If Cats Disappeared from the World

by Genki Kawamura

Here I was standing at death’s door and I couldn’t think of a single person I cared enough about to call. I’ve connected with many people over the course of my life, but the relationships were ultimately all superficial.

It’s the future you’ll never get to see that you really regret missing most of all when you die.

I suppose you could say that my life is like that photograph. A movie that shows my whole life would include both comedy and tragedy. All the joy, anger, and sorrow I’ve been through, the result of which would be nothing more than a blank screen. There’s nothing there, nothing left. Only an empty space.

Sometimes, when you rewatch a film after not having seen it for a long time, it makes a totally different impression on you than it did the first time you saw it. Of course, the movie hasn’t changed; it’s you who has changed, and seeing the same film again makes that impossible to forget.

got so caught up with all the little everyday tasks that I ended up wasting the time that I could have been spending on more important things.