Once there was a Panda who did not like to be herded.

It used to be called a rare black and white animal

But nowadays you can see them in a few zoos in Japan.

I want to be the only one!

That's what I had hoped for.

I was walking alone, away from my family, when I found a big hole.

I was scared, but my curiosity got the better of me and I went in.

As I went further and further into the hole, I could not see anything because it was too dark.

Just when I was about to go back

[Hello, are you lost?]

I hear a voice from the back.

I go on without answering.

It was pitch black, but I felt like I was in a space.

Suddenly I was hungry.

[You must be hungry, right? Go eat. I'm puffing on a sticky rice cake.]

I don't even know where the voice is coming from, but it seems closer than before.

A little later, I hear something being placed to my left.

I groped for it, and when I reached out, my hand touched something like a bowl.

It was warm.

Smell hits my nose

Hungry Panda brings the bowl close to his face and puts his mouth on it

warm and sweet.

I ate it right away.

[There's more where that came from]

Then I ate it until I was full

[Here, you see, is the hole where your wishes come true. Do you have a wish?"]

[Panda said

I wish to be the only one

I want to be the first panda who has never seen not black and white but blue and white

That's what I said.

[You can be a panda, but you can't get out of this hole.]

I don't give a shit about that, as long as I can be the only one.

I don't remember much after that.

I must have fallen asleep or woken up

A dream.

I'm sorry!

Panda calling out to you

No answer.

I wonder if it was a dream

I thought I was going outside.

I suddenly think

I'm full.

I wonder if I wasn't dreaming.

Then I guess I wasn't dreaming when I told you not to go outside.

It's still pitch-dark around here.

I wonder if my wish to be a blue and white panda came true.

I'll have to go outside to see

But you can't go outside

If a wish was granted, it may have been a wish that was made in relation to others

Being the only one is because of others

If there are no others, being one-of-a-kind is natural.

No, you know best that you are the only one even if there are others.

I just didn't recognize myself.

My mind was liberated

What is a wish?

What is a goal, a dream, a hope

Panda toward the light

I thought I saw a faint shadow of light shining through

I heard voices

[Don't get out of the hole]