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==Publication==
==Publication==
For the English release of ''Man's Best Friend'', Blu Manga decided to replace the original cover art, which depicted Kuro reclining shirtless in a [[cowboy]] hat with a strategically placed gun [[holster]] at his crotch, with the Japanese inside cover color art, instead depicting Kuro tearing off Ukyou's shirt with his teeth.<ref>[http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/pagliassotti.htm GloBLisation and Hybridisation: Publishers' Strategies for Bringing Boys' Love to the United States]</ref> The former was the book's [[Edition (book)|second print]] (2007) cover in Japan and the latter was the [[Edition (book)|first print]]'s (2004) cover in Japan.
For the English release of ''Man's Best Friend'', Blu Manga decided to replace the original cover art, depicting Kuro reclining shirtless in a [[cowboy]] hat with a strategically placed gun [[holster]] at his crotch. The Japanese inside cover art instead depicts Kuro tearing off Ukyou's shirt with his teeth.<ref>[http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/pagliassotti.htm GloBLisation and Hybridisation: Publishers' Strategies for Bringing Boys' Love to the United States]</ref> The former was the book's [[Edition (book)|second print]] (2007) cover in Japan and the latter was the [[Edition (book)|first print]]'s (2004) cover in Japan.


==Reception==
==Reception==
The manga has been described as "reminiscent of ''[[Guru Guru Pon-chan]]''", and Kuro's dog-like characterization was praised by ''Sequential Tart''.<ref name=ST>[http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=4688&issue=2006-07-01 Sequential Tart review]</ref> [[Library Journal]] described the stories as contrived and said that the characters "exist to have sex".<ref>[http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6393556.html Library Journal review]</ref> Christopher Butcher regarded ''Man's Best Friend'' as being the "most unique" of Blu's releases, and as a "very creative" fetish.<ref>Butcher, Christopher (11 December 2007). [http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=3&STORY_ID=4057&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=1 "Queer love manga style"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115045641/http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=3&STORY_ID=4057&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=1 |date=2008-01-15 }}. ''[[Xtra!]]''.</ref> Dru Pagliassotti, comparing [[romance novel]]s with [[Boys Love]] manga, mentions ''Man's Best Friend'' as an example of a [[kemonomimi]] "society", or setting.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Pagliassotti, Dru |author-link=Dru Pagliassotti |chapter=Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction |pages=63–64 | editor-last=Pagliassotti|editor-first=Dru |editor2-last=Levi|editor2-first=Antonia| editor3-last=McHarry|editor3-first=Mark
The manga has been described as "reminiscent of ''[[Guru Guru Pon-chan]].''" Kuro's dog-like characterization was praised by ''Sequential Tart''.<ref name=ST>[http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=4688&issue=2006-07-01 Sequential Tart review]</ref> [[Library Journal]] described the stories as contrived and said that the characters "exist to have sex".<ref>[http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6393556.html Library Journal review]</ref> Christopher Butcher regarded ''Man's Best Friend'' as being the "most unique" of Blu's releases, and as a "very creative" fetish.<ref>Butcher, Christopher (11 December 2007). [http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=3&STORY_ID=4057&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=1 "Queer love manga style"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115045641/http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=3&STORY_ID=4057&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=1 |date=2008-01-15 }}. ''[[Xtra!]]''.</ref> Dru Pagliassotti, comparing [[romance novel]]s with [[Boys Love]] manga, mentions ''Man's Best Friend'' as an example of a [[kemonomimi]] "society", or setting.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Pagliassotti, Dru |author-link=Dru Pagliassotti |chapter=Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction |pages=63–64 | editor-last=Pagliassotti|editor-first=Dru |editor2-last=Levi|editor2-first=Antonia| editor3-last=McHarry|editor3-first=Mark
| title=[[Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre]]|date=30 April 2010 | publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]
| title=[[Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre]]|date=30 April 2010 | publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]
| publication-date=2010|isbn=978-0-7864-4195-2}}</ref>
| publication-date=2010|isbn=978-0-7864-4195-2}}</ref>

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Man's Best Friend
犬も歩けばフォーリンラブ
(Inu Mo Arukeba Fallin' Love)
GenreYaoi
Created byKazusa Takashima
Manga
Written byKazusa Takashima
Published byBiblos, Libre Publishing
English publisher
MagazineMagazine Be × Boy
PublishedMarch 10, 2004

Man's Best Friend (known as Inu mo Arukeba Fallin' Love (犬も歩けばフォーリンラブ, If Dogs Can also Walk I'm Fallin' Love) aka the Inu mo Arukeba series) is an explicit yaoi manga from the creator of Wild Rock, Kazusa Takashima, and is published in English by Blu Manga, which is a now defunct boys' love publishing division of Tokyopop.

Description

When Ukyou rescues a stray dog and names it Kuro, he soon learns that he may have found a rare breed—-his new dog can talk and magically transform into a hunky human! With his dog now taking the form of a hot man and licking him in various places, what is Ukyou to do?!

Plot summary

The manga is split into three stories:

  • The first three chapters are about a dog named Kuro, who magically transforms into a human with dog ears and a tail whenever he gets excited, and his "owner" Ukyo.
  • The two next chapters (Mata, Natsu ga Kita (また、夏が来た, Summer Has Come Again) and Pinpoint Lovers) are about Kentaro and Kasumi, who reunite after a decade apart. Long ago, Kentaro had made a promise to wait ten years for Kasumi, but at the time he had thought that Kasumi was a girl.
  • The last chapter (Kingyo Hime (金魚姫, Goldfish Princess)) is about a man, Keisuke, who rescues a magical goldfish from a group of children. Said goldfish then transforms into a man, thanking Keisuke.

Trivia

  • The character Kuro from the first storyline makes a cameo appearance in Kentaro and Kasumi's storyline.

Publication

For the English release of Man's Best Friend, Blu Manga decided to replace the original cover art, depicting Kuro reclining shirtless in a cowboy hat with a strategically placed gun holster at his crotch. The Japanese inside cover art instead depicts Kuro tearing off Ukyou's shirt with his teeth.[1] The former was the book's second print (2007) cover in Japan and the latter was the first print's (2004) cover in Japan.

Reception

The manga has been described as "reminiscent of Guru Guru Pon-chan." Kuro's dog-like characterization was praised by Sequential Tart.[2] Library Journal described the stories as contrived and said that the characters "exist to have sex".[3] Christopher Butcher regarded Man's Best Friend as being the "most unique" of Blu's releases, and as a "very creative" fetish.[4] Dru Pagliassotti, comparing romance novels with Boys Love manga, mentions Man's Best Friend as an example of a kemonomimi "society", or setting.[5]

References

  1. ^ GloBLisation and Hybridisation: Publishers' Strategies for Bringing Boys' Love to the United States
  2. ^ Sequential Tart review
  3. ^ Library Journal review
  4. ^ Butcher, Christopher (11 December 2007). "Queer love manga style" Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!.
  5. ^ Pagliassotti, Dru (30 April 2010). "Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction". In Pagliassotti, Dru; Levi, Antonia; McHarry, Mark (eds.). Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre. McFarland & Company (published 2010). pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-7864-4195-2.
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