I also think Touga knows exactly what happened to the cat and that he told Akio. And that's why Anthy gives Touga (who's in on the whole scheme) a kitten for his birthday in front of Nanami and Utena. Nanami sees Touga with Anthy's kitten and immediately challenges Utena to a duel, which allows Touga to give Nanami her duellist ring in front of Utena.

Touga really did a number on Nanami. He contrives to injure himself on Saionji's blade, not only to mess with Saionji, but also to get Nanami mad at Utena, then he makes a big deal about Utena bringing him flowers to make Nanami jealous (which Utena only did because Anthy suggested it) , then he punches her guilt button about the kitten. All this = bingo, new duellist. What a crappy brother. (Sorry Touga fans! I love Touga's character but he is terrible to Nanami, a character I also adore because in any other anime, she'd be a cookie cutter cardboard bitchy villain but not in SKU of course).

As for Miki's coincidental comment, I tend to think that's a chuckle for the audience (and a stab at Touga's guilty conscience maybe?), but that Miki doesn't really know the signicance of what he is saying. And to reinforce with the audience that the cat was part of Touga's scheme if we didn't get it already.

Iris wrote:

This is quite possibly one of my favorite little peices of diolouge in SKU, seeing Miki's casual but harsh analysis of the situation, and Touga's surprize.  I think that Touga did know exactly what happened, expecially after the whole line of events.
I always thought that the reason that Touga acted so surprized, is that it's such a cutting line, spoken by somoene who's opinions that are negitive and dark are normally kept so much to himself.  I might be wrong about my impression of Miki, but that's the way it seemed to me.

Hmm, so you think Miki did know, just by observing the situation? That's a possibility. Hmm, that would make that line one of the rare times Miki would speak a harsh word against Touga who he seems to look up to.

Well it is kind of a layered comment. On one level, Miki simply makes a connection between his attitude towards his sister and an attitude one would have towards a pet cat. It's not a kind remark mostly because it dehumanizes Nanami. The second, and far darker level, comes from what the audience, and possible Touga, already knows--this family has an unfortunate history with cats. Although Nanami is the cat-killer in the family, the comment in this context suggests the darker dynamic between them. I think it is rather unlikely that Miki knew about the dead cat and that he was merely using the first level of the comment (which is still kind of a biting remark). Of course one could argue that he must have known because he said "pet cat" rather than "pet dog" or "pet cow", but I think that it is possible for a character to say something increduably accurate and true without knowing the full extent of what he/she is saying. Either way, it is a pretty significant remark.

Miki was at Touga's party, so he saw Anthy's gift was indeed a kitten. (Of course he'd notice what Anthy's gift was. ) In fact, Touga shows more love and affection to the kitten than he ever seems to give Nanami. Then it's gone by the end of the episode, cast away like a passing fancy.

On the topic of good, biting remarks from Miki:



"Dirt. Crumbs... Parsley."

None of that contradicts what I said, though. Regardless of his motivations, Touga is more reserved with his sister than he is with the kitten. And certainly so from the impression that Miki would get.