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series written and illustrated by Ranjō Miyake. It ran in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' from 2002 to 2003. An

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television series adaptation by

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was broadcast from January to March 2020. The series is streamed worldwide by

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Plot

In ancient China, martial artists had developed a psychoactive technique that allows its users to enter the subconsciousness of the human mind by manipulating their enemies' memories via their "Peak", where their most treasured memories are visible and their "Valley", where their most negative memories are suppressed. Later during the 21st century, an organization called "The Company" are tasked with retrieving and securing the descendants of said martial artists by turning them into "Pets", mindless hitmen against various targets who might pose a threat. Tsukasa and Hiroki, a master/pet duo who goes by the name Tsubushiya follows orders from the company as they slowly begin uncovering its secrets as well as a plot involving colleague Satoru and his former foster father, Hayashi.

Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ranjō Miyake, ''Pet'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' from 2002 to 2003. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into five ''

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'' volumes, released from January 30 to December 25, 2003.

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released a remastered edition in 2009.

Volume list

Anime

television series adaptation of the 2009 remastered edition was announced in March 2018. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2019, but it was delayed to air from January 6 to March 30, 2020 on

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, BS11, and AT-X. The series is directed by

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and written by Sadayuki Murai, with animation by

. Junichi Hayama is handling the character designs, and Twin Engine is producing the series. It is streamed worldwide by

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. TK from

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performed the series' opening theme song , while Memai Siren performed the series' ending theme song "image _____". The series ran for 13 episodes.

Episode list

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