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.
Stargazing Dog has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 星守る犬, Star Protector Dog
Genres: Slice of Life , Seinen
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Top 5 Manga Like Stargazing Dog (Hoshi Mamoru Inu) [2025 List]
5. Hachi - Yakusoku no Inu
An American college professor named Parker picked up a stray puppy one day. He decided to keep it and named the puppy Hachi. A strong, loving bond grew between the two. Every day, Hachi would await his master's return at the train station. However, one day, Parker stopped returning from the train station as usual. Hachi, not able to accept his death, continued to wait in front of Bedridge Station every day…
Another heart-warming, yet heart-wrenching tale of Hachi's love and loyalty from across the ocean.
Hachi - Yakusoku no Inu has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: HACHI - 約束の犬 -, Hachi - Yakusoku no Inu
4. Deep Love: Pao no Monogatari
Being abandoned by his owners, having his mother die of starvation, a puppy who suffered lifelong separation from his siblings wandered around the city. Meeting and parting with kind people, experiencing brutal treatment from unjust people. Pao, who learned to live within the harshness of reality, awaits even more ordeals...
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Deep Love - Pao's Tale has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: ＤｅｅｐＬｏｖｅ パオの物語, Deep Love: Pao's Tale
3. Inu wo Kau
Short stories by Jiro Taniguchi. Five short stories. The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to an later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.
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Inu wo Kau has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 犬を飼う, Inu wo Kau
2. Eien no With
With her mom always fussing over her baby brother, her father busy with work, and no friends at school, Hitomi has always felt lonely. This all this changes when she volunteers to raise Eye, a guide dog, for a year. However, parting is never as easy as it seems...
Eternity With You has finished publishing and it has 3 Chapters. It is also Known as: 永遠のウィズ, Eternity With You
1. Takopii no Genzai
Takopi travels from his home of Happy Planet to spread happiness across Earth but meets the unsmiling Shizuka upon landing. Her friends at school and home life seem to be the source of her somber expression—and the pure-hearted Takopi is determined to change things for the better! But what truths await him when the curtains rise in this shocking drama?!
Takopi’s Original Sin has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: タコピーの原罪, Takopy no Genzai, Takopii's original sin
