History Manga / DogSignal

Samura Miyu was kicked out after breaking up with his girlfriend who proceed to throw and give him a toy poodle pup without waiting for his answers, leaving Miyu unprepared at caring for a dog who already imprinted on his ex.

However, he had a chance meeting with Niwa Shinichirou, an expert Dog Trainer and that meeting is what Miyu needed to get to know the pup he is unexpectedly saddled with and find a new place to be after the breakup.

DOG SIGNAL is an on-going educational SliceOfLife manga by Saya Miyauchi centering about dogs and the humans that come by to ask for how to properly care for their canine companions with much research done. The series started in July 24 2018 and can be read in [[https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CB01200483010000_68/ Comic walker]] with an alternative link to [[https://comic.pixiv.net/works/4983 Pixiv Comic]].

An Anime was announced in January and released in October 20 2023 and is currently on-going.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The manga is separated into several connected stories with a focus of a dog breed and the owners that adopted them.
* BigFriendlyDog: A handful of the dogs that appear such as Woolson and Ribbon are friendly.
* TheBusCameBack: Several of the previous clients such as Ribbon and her owner makes a return in later chapters.

** Niwa [[spoiler:felt his admiration for his mentor shatter when he saw the man use physically abusive means to train the dogs under his care]].

* CannotSpitItOut: A familial, platonic example occurred. One story has an elderly man whose inability to actually express himself to his daughter caused a huge rift between father and child as the daughter grew up and is about to get married, and the rift is one of the factors that led him to adopt a Pomeranian puppy and he later approached Niwa and Miyu to ask for help to train his newly adopted pup for proper training and to do one trick to convey and finally mend the gap between him and his daughter on the day of his daughter's wedding.

** Kubo Suzunosuke, the vet, [[spoiler:used to foster poodles in his family's home and wanted to become a vet to meet the poodles that grew up with him again. Until one day, he eventually learned from a client he's helping during his intern of [[FateWorseThanDeath the unfortunate fate of one of the poodles he once fostered]]. Doctor Kubo eventually learn that his parents started to breed puppies to be sold to keep the family finance afloat but the unsanitary conditions that the dogs were kept in cause Doctor Kubo's respect and love for his parents to shatter.]]

* FirstPetStory: Several stories deal with new owners who recently adopted their dog and all the troubles that entails from their inexperience.

* GenderBlenderName: Woolson, the Standard poodle, is female.

* IncompetentGuardAnimal: One story arc has Miyu and Niwa helping an old man with a Doberman who comes to the dog training center to ask for help to make his Doberman a proper guard dog. Though it's ultimately PlayedWith as [[spoiler:Niwa caught on that the reason the man's Doberman failed to be a guard dog to began with was because the Doberman is actually a BigFriendlyDog who wants to be the man's companion, with Niwa lampshading that some of the people he helped with in the past who had a Doberman dog had their Doberman's become friendly and cuddly dogs. After that lecture, the man realizes and decided to nurture a better bond with his Doberman.]]
* InkSuitActor: Woolson and Sanju, Niwa and Miyu's CanineCompanion's are modeled after Miyauchi's own pet poodles that she owned and took care of in real life (The only differences being that the real Toy Poodle Sanju is based on is the older dog of the pair [[https://twitter.com/saya_miyauchi/status/1684371882446053376 who unfortunately passed away in July 26 2023]], while the real standard Poodle that Woolson is modeled after is male instead of female).

* MetaTwist: The Shiba Inu focus chapter is the only one where the owner, a rookie Mangaka, did not actually consult to Niwa and Miyu for his troubles until the latter part of his story and already fixed the issue on his own [[spoiler:where he starts to use hand signs and lip reading to convey his commands when his dog suddenly lost his hearing]].
* NoHuggingNoKissing: DownplayedTrope. While the romance isn't very overt, the closest extent that it was done was hugs between those established as a couple.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Ritsuka and Niwa. They had known each other since young but neither are interested in each other romantically and remain close long time friends.

* ShownTheirWork: Each arc spans for 3-4 chapters at it's longest, focusing and showing details of dog psychology, physical health of each breed and of training methods that had been used by dog owners and trainers at various points of history. Miyauchi herself also owned two dogs in real life and also wrote her own experiences and knowledge of her years of dog training and dog care while doing much research about dogs.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: DownplayedTrope in regards to major characters. Female characters appear as guest of the day from time to time, but the only major female protagonist is Ritsuka, an old friend of Niwa.
* TrainingThePet: A majority of the story involves an educational story and tips on how to properly train your pet dogs.

* OldDog: Ribbon the Giant Poodle is one as she's 12 years old by the time she was introduced in the manga.

** Kubo Suzunosuke, the vet, [[spoiler:used to foster poodles in his family's home and wanted to become a vet to meet the poodles that grew up with him again. Until one day, he eventually learned from a client he's helping during his intern of [[FateWorseThanDeath the unfortunate fate of one of the poodles he once fostered]].]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Kubo learns that Nana, a poodle he took care of was sent to be made a breeding dog to breed other puppies by greedy breeders in less than sanitary conditions.]]

* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Kubo's focus chapters starts normal until we get into his past [[spoiler:and we see illustrations of dogs suffering physical degeneration and horrible conditions with the female dogs kept in cramped, unsanitary spaces and losing much of their vigor due to being forced to breed many puppies to be sold by greedy breeders.]]

* InkSuitActor: Woolson and Sanju, Niwa and Miyu's CanineCompanion's are modeled after Miyauchi's own pet poodles that she owned and took care of in real life (With the only thing reversed being the dogs' respective ages, the real Toy Poodle under Miyauchi's care is the older dog).

* NoSocialSkills: One story has an elderly man whose inability to actually express himself to his daughter caused a huge rift between father and child as the daughter grew up and is about to get married, and the rift is one of the factors that led him to adopt a Pomeranian puppy.

* ShownTheirWork: Each arc spans for 3-4 chapters at it's longest, focusing and showing details of dog psychology, physical health of each breed and of training methods that had been used by dog owners and trainers at various points of history.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Ritsuka and Niwa.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: DownplayedTrope. While the romance isn't very overt, the closest extent that it was done was hugs.
* NoSocialSkills: One story has an elderly man and a Pomeranian he adopted whose inability to actually express himself to his daughter caused a huge rift between father and child as the daughter grew up and is about to get married, and the rift is one of the factors that led him to adopt a Pomeranian puppy.

* SurpriseCreepy: Kubo's focus chapters start normal until we get into his past [[spoiler:and we see illustrations of dogs suffering physical degeneration and horrible conditions with the female dogs kept in cramped, unsanitary spaces and losing much of their vigor due to being forced to breed many puppies to be sold by greedy breeders.]]

* GenderBlenderName: Woolson, the Giant poodle, is female.

* InkSuitActor: Woolson and Sanju, Niwa and Miyu's CanineCompanion's are near identical to Miyauchi's own pet poodles that she owned and took care of in real life (With the only thing reversed being the dogs' respective ages).

* OldDog: Ribbon the giant poodle is one as she's 12 years old by the time she was introduced in the manga.

* ShownTheirWork: Each arc spans for 3-4 chapters focusing and showing details of dog psychology, physical health of each breed and of training methods that had been used by dog owners and trainers at various points of history.

An Anime was announced in January and released in October 20 2023 which ran for 8 episodes.

** Kubo Suzunosuke, the vet and friend of the trainers [[spoiler:used to foster poodles in his family's home and wanted to become a vet to meet the poodles that grew up with him again. Until one day, he eventually learned from a client he's helping of during his intern [[FateWorseThanDeath the unfortunate fate of the poodles he once fostered]].]]
* DogGotSentToAFarm: Part of Doctor Kubo's backstory is that he was told that one of the dogs he took care of and grew up with, Nana will be adopted to another house... [[spoiler:only for Kubo to later learn that Nana's actual fate is much, much ''worse'' a few years later.]]

* NoHuggingNoKissing: DownplayedTrope. Romance between the main casts are generally non-existent with the exception of the supporting casts, as the story heavily focuses on educating readers about dog training and dog facts.

** Niwa Shinichirou [[spoiler:lost a dog he used to care for in a car accident and the incident fueled him to become a dog trainer so he won't let another dog to fall under the same fate. He found a good trainer he admired... only to later learn that said mentor had resorted to abusive means to train the dogs under his care and [[BrokenPedestal felt his admiration shatter]].]]

* OldDog: Ribbon the giant poodle is one as she's 10 years old by the time she was introduced in the manga.

[[caption-width-right:672:Two dog trainers and their beloved partners]]

* OldDog: Ribbon the giant poodle is one as she's 12 years old by the time she was introduced in the manga.

DOG SIGNAL is an on-going educational SliceOfLife manga by Saya Miyauchi centering about dogs and the humans that come by to ask for how to properly care for their canine companions with much research done. The series can be read in [[https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CB01200483010000_68/ Comic walker]] with alternative links to [[https://comic.pixiv.net/works/4983 Pixiv Comic]].

* BigFriendlyDog: A handful of the dogs that appear such as Ribbon are friendly.
* CanineCompanion: A literal example as the manga focuses on Miyu and Shinichirou helping people with the troubles regarding people's dogs.

DOG SIGNAL is an on-going educational SliceOfLife manga by Saya Miyauchi centering about dogs and the humans that come by to ask for how to properly care for their canine companions with much research done.

* BigFriendlyDog: Woolson the Giant poodle is one. A handful of the dogs that appear such as Ribbon are friendly.

** Miyu had been subjected to parentification by his own mother due to being the eldest son and in his adulthood later, he broke up with his girlfriend who then shoved a toy poodle puppy to his way without giving him a proper time to get acquainted to it.
** Shinichirou [[spoiler:lost a dog he used to care for in a car accident and the incident fueled him to become a dog trainer. He found a good trainer he admired... only to later learn that said mentor had resorted to abusive means to train the dogs under his care and felt his admiration shatter.]]
** Kubo Suzunosuke, the vet and friend of the trainers [[spoiler:used to foster poodles in his family's home and wanted to become a vet to meet the poodles that grew up with him again. Until one day, he eventually learned from a client he's helping of [[FateWorseThanDeath the unfortunate fate of the poodles he once fostered]].]]

* ShownTheirWork: Each arc spans for 3-4 chapters focusing and showing details of dog psychology, physical health of each breed and of training methods that had been used by dog owners and trainers at various points of history.