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The only thing I really enjoyed about this manga was the artwork. Originally, I picked it up because it was about dogs and usually you don't come across manga's or animes revolving around animals too much. Not only was I disappointed but very irritated with all of the misinformation in this manga.

Actually, to be honest, the misinformation is what completely killed this series for me. I am an adamant dog lover and I have owned dogs all of my life. At one point I wanted to be a Vet and now I look forward to adopting a senior dog in the future in order to ... help with the pet over-population. With all of those in mind, I was infuriated with Teppei. The author was clearly trying to make him out to be the noble, wise character but fell short horrifically.

To begin with... a pet shop? REALLY?! You can't aspire to help bring happiness to dogs with a pet shop. Pet shops typically get their cute little puppies from puppy mills. Even with Teppei personally choosing his high quality pups he is still a hypocrite in the worst aspect. If he is going to preach a dream of saving dogs then I would've liked to have seen him more willing to go to animal shelters and select THOSE dogs to put into his pet shop. Not breed out more dogs and help the pet overpopulation crisis. While that was an incredibly annoying aspect to the manga this latest chapter sealed the coffin.

Teppei constantly putting down Lupin for being a mutt. In fact, EVERYONE putting down Lupin for being a mutt. Now, I am inclined to agree that having puppies just to have puppies is never a good idea, but having puppies just to put them up for sale in your pet shop sounds like a puppy mill to me. You breed for a good dog. The only thing Noa had going for her was that she was a purebred, but in terms of overall performance Lupin proved himself to be far more valuable. I don't think the author thought out her argument against mutts that well. The worse being that she promotes Designer breeds as if they aren't just glorified mutts themselves. XDD OH, and just to add this tidbit in... Purebred Dogs wind up in animal shelters just as easily as mutts do.

So if you can't get past all of the ridiculous stereotypes and falsehoods the series is a time killer. Not anything earth moving, but it won't bore you to tears either. I just wish the author had done some actual research and came out of her dream bubble before writing this story. She could've spread a good message.