They Let Him Become A Student 😭

Something straight out of Studio Ghibli

Katta-kun is actually a substitute teacher

Yea I can see why Japan has a lot of spirits in folklore.

I'm sure he loved socializing with the kids. they were as curious as he was.

I find it fascinating that a bird known for mindlessly trying to eat anything that fits in its mouth choosing to go out of its way to spend casual time with human children

"that time i reincarnated as " ahhh

I'm happy the people at the zoo respected his freedom and happiness. That is rare.

Rest in peace katta-kun you will be missed

Katta-kun really woke up one day and decided to get an education. Thing is, no one told him that he has to move up a grade every year lol

Imagine walking into your new class as a teacher or new student and there's a whole pelican

I like to think that he was the reincarnation of one of those children's grandparents, and he just wanted to spend time with his grandbaby one last time

"How are you doing fellow kid?"

He really loved those kids. You know birds don't like it when someone touches their backs but Katta kun is okay with it. He's so gentle.

20 years?! That bird was a teacher. He watched students come and go. And each student learned something incredible from him.

Imagine being so iconic that despite being a bird, he got his own animated flim & have a lasting legacy

Plot twist, it is a kid that died in that kindergarden reincarnated in an animal

As a child it must have felt like something out of a storybook to see that thing show up every day come hang out and then at the end of the night he would go back that's super fucking cool what an amazing creature.

Katta-kun more human than most humans. Fly high buddy 🕊️

Katta-kun was like a human

Imagine the amount of kids crying the day Katta died