The short story novel, "The cat called Mari." No11 by Seiji Ninomiya

August 15 1945, Japan accepted unconditional surrennder. Japan lost the War.
People listened to Emperor's broadcast many places in ruins.
They cried out day after day.
"What should we do from now"
"I don't know."
They talk about each other.
Mari understood thier miserable minds. She comforted them at that time.
Esecially ken was only survivor of Atomic Bomb. He was basement of the factory builing.
He spent hard days. Mari always on his side. She comforted him.
Mari became the essential mascot of people.
After the War finished, the times had chaged. But People could not change thier mind rapidly.
They wre suffering from the new situation.