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If Cats Disappeared From The World
by Genki Kawamura
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
✨ “When you start to lose things, you learn what really matters — and what cannot be bargained away.”
📍 Contemporary Japan (2010s, modern-day)
Kawamura’s tender, whimsical novel imagines a young man bargaining with the Devil for more time to live — each extra day costing the disappearance of something from the world. What begins as a simple thought experiment blooms into a meditation on grief, love, and the invisible threads that make life worth living. Written with restraint yet carrying deep resonance, it reminds us that survival is not only about length of days, but about their depth. For readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and The Little Prince, this is a story that lingers softly, like memory itself.
⚠️ Content Warnings: Grief, terminal illness, death of loved ones.
🌶 Spice Level: 0/5 (no romance or sexual content).
📍 Contemporary Japan (2010s, modern-day)
Kawamura’s tender, whimsical novel imagines a young man bargaining with the Devil for more time to live — each extra day costing the disappearance of something from the world. What begins as a simple thought experiment blooms into a meditation on grief, love, and the invisible threads that make life worth living. Written with restraint yet carrying deep resonance, it reminds us that survival is not only about length of days, but about their depth. For readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and The Little Prince, this is a story that lingers softly, like memory itself.
⚠️ Content Warnings: Grief, terminal illness, death of loved ones.
🌶 Spice Level: 0/5 (no romance or sexual content).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief