Kihachi, meanwhile, has lived a very long life and witnessed a lot of suffering. Thanks to Kihachi’s care and attention, he starts taking a healthier attitude towards his job and is even inspired to start writing again. Learning about bakeneko and the supernatural world comes as a shock, but the pretend marriage to Kihachi allows Souta to experience what it’s like to have someone looking out for him.
Souta’s job has been draining the life out of him and over-work has taken a serious toll on his physical and mental health. The Cat Proposed, by Denot Hayane, is a charming supernatural romance that’s character focused, slightly melancholy and very sweet. There’s just one way to avoid this: Souta must become Kihachi’s mate! Then, Kihachi drops another bombshell in Souta’s lap since the bakeneko are so secretive and reclusive, Kinachi could face harsh repercussions from his fellow bakeneko for being discovered by Souta, and Souta will likely be punished as well. Souta, initially assumes that this was a hallucination brought on by lack of sleep, but then Kihachi approaches him after the show and reveals himself to be a bakeneko, a supernatural cat-creature capable of shape-shifting into a human. He’s so entranced that, at one point, Kihachi’s face seems to transform into that of a cat’s, causing Souta to freak out in the middle of the play. Souta is mesmerized by the performance and can’t take his eyes off of the charismatic storyteller, Kihachi. Thankfully, Souta comes to his senses before he can go through with it and, looking for a distraction, he decides to attend a kodan performance, a traditional kind of one-man play. On the way home from work one day, he briefly contemplates committing suicide.
He’s over-worked, exhausted and feels like his life is empty.
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