Translation
with CAT
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Page 1
Panel 1:
The blue sky, with some clouds floating by.
Shuta Narration: I hated that cat.
Panel 2:
A little boy climbs up a tree, looking down below him with tears in his eyes.
Shuta: Quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!
Panel 2:
A little girl about the same age holds a large tabby cat with an angry expression on his face as she climbs up the tree behind Shuta.
Miya: It’s okay Shuta.
See? Isn’t Torachiyo cute?
Panel 2:
The treetop against the blue sky.
Miya: Here, I’ll bring him to you.
Shuta: Quiiiiiit it!
Panel 3: The top of the tree and a few of the surrounding buildings are in view.
Alarmed Voice: That little boy fell out of the tree!
Second Voice: Oh I think you fractured it.
Panel 4:
Shuta is carried away by a man in a baseball hat, tears stream down the little boy’s face.
Shuta: Miya you idiot!
I hate you!
Panel 5:
Miya is crying as she clutches an angry looking Torachiyo.
Miya: Shuta…
Page 2
Title Page- Miya and Shuta as teenagers. Shuta looking apprehensively at an older, fatter Torachiyo.
Page 3
Panel 1:
A beautiful blue sky.
Voice: Next Shuta, you’ve got 10 tiles.
Panel 2:
Teenage Shuta dressed in a white gi, yelling as he chops through 10 tiles with ease.
Shuta: Haa!
Panel 3:
Three schoolgirls watch from afar, two of them are very interested, one looks bored.
Girl 1: Waa- he broke ‘em!
Girl 2: Waa- he broke ‘em!
Miya: …
Panel 4:
Two of Shuta’s fellow martial arts club members look excited.
Boy 1: Hey, Miya’s coming!
Boy 2: Shuta, she’s your childhood friend right? Introduce us!
Haruyo: My friends invited me to join a cooking class with them.
Panel 5:
Shuta stares at the girls and looks bore. Miya is looking away, not paying attention..
Shuta Narration: It had been five years-
Since the incident with the broken bone.
Page 4
Panel 1:
Shuta wipes his hands off and walks away from his friends..
Shuta: Childhood friend huh? We haven’t spoken in years.
Boy 1: What?
Boy 2: She’s too good for you.
Panel 2:
A flashback of Miya as a little girl holding flowers in one hand and Torachiyo in the other.
Shuta Narration: After it happened she actually came to check on me quite a few times.
But I never met with her. Not even once.
Panel 3:
A closeup of Miya, revealing her to have become an extremely attractive young lady.
Miya: I’m going home.
I don’t have any interest in the karate club.
Panel 4:
Miya’s friends look puzzled.
Girl 1: Eh…
Panel 5:
The blue, cloud-filled sky.
Girl 1: Hey Miya, is it true you were childhood friends with Shuta?
Miya: Once.
Page 5
Panel 1:
Miya’s friends look excited as Miya rolls her eyes.
Girl 1: He’s kinda cool.
Girl 2: Yeah.
Miya: Ha.
Panel 2:
Miya turns to her friends with a weary look.
Miya: Would you guys drop it.
He’s just a little coward.
Panel 3:
The outside of Miya’s house.
Miya: Psst, that jerk Shuta.
I don’t even wanna see him again.
Panel 4:
Miya sits on the floor of her room, holding Torachiyo in her lap.
Miya: I hate that jerk.
Isn’t that right Torachiyo?
Panel 5:
Closeup of Torachiyo, who looks very bored.
Miya: Torachiyo?
Panel 6:
Miya staring down at her cat.
Miya: …Torachiyo, you haven’t been too energetic lately.
I guess it’s because it’s the end of the year.
Page 6
Panel 1:
Shuta in his school uniform, riding home on his bicycle as the sun goes down behind him.
Shuta Narration: Even now I’m in my first year of high school and I still hate cats.
As for the source of my problem…
Panel 2:
Flashback panel of a young Shuta with eyes wide with fear, laying in bed as his grandmother slumps next to him.
Shuta Narration: I live with my Grandmother…
Granmother: They’ll put a spell on you, they’ll curse you. Scary!
Shuta Narration: Ever since I was a kid she would tell me stories about ghost cats.
Panel 3:
Shuta sighs as he rides home.
Shuta: And because I hate cats…
It ruined my first love.
Panel 4:
Shivers run up Shuta’s spine as he hears a “meow” behind him.
Panel 5:
Shuta looks over his shoulder and sees Torachiyo walking along the top of a fence towards him.
Shuta thinking: That’s… Torachiyo.
Panel 6:
Torachiyo looks down at Shuta.
Panel 7:
Shuta peddles away quickly.
Shuta: He always, always, creeps me out.
Looks like he’s trying to ambush me…
Page 7
Panel 1:
Torachiyo leaps towards Shuta, his mouth wide open, fangs bared.
Shuta: Eh?
Panel 2:
Miya walks down the street looking at her shopping list.
Miya: Okay, let’s see, soy sauce and tofu…
Panel 3:
Miya hears a scream and looks up.
Shuta: Aaahhh!
Panel 4
Miya stares blankly as Shuta rushes past her on his bicycle, Torachiyo clinging to his shoulders.
Page 8
Panel 1:
Miya suddenly looks concerned.
Miya: Shuta…
Torachiyo!?
Panel 2:
Shuta crashes his bicycle into a trashcan.
Panel 3:
Miya rushes over to see what has happened.
Panel 4:
Torachiyo bounces away happily while Shuta grips his wrist.
Shuta: Owww…
Panel 5:
Miya looks shocked.
Shuta: Ah…
Page 9
Panel 1:
Shuta begins tearing up as he holds his wrist.
Shuta: Wh-whaaaa…
Geez, it hurts!
Panel 2:
Miya hides behind a telephone pole to avoid Shuta.
Panel 3:
The outside of a local clinic.
Doctor: You fractured your right arm, but it should be all better in a month.
Shuta: Eh.
Panel 4:
Shuta walks out of the clinic with his arm in a sling.
Shuta: Ugh…
Panel 5:
Shuta is surprised as he sees Miya standing in front of him.
Shuta thinking: Miya…
Miya: …
Panel 6:
Miya looks stern.
Miya: Sorry.
Panel 7:
Shuta walks up to Miya.
Shuta: Huh…
Miya: Well, it was my cat…
Panel 8:
Shuta looks away, a bit concerned.
Shuta: Naah, its okay…
Page 10
Panel 1:
Shuta looks away slyly as Miya looks stunned.
Shuta: It wasn’t your fault….-this time-.
Panel 2:
Miya’s cheeks turn red as she gets angry.
Miya: W-what?
That time you fell out of the tree wasn’t my fault either.
Panel 3:
Shuta begins to get angry as well.
Shuta: Got nothing to say about that evil cat of yours then?
Miya: Don’t talk about him like that!
Panel 4:
Miya angrily turns and walks away, shouting back at Shuta.
Miya: I don’t even know why I tried to make up for what happened!
Idiot!
Panel 5:
Shuta looks confused.
Shuta: Wha-
What?
Panel 6:
A closeup of Shuta’s face.
Shuta: And after all this time I go and open my big mouth…
Panel 7:
The city at night.
Narration: That night…
Panel 8:
Shuta is sleeping in his bed, his injured arm laying on top of his stomach.
Panel 9:
Shuta sweats as he dreams.
Shuta thinking: My arm is so heavy…
My arm…
Page 11
Panel 1:
A black panel.
Shuta thinking: Wha-?
Something’s on top of it?
Panel 2:
Shuta wakes up and freaks out as he sees Torachiyo sitting on his injured arm, surrounded by a ghostly light.
Panel 3:
Shuta looking nervous.
Shuta thinking: T-Torachiyo?
What?
Panel 4:
Torachiyo stares at Shuta.
Torachiyo: Before my life expires…
Panel 5:
The outside of Shuta’s house.
Torachiyo: I’m taking over your body.
Shuta: Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Page 12
Panel 1:
Shuta wakes up covered in sweat, gasping.
Shuta: ….
Panel 2:
Shuta regains his composure.
Shuta: J-just a dream…
Panel 3:
Shuta sweating.
Shuta: That’s all.
The cat was talking…
Page 13
Panel 1:
A dark panel.
Torachiyo: Damn…
Panel 2:
Shuta stares at this cast, as the cat’s voice seems to be coming from there and a ghostly glow surrounds it.
Shuta: Huh?
Torachiyo: I got caught in this cast, I can’t go any further.
Panel 3:
Shuta panics and jumps out of bed..
Shuta: M-my arm…
It’s talking!
Panel 4:
Shuta stares at his desktop.
Panel 5:
Shuta karate chops the top of his desk, shattering his cast.
Panel 6
Shuta stares in horror as his right arm has been transformed into a cat’s arm from the elbow down.
Page 14
Panel 1:
Outside Shuta’s house, Miya holds a single rose in her hands.
Miya: Excuse me.
Good morning ma’am.
Panel 2:
Shuta’s grandmother, smiling and looking cheerful.
Grandmother: Oh, Miya, it’s been such a long time.
Did you come to see Shuta?
Panel 3:
Shuta sitting inside the house, with his ear pressed to the door.
Shuta: Miya?
Panel 4:
Shuta’s Grandmother invites Miya inside.
Grandmother: He’s so clumsy.
He just didn’t watch where he was going.
Miya: !
Panel 5:
Miya looks down at the floor.
Miya thinking: But it was my cat’s fault…
Panel 6:
A flashback panel showing Miya standing in front of Shuta’s Grandmother when she was a little girl.
Miya narration: Just like that other time, Shuta…
The accident was my fault, but no one would admit it…
Panel 7:
Shuta looks surprised as his cat-arm, now re-wrapped in bandages springs to life.
Shuta: Huh?
Page 15
Panel 1
Grandmother and Miya are standing in the entryway to the house, as Miya hands the flower to Shuta’s Grandmother.
Grandmother: I’ll go up and get him.
Haruyo: No, that’s okay, here…
Panel 2:
Miya in profile.
Miya thinking: Whenever we see each other…
Things just get too weird.
Panel 5
A shocked looking Miya looks down as Shuta squats in front of her rubbing his bandaged hand on her bare legs.
Panel 6:
Miya kicks Shuta over, yelling at him. Shuta’s Grandmother looks confused.
Miya: What the hell are you doing!?
Panel 7:
Shuta picks himself up, Miya continues to yell.
Shuta: Just listen will ya!
Miya: Well, go on.
Panel 7:
Shuta and Miya are sitting on the floor as Shuta begins to unravel his bandaged arm.
Shuta: …and so that’s it.
Miya: I see.
Panel 8:
Miya looks worried as she holds Shuta’s paw in her hands, examining it.
Miya: This looks just like the pattern on Torachiyo’s coat.
Panel 9:
Shuta looks annoyed at Miya’s question.
Miya: Why would Torachiyo try to possess you though?
Shuta: How should I know!
Page 16
Panel 1:
Shuta’s Grandmother with shadows over her face, looking very ominous.
Grandmother: It’s because the cat’s attachement to her runs deep.
The curse cannot be broken.
Panel 2:
Grandmother goes back to looking normal, as she brings Shuta and Miya some tea, but they both look extremely scared of her.
Grandmother: Did you hear what I said?
Panel 3:
Shuta gets angry with his grandmother as Miya looks on stunned.
Shuta: Wh-what are you saying, Grandma?
Grandmother: Miya, about Torachiyo…
Panel 4:
Grandmother looks concerned.
Grandmother: He was quite old, was he not?
Panel 5:
Miya looks concerned.
Miya: Um, well, he was born before I was, so…
I’m pretty sure he’s almost 20…
Panel 6:
Grandmother looks ominous once more, but less sinister.
Grandmother: When a cat lives that long…
He learns to understand what people tell him.
Panel 7:
Miya has a sudden flash of realization..
Page 17
Panel 1:
Grandmother touches her hand to her shadow-covered face.
Grandmother: You’re his owner Miya, can you think of anything?
Why would your cat want to haunt Shuta…
Panel 2:
Miya stares blankly.
Miya: She’s lying.
He couldn’t understand me, that’s…
Panel 3:
Miya suddenly freaks out as she remembers all the time she spent talking to Torachiyo in her room.
Miya in flashback: Shuta this, Shuta that, Shuta, Shuta, Shuta…
Miya: Omigod! He really could understand me?!
Panel 4:
Miya leans back, completely stunned.
Miya: Because I kept talking about Shuta everyday…
Did Torachiyo remember what I said about Shuta…?
Panel 5:
Shuta and Grandmother crowd around a nervous-looking Miya.
Miya: I remember something, but…
But, that can’t be the reason.
Panel 6:
Miya dashes out of the house.
Miya: It can’t beeeeeeeeee!!
Panel 7:
Grandmother and Shuta look confused.
Grandmother: What was that about?
Page 18
Panel 1:
Grandmother looks at Shuta out of the corner of her eyes.
Grandmother: Shuta, do you…
Remember what you might have done to make Torachiyo curse you?
Panel 2:
Shuta looks very nervous.
Shuta thinking: Forget about Torachiyo…
It’s because Miya hates me.
Panel 3:
Flashback of Miya as a little girl holding a bouquet of flowers in one arm, and Torachiyo in the other.
Shuta narration: Ever since that day.
It’s all because she came to apologize and I refused to see her…
Panel 4:
A blank, white panel.
Shuta narration: And me…
I just didn’t know what to say.
Panel 5:
A flashback of Shuta turning to look at Miya when they were in junior high.
Shuta narration: Then in junior high…
I’d try to make eye contact,
Panel 6:
A flashback image of Miya turning away from Shuta.
Shuta narration: But she’d just turn away.
Panel 7:
The outside of Shuta and Miya’s high school.
Shuta narration: She…hates me.
Panel 8:
Shuta looking tired as he heads to school, staring at his bandaged arm.
Shuta narration: And I don’t know how I feel.
Shuta: Psh.
Panel 9:
Classroom 1-A sign.
Voice: Shuta, you broke your arm!?
Shuta: Uh, yeah.
Panel 10:
Shuta is surrounded by his two friends as Miya stares from across the room.
Boy: What about the club though?
Miya: …
Page 19
Panel 1:
Voice off panel, as Miya looks irritated as every comment makes her feel more guilty about Shuta’s injury.
Voice: Shuta, what’s up…
You don’t look like your usual, energetic self.
Panel 2:
Shuta feigns sadness as a balled up message is hurled his way.
Shuta: Can’t be helped.
You guys’ just have to press on ‘til I feel better.
Panel 3:
Shuta stares at the little message that lands on his desk…
Panel 4:
…and suddenly his injured arm springs at it and playfully slaps the message around on his desk.
Panel 5:
Shuta lies on the floor with the message, having fallen out of his desk.
Haruyo: Oh, okay.
Panel 6:
She turns around with a nervous smile on her face.
Boy: Are you sure your arm’s broken…?
Shuta: …eh?
Panel 7:
Shuta unwraps the message with his good hand and reads it.
Shuta: Come to the rear court…Miya…
Panel 8:
Shuta turns to look at Miya, but she looks away just as he does.
Panel 9:
Shuta and Miya standing outside.
Miya: Can’t you cooperate, even a little?
Page 20
Panel 1:
Shuta looks confused.
Shuta: Cooperate?
Panel 2:
Miya shakes her head.
Miya: Why would my cat do this…?
We should at least be able to talk about it.
Panel 3:
Shuta stares at her, frowning.
Shuta thinking: What…
She’s the one that seems reluctant to cooperate.
Panel 4:
Miya stands with her back to Shuta.
Shuta: I’m going to be frank then.
There’s a chance Torachiyo’s dead.
Panel 5:
Shuta in profile.
Shuta: The day he possessed me…
He was on his last legs.
Panel 5:
Shuta’s grandmother in flashback.
Grandmother: The cat was aware of his limited amount of time.
Panel 5:
Shuta pulls his arm out of its sling, showing Torachiyo’s stripes.
Shuta: However…
The cat’s soul has remained here, instead of passing on…
Panel 6:
Miya turns to face Shuta, tears in her eyes.
Miya: Torachiyo…
Died…?
Panel 6:
Shuta looks at her with a mix of annoyance and disbelief.
Page 21
Panel 1:
Miya sinks to her knees and begins to cry as Shuta crawls over next to her.
Shuta: Ah,
I-I’m sorry.
Miya: Torachiyo…
Panel 2:
Shuta looks nervous as he pleads with Miya.
Shuta: Sorry, it just slipped out…
Panel 3:
Suddenly Shuta’s paw touches Miya’s face.
Shuta: Huh?
Panel 4
Miya stops crying as she feels Shuta’s paw on her cheek.
Panel 5
Miya clings to Shuta’s paw.
Miya: …
Panel 6
Shuta watches Miya silently.
Page 22
Panel 1:
Shuta blushes and his heart pounds as Miya clings to his paw.
Shuta: M…
Miya…
Panel 2:
Miya holding Shuta’s paw to her face.
Miya: Torachiyo…
Whenever I would cry…
He’d wipe away my tears like this…
Panel 3:
Miya holds Shuta’s paw in her hands, staring at it sadly.
Miya: Torachiyo still lives on in here…
Panel 4:
Shuta flashes an impatient grin at Miya who frowns in response.
Shuta: We need to make him go off to the spiritual world.
Miya: Then make him.
Panel 5:
The clouds in the sky.
Miya: Anyway,
We should do some of the things that Torachiyo enjoyed.
Page 23
Panel 1:
Miya’s house.
Panel 2:
Miya and Shuta sitting on the floor of her room, cat toys strewn everywhere.
Miya: So…
Do you want to play with any of these?
Shuta: Why you…
Panel 3:
Miya wiggles a feather on a string, and Shuta’s paw instantly starts slapping it.
Miya: Here.
Panel 4:
Miya tosses a ball and Shuta’s paw reaches for it.
Miya: Hup!
Panel 5:
Outside of Miya’s house, night has fallen.
Miya: There ya go!
Panel 6:
Miya and Shuta sit, out-of-breath, on the floor.
Miya: So?
Shuta: That’s enough…
Page 24
Panel 1:
Miya crouches and stares at Shuta’s paw.
Miya: It’s no good.
It’s not going away.
Panel 2:
Shuta’s paw suddenly slips onto Miya’s upper thigh.
Shuta: Ah.
Panel 3:
A deafening silence as Miya stares at Shuta’s paw.
Panel 4:
Miya blushes as her heart races.
Panel 5:
Shuta blushes as well, his heart pounding.
Panel 6:
Miya closes her eyes, her cheeks still red with embarrassment.
Miya: W-Wait.
Panel 7:
Shuta quickly protests in an attempt to save himself.
Shuta: I-it’s not me.
It’s the cat…
Panel 8:
Clearly not what Miya wanted to hear, as lighting crackles around her and she gets a scary look on her face.
Panel 9:
Miya begins to stomp Shuta into the floor.
Miya: I KNEW THAT!
Page 25
Panel 1:
Nighttime, outside Shuta’s house.
Grandmother: Shuuutaa,
Miya’s on the phone.
Panel 2:
Shuta holds the phone as his cat arm scratches the wall beside him.
Shuta: Check out some of the old haunts?
Panel 3:
Miya sitting on the floor of her room, on the phone.
Miya: Yeah,
Some of Torachiyo’s old territory.
It just came to me.
Panel 4:
Shuta looks bored as his cat arm continues to claw the wall.
Miya’s voice: If you don’t want to though, that’s fine…
Shuta: Naah, naah, I’ll go.
Panel 5:
Miya, dressed in a cute, Chinese dress, carrying a picnic basket.
Miya: I brought lunch.
Panel 6:
Shuta stares at her, unable to speak.
Shuta: …
Miya: What?
Panel 7:
Shuta, blushing as he stares.
Shuta: She’s…still pretty cute…
Page 26
Panel 1:
Shuta and Miya, walking through the neighborhood. Miya points out various areas as Shuta follows, still blushing.
Shuta narration: So it wound up being…
A lot like a date…
Panel 2:
A solid brick wall.
Shuta: …
Panel 3:
A patch of tall grass outside a house.
Panel 4:
Beneath an old temple.
Panel 5:
The park.
Miya: Let’s have lunch.
Panel 6:
Shuta looks around as Miya pulls food from the basket.
Shuta: This park…
Miya: Duh, its one of Torachiyo’s favorite spots.
Panel 7:
Shuta stares at a tree.
Shuta thinking: That’s the tree I fell out of…
Panel 8:
Shuta hears the sound of cans opening.
Shuta: Huh?
Panel 8:
Miya lays out three open cans of cat food.
Miya: Here.
Panel 9:
Shuta begins yelling at Miya.
Shuta: YOU CALL THIS A BOXED LUNCH?
Miya: This is Torachiyo’s favorite food.
Page 27
Panel 1:
Miya lays down a bento box chock full of sandwiches and other food.
Miya: I’ve got something here for you too…
Panel 2:
Shuta takes a bite of a sandwich as Miya watches, clearly pleased.
Shuta: Delish.
Miya: Really!?
Panel 3:
Shuta turns to face Miya, blushing, while Miya looks nervous.
Shuta: Yeah.
Miya: ……
Panel 4:
Miya turns away, blushing.
Miya: Anyway Shuta,
I…
Panel 5:
Miya is still blushing, but looks determined.
Miya: Whenever I was around you before I was sort of anti-social…
The truth is…
Panel 6:
Miya turns to face Shuta, but he has run away, his cat paw trying to grab a butterfly out of the air.
Miya: …….
Panel 7:
Shuta’s room at night.
Shuta: This is such a pain.
What could I have done to deserve this?
Panel 8:
Shuta in flashback as a little boy, peeking at Miya around a corner.
Shuta narration: I thought after it happened,
I could make peace with Miya…
Page 28
Panel 1:
Little Shuta trying to hand Torachiyo a fish.
Shuta narration: I thought if I gave Torachiyo something he’d like, we could get along…
Panel 2:
Torachiyo making a vicious looking face as-if he is going to attack Shuta.
Panel 3:
Little Shuta running away, as Torachiyo holds the fish in his mouth..
Shuta narration: Boy, was I wrong…
Panel 4:
Shuta, sitting in his room, staring at the ceiling.
Shuta: Maybe if I tell Miya the truth…
Hmm…
Panel 5:
Shuta, having been pulled onto the floor as his cat paw scratches the tatami mats in his room.
Shuta: But she still won’t like me.
Grandmother: Why won’t it rest in peace?
Panels 5, 6, 7:
The school, the boy’s bathroom door, and then Shuta and his friends inside the boy’s bathroom.
Boy 1: I saw you, Shuta…
You went out on a date with Miya.
Boy 2: Jerk, where’d you go?
Panel 8:
Shuta attempts to defend himself as his friend gets hostile.
Shuta: There’s nothing going on between us.
Boy 2: Liar.
I thought something fishy was going on.
Page 29
Panel 1:
Boy 1 puts Shuta in a headlock as Boy 2 continues to pester him.
Boy 1: You coulda at least introduced us…
Boy 2: You’re so damned sneaky.
Panel 2:
Shuta getting angry as he continues to try to convince his friends.
Shuta: Geez, whaddya think…
That I could possibly have fun,
With an unsociable girl like her?
Panel 3:
Miya catches fire with anger as she seems to know she is being talked about.
Girl: Mi…Miya…
Panel 4:
The roof of the high school, Miya and Shuta face each other as the wind blows around them.
Panel 5:
Shuta sweats, looking nervous.
Shuta: Wh-what is it, Miya?
Panel 6:
Miya is clearly annoyed.
Miya: I’ve kept silent too long, but now…
I’ll tell you.
Panel 7:
Shuta looks curious as Miya begins her explanation.
Miya: The reason why Torachiyo possessed you is…
Page 30
Panel 1:
Miya gets louder, with a look of determination and anger on her face.
Miya: Because day after day…
I BADMOUTHED YOU TO TORACHIYO!
Panel 2:
Shuta is shocked.
Shuta: Huh.
Panel 3
Miya shuts her eyes tight, as she continues to yell at Shuta.
Miya: I HATE YOU,
AND THAT’S WHY YOU’RE CURSED!
Panel 4
Shuta stumbles.
Shuta thinking: S…So…
Panel 5
Shuta falls to his knees helplessly, his coat fluttering in the breeze.
Shuta thinking: She hates me.
Panel 6
Shuta tries to catch his breath as Miya stares at him, somewhat confused at his reaction.
Page 31
Panel 1:
Shuta looks crushed.
Shuta: Somehow…
I thought so…
Panel 2:
Miya is surprised.
Miya: You did…?
Panel 3:
Shuta stares at the bandaged cat arm sadly.
Shuta: I didn’t think I’d done anything to make him hate me…
Panel 4:
Miya frowns.
Miya: B-But you…
Panel 5:
Miya as a little girl standing outside of Shuta’s house, holding a flower in one hand and Torachiyo in the other.
Miya: IT’S NOT LIKE YOU DIDN’T HATE ME TOO.
I CAME TO SEE YOU TONS OF TIMES TO APOLOGIZE…
Panel 6:
Shuta stands up, to offer an angry rebuttal.
Shuta: You brought your cat though, didn’t you!
Miya: BUT YOU DIDN’T WANT TO SEE ME!
Panel 6:
Shuta calms down and gives a heartfelt look to Miya.
Shuta: …
I did want to…
Panel 6:
Closeup of Miya’s eyes as she suddenly realizes.
Page 32
Panel 1:
Shuta, defeated, begins to walk away.
Miya: …
Panel 2:
Miya looks worried, as Shuta looks back at her..
Miya: Sh-Shuta…
Shuta: It’s okay.
I’m actually relieved.
Panel 3:
Lightning strikes around Miya as she is caught off guard by Shuta’s response.
Panel 4:
Miya, looking concerned.
Miya: B-But your arm…
It’s still…
Panel 4:
Shuta, looking away.
Shuta: It’s okay, I’ll get used to it.
Panel 4:
Miya stares at Shuta as he walks away, depressed.
Page 33
Panel 1:
Miya watching Shuta walk away.
Miya thinking: Wait.
Don’t go.
Panel 2:
Miya watching as she thinks back to sitting in her room with Torachiyo, talking about Shuta.
Miya thinking: Why’s he still cursed?
Miya flashback: Shuta doesn’t get it…
He’ll never know how I feel…
Miya thinking: I liked you too, but all I ever said were bad things.
Panel 3:
Shuta stops in his tracks.
Shuta: Huh?
Panel 4:
Shuta’s cat arm is trying to go back to Miya while he tugs against it.
Panel 5:
Looking back, Shuta can see that Miya is crouched down, crying.
Panel 4:
Miya, her hands covering her face.
Shuta thinking: Miya?
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Panel 1:
Shuta looks surprised as the bandages slip off his cat arm.
Shuta thinking: What is she…
Crying…?
Panel 2:
Shuta crawls back, his cat paw sticking out in front of him.
Shuta thinking: Did you really…
Put this curse on me?
Panel 3:
Miya crying.
Panel 4:
Miya opens her eyes as she feels Shuta’s human hand on her face, wiping her tears.
Panel 5:
Miya clings to Shuta’s hand as she stares at him.
Shuta: Miya…
Miya: Shuta…
Shuta: I’m sorry.
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Panel 1:
Miya sitting in her room holding Torachiyo in a flashback.
Shuta narration: I think I figured it out…
Torachiyo possessed me…
Because he wanted to watch over Miya and I until we made up.
Panel 2:
A dark, ominous panel.
Shuta narration: But the truth…
Panel 3:
Miya and Shuta sitting in his room as Grandmother looks on. Miya has placed a cat pillow in front of Shuta.
Shuta narration: Was not discovered until one month later…
Miya: There you go Torachiyo, your present for your 20th birthday.
Okay, you can go to heaven now.
Shuta: Then why’d you have to possess me?
Grandmother: Maybe because you’re an idiot?
Panel 4:
Much later, Shuta and Miya sit in her room. Shuta’s hand is on Miya’s thigh as she slaps it.
Shuta: Oops,
Torachiyo’s soul is still in me…
Miya: That’s YOUR hand.