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Being abandoned by his owners, having his mother die of starvation, a puppy who suffered lifelong separation from his siblings wandered around the city. Meeting and parting with kind people, experiencing brutal treatment from unjust people. Pao, who learned to live within the harshness of reality, awaits even more ordeals... (mangatraders.com)

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Short stories by Jiro Taniguchi. Five short stories. The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to an later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki. -Source: MangaUpdates

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In a dormitory where you are allowed to board only if you adopt a companion animal, a sometimes fun, sometimes dramatic, but always touching, story of four teenagers, their pets and their adventures unfolds. (Source: MU) Note: originally a webcomic later published by Haksan.

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Sixteen-year old Kaoru, who cannot be exposed to sunlight, can only experience “life” at night, when she’s in front of the train station, singing. There begins a love that has blossomed for the first time in her life. (from Aerandria)

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A little girl picks up a puppy abandoned in a cardboard box and takes it home. As the years pass, the father of the family forms a strong bond with the dog as his wife and daughter drift away from him. Faced with a divorce, he puts a few cardboard boxes and the dog in his car and drives south to see the sea.