Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
English title: A Whisker Away
Japanese title: 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
Alternative titles: Nakineko
Type: ONA
Source: Original
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 18, 2020
Duration: 1 hr 44 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Studio Colorido
Producers: Fuji TV, TOHO, BS Fuji, TOHO animation, Universal Music Japan, Fuji Creative, Kadokawa, KDDI, Twin Engine, Dentsu Meitetsu Communications
Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Themes: School

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?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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