Status Updates From The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Yeah just as I expected, going to have to hold back my tears for the remainder of this portion- this book as so heartfelt and powerful. I really like how Noriko is portrayed as well, with her fixation on the emails or even just her tone of voice, it really adds to the entire tragic situation.

That was a super sweet bonding chapter- added to both Nana and Satoru’s character, though it also was masked in a sense of bitter sweetness, like something bad will happen I guess. Obviously the journey is supposedly coming to an end at this point but still, though such a happy chapter it gave the feeling of sadness throughout.

That was quite the chapter- I still really like how developed each character is- the confession from Satoru at the end made me worried though. It might have been out of kindness to try and prove to Sugi that Chikako did love him as Sugi was obviously worried about that. It may also be a final confession type thing though and that makes me scared. “How can you be such a good person when you’ve been so unlucky?”

I haven’t finished this chapter yet but there’s so much going on- I really like the exploration into just the human experience with Sugi and his jealousy/awareness of his mean behaviour alongside his desire to be as nice as Satoru, questioning how Satoru is the way he is despite his unfortunate life. It really is a chapter of self-reflection and I really like that.