As un-sinisterly-dignified as the handpuppet might be, it looks like it might work out in Usazawa’s favor after all. He’s clearly baffled Tanuki Kazuya, and that has never happened before. Well, at least according to Tanuki it hasn’t.
But his bragging aside, he’s got tons of experience and a bright, analytical mind, so seeing him so confused is certainly not a daily occurrence, at least.
Unfortunately, applying his bright analytical mind to the issue just turns him into a study in the dangers of over-analyzing. Starring at Usazawa for too long causes him to catch the goth, and to suddenly turn from a canine into a feline. God, that must be traumatic. The sheer amount of self-hatred that would wash over you, suddenly looking at your dog’s life through a cat’s eyes, must be staggering.
The question of whether turning from a dog into a cat counts as a promotion or a demotion will, obviously, split humanity into two opposing camps. I will simply not consider the question, since either answer I might arrive at would leave half of humanity angry at me. Which would be a lot of people being angry at me, even by my standards.
And, yeah, being goth is contagious. In the early days that actually used to cause a lot of problems, until the concept of ‘cringe’ was invented. Second hand embarrassment proved extremely effective at preventing people from looking at goths for too long. ._.
More on Monday.