-nana | Natsume--

She didn’t wake up the next morning. The villagers said she died of a weak heart. Ren, holding the uneven wooden cat, knew the truth. Nana Natsume didn’t have a weak heart. She had a full one. So full of war, of loss, of gardens grown from rust, and of a boy who needed to know how to sit in the dark.

She turned it over. On the bottom, faded kanji: . -Nana Natsume--

: She has appeared in several cult and mainstream films, including: Yoroi: Samurai Zombie (2008), directed by Tak Sakaguchi. She didn’t wake up the next morning

She closed her eyes. “Nothing is mine . Everything is just passing through . I am passing through. The cat is passing through. The only thing that stays is what you do with it.” Nana Natsume didn’t have a weak heart

He has never told anyone the full story. But on stormy nights, when the power goes out and the city goes silent, he doesn’t reach for his phone. He sits in the dark. He holds the cat.

“Item two,” she whispered. “Take the wooden cat.”