14 Most Heartfelt Quotes from A Whisker Away

The world leaves you in tears every step of the way, and constantly challenges you with its supreme authority. But if you chose to reject the world and everything you have ever known, what would you choose?

You imbue emotions into your work as you go about completing it. If your heart’s not in the right place, it will reflect in everything you lay your mind to.

The distinct joy and energy Miyo possessed with every fiber of her being, every time she was around Hinode- what was she supposed to embody, if not the supreme source of all light?

The first time Miyo was able to sit and laugh freely with Hinode was probably a core memory for her (but that might as well be said for every other moment they had). She genuinely just wanted the best for him, despite her unusual ways.

Spirally in a cycle of being unable to voice his wishes out loud, Hinode would wonder at how Miyo honestly spoke her mind every day before him. Taro was the only one in on all these musings (if only he knew!).

Hinode was unaware of the fact that he wasn’t privy to Taro’s real identity, and never realized that there was a lot Miyo hid behind her smiles and sunrise attacks.

Sometimes, we wear different masks before people and build different stories with each memory we share. These are often far away from our truest selves and it is important not to forget who you are among all those different faces.

Ensuring that the people who stay around you have a peaceful time is a choice you make, but that choice may end up hurting them unknowingly because the people who are close to you will always value your real self above everything else.

The contents of that letter seemed to be less of a confession, and more of a way to cheer Hinode up. Their interactions lightened up all the confusion she was facing in life, and all she wanted was to someday, watch the sunrise with him.

Miyo’s hyperactiveness was often misunderstood, and for most people, she was nothing but the Hinode obsessed Miss Energetic for most people. The only one who knew her, and stuck by her since childhood, was Yoriko.

Among all that embarrassment and ignorance, Hinode feared that Miyo, who admired him so much, would one day realize how he was someone who could not even speak up for himself.

Hinode hadn’t realized how much Miyo mattered in his life before Kinako informed him about Taro’s identity. The sun’s rays he had been basking in all this time had lost their way, and it was time he found them back again.

The moment Hinode said this, we came full circle whose other half had been completed by Miyo in the first half of the movie, just two kids who cherish each other’s company.

Miyo’s defense mechanism for ignoring all her problems was imagining the people around her as scarecrows. She did the same whenever Hinode called for her or had her attention. It might be a way to show how she was unconsciously turning into a real cat or her way of avoiding the problems in her life she was pointedly ignoring.