Review of A Whisker Away

Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu, or A Whisker Away. What... what even is this show... Spoil-eerrr... warning... of course... Alright so this new anime movie, it's bogus. Not going to lie the trailer for this show had me interested. Yes it feels and hell the name even sounds like Spirited Away. But I must say what the show is, it's not just a Spirited Away inspired movie but it's also complete shitshow ripoff of the movie The Cat Returns. I know both have their differences but if you look closely, both movie (this and The Cat Returns) is literally on the same concept. I must say,I am honestly so disappointed that I'm angry. Angry because this wasted an hour and half of my time? No. It's that it had potential and the execution, production and crappy writing threw everything this had going for.

The first issue, Muge. What the fuck of a main character is this? What kind of over-the-top, erratic pile of shit, that is supposed to be a character, am I watching. She is so self-centred, so ignorant and so clueless about herself that it's unreal. I know that that's might what a teenage of her age might think but the level of what she presented is way overboard. Like, come on? How bad of a character can you be, she's literally a dick to the supporting characters and relates to nothing toward the viewer. I don't like any aspect of her and really, really fucking hate her. Were the creators intend to make her the most annoying yet triggering piece of shit to ever exist? If so they did a good job.

The second issue, Muge, again. Why was she such a simp, like holy shit this is the most simp I have seen in any character in a long time. Like usually you would associate simp with boys, right? Not in this case apparently, she just wants to smash that boy Hinode so badly. Why? Not even I know. I don't see a single special or stand out features or behaviour that boy has. Moreover, we a given no back story or background whatsoever on Muge's past and how she was before. Not a single thing. This just leaves many questions unanswered.

Thirdly, it's the pace. This movie is an hour and a half (1h 44min to be exact), why did it feel so rushed. There's little to no scenes where we can just take in the show, not even the start. We are literally thrown into the show and forced to piece the puzzles together on what happened. Strangely, for such a rushed show, it's such a painful slow watch. Probably I just wanted it to be over. Plus the plot is not even original and interesting. This stupid The Cat Returns copycat (haha). The show feels so unrealistic for a show that takes place in the real world majority of the time.

So we know this Muge is always keeping a happy face despite suffering inside deeply, all she wants is Hinode. The thing is, this show tries so hard to show The World vs Muge but in reality, it's more like Muge vs The World. She herself is flipping off everyone and everything around her and says to herself why is this happening. What a pathetic character seriously.

-SCORES-

Character- 2/10: Muge is literally one of the worst main characters I have ever seen.

Art- 8/10: Really the only good thing about the show, but it's overshadowed by how bad the writing and characters are.

Writing- 2/10: Pfffff, wtf is this lmao? A joke?

Sound- 5/10: What the hell was the funky, mocking OST when scenes get serious. Like it's trying to be a Tom and Jerry or Pink Panther episode.

Overall, while I know my review sounds like a literally 1 or 2, I gave it a 3 cause I felt it had potential but it was wasted so badly.

Decent to Light 3