Description: In Nagano's October 13, 2026 Chiikawa comic, Shisa cuts up a magically granted drinking license. It's a moment of freedom. So why are some readers already imagining a chimera wielding the same scissors?
Spoilers: Through the original post dated October 13, 2026, at 11:08 p.m. Japan time. Shisa's transformation and the imagined future scissors scene are fan theories, not events shown in the comic.
The sweetest possible use of a pair of scissors
Shisa works at the ramen restaurant Rou while studying for a qualification related to drinking alcohol in the world of Chiikawa. Night after night of studying leaves Shisa exhausted and making mistakes at work. Then the three stars Shisa rescued repay that kindness with a genuine drinking license, no exam required.
On paper, it's a perfect shortcut. Emotionally, it feels terrible. Shisa wanted to earn the license by passing the test. The stars delivered the destination and somehow misplaced the journey.
Kurimanju's advice about resting helps Shisa reconsider the relentless effort. The ramen-shop mentor is willing to wait. When calling the stars to return the document gets no response, Shisa solves the problem personally: out come the scissors, the license is cut, and Shisa cheerfully announces that it's no longer valid. The scraps sparkle and float skyward.
This should be the scene where everybody relaxes. Instead, some fans have one more question: what would that exact line sound like if Shisa said it after turning into a chimera?
A cute catchphrase can become a threat without changing a word
A real social-media reaction to the October 13 post imagined a future chimera-Shisa snipping up other characters' permits and certificates while repeating the same happy invalidation announcement. This is a reader's imagined nightmare, not a newly revealed plot development.
It's frightening because only one detail needs to change: the target. Here, Shisa cuts up Shisa's own license. The scissors represent control over a personal decision. In the imagined horror version, those same scissors destroy someone else's proof of achievement or right to act. Freedom for one character becomes an arbitrary punishment for another.
And the voice makes it worse. A generic roaring monster would be scary enough. A monster that still sounds polite, upbeat and recognizably like Shisa would be devastating. It would remind readers of the studious, kind little character they wanted to protect. The beloved catchphrase survives while its meaning turns inside out.
Did Nagano actually plant a clue?
Chiikawa is famous for placing unsettling danger beside warm, everyday scenes. Readers have seen terrifying chimera-related stories and magic that produces unexpected consequences. That history can make a neat resolution feel suspicious. On October 6, before the scissors scene, an English-language Reddit discussion had already suggested that Shisa's overwork might precede a transformation.
The crucial distinction: the comic has not established a universal rule that being stressed turns a character into a chimera, and the October 13 episode does not show Shisa transforming. Scissors and a memorable line are not proof that Nagano has written a monster ending.
What they do provide is a highly reusable image. Give readers three elements—a tool, a voice and a beloved face—and they'll assemble their own horror trailer. The fan theory reveals the audience's relationship with the series as much as it predicts any actual event.
And all this emotional weight ends with a terrible pun
The Japanese ending also turns on the similar sounds of kinki (taboo) and kinkira (glittering). Readers joked that Nagano might have written an entire long story simply to reach that pun.
Consider the sequence: overwork, a magical moral dilemma, wise advice about taking breaks, a hard-won act of self-determination, and then a gloriously silly play on words. One group gets emotional, another laughs, and a third has already cast the scissors as a monster's signature weapon.
A single canceled license has somehow become a coming-of-age story, a comedy routine and a horror pitch meeting.
The answer: a convincing nightmare, not a confirmed prediction
The most direct reading remains hopeful: Shisa has rejected an unwanted shortcut and can choose how to pursue the qualification, ideally with more rest. The light rising into the sky may simply mark the end of that magical gift.
The chimera theory is interesting for a more precise reason. A cheerful phrase that means “I can decide for myself” could become terrifying if it suddenly meant “I decide what you are allowed to keep.” That's the dramatic reversal readers fear.
Shisa has finally cut up the troublesome license. Please, Nagano, don't cut up the audience's peace of mind next.
Sources: Official comic, Oct. 13 · Dengeki Online · Real Sound · Documented reader reaction · Japanese pun responses · English-language fan theory, Oct. 6
