is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Itsutsuse. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' website from August 2020 to March 2022; it also started in ''Shōnen Magazine R'' in September of the same year. It moved from ''Magazine Pocket'' to the ''Suiyōbi no Sirius'' and ''YanMaga Web'' sites in March 2022. It also moved from ''Shōnen Magazine R'' to ''Monthly Maga Kichi'' in January 2023, and finished in July of the same year. An

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television series adaptation by Quad aired from January to March 2023.

Characters

; : :A high school boy who suddenly finds himself turned into an

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puppy. He is taken in by his classmate Karen Inukai, on whom he has a crush, and lives together with her as her pet. Although he wishes to be turned back to human as soon as possible, he could not resist the charm of living his life as Inukai's dog. Later on in the series, he gains the ability to change between being a dog and a human. ; : :Pochita's classmate when he was a human. She encounters Pochita on the street and takes him home with her. Even though she is usually cool and expressionless, she is a dog lover and likes to have skinship with Pochita. ; : :Karen's childhood friend and Pochita's neighbor. She does not like dogs and is afraid of Pochita. ; : :A girl attending the same school as Pochita. She likes to tease him when he was a human, but secretly has feelings for him.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Itsutsuse, ''My Life as Inukai-san's Dog'' started in Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' website on August 2, 2020. It also started publication in ''Shōnen Magazine R'' on September 20 of the same year. The manga stopped running on ''Magazine Pocket'' on March 17, 2022, and was later transfered to the ''Suiyōbi no Sirius'' and ''YanMaga Web'' sites. On January 20, 2023, the series was transferred to the ''Monthly Maga Kichi'' website after the disbandment of ''Shōnen Magazine R''. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual ''

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'' volumes. Nine volumes were published between November 9, 2020, and July 14, 2023; the series' last chapter was published online on July 18, after the release of the ninth volume.

Volumes

Anime

In March 2022, it was announced that the manga would receive an

television series adaptation. The series was produced by Quad and directed by Takashi Andō, with Hisashi Saito serving as visual director, Kazuaki Morita designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Tatsuya Kikuchi composing the music. It aired from January 7 to April 26, 2023, on

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, Mayu Sagara, and

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. It ran for 12 episodes, with additional original video animations bundled with the first and second Blu-ray Disc volumes of the series. At

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2022,

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announced that they licensed the series, and they streamed it on

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licensed the series in South and Southeast Asian territories.

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