Prelude: You're My Someone¶

You remember how you always tell me I get way too invested in TV shows?

Yeah well guess what.

No wait don't hang up, DON'T HANG UP. I know it's 2am but I know you're still there, I can hear you breathing. Don't you dare put the phone down and walk away, what if there's an emergency and I need to—okay yes this is an emergency, this is a TV show emergency.

What? No I'm fine, why does everyone keep—okay yes I've had like three cans of energy drink in the last two hours but that's not the point.

Listen. There's this show.

Can it wait until tomorrow? No. No it cannot wait until tomorrow. Do you think I would call you at 2am if it could wait? I just finished it. Like I finished all nine episodes and then I immediately started rewatching episode one and I'm thirty minutes in and I had to pause because I need to talk about this RIGHT NOW or I'm literally gonna vibrate out of my skin.

It's called Bloody Catboy.

What? No that's actually the name, stop laughing. And I know you haven't seen it, obviously you haven't seen it, nobody's seen it. I found it on some anime streaming site, all nine episodes just sitting there.

Can we talk in the morning? No. NO. Because I won't be able to sleep until I tell someone about this and you're my someone so you're gonna listen.

I'm gonna spoil everything. Like everything. All nine episodes, every plot twist, every reveal, all of it. But you're still gonna watch it after because—what? Yeah I know I always say that but this time I mean it. This time it's different.

Okay you know what, I've already watched episode one twice. Once when I started the series and then again just now after finishing and it hits so much harder when you know where it's going. There's this thing in the first scene that you don't realize is important until episode four and then when you go back and—

I'm not making sense? Of course I'm not making sense yet, that's why I need to tell you about it from the beginning.

Are your eyes even open right now? Open your eyes. Go get a Coke or something. I'll wait.

[…]

Okay you're back? Good. You got the Coke? Okay so there's this guy, his name is Jax, and he's got cat ears. Like real cat ears growing out of his head. And he's—he's really pretty and he kills people and there's rain everywhere and neon lights and the sound design is insane and—

Were you even listening when I said his name? Jax. J-A-X. And the first episode opens on his boots, okay? Combat boots. In a puddle. And there's neon everywhere and it's raining, obviously it's always raining in this city, and—

Am I okay? Yes I'm fine, I just really need to tell you about this catboy and his blood-soaked rampage through the city, is that so wrong?

Okay. Okay I'm doing it. I'm telling you right now.

Episode one. Actually wait, I should explain the world first. Otherwise you won't understand why—No wait, I should explain Jax first.

Actually there's this place called The Doll House and—Okay okay I'm starting. For real this time.

Let me tell you about Jax.