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Taika's Reason, Vol. 1

by Paru Itagaki

A Dog’s Place in a Human World

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A Dog’s Place in a Human World

Paru Itagaki builds this manga around a society that turns dogs and cats into humanized members as the birth rate declines. Ao’s bond with Taika is tested after she finds him beside her father’s mauled body; when Taika is transformed, she brings him into her school life. There, police officer Tsunayoshi teaches him human customs, while a trail of blood in Ao’s locker gives the two a shared mystery to investigate. The setup links questions of ownership and animal identity to grief, loyalty, and the uneasy boundary between human and animal. Its school setting and investigation bring those ideas into the everyday world of its characters.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Manga readers interested in speculative societies and human-animal relationships.
  • Readers drawn to stories about grief, loyalty, and a school-based mystery.
  • Adult readers looking for a premise that combines social questions with an investigation.

Themes

Human and animal identityOwnership and belongingGrief and loyaltySocial transformationMystery

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Book overview

In a world where pet dogs and cats are humanized, who really owns whom?

Due to a declining birth rate, pets are being transformed into humanized members of society. But are they truly human? Or are humans truly animals?

When misanthrope Ao discovers her pit bull Taika standing over the mauled body of her father, she must decide whether to forgive or forget. Ao isn't ready to lose both her beloved father and her devoted pet, so when her mother has Taika humanized, Ao embraces the new dogperson and even brings him to school with her. There, Taika meets German shepherd Tsunayoshi, an elite police officer, who begins teaching him how to unlearn his canine behaviors and replace them with human customs. Now, to protect himself and Ao, Taika must compete with Tsunayoshi to be the first to track down the source of the mysterious traces of blood in Ao's locker...
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