Manga: Dogs: Bullets & Carnage aka: Dogs Bullets And Carnage
The dog inside me will not die...
DOGS is set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic setting where it is always winter. Genetic manipulation exists in various forms, from creating attractive child prostitutes to making bizarre weapons. The organisation running the underground world seems to be the cause of a lot of violence and corruption... Including certain events in the main characters' pasts. The trouble is, those characters don't have the whole story. Either they're trying to find who exactly is behind something, or killed X person, or just what got Y involved in it all. Familial angst is prevalent, as are people who are a lot more involved than they first seem. But whatever their reasons or pasts, they're in it together.It started off with one volume, simply titled DOGS, which introduced the four main characters and gave a little backstory for some of them. DOGS: Hardcore Twins introduced Luki and Noki, two young girls who treat killing as a game. More recently, DOGS: Bullets & Carnage started the main plot aspect, revealing more about the characters, introducing new ones, and dishing it all out with heaps of action.There's also an OVA entitled DOGS: Stray Dogs Howling In The Dark, which is based on the original manga.
Abusive Parents: Angelica Einstellsehn to the kids with Cerberus spines, though technically she's not their actual mother. She tells them to kill in order to gain her love.
Badass Boast: Freuling boasts that no one who's ever seen her has lived to tell the tale, which is pretty much true. But it's only on a technicality. Ernest Rammsteiner - that is, Bishop, theblindpriest - fights her and lives.
Barbie Doll Anatomy: Averted hard, at least with the women, who have visible nipples and (in the prequel manga) lower parts too. It's understandable why no naked men have been drawn yet.
Berserk Button: Depriving Badou of cigarettes. Or for Heine, being touched by females. And if for some reason you find yourself holding Heine's gun, don't fire it.
Early-Bird Cameo: Badou shows up very briefly (and even gets a line) in Mihai's intro chapter. Luki and Noki show up a few pages later (though they look Off Model compared to later). Haine is first mentioned briefly in Badou's intro chapter.
In the equivalent OVA episode of Badou's intro chapter, you get an actual visual shot of a shirtless Haine.
Improbable Weapon User: Haine's guns aren't improbable on their own, but they're connected with a chain, which he uses to strangle someone at one point. Luki's giant claw may also count.
Only Mostly Dead: Heine gets shot out of a window at one point, seems dead, then jerks back upright a moment later.
Orphanage of Fear: The kindergarten where all the people with Cerberus spines start out.
OVA: DOGS: Stray dogs howling in the dark animates the four short stories from the prequel manga. See the description above.
Parental Abandonment: Naoto's parents were murdered, Badou's parents are never mentioned, and if Haine (or anyone else with a Cerberus spine) has real parents, they're never brought up.
Heine and the other experiments DON'T have parents.
Scars Are Forever: Badou has scars on both his right hand and right eye (underneath the eyepatch). These are implied to have something to do with his older brother, but little more than a very brief, bloody flashback has been shown so far to explain the wounds.
Spell My Name with an S: Haine or Heine? Mihai or Michai? The latter ones are the official spellings ("Heine Rammsteiner" is also obviously a German name), but probably due to the scanlation, most people use the former ones.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Most characters have fairly realistic hair colors, but Luki and Noki's hair is green.
You Killed My Father: Naoto, but with both her parents. Doubly subverted, as the man she originally believed to be her parents' killer got killed by Magato before she could do it, and then it turned out that man wasn't the one who did it after all. She's now looking for their true killer.
Subverted again when we learn they were not her parents
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