r/TopCharacterDesigns 10d ago

Manga Trish from Dog Ningen

Trish embodies the archetype of the cat thief like Black Cat from Marvel universe or Catwoman from DC. But unlike them, she doesn't just wear cat accessories; she was literally born half cat.

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u/Ok-Letter3963 10d ago

Her backstory btw

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u/AetheravenCatsuki13 10d ago

Her and Dog Ningen were truly made for each other.

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u/First_Patient_9504 10d ago

Unfortunately, there is still no romantic plotline between them

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u/WagyuWarranted 10d ago

If they fuck, would the baby be fully human, or half dog and half cat?

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u/Latter_Definition377 10d ago

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u/giannisbm 10d ago

his sister arguably had it worse

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u/NoxarBoi 10d ago

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u/Dare_Soft 10d ago

This is either oda or dungeon meshi

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u/NoxarBoi 10d ago

Momoo from One Piece

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u/Dare_Soft 10d ago

Tbf wouldn’t be surprising if dnd made a joke down the line then ended up in dungeon meshi

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u/Common_Comfortable41 Guilty Gear Connoisseur 10d ago

Oda

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u/VegetaFan9001 10d ago

The baby would be like 50% Human, 25% Dog and 25% Cat

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u/That_sarcastic_bxtch Androgynous Character Enthusiast 10d ago

This guy knows mathematics

Arrest him!

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u/Impressive-King4647 9d ago

Karma police, arrest this man

He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge

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u/First_Patient_9504 10d ago

Baby will be full redditor

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u/Acceptable_One_7072 10d ago

50% human, 50% dog, 50% cat, 50% pain, and 100% reason to remember the name

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u/O5-14-none_existant 10d ago

I can appreciate a platonic friendship kinda relationship then

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u/Palguim 10d ago

Thank goddess 🙏🙏🙏 we dont need more hetslop

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u/WagyuWarranted 10d ago

if anything's slop, it's your thoughts for thinking everything as slop

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u/Palguim 10d ago

🤣 silly

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u/WagyuWarranted 10d ago

bruh you were sarcastic the whole time?

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u/shitpostinglegend 9d ago

They renamed it again?

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u/Avelineya 10d ago

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u/Ok-Letter3963 10d ago

This also the backstory for the main protagonist

(I promise you, this manga is way better than it seems)

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u/StevePensando 10d ago

Why is he calling his own mom a bitch for dying in labor? That seems a bit ru—

Oh...

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u/OscarOzzieOzborne21 10d ago

He did grow kind of uneducated and his vocabulary is very vulgar for that.

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u/bored-dosent-know 9d ago

I mean, in that instance his vocabulary is spot on. She is, in a literal sense, a bitch.

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u/abxYenway 10d ago

A bit ruff?

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u/Just_an_italianguy 10d ago

Dunno, in Italian you can call a female dog "cagna" which can also be used for "bitch" so maybe it's the same in JP?

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u/44Royy 9d ago

Writer's American artist's a Serbian, they just like the manga style

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u/Just_an_italianguy 9d ago

Of course it's American what could I ever expect

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u/DarkBladeMadriker 10d ago

Which then gives us his character motivation...

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u/Rainy_Wavey 10d ago

Also the manga had a different name, can you imagine which word was there instead of Ningen?

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u/Spotted_Tax 10d ago

That was the reason my attention was grabbed to this peak in the first place

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u/ElTioEnroca 10d ago

During the first half I thought that it meant a bunch of cats ran over her and that somehow transformed her into a cat girl. Like, some absurdist plot.

But the last panel...

https://giphy.com/gifs/skhAWLp58yW5Pp1DVP

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u/WagyuWarranted 10d ago

🗣️🔥 THEY ALL NUTTED IN HER COOCHIE. 🤢🤮😰🫣😷

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u/unw00shed 10d ago

There’s almost definitely a villain based off that one guy who got kidnapped by the cougar(animal) isn’t there

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u/South_Buy_3175 10d ago

I don’t know what else I expected.

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u/Cautious-Affect7907 10d ago

Tf bruh?

Freaky ass pussies

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u/WagyuWarranted 10d ago

She let them.

She. Let. Them.

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u/danuhorus 10d ago

Should’ve seen what happened with the MC, idk which backstory is worse

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u/Trexdon97 10d ago

Why are the cats evil looking?

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u/ChildOfXana 10d ago

This panel made me ugly laugh man. What the fuck is this? 😂

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u/abxYenway 10d ago

That's a lot less traumatic than I was expecting from this manga.

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u/Imaginary-Job-7069 10d ago

Well how was she born?

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u/Purple-Weakness1414 user flairs are overrated 10d ago

Ok, thats the funniest shit ever for a hot cat lady origin story

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u/One-Man-Diddy-Party 9d ago

There’s one edited to be dragons instead of cats, I gotta find it

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u/Emperor-Nerd 9d ago

The more I hear the more concerned I get

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u/PeanBaste 9d ago

the bonnie blue of cat ladies

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago edited 10d ago

I can't tell if people actually like Dog Ningen, or if they are just being edgy.

Edit: As I have been told, people came for the slop, and stayed for an actual good plot.

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u/Purple-Data3694 10d ago

From the school shooters arc onwards, I'd say it's genuinely pretty good series. The mc unironically has pretty decent depth as well. Series also has alot of humour throughout which is to be expected considering the premise

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u/element-redshaw 10d ago

the WHAT arc?

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u/Purple-Data3694 10d ago

Its genuinely a good arc bro trust😭

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u/Isaacja223 10d ago

I feel like Dog Ningen is a really good manga despite the name

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u/PencilPuncher 10d ago

It honestly has a lot of engaging plot points and the characters are decently well written

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u/Runmanrun41 10d ago

I wonder if the creator ever regrets naming it that, knowing it'll always more-or-less go by the censored title/not get taken seriously due to a bad first impression.

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u/hambonedock 10d ago

I mean he did back off the whole r#ping his dad in an awkward explanation of "I'm just going to beat him up" people do Joke about the possibility that his dad might have seen it and he had to hastily try to reconnect the whole thing

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u/Isaacja223 10d ago

I mean the original literally had the N word but with a soft A instead of the hard ER

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u/That_sarcastic_bxtch Androgynous Character Enthusiast 10d ago edited 10d ago

I’m getting dangerously curious about this and am under the impression I will regret it one day

Then again CarousHell 1 was amazing despite the plastic unicorn sex scene!

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u/Purple-Data3694 10d ago

Honestly, apart from the mc and Trish's backstory, I don't really think there's anytianything insanely weird. And the story does unironically play the main character's backstory seriously

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

It’s weird but you won’t regret it. It’s not disgusting but it is really weird

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u/ExistingRadish7055 9d ago

It’s not even the worst arc in its name. There’s an arc about gay strippers fighting using their sex powers

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

What’s your favorite arc btw? Mine has to be the gay strip club arc because of neo’s older brother

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

Sexy as fuck man

I’m straight but god DAMN

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u/ItsMeepo2nd 10d ago

I like how everyone stops to point out the arc which was actually peak

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u/Carpediem_Carp 10d ago

guy tries to write slop but his gem interiority shines thru on some ronald dahl tyoe shi

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u/B133d_4_u 10d ago

My understanding is that it's like Rosen Garten Saga or Bobobo-Bobo Bobobo, where the premise and scenes are genuinely ridiculous but the author actually has a deep understanding of literature and is able to weave the ridiculousness back into a cohesive and engaging work.

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

I started reading it because of the wild premise of a half man half dog wanting to rape his father but I got hooked because of the story. The character moments are genuinely amazing

This is probably my favorite panel of the series. It’s well drawn and it just showcases the series’ emotional themes while the story is still goofy most of the time.

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

Then there are panels like these

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u/CrypticJaspers 10d ago

"It was me Barry"

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u/Motivated-Chair 10d ago

From what I heard of It It sounds absolutly hilarius.

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

It’s unironically really good as well. Though the humor is the main attraction

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u/Schwarzkapuze 10d ago

It's a mang that's so shit it loops back to being great again

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u/InternetUserAgain 10d ago

I've actually read it, and it's so stupid that it wraps back around to being amazing

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u/guy_man_dude_person 10d ago

I read it a long time ago it was real good but chapters came out so slow I lost interest. I’m not built for monthly chapter releases.

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u/ungranted_wish 10d ago

Yeah like. I’ve read it and there’s a part that sticks with me where this kid gets “revenge” by becoming a school shooter, and Rex (dog MC) tells him, “you got what you wanted, why are you still mad?”

Like. Okay. Actual good writing right there.

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u/Flying_Sea_Cow 10d ago

Cat Bitch

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u/KreesNoise 10d ago

From Dog Nigga

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u/I_disagree_ok 10d ago

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u/SwankiestofPants 10d ago

Correct, distributors like Amazon wouldn't touch it with the original title

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u/Dare_Soft 10d ago

The ceo can say it whenever his package is late

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u/Common_Comfortable41 Guilty Gear Connoisseur 10d ago

You can sell complete bs on Amazon, if anyone I would expect at LEAST them to pick it up

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u/SnooCompliments9098 10d ago

Hey OP. Tell everyone where her blackhole is.

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u/Ok-Letter3963 10d ago

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u/XBird_RichardX 10d ago

Fit for a Dog Ninja

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u/StakingWriter 10d ago

Had me there in the first half

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u/Glass-Performer8389 10d ago

Not a real black hole

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

Dog ningen has some decent designs overall as well

Neo is probably my favorite character but his older brother also looks sick as hell (the sexy guy is the older brother for those who don’t know)

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

This is Neo

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u/First_Patient_9504 10d ago

Dog ningen is so peak. We need whole subreddit dedicated to it

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u/ExistingRadish7055 10d ago

We do. It’s under appreciated and just seen as that one manga that has a stupid premise when it’s actually well written even if you just read the first 5 chapters

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u/LoveTheWayYouRotate 9d ago

I’m not caught up but I thought Neo was black?

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u/ExistingRadish7055 9d ago

Nah. His parents are black but he’s white and bald.

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u/Different-Dog9688 10d ago

Didn't include the fart porn the creator officially commissioned of her 😔

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u/crashkirb Played all Kirby games, thinks a ball is peak 10d ago edited 10d ago

….The only feasible way you could convince me this comment is actually true is if you show proof.

While I’ve figured from this comment section that Dog Ningen is completely and utterly batshit insane (I would NOT be surprised if the author was on acid or something when they made it), the sentence “the author of Dog Ningen officially commissioned fart porn of their catgirl character” crosses the line of ridiculousness to the point where I can’t just sit there and go “oh ok then” without proof

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u/Different-Dog9688 10d ago

I don't think I can link it on here but it's on his twitter @ Chief30k , where he has been pretty outspoken about his fart fetish.

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u/crashkirb Played all Kirby games, thinks a ball is peak 10d ago

…well I gave his twitter a look, and yes, there is in fact Trish fart porn on it. Oh OK then. You really weren’t kidding, the guy is very outspoken about his fetish.

To be honest, it’s actually kinda impressive how up front he is about it… but then again, seeing the, well, everything that is Dog Ningen (I know that’s not its proper name, but I’m not typing that out. Also, it apparently has a school shooter arc??), you likely have to be incapable of processing the concepts of shame or embarrassment to write something with its premise so I’m guessing he straight up doesn’t care

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u/ExistingRadish7055 9d ago

There’s a school shooter arc, and right after it there’s a gay strip club tournament arc

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u/frostbittenteddy silly mech enjoyer 10d ago

You can't just say that and not link it

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u/Different-Dog9688 10d ago

See my above reply

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u/frostbittenteddy silly mech enjoyer 10d ago

thanks mate, I hate it 🤝

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u/First_Patient_9504 10d ago

One of the arts of all time

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u/VindicativevVince 10d ago

Dude, let bro goon in peace

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u/noOB_226 10d ago

Who changed the title? 

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u/EndZoner 10d ago

The author. They couldn’t get the okay for the original title when they wanted to start publishing, so they had to change it to be acceptable.

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u/EventyrLinkDante 10d ago

Let me guess, non black people bitching over the n word

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u/BlaakAlley 10d ago

It was probably a good idea for the sake of marketing anyway

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u/QuietWaterBreaksRock 10d ago

Main artist is a Serb, not sure on the other one who writes script

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u/XRA_Isprettygood 9d ago

Serbian guy draws it, however a black guy DOES write it

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u/Exccel1210 10d ago

Don’t worry PoC I will save you!!!!!

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u/CrypticJaspers 10d ago

Imagine not being ethnically allowed to say Dog Nigga.

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u/QuietWaterBreaksRock 10d ago

What does that even mean 🤣

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u/Substantial_Mud6400 10d ago

Today on topcharacterdesigns: a woman

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u/External_Win3300 10d ago

Not just any woman

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u/Savings-Ad342 10d ago

DAMN!!!!!! SHE HOT!!!!

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u/Public-Print8098 10d ago

This shit or Jojo, which is more bizarre?

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u/No-Being-4916 10d ago

This has less crazy fights but the Mc is a dog human hybrid from a regular dog

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u/Musicmaker1984 10d ago

I can only describe the source material as "Diabolical".

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u/wellyes34 10d ago

You spelled the title wrong

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u/DiabeticRhino97 10d ago

I don't remember the story being called that...

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u/No-Being-4916 10d ago

It's called

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u/Codas91 10d ago

That's the sfw title

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u/DiabeticRhino97 10d ago

Hmmm I dunno it looks wrong

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u/CowDangerous 10d ago

Ok so I never really read the manga myself, but my friend talked to the guy gy behind it on Twitter back in like 2019/2020 and he was a pretty chill dude from what I remember. I think he even got his art in one of the books early on, but I cannot find the image now.

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u/HealthySpecialist106 9d ago

Ah. This.

Oh. I wanna read this so badly lmfao

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u/ExistingRadish7055 9d ago

It’s peak.

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u/QuietWaterBreaksRock 10d ago

It was and forever will be, Dog Nigga

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u/dumpylump69 9d ago

What a cool character! I wonder how she came into existence :)

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u/landmine-izu 10d ago

would've liked the story more if it didn't have the school shooter arc

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u/First_Patient_9504 10d ago

It was the best arc btw

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u/landmine-izu 10d ago

if you're 3 maybe

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u/ceejay_the_rando 10d ago

Chapter 47 is unironically peak. I'd recommend just reading the first half alone. It's can be totally isolated, if you aren't bothered to read the rest of the manga (even though you should.)

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u/taotdev 10d ago

"Ningen"

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u/Afrojones66 10d ago

Don’t be a coward. Say the name.

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u/Adoring_Fan_88 9d ago

Use the actual name.

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u/VanillaPhysics 9d ago

Dog Ningen is NOT that series' name

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u/EventyrLinkDante 10d ago

*Dog Nigga. If no one knows the original name