I will read this chapter until I find a meaning of this cat getting out of the houseš but, I will try my best for y'all.
1rst theory -> Seichi is emotionless when he said " take care ". And, in the last chapter I said that the cat represent " human's emotions ". So the theory that I made is, the cat woking out (mean he is alive and so, the emotions of seichi and his mom are alive too) and getting out alone = mean that both of them got their emotion back but, they are destined to be alone. Seichi can't bond again with no one 'cause, he is too destroy and his mom can't too 'cause she can't keep a healthy relation with someone. She's too toxic.
Comment by Jin_ah on Chi no Wadachi - Chapter 139
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I believe the cat could represent Seichi's emotions, both generally and towards his mother. Weve seen Oshimi use the cat to express Seichi's suffocation and abuse by his mother in early chapters (literally having Sei's head on the cat) but now that Sei was forced to see his mother again for a prolonged period of time he was able to settle his emotions (this being represented by the cat sleeping near his mother) as well as the cat walking out of the door and into the sunrise, I believe this represents Sei's "new start" in life after being able to let go or at least come to peace with his resentment of his mother's actions.Ā I got the impression his "take care" was less expressionless and more so an exasperated farewell to his mother after finally lifting the veil and truly seeing who she is. He was able to gain more understanding of who she was and why she became the way she is, I think the cat and the overall theme of this chapter was more about acceptance that Sei desperatly needed.Ā
Of course this is just my interpretation, I read these as they come out so my memory of the earlier chapters can be a little muddled and i may be misreading the authors intentions. This may also sound a bit pessimisticĀ but i truly hope the story doesnt end in forgiveness, I love the dark, surreal, psychological themes Oshimi has been able to convey in this story and i hope that the ending embodies the same feelings from earlier chapters.
@catfish yooo that's a really good point of view, I didn't saw the full stage of this piece, I only partially saw the stag. Your interpretation goes deeper than mine. I think that may be the correct meaning!