Kodansha has announced Monday that an anime adaptation of My Life As Inukai-san's Dog would be coming to audiences in 2023. The announcement has stirred controversy over the potential themes of beastiality that are presented throughout the manga.
The manga is an ecchi — an erotic comedy — that is seen through the first-person point of view of a dog. The main character is suddenly a pet of Karen Inukai who as the official manga's website describes it, «loves dogs too much.» The story in general ends up with a strange love triangle with a dog where Inukai-san constantly does strange sexually charged acts with her pet.
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Furukawa Gosei, the creator of the manga said on the anime's official website, «It’s mainly a piece from the dog’s perspective. I think you will enjoy the feeling of being held by a girl. The heroine’s thoughts and feelings are not described from a first-person point of view. I can’t wait to see how the movements and voices make me feel!»
The official Twitter announcement of the anime adaptation already has over 180 Quote Tweets with users in both Japan and other countries questioning why it would be chosen for such a release due to its controversial content.
It has been arguable that My Life As Inukai-san's Dog is an attempt to make a likable zoophilic main character as an attempt to show a positive interpretation of zoophilia. The character performs many acts that could be described as beastiality within the manga's pages including sucking a dog's tail as if it is a phallus, trying to entice the dog into being aroused by her in order to seduce her, and asking the dog to lick her feet.
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