A cute coming-of-age story about learning to be honest about your feelings to the people you care about via the narrative device of waking up one day as a catgirl. How to Take Off Your Mask doesn't break new ground with its storytelling, but within the simplicity lies the charm. These childhood friends are clearly crushing on each other, but their fear of losing the other by being "different" keeps them from being honest, and so the rom-com commences. The story does try to be serious at times, though it undercuts its own plot by not fully explaining what's going on with the group who hates cat people (maybe they do in the other VNs in this series?), but the sugary sweet childhood friends romance is the real star here. I'd recommend this to someone looking for a fluffy low-stakes romance who are willing to accept that they might not get all the questions about this world answered.