“Jobless Ryo moves in with the sophisticated dog he once saved, beginning an unusual human-canine cohabitation.”
The Dog Returns
ご恩は一生忘れません
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Jobless Ryo moves in with the sophisticated dog he once saved, beginning an unusual human-canine cohabitation.
Ryo, a young man with long blonde hair, saves the life of a drowning husky dog one day after a rain. Years later, Ryo loses his job, girlfriend, and place to live, and is at a loss. It is the dog he rescued that day that reaches out to Ryo. Ryo becomes Kitano's freeloader, a dog who carries a civil servant's business card and wears a fine suit. A wonderful cohabitation begins between a highly conscious dog who looks down on people from above, and a lowly man who doesn't want to work. (Source: Kodansha, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 21 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 48m approx
- Published Oct 2017 – Jun 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M75291 catalog