History Manga / DOGSBulletsAndCarnage

** Einstellsehn or Einstürzen? Official translations go with the latter, rightly so because it's meant as a ShoutOut to Music/EinstürzendeNeubauten.

** Einstellsehn or Einstürzen? Official translations go with the latter, rightly so because it's derived from the famous band Einstürzende Neubauten.

** Einstellsehn or Einstürzen? Official translations go with the latter.
** According to ''[[http://twitpic.com/clff2x this post]]'' on Miwa Shirow's twitpic account, Heine is the correct spelling. (ハイネ = "Heine")

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Angelika Einstürzen to the kids with Cerberus spines. She tells them to kill in order to gain her love.]]
* AchillesHeel: Kerberos users can regenerate even amputated limbs, but causing damage to the brain or their collars causes permanent damage.

* [[spoiler:DesignerBabies: Heine, Lily, Giovanni and most others with a Cerberus spine.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: Sibling, in this case. [[spoiler: Pretty much anyone who reveals to Heine that they have a Cerberus spine.]]

* MarkOfTheBeast: Not really a marking, per se, but everyone with a Cerberus spine has a metal collar attached to their neck.

* NighInvulnerability: Anyone with a Cerberus spine has a HealingFactor powerful enough to make them practically ImmuneToBullets.

* OrphanageOfFear: [[spoiler:The kindergarten where all the people with Cerberus spines start out.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Naoto's parents were murdered, Badou's parents are never mentioned, and if Heine (or anyone else with a Cerberus spine) has real parents, they're never brought up.

** [[spoiler:In chapter 69, Angelika Einstürzen makes a comment to Heine that he, Lily, Giovanni, and all the other kids in the Cerberus experiment were grown from her genes. This would make her their biological parent.]]

* [[spoiler:ShootTheShaggyDog: Heine volunteers to become the "Master" of his group in the Organization to save his friends. Unfortunately, by succeeding at it, he renders his group moot and [[MoralEventHorizon Einstürzen makes them kill each other.]]]]

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Luki and Noki [[spoiler: turn out to have Cerberus Spines, though other characters with them have other eye colors.]]

* {{Tykebomb}}: Luki and Noki again [[spoiler: and really anyone with a Cerberus spine implanted in them, at least while they're young.]]

* UnskilledButStrong: Magato comments those with Kerberos spines are like this because those with spines don't need to learn to dodge attacks.
* VillainEpisode: ''Dogs: Hardcore Twins''

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Turns out [[spoiler:Naoto's sword]] is good for dealing these to Cerberus spines.

* HeyItsThatVoice: TakahiroSakurai, who voices Heine Rammsteiner in the {{OVA}}s, also voices Cloud Strife from ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', another spiky-haired anti-social and psychologically damaged SuperSoldier with a DarkAndTroubledPast. The fact that they both wear [[BadassLongcoat sleeveless black longcoats]] while kicking ass is a bonus.

* ChekhovsGunman: 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 OffModel compared to later). Heine is first mentioned briefly in Badou's intro chapter.

* ArtEvolution: Given the several-year gap between the original ''DOGS'' and ''DOGS: Bullets & Carnage'', it's not much of a surprise.

* TheUnFavorite: Giovanni seems to be this to his allies, as they seem to prefer [[spoiler: Heine]], who ran away.

* VillainEpisode: ''DOGS: Hardcore Twins''

** BadassBoast: Freuling boasts that no one who's ever seen her has lived to tell the tale, which is pretty much true. [[spoiler: But it's only on a technicality. Ernst Rammsteiner - that is, [[BadassPreacher Bishop, the]] ''[[BadassPreacher blind]]'' [[BadassPreacher priest]] - fights her and lives.]]

* DarkActionGirl: Freuling.

* EarlyBirdCameo: 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 OffModel 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 [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] Haine.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Naoto, Freuling and Magato.

* Fingore: Naoto slices the fingers of an information broker off and steps on their hands to extract information.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Badou and Haine.

* HotChickInABadassSuit: Freuling.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: 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.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Naoto and Freuling use them.

* KnifeNut: Luki, Naoto and Magato.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Sibling, in this case. [[spoiler: Pretty much anyone who reveals to Haine that they have a Cerberus spine.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: 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.

* PowerTrio: Badou, Haine, and Naoto.

** Einstellsehn or Einstürzen? Official translations go with the latter

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Angelica Einstellsehn to the kids with Cerberus spines. She tells them to kill in order to gain her love.]]

** BadassBoast: Freuling boasts that no one who's ever seen her has lived to tell the tale, which is pretty much true. [[spoiler: But it's only on a technicality. Ernest Rammsteiner - that is, [[BadassPreacher Bishop, the]] ''[[BadassPreacher blind]]'' [[BadassPreacher priest]] - fights her and lives.]]

* BigBad: Part of the plot is trying to figure out just who this is. [[MadScientist Einsturzen]] seems to be a good candidate

* BlindSeer: [[spoiler: Bishop]]

* DeathIsCheap: Somewhat. [[spoiler: At least applies if said dead person was important to one of the main characters. Lily, Heine's "younger sister," is dead, but Einsturzen later shows up in chapter 69 and confronts Heine while using a body that is a Lily-look alike. Then as of chapter 75, Fuyumine, the man that saved Naoto, has been revealed to be alive and the man that Magato killed wasn't really him. And, of course, there's Badou and implications that his brother may not actually be dead at all.]]

** [[spoiler:The last woman [[MadScientist (Einsturzen)]] Heine really trusted [[GoneHorriblyRight turned him into a monster,]] the last woman (Lily) he held close he ended up [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe ripping to pieces.]]]] Despite knowing logically that [[NighInvulnerable he has a lot less to fear]] from women than most men and other women do, Heine has every right to be afraid.

* [[spoiler:FightingYourFriend: "Friend" is a strong word but Einsturzen possesses Naoto in 71-72 and sends her after Heine, who's surprisingly reluctant to hurt her.]]

* [[spoiler:HiveMind: Angelika Einsturzen has cloned herself many times and used each of her consciousnesses to speed up her research. They may not be exactly a hivemind, but they definitely work together and are the same person.]]

* KickTheDog: When Einsturzen comes to the surface and starts [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally sniping at]] Miss Liza and her gang by referring to them as cattle [[WhereDoYouThinkYouAre in their own establishment.]]

** [[spoiler:In chapter 69, Einstellsehn makes a comment to Heine that both he, Lily, and Giovanni (and all the other kids in the Cerberus experiment) were "grown from her genes." This would make her their biological parent.]]

* [[spoiler:ShootTheShaggyDog: Heine volunteers to become the "Master" of his group in the Organization to save his friends. Unfortunately, by succeeding at it, he renders his group moot and [[MoralEventHorizon Einsturzen makes them kill each other.]]]]

** Einstellsehn or Einsturzen?

* ThemeNaming: Heine Rammsteiner and Prof Einsturzen are named after German bands (Rammstein and Einsturzende Neubauten, respectively).

** This is just a hunch, but I think "Freuling" might be a play on "fräulein," a (previously used) German honorific for an unmarried woman.
*** Actually, "Frueling" is an alternate spelling of "Frühling", which is German for "spring". Meanwhile, "Herbst" is German for "autumn" and "Fuyumine" is Japanese for "winter peak". There's no "summer" yet, though.

''DOGS'' is set in a [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]], [[AfterTheEnd 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.

* NighInvulnerability: Anyone with a Cerberus spine, who have HealingFactor to the extent of being practically ImmuneToBullets.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Heine, Naoto and Magato are ALL from the same organization, just different sections.]]

* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:Heine gets shot out of a window at one point, seems dead, then jerks back upright a moment later.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: [[spoiler: 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.

There's also an {{OVA}} entitled ''DOGS: Stray Dogs Howling In The Dark'', which is based on the original manga.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Haine.

!!''DOGSBulletsAndCarnage'' provides examples of:

* MismatchedEyes: Luki and Noki, in reverse of each other.

* DemotedToExtra: Despite Heine's spine being a very important plot point, [[spoiler: the manifestation of the spine, "Evil Heine" or "Heine's second personality", doesn't seem to be very important at all. He's only appeared in illustration a handful of times during the comic's 7+ years ongoing run, and it's usually just to mock Heine or provoke him into letting him (Spine) take control.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At one point, [[spoiler: Heine ends up straddling Naoto's stomach while her sword is impaling him through the stomach]]. [[ShipTease He even holds her face in his hands while it's happening.]]

* FanDisservice: Pretty girl straddling handsome boy, for whatever reason? [[RuleOfSexy Hot.]] Pretty girl straddling handsome boy, possibly about to kill him? [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Hot, depending on boy's reaction.]] [[spoiler:Pretty girl straddling handsome boy while being forced to stab boy by his MOTHER who's a) forcing her to do so through possession and b) currently inhabiting multiple bodies, including one that looks like Heine's dead little sister? [[{{Squick}} Nasty,]] verging on SurrealHorror.]]

* FanDisservice: Pretty girl straddling handsome boy, for whatever reason? [[RuleOfSexy Hot.]] Pretty girl straddling handsome boy, possibly about to kill him? [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Hot, depending on boy's reaction.]] [[spoiler:Pretty girl straddling handsome boy while being forced to stab boy by his MOTHER who's a) forcing her through possession and b) currently inhabiting his dead little sister's remains? [[{{Squick}} Nasty,]] verging on SurrealHorror.]]

* [[spoiler:HiveMind: Angelika Einsturzen seems to be a group of four similar looking blonde women. She cloned herself many times and used each of her consciousnesses to speed up her research. They may not be exactly a hivemind, but they definitely work together and are the same person.]]

** According to ''[[http://twitpic.com/clff2x this post]]'' on Miwa Shirow's twitpic account, Heine is the correct spelling. (ハイネ translates to "Heine")

** According to ''[[http://twitpic.com/clff2x this post]]'' on Miwa Shirow's twitpic account, Heine is the correct spelling.

** BadassAbnormal: Heine, Giovanni, Luki, Noki[[spoiler:, Bishop.]]

* BobHaircut: Naoto, Lily, Luki and Noki.

* DemotedToExtra: Despite Heine's spine being a very important plot point, [[spoiler: the manifestation of the spine, "Evil Heine" or "Heine's second personality", doesn't seem to be very important at all.]] He's only appeared in illustration a handful of times during the comic's 7+ years, ongoing run, and it's usually just to mock Heine.