Series in one sentence:
A show that expects you to laugh when a dog gets abused.
Series in more sentences:
A boy obsessed with books ends up getting shot in the face by a robber while protecting an absent-minded girl. As he doesn't want to die before he's read the last book of his favourite series, he gets reincarnated as a dog by unknown forces.
He gets recognized and adopted by the girl he protected that day, who happens to be his favourite writer, but soon he discovers that being her pet is far from a dream.
It could've been a sweet and clever story, but it isn't. The hints of bestiality alone made sure of that.
The girl is a complete psychopath who walks around with a pair of scissors in her pocket in case she has to abuse someone. And that's always. While she would be some kind of villain in any other surreal anime, here she's treated as a normal human being with slight issues. The show is in love with the running joke that the dog comments on the girl's flat chest and she attacks him with her scissors over it, and it has not made me smile once.
Not only is she a terrible human being, the dog boy is also a special kind of crazy. His book obsession is creepy and he's one of those "I'm not interested in 3D/real life girls"-characters the Japanese love to write for their animes.
Just what the Hell, what healthy boy prefers fake girls over a beautiful real life girl, period? There's another character like this in a series I reviewed, Danganronpa. It's dumb.
But well, I rated this anime to be "average+" instead of "bad", as the general plot isn't bad at all. I was fairly entertained. The concept of this boy turning into a dog is interesting, but it's a shame it's ruined by all these otherworldly characters and events. This boy turning into a dog is all the weirdness we needed, why the random battle scenes?
The series abruptly ends as well and there's no sign of a second season coming. I was left unsatisfied.
