He reflects on how technology has shifted from a tool we use to something that controls us, creating a constant state of anxiety.
Kawamura flips the script. In most pet-loss narratives, the animal dies. Here, the human dies first. The cat remains. The protagonist’s grief is not for the cat—the cat’s grief is for him. This inversion forces us to ask: Who is the real companion? if cats disappeared from the world by genki kaw top