Haru’s main problem is that she doesn’t believe in herself, which is also Shizuku’s issue. I mentioned The Cat Returns during that review previously, and now that I’ve re-watched it, I still stand by what I said. This is because the main character of Whisper of the Heart, Shizuku, wrote The Cat Returns. This is yet another coming-of-age story and it mirrors Whisper of the Heart in a lot of ways. Her unexpected journey has left her with a renewed sense of self confidence, and most importantly, now that she’s a female with a strong sense of purpose: In the end, Haru parts ways with her new friends, who tell her to come ask them for help anytime she needs it. Muta and the Baron try to help her, but it is Toto who saves the day, by calling in all his crow friends to catch the falling trio. Unfortunately, though the exit releases her from the cat world, it drops her off high in sky over the streets of Tokyo, and Haru, though cured of being a cat, starts falling to her impending doom. With the help of the Baron, Muta, Prince Lune, and a cat named Yuki-the previous disembodied voice and the actual love of Prince Lune-Haru manages to escape the Cat Kingdom by climbing up a giant tower, the hallowed roof of which is a portal to the real world. Unless she can get back to the human world before dawn, the process will never reverse itself.Įventually, the Baron makes it to the Cat Kingdom to save her. Whenever Haru stops believing in herself or forgets who she really is, more of her human side disappears as the cat side takes over. They don’t succeed in their goal and Haru and Muta end up in the Cat Kingdom, wherein Haru is shrunk down to the size of a cat and slowly begins turning into a cat herself. Muta manages to tag along with Haru while the Baron and Toto try to follow them from the air. Unfortunately, the other cats have found her and they kidnap her. The Baron says that he’ll help Haru with her predicament. It’s there that Haru meets the Baron-the same Baron from Whisper of the Heart-and his crow friend Toto.
Haru finds Muta, a large white cat, who then takes her through a bunch of back alleys until he brings her to what appears to be a miniature town that’s a perfect size for cats. A disembodied voice tells Haru to find a fat white cat at some crossroads, and that he will lead her to the Cat Bureau where she can find help.Ĭrossroads here means any intersection in Tokyo with a fat cat apparently. Despite her protests, they’re going to collect her for the journey that night. When the cats discover her unhappiness, they vow to take her to their kingdom and marry her to Prince Lune. Needless to say, she’s not too pleased by these new changes in her life. On her way to school, she is bombarded by a bunch of cats that want the catnip that has somehow been placed upon her person, and her locker contains a couple dozen boxes with live mice. The next morning, there are hundreds of lacrosse rods littering her friend’s balcony, and Haru’s yard has been overrun with cattails. The cats have vowed to not stop until Haru is perfectly happy, regardless of her feelings on the matter. The cats give Haru a piece of paper that has a list of all the marvelous cat gifts they want to bestow upon her for saving their prince.
Among them is their king, who wants to thank Haru personally. Later that night, on entourage of cats make their way to Haru’s house. It turns out that he is Prince Lune from the Cat Kingdom. While Haru is catching her breath on the side of the road, the cat in question stands up on his hind legs, brushes himself off, and calmly thanks Haru for saving him. Her life gets much harder when one day she saves a cat about to be run over by a truck-breaking her friend’s lacrosse stick in the process. She’s a klutz who never wakes up on time, is always late for school, constantly trips over her own two feet, and is laughed at and picked on by the other students, including her best friend. I know it makes me sad too.Īnyway, The Cat Returns centers on highschooler Haru, a shy girl with little no self-confidence. Rin is unfortunately not here for this review, so you’re stuck with just me today. MadameAce: Hello, Ace here, and welcome to yet another installment of Ghibli Month.
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