled on.
77%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 2.9
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Score over time
↓ 2.46
Running avg · Jun 2020 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I think the story is great and it is different partly from other stories but the thing is this is a bit cliche at 2020 because it is always the same thing like is he gonna be with her or not I just...”
- 9 “The movie shines with its unique plot that offers relatable situations, well-developed characters with distinct personalities, and the charming presence of cats that adds a relaxing touch to the...”
- 8 “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...”
Verbosity
Short · 42%
Medium · 37%
Long · 21%
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- Format 1 × 104′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 44m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2020 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-16106 catalog
Produced by
- Fuji TV Producer
- TOHO Producer
- BS Fuji Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Universal Music Japan Producer
- Fuji Creative Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- KDDI Producer
- Twin Engine Producer
- Dentsu Meitetsu Communications Producer