犬とハサミは使いよう

2013 - 2013

Every Dog Has His Day

Episode 1

One day, the young man Kazuhito Harumi is suddenly killed during a robbery. However, through sheer tenacity, the bookworm is resurrected as a dachshund dog. With red eyes and silver scissors in her hand, Kirihime Natsuno, a dark haired sadist clad in completely in black appears before him. Moreover, she understands him as a dog and is his favorite author, Akiyama Shinobu herself...

Strike While the Dog Is Hot

Episode 2

Kazuhito ends up living with the massive sadist Natsuno Kirihime. Now spending his days in fear of attacks with scissors, one day, a remark from Natsuno sends Kazuhito back to the apartment he lived in as a human. As Kazuhito experiences nostalgia for his old life, Natsuno begins describing the movements of Nakahara Toji, the man who committed the robbery. "It's only a wild fantasy, but it's the story of you and the man who killed you...

The Winter Dog Flies into the Fire

Episode 3

After seeing her in a dream, Kazuhito recalls his younger sister Madoka Harumi. His nostalgia is cut short when Shinobu Akiyama's editor Suzuna Hiiragi appears, a massive masochist with huge breasts prone to fantasizing. What's worse, Natsuno is in a slump?! As they discuss how to get over her slump, the subject of a mysterious slasher case arises. However, lurking in the shadows of the incident are glimpses of Shinobu Akiyama's book and Madoka...

Drowning Men Clutch at Dogs

Episode 4

Kazuhito is caught in a trap and captured. When he regains consciousness, he finds himself in his room at Sumitani Hall, wrapped in a mat and accompanied by Madoka... who appears to be acting strangely... Could Madoka be the killer behind the slasher incident?! Before long, Natsuno saves Kazuhito before he is forced to taste fear, but...

Nothing Ventured, No Dog Gained

Episode 5

Madoka kicks her way through an apartment window in pursuit of Kazuhito. Natsuno's true identity is revealed. For Madoka, she is her brother's killer--Shinobu Akiyama. Natsuno attempts to speak for Kazuhito and convey his thoughts, but Madoka takes Kazuhito in her arms and leaves through the window, escaping into the night.

Rain Settles the Dog

5th August 2013

Episode 6

Honda Bookseller's is in big trouble?! One of Kazuhito's favorite stores, Honda Bookseller's. The owner is Fumio Honda, terrible at business and good with people. But for him to go bankrupt and escape in the night... wouldn't be inconceivable. A concerned Kazuhito heads to Honda Bookseller's with his favorite bag, but is captured by the runaway Yayoi Honda and gets caught up in her escape from home.

The Dog Would Not Be Shot But for Its Cries

12th August 2013

Episode 7

Another incident?! Natsuno's bra has disappeared. To think she had been wearing it... They call Suzuna and search her apartment. It's not in her room or in the gym.

Dogs in Moderation

19th August 2013

Episode 8

Japanese swords, spears, knives, wakizashi... the sacred land of blades, Blade Hall. At the elegant Shinise Ryokan they are met by the landlady and good friend of their landlord. While Natsuno traveled far to sharpen the dull blade of her favorite scissors Hasajiro, she secretly had another motive.

There Is No Smoke Without Dog

26th August 2013

Episode 9

For some time, Natsuno has suspected she is being watched. One day while she is out, someone breaks into Natsuno's perfectly secure room and removes a single book. It happens to be the book she just purchased at Sakura's recommendation, the winner of the full-length novel special award, Heiando's newest author Hotaru Fujimaki's "Keisei Love Story."

Time Flies Like a Dog

2nd September 2013

Episode 10

In the library's anteroom, they find Natsuno's stalker Hotaru Fujimaki--her classmate Hami Osawa. She and Kazuhito had once exchanged promises--that she would become an author and he would be her first reader. Having become an author, Hami returned to see Kazuhito. "Welcome home, Kazuhito-kun."

A Dog by Chance Is Preordained

9th September 2013

Episode 11

Various customers come to visit Honda Bookseller's. So many people, so many minds, each with their own color, and each with their own book. There Daimon and his men in black suddenly appear, buying up all of Shinobu Akiyama and Momiji Himehagi's books.

Dogs and Scissors Require Good Handling

16th September 2013

Episode 12

Kazuhito lives his life with the massive sadist Natsuno, the mysterious masked author Shinobu Akiyama. However, believing it to be her chance, Suzuna encourages Natsuno to hold a signing. Telling her to work more publicly, she enters her into a cosplay event. When Madoka and Hami come to visit, they become involved as well... Next, in an attempt to inebriate the stubborn Natsuno, she reaches for strong alcohol...

Top Cast

Takahiro Sakurai•Marina Inoue•Kana Asumi

Animation Comedy

A nonsense comical mystery. Kazuhito Harumi is a high school boy who loves books and is a fan of novelist Kirihime Natsuno. One day, he finds Kirihime writing at a cafe, about to be shot by a robber. He protects her from the attack but is killed instead. Through the supernatural power of a book-worm, he is reincarnated as a dachshund dog. Kazuhito (as a dog) writhes in a painful bookless life, when a sadistic woman carrying a pair of scissors offers him help. She is Kirihime herself.

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Takahiro Sakurai Image

Takahiro Sakurai

Kazuhito Harumi (voice)

Marina Inoue Image

Marina Inoue

Kirihime Natsuno (voice)

Kana Asumi Image

Kana Asumi

Madoka Harumi (voice)

Shizuka Itoh Image

Shizuka Itoh

Suzuna Hiiragi (voice)

Full Crew

Masanori Goto

Producer

Masanori Goto

Music Producer

Hajime Yoda

Producer

Ryosuke Naya Image

Ryosuke Naya

Producer

Takahiro Fujii Image

Takahiro Fujii

Associate Producer

Daisuke Masaki

Associate Producer

Toshizo Nemoto Image

Toshizo Nemoto

Series Composition

Yoko Sato

Character Designer

Yoko Sato

Supervising Animation Director

Yoko Kuhara

Prop Designer

Naoki Kitamura

Director of Photography

Akari Saitoh

Editor

Jun Watanabe

Sound Director

Akito Matsuda

Original Music Composer

Makoto Ujiie

Art Direction

Masako Takayama

Producer

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