A cat gazing at a statue of a shachihoko. I always assumed the cat was seeing it with food on his mind, longingly thinking of the delicious meal it would provide.
But then I realized that a shachihoko isn't exactly a fish; with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, it's actually a tiger-fish. Even the kanji, 鯱, is a combination of 魚 (fish) and 虎 (tiger).
So which was the cat reacting to, the shachihoko as kindred spirit or possible prey?
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I think the cat is waiting for a chance to be revealed if it is its friend or a food.
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