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Japanese

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written and illustrated by Tamaki Kirishima. The manga was serialized in

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's manga magazine, ''Nichibun Comics''. Nihonbungeisha released the manga's ''

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'' volume on December 28, 2006. It is licensed in North America by Aurora Publishing, which released the manga through its

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imprint, Deux Press, on August 8, 2008. The manga is licensed in Taiwan by

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, which released the manga on October 5, 2007.

Reception

Comics Village's Lissa Pattillo comments on the manga's art, saying, she "liked the sketchy look it had and I liked the anatomy during some sex scenes where it’s shown that the characters actually have a little bit of realistic flesh on their frames. Shiba was pretty adorable, wide-eyed and scruffy. I don’t have as much positive to say about Taketora, who not only suffered from some uneven anatomy but from a facial design that I just didn’t find very visually appealing (big lips are too big)." Pop Culture Shock's Michelle Smith comments on the "few genuinely funny panels, like those in which Akatsuki (another dog-person who moves in with Taketora and Shiba) entertains himself by playing with a frog."

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's Casey Brienza criticises the book, saying, "nothing about this book manifests creative conviction—not the plot, not the characters, not even the furry fetish." Dru Pagliassotti, comparing

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s with

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manga, mentions ''Ruff Love'' as an example of a

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"society", or setting.

References

External links

* Aurora Publishing (United States) Comedy anime and manga Kemonomimi Josei manga Nihon Bungeisha manga Yaoi anime and manga {{manga-stub