A Whisker Away

Miyo Sasaki is a lively high schooler struggling with life at home: an insecure father and a well-meaning stepmother whose efforts to reach her only push Miyo further away. Looking for an escape, Miyo fixates on her classmate Kento Hinode, expressing her feelings with an intensity that often leaves him overwhelmed.

When she can’t seem to connect with Kento as herself, Miyo finds a way to get close by taking the form of a white cat he names “Tarou.” The comfort of being by his side comes with a painful trade-off, though—what she learns while listening in as Tarou doesn’t translate into the help she wants to give him. Torn between staying near him as a cat or revealing who she really is, Miyo must decide what she’s willing to risk to be understood.