At 125 pages this is a very short but sweet manga. It is a beautifully told story seen through the eyes of a loyal dog, Happie. Don't be misled by the happy looking cover, the book packs an emotional punch and is extremely moving, one of the few books to get me teary eyed. The book is actually in two parts, the longer piece being Stargazing Dog and Sunflowers, the short story which follows, acts as a sort of epilogue. I can't really go into much detail as it would spoil the story but it ties it up nicely making it a perfectly combined pair ofstories which examines the relationship between man and dog in the modern world from two different perspectives.

I can't recommend this highly enough to anyone interested in a touching but enjoyable drama along the lines of some of Jiro Taniguchi's work.