Inukami!

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Japanese: いぬかみっ!

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 6

Chapters: 30

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 27, 2005 to Feb 27, 2008

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural, Ecchi

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Dengeki Comic Gao!

Authors: Matsuzawa, Mari (Art), Arisawa, Mamizu (Story)

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Ranked: #4951²

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Popularity: #6303

Members: 3,101

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Ranked #4951Popularity #6303Members 3,101

MangaDengeki Comic Gao!Matsuzawa, Mari (Art), Arisawa, Mamizu (Story)

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Inukami: a sacred being with a dog-like appearance that forges a contract with a powerful human tamer to help them eliminate evil monsters and demons.

Though Kawahira Keita is the descendent of a long line of Inukami-tamers, he seems to lack the necessary ability and has been forsaken by his family. One day, he meets a cute Inukami named Yoko, who, at first glance, looks graceful, obedient, and beautiful...but upon forging a contract with her, Keita discovers that Yoko is a wild and mischievous Inukami that no one has ever been able to control.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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The first five volumes of Inukami! were published in English as individual volumes by Seven Seas Entertainment from October 28, 2008 to January 5, 2010. The same publisher also released the series in two omnibus volumes from November 9, 2010 to March 1, 2011.

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Youko

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Kawahira, Keita

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Hake

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Nadeshiko

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Tomohane

Supporting

Karina, Shirou

Supporting

Tayune

Supporting

Kawahira, Kaoru

Supporting

Shindou, Kei

Supporting

Igusa

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May 20, 2023

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A somewhat weird romance manga that while lacking in substance is still pretty amusing.

This manga is a light novel adaptation that is strange in that it’s a generic harem series that isn’t actually harem. The premise is that Inukami trainers exist who can form contracts with dog spirits known as Inukami and then take jobs dealing with various supernatural phenomenon. Inukami trainers can form contracts with multiple Inukami and Inukami seem to mainly be cute girls, so it’s a pretty standard harem set up. However, the protagonist Keita, only forms a single contract with a single girl named Yoko. Keita is a pervert and ... very much wants to contract more girls. However, Yoko is super clingy and refuses to let him.

At this point it’s just a standard romance story, but what makes it weird is that it feels like it’s very strongly emphasizing that it’s not a harem story. This comes into play with Yoko basically playing the part of jealous girlfriend a lot, but it also kind of plays into broader aspects of the story. Mainly in that the vast majority of reoccurring side characters are pretty much part of Keita’s cousin, Kaoru’s, harem and it serves as a contrast to Keita and Yoko. But at the same time, it’s not like its criticizing harems as it portrays Kaoru and his relationships with his Inukami in a positive light. So really, it feels like the whole point of everything is for it to be funny that Keita can’t get a harem. But at the same time, a lot of Kaoru’s Inukami seem to be really fond of Keita, so in the end I have no clue what it’s trying to do. It’s just a weird dynamic all around.

As for the Keita and Yoko themselves, they’re a decent couple, I guess. They do get relationship development and grow closer over the course of the manga, but it’s really not fleshed out well at all. I feel like it’s skipping portions of the light novel dedicated to this, though I haven’t read the LN so I don’t know for sure. Yoko gets character development in that she starts the series just straight up mean but softens up a good amount and though it isn’t handled amazingly well, it’s handled better than the relationship development. There’s an overarching plot thread regarding Yoko’s background, but as far as the manga gets it’s basically just touched on and doesn’t go anywhere.

Thus, the plot is pretty much entirely just small episodes of the cast dealing with various supernatural phenomenon. These episodes are generally pretty solid due to good comedy. It wasn’t very good at getting any investment in the cast or plot though. The ending is pretty much what you’d expect from a manga forcing an ending to an adaptation of a story that’s still going. Insignificant and lacking in substance story wise, but still trying to a hit a good emotional beat to end on, which managed to land decently well I guess.

The art is cute focused and overall okay. Both in terms of quality and style it’s not particularly great but not particularly bad either. It gets the job done without issue but this definitely isn’t a manga that you’d read for the art.

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Aug 6, 2017

BigCasual

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Inukami was a lighthearted read, but I didn't feel special or different from other reads that have somewhat similar premises.

Story - The stories' plot is simple and easy to pick up. The story takes a more comedic route. I felt that the series was too short and knew it was too short that the story couldn't reach its full potential. The comedy in this series made me chuckle or smile, but not truly laugh.

Art - The art in this series is notably done in a cutesy style. That is good or bad depending on a person's taste, but I can also say that it is ...

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Oct 16, 2013

deathmailrock

Recommended

Overall, this was a nice story, The art is nice, the characters are lovable with a nice tsundere lead, the protagonist is a perverted idiot who wanted a harem but couldn't get one. The jealousy and twists and just a nice amount of comedy.

It was nice that it wasn't a harem, cause they do tend to be overdone, but it was a situation where a harem would be nice

----Spoiler that won't ruin the entire story, just one part----

In fact, the only problem I had with this story was that the protagonist actually had the chance to get the harem of his dreams, but the main ...

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