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泣きたい私は猫をかぶる

A Whisker Away

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 can't 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 can't 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? [Written by MAL Rewrite] Note: The film was slated to open in theaters in Japan on June 5, but was postponed due to COVID-19 and received an exclusive streaming on Netflix beginning on June 18.

Names

Original泣きたい私は猫をかぶる (japanese)
RomajiNakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
EnglishA Whisker Away
Chinese想哭的我戴上了貓的面具 (traditional · via wikidata)
Also known asNakineko · Amor de Gata · Loin de moi, près de toi · Olhos de Gato · Um ein Schnurrhaar · Miyo - Un amore felino · Для тебя я стану кошкой

Facts

FormatFeature film · 1 ep · 104 min · 2h total
Aired2020-06-18 (Spring 2020)
StatusFINISHED
StudioStudio Colorido
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresDramaFantasyRomance
ThemesShapeshiftingAnimalsFemale ProtagonistHenshinKemonomimiFamily LifeUrban FantasyHeterosexualSchoolAnthropomorphismYoukai
StreamingNetflix

Reception

Community score7.41 / 10
Bayesian score7.41 / 10
Composite58.5
On lists189,711
Favourited3,901 (2.1%)
Completion96.6%
Drop rate0.7%
In backlog22.6%
Score spread σ1.66

Score distribution

1549248731,26042,25555,489610,557722,645822,767914,054108,066

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioStudio Colorido2 of 21
Broadcast seasonSpring 2020B13 of 62
Year2020B63 of 298
Source materialOriginal workB231 of 1,732
FormatFeature filmC260 of 997
LengthMovieC260 of 997
Season (all years)SpringB324 of 1,868
GenreRomanceB328 of 1,687
GenreFantasyB406 of 2,142
EraEarly 2020sC415 of 1,596
GenreDramaC619 of 1,917
OriginJapanB1,199 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorJunichi Satou, Tomotaka Shibayama, Yuusuke Takeda, Takamasa Masuki, Aya Satou
Character designYoujirou Arai, Yumi Ikeda
Original creatorYoujirou Arai

AniList id 114963 · MAL id 41168 · record updated 2026-08-27