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Akutagawa 2014 (first half) · Candidate
吾輩ハ猫ニナル
Wagahai wa neko ni naru
Title translated by AI:“I Am Becoming a Cat”
Yuta Yokoyama · 33 when first published
Novella · 135 pages · Satire, Migration
AI-generated summary:Kakeru, the son of a Japanese and a Chinese parent, lazes away his days far from his family in Shanghai, until a visa renewal sends him to Japan, where he winds up in Akihabara, the mecca of otaku culture.