There’s Grumpy Cat, Venus the two- faced kitty, Maru the Master of Boxes, and Garfi the Angriest Cat. Now, there’s someone new in the club.
Setsu- chan is an adorable blue- eyed, white cat from Japan owned by Japanese Illustrator, Mino. He started posting pictures of Setsu- chan on his twitter account and it gained popularity in a beat.
People from the internet calls him the new “Jekyll and Hyde” cat and was dubbed as the “ugliest sleeping face in Japan” by none other than his owner, Mino.
The difference between his appearance when he’s awake and when he’s sleeping is huge. Setsu- chan looks adorable and cute when he’s awake but when he starts to get sleepy, his cute demeanour will be instantly replaced by an odd appearance which according to the Japanese language is “Hengao”.
Mino released a book about his cat titled, “The Most Awful Sleeping Face in Japan: The Unparalleled Beautiful Cat Setsuchan” which was released in Japan last December 2014. He was also featured in a lot of TV Shows and Magazine in Japan.
Nevertheless, Setsu- chan is adorable, awake or not.
by: Yza Angela E. Turingan
St. Paul University Manila