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Where are you, Kazuki?
Where is your house?
I don’t know.
What’s your name?
I’m Cynthia.
You are a dog. Don’t cry like that.
Are you really male? Pitiful.
Because Kazuki is not with me…Ah, my body still hurts from the bump.
Only a kitty loses her way.
Kazuki was gone while I was obsessed with GamGam-kun.
You said it 17 times.
Oh, don’t take it away from me!
So, Kazuki is your master, right?
Yes.
How is he?
He is a good man. He is a liar, frivolous, and a play boy.
None of the description is a compliment.
Is that so?
Then, why did he disappear?
I don’t know. We drove to the waterfall, got off the car and played. But, they were gone when I looked up.
That’s right.
Absolutely.
It must be it.
You are…
A stray dog.
Whaaaaat!!!
We have no choice.
You can join us.
Such a little kid will bother us.
He will be fine.
You know, are you guys…stray dogs?
Yes.
Oh god! I will be eaten!!!!
We won’t eat you!
Stray dogs kill humans and eat them, right?
I watched it on the TV show. Stray dogs came out of a well, brought an axe, twisted their necks, ate brains, and screamed “Where is a bad child?”
No. No. No!
Hey, man. You mixed up all the scary stories.
You are watching TV too much, city boy.
Then, what do you eat?
We eat…something from trash cans or garbage from stores.
A homeless student?
That’s a comedian! We are stray dogs!
You guys are poor, stray dogs.
And you are joining us now.
Why?
Why…Jesus. This is a natural airhead.
I’m getting irritated.
Alright. I will explain to you why we became stray dogs. Then, you will understand what we mean.
Not again…
Let him do it.
I used to be in a place called the Bowwow Land.
That’s the place where many kinds of dogs hang out with human customers. I was a number one popular dog. You know, I’m a handsome dog.
How could you be?
It’s funny that you are a round face Doberman.
When I was there, kids looked at me with their innocent eyes. And, an old man said,“You remind me of my old dog Pochi. I want to take you home with me,” while he was petting my head. Just like that, I was a super-star.
A glory in the past.
You survived there by flattering humans.
Hey, so what happened?
The parent company of the Bowwow Land went bankrupt. The land was closed. The manager left us there and flew the coop.
There was no food. No one cleaned up. We were in panic. Neighbors filed complains. All the sudden, people hated us.
One of the old men threw water on us and said we were stinky. Even though it was in the middle of a cold winter.
Since then, I have been scared of water. A horrible story. Awful. How poor I am.
Yeah.
Then, the staff of the public health center appeared and tried to catch us all.
You will be killed if they catch you. That’s why I ran away desperately. I kept running and running. Finally, I obtained my freedom.
I screamed, “My freedom!”
Wow!
That’s how I became a stray dog.
Hum…what do you mean by “flew the coop?”
That’s not the point!
You did not listen to my story?
Because I have my Kazuki. I won’t be a stray dog.
We are telling you that they threw you away. You are stubborn.
I only lost them.
For humans, pets are toys. When they get tired of us, they throw us away.
That’s right. Humans breed dogs and throw us away due to their selfish reasons. They are evil, okay?
Tell him your sad story.
I have no choice. You guys listen to me carefully. I was one of 3 brothers. We were 3 adorable puppies.
Ichi’s tragedy began.
Okay.
You are telling the story again?
I was called Ichi because I was the first one of the 3.
And, our master was a breeder. A breeder. B R E E D E R. A breeder makes dogs have many puppies and sells them at an expensive price.
What!
But, the popularity of Chihuahua was going down in the last few years. My brothers and I remained unsold. So, we were brought to a health center.
A health center?
A horrifying place. All of us were gathered and waiting for our turn to be killed.
Humans are cruel.
And then, even when our turn came, my brothers did not understand anything and remained careless.
I was so scared to be killed and was shivering in a corner of the room. Just muttering, “I’m scared. I’m scared.”
But, an old man picked us up in his arms. That’s right. We were saved from the place.
Amazing!
From this part. Ichi’s tragedy began.
You are too excited.
However, the old man dropped me on the way.
What!?
My brothers remained in the man’s car and I was completely lost in the mountains.
Wow.
After that, I was wandering around for a while. And, I met Boss one day. Then, we are here today. What do you think?
He is ignoring you.
Hey you! You have nothing to ask me?
Guess what?
I’ll tell you anything.
Why do you speak Kansai accent?
That’s not the point! You are…an idiot!
It hurts!
In the end…Our joker.