Set - Dogs, Kitties, Single Volumes

The set includes Izakaya "Shibata," Boy and Dog, and Ghost Cat Anzu. 

Izakaya "Shibata." In one of the seedy districts of the city… there is an izakaya "Shibata," where Shiba-san will greet you. Serving beer to guests and drooling over their karaage, Shiba-san in his apron does his best to help customers shake off the fatigue after a long day at work! This is a collection of funny stories about a plump dog-waiter who loves his owner and food more than anything in the world. And working in an izakaya. 

Boy and Dog. The dog Tamon, who lost his owner during a terrible earthquake, embarks on a years-long journey across Japan in search of the boy who once played with him in the park. Along the way, he meets a variety of people: a guy who got involved with criminals for the sake of his sick mother, a foreign robber, a deceived prostitute, an old hunter dying of cancer, and finally, the very boy who stopped speaking and smiling after the earthquake… They all suffer in their own way, but after meeting Tamon, each of their lives becomes easier and happier. The manga is based on the novel "Boy and Dog" by Seishu Hase. 

Ghost Cat Anzu. Living in the Buddhist temple Sosei, the cat Anzu-chan has not died for so long that he quietly became a ghost cat, celebrating his 32nd birthday. The modern fairy tale written by the acclaimed master Takashi Imashiro recounts the slow and somewhat strange life of Anzu-chan, who often has more humanity in him than in actual people. In 2024, the manga received a film adaptation of the same name. "Ghost Cat Anzu is not quite a ghost in the usual sense, as he hasn’t actually returned from the world of the dead but simply hasn’t died, even when he reached an advanced age for cats. Instead, he became a bakeneko, one of the yokai - that is how various Japanese undead, including ghosts, are referred to." Anastasia Dyomina, the translator "An interesting idea. A funny story about a Japanese Garfield. I was interested to work on this piece, where the author