After being featured in The Japan Times Adopt Me! column in October 2018, a beautiful calico cat named Leggy has now found a home with Shiori Hamasako and her husband, Morgan Ruler.

The couple had been grieving the death of their previous cat, Karl, who had succumbed to a viral disease at the tender age of 11 months.

"His death really made us think about the preciousness of life," Hamasako tells The Japan Times. "Losing him hit us really hard. The house felt so quiet and empty without a cat, but I wasn't sure if I wanted another one after what happened."