My Roommate is a Cat

Crua9 Mar 12, 2019

9.5

In short, the show spends about half or 75% following the writer from his point of view, and then the rest is from the cat's point of view. While during the writers point of view the cat is a normal cat. Like it doesn't talk. However, during the cat's point of view you can hear the cat's thoughts and see flashbacks from the cat. In fact, the one thing I'm wondering is if this based on real life due to the writer thing.  The overall story seems to be how a cat changes an introvert to be a better person, and the person changes the cat to have a better personality.  There honestly isn't much bad I can say about this show. I think the only thing that really bugs me is the main person (the writer) his parents die and it doesn't change him. In fact, the very first part shows the writer is attending his parent's funeral (they died in some bus accident, so it was unexpected). He meets the cat while visiting the grave. But beyond that there is nothing. Like unless if he hated both his parent to start with or it was expected. Then there would be a good mourning period with the average person.  Like think about it. How would it effect you if both your parents who lived with you died in some accident?  (there is only 1 real ep they tackle this in a singleaafternoon. But as anyone knows, it isn't a quick thing to get over)  Like they shouldn't of added the parents dying. It didn't really add anything, and it opened up more questions than not. There is plenty of ways of having the 2 meet up that doesn't make the viewer ask why he isn't effected by his parent's death.  Anyways, if you don't like slice of life adult shows. Then you won't like this.

Epimondas Mar 31, 2019

9.5

At first glance, this anime and the title may not look like much, but it’s surprisingly good.  It’s sweet, cute, charming, funny, and a simple slice of life drama but there’s hidden layers and cleverness too.  You might almost think that’s what pets might be thinking when they do what they do.  It might not be such a far fetched way of thinking.  If nothing else, it can be said, pets have a positive effect on life.   There are moments, when Haru looks like she’s causing trouble or being a nuisance, but she has her reasons which are curiously logical and understanding in a cat perspective.  The funniest running gag is how Haru keeps thinking he isn’t eating well and thinks it’s a good idea to share.  I was skeptical too at first, but it’s a oddly captivating tale and hard to stop watching once you start. Give this oddly titled charmer a try and you will be rewarded.  Between the sharp witty writing; realistic situations and events; and the effects on each other the cat and main character have, the story is easy to connect with.

MangaWolfX Mar 28, 2020

10

This is my first ever review and even though i've watched a couple of shows before, i just had to write a review about this one! It's a hidden gem and i cant believe how obsessed i am with it! If you have a cat, or just love animals, you will fall inlove with the show! i can also relate to some degree with the main character as he is antisocial and doesnt like to socialise. If you are looking for some fresh slice of life and funny anime or you like animals (cats) this is definitely for you. MC is novelist who is very shy and don t have much contact with people (afraid of crowds and so on..). It is little unique so we have story from MC perspective and cats perspective. MC get inspiration for his novel when he found a cat but the cat will have much more impact on his life not just because he will take care of her he will also start to interact with people which he doesn t want at the beginning and later we will see him willingly take the first steps when he "breaks the wall" when he came to realization to change his life and rid of his fears. Some episodes will be a little emotional. I would have scored 8 if anime had shown a little more interactions of mc and people around him in some episodes. The cat also has a little development from wild to tame cat.