Miyo Sasaki

* Human
* Cat

**Miyo Sasaki** (笹木 美代, *Sasaki Miyo*), also known as **Muge**, is the main protagonist in *Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu*.

She transforms into a cat to interact with Kento Hinode, by wearing a Cat Mask. Her catself is named, **Taro** (太郎, *Tarō*).

## Appearance

Miyo is a very pretty young girl of average height with messy light brown hair that she sometimes ties up in a messy ponytail.

She can usually be seen wearing the school uniform which shes wears in quite a messy state with part of her polo shirt untucked from her skirt.

### As Taro

Miyo has bright blue eyes with white fur and light brown fur tinged around her nose and on the tip of her tail.

## Personality

Miyo is seen to be a bright girl with a rambunctious personality who usually always able to clearly speak her mind. She also usually has no problem expressing herself and showing her emotions. When her letter was read out loud to the class she became very upset when Kento Hinode said he hated her but still had no desire to give up on him yet.

## Background

Miyo was born into a high middle-class nuclear family in Tokoname where she often hated her mother and the newer family, with stepmother, because she felt like her mother and father abandoned her. Miyo also feels like her stepmother is trying to replace her mother, which bothers her. Changes, & disappearance of Miyo, caused her family to be more caring for their daughter.

## Plot

On a day of the local shrine festival, Miyo gets upset with her mother and runs away to a nearby bridge. She finds a mysterious cat, who sold masks to people who wanted to leave away from their real lives and society. After receiving the Cat Mask, she changes into her cat self every time to meet Kento Hinode and often to leave out of family issues, which causes their relation & lives to go through emotional struggling.

## Relationships

### Kento Hinode

#### Hinode Sunshine Attack

    In the morning of the school day on her way to the classroom, Miyo going barefoot, surprisingly butt attack Kento from behind and cheerfully announces the name of her performed charm.

#### Letter

Miyo spent all night writing a letter to Kento, pouring all her emotions and feelings into it about how she felt about Kento. The next day in school she is feeling strong-willed to give her letter to Kento. While she does two of her classmates, Shōta Bannai and Ayumu Niibori snatch the letter from her hands. Niibori asks Bannai if he is really going to read the letter out loud as Bannai opens it up with a snarky look on his face then proceeding to call her “pathetic” as she went all out on the letter. While reading out the letter Miyo attempts to take it back but fails to do so, Bannai also calls her “desperate” for Kento taunting her feelings for him, which makes her angry. Kento then takes the letter away from Bannai and stares and Miyo coldly, obviously stating that he is embarrassed by the situation and is disappointed in Miyo. Miyo looks nervous as Banni chants “confession time!” causing Miyo to push the teacher's desk over on top of him; Miyo then looks for Kento to accept her confession but he crumples up the paper and tells her he hates pushy people like her and proceeds to tell her he hates her. Miyo after hearing this tears up and then runs off with Yoriko chasing after her.

## Etymology

* The name **Miyo** means "beautiful" (美) (**mi**) and "generation" (代) (**yo**).
	+ Her nickname **Muge** means "infinitely mysterious".
* Miyo's surname **Sasaki** means "bamboo grass" (笹) (**sasa**) and "tree, wood" (木) (**ki**).