The Travelling Cat Chronicles

by Hiro Arikawa

Until then, my life had been limited to the modest territory of Satoru’s apartment and a small area around it. A decent-sized territory for a cat, really, but pretty modest compared to the vastness of this world. A cat could never see all the sights the world has to offer in one lifetime. There’s just so much out there. Satoru? Since we had embarked on our journey, I’d seen the town where you spent your childhood. And a farming village. And the sea. I wondered what new scenes we would see together before this journey was over.

As we count up the memories from one journey, we head off on another. Remembering those who went ahead. Remembering those who will follow after. And someday, we will meet all those people again, out beyond the horizon.