Ko Nikaido

If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog and insists it's a dog, it's...a dog? Probably? She adopted it anyway, and her life with this "dog" will never be boring!

With You and the Rain 1

Casper

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a slice-of-life, found pet manga. The pet in question? Well, it's maybe a dog. It seems to think it is anyway, as it uses its handy dandy notebook to express on several occasions. The story is told through vignette-style snippets in the life of the main character and the tanuki, neither of which have names. They have their little adventures and it is a pretty cute/wholesome trip.

I wish there was more going on here to really sink my teeth into. I would give the storyline a 2 and the art/aesthetic a 4, so I'll split the difference and call this a 3-star manga. If you've got some spare time and you're especially fond of slice-of-life, lighthearted manga without much in the way of story or conflict, you might find this fitting for a quick read.

With You and the Rain 1

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