The greatest humanity, of course, is found in the complex, caring, and insightful four-footed characters. She and Her Cat (, Kanojo to Kanojo no Nekoi) is a five minute original video animation created by Makoto Shinkai in 1999. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your.

Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Reigning tomcat king Kuro reluctantly allows Shino to take adoring care of him in their golden years.Ī satisfying epilogue connects everyone. Listen to She and Her Cat Stories by Makoto Shinkai available from Rakuten Kobo. Read reviews and buy She and Her Cat - by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa (Hardcover) at Target. Mimi’s daughter Cookie helps shut-in Aoi, who is mourning for her late best friend, re-enter the outside world. Chobi’s furry new friend Mimi eventually becomes student Reina’s greatest comfort. Miyu discovers a kitten in the pouring rain, her anxious isolation as a single (over-) working woman assuaged by Chobi’s devotion. In four interlinked chapters, each prefaced by a gorgeously intricate black-and-white drawing by Rohan Eason, lonely women find lifesaving company with feline companions.

Ginny Tapley Takemori is the award-winning translator of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and other highly acclaimed Japanese fiction.

Shinkai’s stories are now adapted into a gentle prose novel by Naruki Nagakawa and smoothly translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori. For fans of Mieko Kawakamis Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayakas Earthlings, this Japanese bestseller from renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai features four inspirational and heartwarming vignettes following women and their cats in their quests for love and connection. His debut novel She And Her Cat is inspired by his highly praised five-minute anime and will be published in fourteen territories around the world.

Makoto Shinkai launched his career as one of Japan’s most lauded animation and manga artists with the five-minute film, She and Her Cat (1999) , later expanded into beloved, award-winning anime and manga series. Multiple shes and cats populate this gratifying, slim novel-in-stories, which arrives with a decades-long history that undoubtedly underscores its timeless appeal.

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