The Blanket Cats

The Blanket Cats

Kiyoshi Shigematsu

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

Is three days with a cat long enough to change your life? The troubled and anxious of Tokyo are desperate to find out. They all have their problems - and they all want to believe that a temporary feline companion from a unique pet shop can help them find a solution. Or at least provide a few days' relief and distraction. But, like all their kind, the Blanket Cats are mysterious creatures with their own unknowable agendas, who delight in confounding expectations. And perhaps what their hosts are looking for isn't what they really need. Three days may not be enough to change your life. But it can be enough to change how you see it.


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  • catbeats
    Apr 21, 2025
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

    7 stories about Blanket Cats. Blanket Cats are rental cats available for 3 days which help people confront a problem at a crossroads in life. The renters don't realize this themselves until their time with the cats. The only rule is these cats must have their blankets with them and be fed the food the pet-shop sends them off with. Some of these cats help reveal the quandaries with normal cat-interactions but some are even magical like Japanese Yoke cats (Bakeneko)! A fun read. Gets better with each story.

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