Stargazing Dog

🇯🇵星守る犬 · Hoshi Mamoru Inu

MangaSeinenFinished🇯🇵 First published in 2008DramaSlice of Life

Takashi Murakami story, art

A little girl picks up a puppy abandoned in a cardboard box and takes it home. As the years pass, the father of the family forms a strong bond with the dog as his wife and daughter drift away from him. Faced with a divorce, he puts a few cardboard boxes and the dog in his car and drives south to see the sea.

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