After a car accident strands a father and his daughter, they find themselves on a farm with anthropomorphic animals who are very welcoming and accommodating. The niceties are dispensed fairly quickly, however, when they reveal that their farm is raising humans for their consumption. They set the father and daughter outside for a hunt as the animals chase them down with guns and hunting “humans” trained like traditional hunting dogs. The village surrounding this farm is full of further animals with jobs sustaining a small society all for the sake of raising quality humans, dedicated to preparing delicious dishes from much of the slaughtered person, and respecting the life that was given for the sustenance.
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Two dog owners meet while out on a walk, and they cannot be more polar opposites with their dogs and some of their approaches to life. Chiharu-san is the owner of Tsuba-chan, a Rottweiler who has a calm disposition. Chiharu is a smaller woman but has incredible strength and a commanding control over Tsuba's training. On the other hand, there's Kiyotaka-san, a strong but slightly timid owner of Monjuro, a hyper and tiny Pomeranian a fraction of the size of Tsuba. Chiharu and Kiyotaka continuously run into each other on walks and through their respective jobs. This volume finishes out with Chiharu reminiscing about how she adopted Tsuba.
Illustrated by Kanato Abiko
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Publisher: Vertical (Kodansha) Publication Date: Oct 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781647294748 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Animals, Action Adventure, Philosophy, Surrealism, Story Collection, Kodansha 
Vol 3: Sew Totally Nala
School Library Journal review - part of Fall 2025 Manga Fiction Series, "Hidden Identities and True Love" Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 3-7 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1, vol 2 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillian) Publication Date: Oct 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781250901408 Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Graphic Fiction, School Life, Friendship, Family, Animals 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: WEBTOON Unscrolled Publication Date: Nov 4, 2025 ISBN: 9781998341665 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Animals, Humor, Mental Health, WEBTOON Unscrolled 
Vol 2: No Such Thing as Perfect
Emma is the main character this time, and things are not so perfect for the most popular girl in school. Her beautiful older sister gets perfect grades, and her mom is constantly wishing Emma could be more like her. Deep down, Emma wishes her friendship with Nala hadn’t ended the way it did, but the hurt has gone on too long to fix it now. When Lilico and Emma are both selected from the basketball team to play on the county All Star team, Emma thinks she finally has a chance to prove herself and stand above everyone else. But, her hyper competitive nature and inability to express her feelings get her in sticky situations over and over again. Sounds like another job for a guardian spirit! 
Lu's ah-ma is a famous geozoologist who travels the world and studies fascinating creatures. For Lu's whole life, she's wanted nothing more than to accompany her ah-ma on one of her journeys, or to have her ah-ma stay a little bit longer and tell more stories of her exploits. Ah-ma sends Lu plenty of letters, but one year in Lu's teens, the letters stop. It's just before Ah-ma is supposed to take Lu to see the sun-fish eclipse. Lu convinces her mother that she and her friend Ren should travel south together, along with Ah-ma's journal that Lu can barely read, in hopes of finding Ah-man or what happned to her. Lu and Ren set off on a journey of a lifetime.
As captain of the basketball team, Lilico is looking forward to leading her team to finals this year. Then, her parents announce that they’re moving the whole family to New York City. Lilico is devastated and scared to be starting over in a new country with no friends, but hopes to at least join the team at her new school. It turns out, the school bully is the captain of the girls’ team, and she doesn’t care much for the new girl. Lilico is destroyed until the Otaku of her new school find her — Nala and Henry. They instantly love going to Lilico’s house and learning about her dad’s embarrassingly large collection of katana. To round out everything, Lilico finds herself with a guardian spirit who borrows the body of her family cat, making everything closer to an episode of Sailor Moon! Nicco promises to help Lilico’s transition to America be a bit smoother, including getting on the basketball team and finding her footing with Emma, her bully.
Charlie heads back to school after the bombing incident, but everyone thinks he’s become embroiled with the terrorists, and now making friends has become even harder. Charlie’s parents have confided in Lucy, the one friend Charlie did manage to make, and they expressed upon her their struggle to try to win rights for Charlie in the eyes of the law. The Animal Liberation Alliance is not giving up, though, and their next attempt includes radicalization of Charlie’s classmates.
Aria is a young witch who lives all alone in a secluded forest, protected by a magical barrier put in place by her dearly departed grandmother. She has to keep to herself to keep the existence of magic and witches safe. One day, a talking white wolf wanders into her sphere, cold and alone, and the two become friends due to their want of companionship. Aria names the wolf Gwyn and offers to let him stay with her. Gwyn begins to notice a few off things, like Aria seems to never do magic, and he wonders about the barrier that seems to have let him and other humans into Aria’s space… there’s more to this world than Aria may know or has been told about!
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