How to Raise a Dazai Cat

Everyone in Hell had heard that the First Assistant of Hell had once come back from a business trip with a child who was wrapped in white bandages and, like the Assistant himself, never showed any expression. Although Lord Hozuki said the child was alive and wouldn’t be staying in Hell for long, he ended up raising him until he was all grown up. Six-year-old Dazai was about to set off wandering when he met a stone-faced monster who was a good person at heart. After following him to Hell, Dazai learned that the man wasn’t a monster, but an oni. Still, there wasn’t much difference. On the first day he was adopted by that oni, Dazai accidentally turned into a cat, and would stay that way for a whole month (〝▼皿▼) On the second day, Dazai the cat retaliated against the oni who had petted him by wreaking havoc on the whole patch of goldfish plants he’d grown. The First Assistant of Hell gave him a kindly smile and picked up his spiked club. Dazai the cat leaped onto Lord Enma’s head, calmly licked his paws, and let out a challenging meow. Just as Hozuki had finally gotten the feral kitten used to him, so he could ruffle his hair and rub his belly, a certain divine beast went and lost him. After beating up the divine beast, Hozuki found his little one had already been abducted by a perverted doctor who was a lolicon. The perverted doctor had even slit an old man’s throat right in front of the kitten. In front of the mirror, Hozuki held a book titled