If Cats Disappeared from the World

by Genki Kawamura

“In order to gain something, you have to lose something,” she always said. People are always trying to get something for nothing. But that’s just theft. If you’ve gained something, it means that someone, somewhere, has lost something. Even happiness is built on someone else’s misfortune. She often reminded me of this. In fact, she considered it one of the laws of the universe.

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long shot.”

For me, cats are no different from the sun or the ocean or the air we breathe.