Manga Dogs

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"I am Tezuka Kanna, 15. A girl who loves manga."
Kanna Tezuka

Manga Dogs (in Japan, GDGD-DOGS, グダグダドッグス, "Gudaguda Doggusu") is a manga series by Ema Toyama that ran from September 1, 2010 to December 28, 2013.

When a professional manga course is launched in Tokiwa High School, fifteen-year-old Kanna Tezuka is happy to be able to draw manga. The last thing she wants is for people to notice her manga because her shojo manga projects are actually being published in a magazine and she's currently trying to boost her manga's rank, but when three boys -- Akatsuka Mitsuo, Fujio Fujio, and Shouta Dan Naisen -- appear and stumble upon her secret, Kanna may have quite a dilemma on her hands.

An English translation was published by Random House in 2014-2015.


Tropes used in Manga Dogs include:

Kanna: [narrating] Who am I talking to...? Myself?

  • Little Miss Snarker: Kanna when narrating or thinking.
  • Meaningful Name: Akatsuka Mitsuo means "idiot genius" in Japanese, though Akatsuka is quick to tell Kanna that he isn't one. Fujio Fujio means "getting shot even when you're sleeping," and the Shouta's surname Dan Naisen means "father of fake masked night."
  • Megane: Fujio.
  • Post Modernism: A manga about manga.
  • Say It with Hearts: Kanna has a tendency to talk like this sometimes.
  • Shojo
  • Shrinking Violet: Kanna, when it comes to people seeing her manga.
  • Take That:

Kanna: Are you kidding me...? I hate, hate getting along with others... Especially these stupid handsome faces that attract all kinds of girls. Gross!