Ever since middle school, Takahiro Ozu was famous in the world of track and field as the "long jump specialist”. But after losing his final competition in high school, he hung up his track shoes for good. Now in college, having taken up smoking, he just wants to get a girlfriend and lead a normal student life. Noriko Watsuki has had a crush on Takahiro since she first saw him jump and wants him to join the college track team so she can get close to him. Yuki "The Headphone Girl" Hoguchi, a high school student who likes to hang out at the university, claims Takahiro took her virginity 13 years ago when he was in kindergarten. She considers him her property to do with as she pleases. Throw in a full cast of zany and unique characters, sprinkle with fan service, and you have the world of Inu Neko Jump. From Animewaves
Sanjou Tomomi's collection of ero-guro tales includes: 1. "Akachan wa Daare?" (Who's the Baby?) 2. "Ana no Naka" (In the Cavern) 3. Chapter 12 of "Inu ni Naritai" (I Want to Become a Dog) 4. "Mushi Shoujo" (An Insect Girl) 5. "Koibito Ningyou" (A Lover Doll) 6. "Bijo to Kaibutsu" (Beauty and the Monster) 7. "Koufuku e no Shinryaku" (Aggression To Happiness) 8. "Kyoufu! Uroko Shoujo" (Fear! A Scale Girl) 9. "Kawahagi Collector" (A Leatherfish Collector) 10. "Imomushi" (A Green Caterpillar) 11. "Mori no Hanayome" (A Bride of a Forest)
A little ecchi comedy where you are being kept by a cool, beautiful girl! When you woke up, you found yourself as the pet dog of a girl named Inukai-san!
Isazuki Village is a village with a deep, strong faith in the Inugami folklore. As the opinions of redevelopment of the village are divided among the villagers, they are greeted with the strange deaths of the people from a construction company who had come to investigate the village. Tachibana Tsukiko, who lives in this village, and her three childhood friends are getting ready to participate in the annual festival that seeks to drive away the Inugami spirit. However, they end up getting caught up in a certain incident…?! This dark, young-adult tale of childhood friends begins here…
Five short stories. - Inu wo Kau (Raising a Dog) - Soshite Neko wo Kau (And Then, Caring for a Cat) - Niwa no Nagame (View of the Backyard) - Sannin no Hibi (Three People's Days) - Yakusoku no Chi (Promised Land) The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki. Inu wo Kau won the Shogakukan Manga Award (examination committee special) in 1992.
This book includes all the stories from Inu o Kau and Toudo no Tabibito, and two works never reprinted before, Hiken Zangetsu and Hyakunen no Keifu.
Teppei is a photographer with a guilty pleasure... He enjoys peeping and snapping pictures of men in the act. One day, Teppei notices a man being forced into a public bathroom and decides to take a peek. Despite the fact that he'd planned on just watching, he ends up taking a turn himself!
Some glasses-wearing student gets caught up in a store robbery and is ruthlessly killed when he tries to subdue the robber...and fails. His departing soul, enticed by the sight of a certain book, is then transferred into a dog's body, which is then picked up at the animal store by a mysterious, scissors-wielding girl. ------------------------------------- From MangaHelpers: There's nothing in the world more enjoyable than reading for Harumi Kazuhito. He spends his days with his head buried in books. But one night when he was enjoying a good story in a café, a violent robber comes in and threatens the people inside. Kazuhito is not the hero type but something came over him and he tried to subdue the robber only to get killed. When he came to, he was reborn as a dog under the care of one of the customers who was in the café that night, Natsuno Kirihime. Through some kind of connection, Kirihime can hear Kazuhito’s thoughts as a dog. Unfortunately for Kazuhito, Kirihime has a bit of a sadistic personality and a thing for scissors. [vyc]
Retired boxer Shouji Kazuya has long given up dreams of winning championship titles. He's now a coach and all his hopes are pinned on his protege, the upcoming pugilist Gaku. But the relationship between the two is not simply that of coach and student... "It's just that when I see the normally expressionless kid making a face like this, I can't help but get excited."+
Continuation of I Love You Until the End of the World. Takase Hajime's perspective of his stalker.
Ryuuhei promised his father to protect Nao even though Nao is almost ten years older. Nao is almost thirty now & wants space, can Ryuuhei really give Nao space?
Dog-complex policeman, Miyoshi, was captivated by the popular model, Kanae, who always looks like a stray dog. However, Kanae never paid attention to him, until a day Miyoshi managed to get close to him thanks to an incident. Will the love of these two naïve people be able to go smoothly?
The manga centers on 34-year-old Nichiko, who moved away from her city and back to her hometown island alone after a certain incident. She returns to her childhood home, where nothing is left except a lonely kennel, and begins an impoverished life. She meets Chimaki, who works at the local convenience store at the island, and they begin a curious relationship.
At a high school year opening assembly, Kaede is caught off guard when Nomiya, a transfer student who is younger than him, suddenly embraces him. Nomiya reminds Kaede of a summer they spent together as children and becomes determined to reconnect with him. However, Kaede is still struggling with the death of his brother, who may have taken his own life due to gender dissociative disorder, causing him to hesitate in getting too close to Nomiya. Despite his initial reluctance, the two eventually become close friends, and their relationship develops into something romantic.
Inuyashiki has a family, a wife and two kids, none of which care about him. When he learns that he has only three months to live he realizes that the only one who will miss him is his dog. Shortly after this realization he is killed in a crash landing by aliens. He is rebuilt by them as a machine with a human exterior. How will his life change now that he isn't human.
From Viz: All alone except for her loyal mutt Lupin, 18-year-old Suguri moves from the countryside to the big city to find a career and a new life! In her first job at a pet store, she meets an assortment of quirky dogs and even stranger owners. What she lacks in retail experience, she makes up for through her natural rapport with all things wagging and fluffy! [taken verbatim from the blurb of the English volumes]