"TAMA'S TRUE IDENTITY"
Tama!
Thank goodness! I was worried you got lost again.
Tama?
Tama's glum?
"INTERIOR NODA" He probably ate something off the ground while lost.
"INTERIOR NODA" Maybe. He's acting strange.
"INTERIOR NODA"
Tama!
This is serious.
Is Tama sick?
Perhaps his mind is.
His mind?
Something may be weighing heavily on his mind.
Tofu doughnuts.
My master made it so we can eat it, too.
Here.
I like looking at the sky through a doughnut's hole.
The sky looks circular!
I also like toys that are shaped like bones.
And playing with everyone at the park.
And I love basking in the sun with you like this.
When something bad happens, I always try to think of something that I like.
Hey, Tama. If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine,
but if you're troubled by something, I'd be happy to lend an ear.
Pochi.
I may not be very dependable,
but at least we can do something so much fun together that you'll forget your problem!
Yeah.
You're right. The sky does look like a circle.
I like this, too.
Thank you.
What's wrong? Did something happen?
There's something I have to tell you guys.
Um... actually...
I'm...
...not a cat.
I'm a raccoon dog!
Raccoon dog?
What are you talking about?
What do you mean?
The other day, when I got lost...
My raccoon dog?
Huh? Takeshi's Tama is a raccoon dog?
I had no idea I was a raccoon dog.
Tama.
Hey, Tora, what's a "raccoon dog"?
Well, a raccoon dog is, you know...
You don't know either, Tora!
Earlier, a customer said "raccoon dogs came down from the mountain in the next town over,"
so I guess they're creatures that live in the mountains.
What, you guys have never seen a raccoon dog?
All right, I'll show you one.
This is a raccoon dog.
That?
Tama, stand next to it.
Do they look similar?
Tama, here, hold this.
They do look alike!
When I look at him like this, he does kind of resemble a raccoon dog.
Oh, Tama. What are you up to?
Tama. You make a cute raccoon dog.
Tome called him a raccoon dog, too.
And Tome doesn't lie.
Look at this, you guys.
Meowstergram?
Yeah. When our customers take pictures of me,
they attach this hashtag thing and put it on Meowster.
And if you push this button...
All kinds of cats!
Now this is Tome's Meowster.
That raccoon dog photo!
Tome works fast.
Tama's got a hashtag thingy, too!
All raccoon dogs...
Then I guess Tama really is...
So what if Tama's a raccoon dog?
Pochi...
Tama is Tama! It changes nothing about our friendship!
--Right! --That's true.
You're right, Pochi.
Everyone... Thank you!
Case closed! Boy, thinking about difficult things makes me hungry.
Momo, I'll have a large helping of crispy-crunchy!
Okay!
Beh, you haven't been thinking about anything!
Hey, Nora, I hear raccoon dogs live in that mountain.
I wonder what their lives are like.
If you're curious, why not go there and see for yourself?
But I don't...
Following your instincts isn't a bad thing.
Happiness is being able to live freely.
Tama, look! Does this suit me?
Do I look like a raccoon dog, too?
Tama?
I'm going home to the mountain.
The mountain in the next town over.
The place I really belong.
I don't want you to go!
Ever since I found out I was a raccoon dog, I've been itching to do something.
I kept thinking about what it was and finally realized it.
I want to meet my fellow raccoon dogs!
Just like I've enjoyed living together with everyone,
I want to try living with raccoon dogs!
It's not a bad idea to go there.
Gon!
If it's something that Tama really wants to do, as his friends, we owe him our support.
Takeshi, thank you for everything.
Where's Takeshi?
This would only be harder if he saw me off.
I see.
Momo. Koma.
Thank you for always being so kind.
I always had so much fun on our walks together, Beh.
Kuro, Gon, you two always helped me out.
Just the opposite.
Nora, even when I'm gone, go see Takeshi if you get hungry.
Sure.
Tora.
Knock it off! Stop talking like we'll never see you again!
You can always come back to Third Street.
Yeah. Thank you.
Pochi.
Thank you for everything.
If it hadn't been for you, I would have stayed lost.
You're my best friend, Pochi.
Tama!
Don't go!
Well, I'm heading off.
--Tama! See you again! --Take care!
Bye-bye!
I feel oddly calm.
The smell of the earth, the warmth of the trees...
It makes me feel really nostalgic.
This is where I belong!
From now on...
Raccoon dogs are scary!
The rain has blurred the letters.
Now, instead of "my Tama," it reads as "my raccoon dog."
Oh. I'm a cat after all.
That's what I thought.
Huh? I feel like I'm forgetting something.
A mouse! Mom! There's a mouse by my pillow!
Tama must have brought it in!
Tama!
"CAT MEETING"
Humans are really strange creatures, you know?
Are they?
They'll suddenly make strange movements.
True!
I was lying in the sun the other day and this woman came up to me.
Kitty, what's wrong?
What's the matter?
That's what I wanted to ask her!
I know!
Come to think of it, when I went out for a walk one night...
Kitty-cat.
Kitty-cat. Come here.
Kitty-cat.
I saw someone talk to a plastic bag, mistaking it for a cat.
No way!
This looks like a cat?
Humans really are strange.
Speaking of strange...
Once in a while, there are houses that have containers full of water lined up.
--Yeah. --There are.
Apparently they're meant to keep us away.
Get out!
How?
They seem to think cats don't like containers full of water.
This isn't scary at all.
It's strange to think they believe cats would be afraid of that.
Also, don't you think humans have so many things with cats on them?
Emi's room is full of cat things.
And sometimes they sleep in the weirdest ways.
I wonder if humans are liquid form.
And another thing, humans watch cats from all over the world too much!
They'll be glued to videos of cats in other countries just sleeping and walking!
Oh, I've got one. The other day, Tome gave me this awesome bed.
Look, Tora! Your new bed came.
That?! You know how expensive this was?
Why did he look so sad?
I've been there!
Humans really are strange.
You call that strange?
Nora!
What do you mean?
There's a kind of cat that's related to us, called a civet.
Civets eat coffee beans and then crap them back out.
Humans drink coffee made from those crapped-out beans.
Y-You're not serious?
Come on, Nora! Tell us you're joking!
It's all true.
No!
I love Tome, but I would never drink anything made from beans that came out of his butt!
Humans are too strange.
I wonder what they're all talking about.
Cats sure are strange creatures.
"MY TREASURE"
I did it!
Me too!
The assignment was to make a picture and write an essay about "my treasure."
I thought it was going to be tough, but it was actually fun.
Your treasure is... Tama!
It looks just like him!
How about you, Kuramochi?
Wow!
I like drawing.
Hey, why don't we go play until the paint's dry?
Sure!
Wow, it's me! It looks just like me!
Takeshi is so good at painting pictures.
I wonder what Kuramochi painted.
Tama!
What are you doing?
Wait!
"GON"
Huh? Where is it?
We lost sight of it.
What should I do?
Tama, calm down.
It'll be okay. It can't have flown far yet.
That's right. Let's split up and search for it.
Nora! There you are.
We need your help.
The wind carried away a painting Kuramochi made and now we're all looking for it.
I'm busy right now.
Later, if I feel like it.
Bull?
You came to the café?
No, I just happened to be passing by.
Momo!
What are you so flustered about?
Tama lost Kuramochi's picture!
He lost it?
What's this about?
No luck!
Me either.
I couldn't find it in any back alleys either!
It's my fault.
Bull, I'm sorry.
Kuramochi worked hard on a painting, but the wind blew it away somewhere.
I'm really sorry.
It's not your fault, Tama.
That's right!
The wind blew it away, right?
That's not your fault, Tama.
It happened when I was looking at Kuramochi's painting.
If I'd been holding on to it tightly then...
Tama.
I, the Solitary King of Destruction, will apologize to him with you.
Humans are tolerant creatures, so if you truly repent, he'll forgive you.
Okay!
That was cool, Bull.
Momo said I was cool!
Cool!
Bippity Boppity Bull!
What's he doing?
No idea.
I don't know if it's what you're looking for,
but a paper that could be it is caught on Matsu Bathhouse's smokestack.
Really?
That's what a crow told me.
Let's get over there!
Tama, hurry!
Right!
Thank you.
--I just passed on what the crow said. --Yeah, I get it. Come on, let's go.
"MATSU BATHHOUSE"
There it is!
We can't get it from there!
Yeah. That's really high.
Koma, what do you think?
Once in a while, there's a man who comes to clean the chimney,
but he just came recently, so he probably won't be back for a while.
All right! Leave it to me!
Alley-oop!
Tora! It's dangerous!
This is nothing!
I wouldn't be a true Tokyoite cat if I were afraid of heights.
There we go!
Here, you're fine now.
Th-Thank you.
This is what you get for being a daredevil!
--I guess that's too high up for any of us. --I-I was just off my game today.
--I guess that's too high up for any of us. --Normally that height would be a piece of cake for me.
--Also, we don't know if that's really Kuramochi's painting. --Normally that height would be a piece of cake for me.
--Also, we don't know if that's really Kuramochi's painting.
All right, I'll go.
Huh? Where's Tama? Beh's not here either.
--Tama! --Beh!
What? How?
What's going on here?
Look!
This is the first time I've seen Third Street from this angle!
Me too!
Hey! Tama!
Right! Kuramochi's picture!
Just a little more...
Got it!
Tama!
Tama?
Tama.
Ow.
--Tama! --Are you okay?
What the heck happened?
I don't really know myself.
First thing I know, Beh and I were on top of the smokestack.
Next thing I know, we're back down here.
We got to see all of Third Street.
Wasn't that fun, Tama?
Sheesh, weird things always happen around that guy.
Well, the main thing is you two are unhurt.
Exactly!
Was it Kuramochi's picture?
Yeah!
So what is Kuramochi's treasure?
My treasures are my Third Street friends.
When I moved to Third Street, I was really worried about whether I would make any friends,
but thanks to Bull, I became pals with Takeshi and Emi.
It seems Bull has made many friends, too.
Huh? Where's Tama?
"HAVE YOU SEEN MY TAMA?"
Again?