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I normally skip Introductions because of spoilers. However I decided to read it for this book because of my lack of knowledge about Japanese culture and history.
Also the Intro says that at Chapter 3 the cat’s voice becomes more human-like because he didn’t think he could carry the same cat voice through the whole book without being too distracting from the overall satire objective. Another point that makes the book start awkward is that Chapter 1 was originally published as a short story. That was meant to be the final end of the cat’s story. So, he had to find a way to blend the beginning into the entire collection of chapters.
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