TABI

Tsubasa（翼）, "A Pair of Wings" in Japanese, is the Symbol of Freedom, also the name of KIKI's best human friend.
KIKI was a stray before she met Tsubasa, and it is difficult to be friends with a stray cat. Even tho Tsubasa was terminally ill, but he managed to bring KIKI on road trips and created many sweet memories with KIKI. For the first time, KIKI admitted to herself that she has an owner.
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After Tsubasa eventually passed away, KIKI was put in a shelter. She remembers that Tsubasa wished he could take KIKI to more places and show her all the beautiful scenery of the earth. But what is more important, KIKI recognizes the voice inside of her, the fire inside of her, the passion, the meaning of her life, freedom, and the ability to do what she loves to do. Even tho they might be temporary, they might be silly, they are still the best things of life.
The other morning, shelter staff found the cage was broken, and KIKI was missing.
Now KIKI is free, traveling the island, meeting new friends and enemies, making good and bad memories, not only for Tsubasa, but for herself.

For the first stop, KIKI visited Asama Shrine, where Tsubasa told her she can see Mount Fuji almost the same height as her. That was when KIKI found something miraculous was happening to her...

Farewells are painful, but they set you free.