Doomsday with My Dog, Vol. 1

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The main focus of the series is definitely Haru-san and other dogs that appear, and they are all super cute. Visually, the art of Yu Ishihara is mostly serviceable, with notable skill in making playful interactions between the two characters, which work well both in timing and expressions. EditSynopsis An apocalyptic event has transformed Earth into a desolate wasteland, leaving a young girl as the sole human survivor. Derived from the Twitter web 4-koma manga by Yū Isihara the set-up is quite simple: a High School girl wanders around a depopulated post-apocalyptic world enjoying conversations with various animals. A post-apocalyptic four-panel comic series that’s at times philosophical, at times crude, and at times childishly silly, but consistently wonderfully drawn.

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I mention it right off the bat because the rest of the book is free from bitterness – our lone human survivor is a high school girl who's just living her best life with her best boy, to the point where the alternate-world “ten years later (had the world not ended)” piece really does come out of nowhere. Storylines rarely take up more than three consecutive strips, and there's a sense that this is more interested in snapshots of life rather than telling a narrative. There are tons of references to Japanese culture, so much so that there's actually notes after every chapter, instead of just at the end of the book, which makes it really rewarding when I actually recognized something. Notes on content (based on first 30 pages): No language issues that I remember, maybe 1 minor swear.

That aside, this is a joyously bizarre story of a high school girl and her dog roaming Japan after the end of humanity.

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On her journey across this dystopian environment, she is followed by a quirky companion: a talking pet Shiba Inu!The cause of the catastrophe is unexplained, as the main cat awakens from a coma to find the world very changed. Still, I found the rest of the book a dull and tedious chore to read, and I immediately canceled my hold at my local library for the next volume. Each played out to the sound of Shinra-Bansho performing “Kimito Sekaino Owarini” which we believe comes from their album entitled (appropriately) “At the End of the World with you”. The girl isn't the most likable protagonist--she's often selfish and has a mean streak--but the illustrations, especially of the dogs and other animals, are a delight. Wolf's Rain explores the idea of birth and rebirth and how a small group of people with clear intentions can change the world.

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We get very little information about the girl’s backstory and we learn nothing about how she survived to the end of the world. Maaya Uchida will play the master and world's sole survivor, and Mutsumi Tamura will play Haru the dog. With such a pleasant conversation partner to keep the posta As part of the celebration, the Mori Arts Center Gallery is holding an exhibition featuring over 400 pieces of the original manuscr. They were definitely my favorite part of this first volume and would totally love to see more of them!In hindsight, it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the monkey was the most considerate of the four. The nonhuman beings Haru and Master encounter do a lot for this – as they wander, they meet other dogs who tag along for a while, tanuki, aliens, and people from Japanese folklore. Slowly, over the course of the book, some of the characters start popping up again and again, but never enough to develop beyond being a means to sell the current joke.

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Initially I was drawn in by its name and the prospect of venturing through the remains of a destroyed world much like in Girls' Last Tour, but the show places much more emphasis on the day-to-day ramblings of the main cast, which ends up creating a much more light-hearted atmosphere than one might expect. As she explores this wasteland and interacts with the few alien species that have found her ruined world, Haru keeps her company. As you may expect, there isn't particularly any outstanding character development, but the characters are still enjoyable to watch. Supposedly, the richest moments of our lives are when we're staring into space, thinking about nothing.One somewhat detailed illustration of the girl naked on the beach (more detailed than usual for manga). Finally, the backgrounds and environments in the anime may contain details that are easy to overlook. A still, clearly hand-drawn frame stays on screen for several seconds, with perhaps only the mouth moving, and massive speech bubbles with huge text inside them. She’s accompanied by her dog Haru, an adorable and quick-witted shiba inu who will gladly lend his wisdom to his human companion. A Hassle to read in ebook format though, in ADE I need to enlarge the page so I am able to read but that means scrolling down for the first row of the comic strip, scrolling up again to get the second one - make you sure to pick up the print version if this interests you.