
[Synopsis] Luna, a brown-and-white housecat, always gazed outside with boredom. One day, she obtained a "Golden Passport" with mysterious powers and boarded a special plane for cats traveling the world alone. The sea of clouds spreading outside the window, the vast world she saw for the first time, and the encounters and farewells with other animals on her journey. What was the truly important "place to belong" that Luna found as she continued her travels? A bittersweet and heartwarming road movie-style story that carefully depicts only the cat's five senses and emotional changes. [Main Story] Luna always looked outside from her prime spot by the window. The sky, framed in a square, was boring, and she pressed her tiny paw pads against the glass, believing there must be a wider world out there. The opportunity came suddenly. A golden leaf with a star pattern lay in the garden. When she picked it up and dashed out the front door, for some reason a large silver bird—a plane—was parked before her. When Luna showed the leaf, the door mysteriously opened silently. The passengers were only cats traveling the world. Luna jumped into a window seat and stared outside intently. With a rumbling roar, her body lifted softly. Looking out the window, the white clouds she had always looked up at now spread like a carpet beneath her paws. "Meow (Wow, the sky above the clouds is so dazzling)." The sunlight dyed Luna's brown-and-white fur gold. She watched, forgetting to blink, as the plane's wing cut through the blue sky. Her first destination was a desert stretching as far as the eye could see. The texture of the fine, warm sand was entirely different from the litter in her home, and it went on forever. There, Luna met a lonely camel. Taking shelter from the heat in the camel's long shadow, Luna purred. Even without words, she understood that the warmth alone made the loneliness disappear. Her next destination was an old cobblestone city in a foreign land, where cold rain fell. Walking soaked to the bone, she met stray cats living in an alley. At first, they kept their distance, seeing Luna's clean fur. But when Luna offered them a rare fruit she had found on her travels, the largest black cat gently licked her head. It was a moment she touched the wild warmth that exists even in a harsh world. Having flown through many skies and imprinted countless landscapes on her paw pads, One night, looking out the plane's window, Luna saw the twinkling lights of a small city. They looked very much like the lights of that small house in the boring city where she once lived. She traveled and learned about the vast world. But now, she fiercely missed that one small square of sky she had looked up at from her window. Luna gently released the Golden Passport. The plane slowly landed. The nostalgic scent of grass tickled her nose. Luna dashed off at top speed. She returned to her window spot, which should have been boring, and curled up. The view outside hadn't changed. But to Luna's eyes, which had returned after seeing the world, her usual room sparkled just a little bit brighter. I don't really understand it since it's a story written by an AI 😅
「ネコは旅する」という表紙の小説風の本。500万部突破!と書かれた帯がついている。表紙の写真は飛行機に乗った猫の写真。モダンなテーブルに置かれている。文庫サイズ。