Quick Synopsis:

Atsu and Junya are childhood friends. Junya has been in love with Atsu for as long as he can remember and finally decides to confess his feelings to his best friend.

Plot/Readability:

Dog X Cat is the perfect representation of yaoi. Plot? What plot? For a title with so many pages I sure did have a hard time finding any true conflict. It certainly isn’t a unique plot by any means; two best friends, one secretly in love with the other. He confesses his love and the rest of the story deals with the relationship you know they’re going to have. Usually this is where we find all kinds of hills and valleys in the way of relationship issues that make them stronger as a couple but not so much here.

Character Development:

Although there wasn’t a lot of character development, I did enjoy how the mangaka gave each character animal type traits both in their actions and in how they were periodically illustrated. Atsu was the cat while Junya was more like the dog Atsu always wanted, thus the title of Dog X Cat. Also, each chapter is titled either Dog X Cat or Cat X Dog based on whose perspective that chapter is written from (as in either Atsu is the one talking or Junya).  

Illustrations:

This mangaka needs a little more work on how to draw hands and feet. Besides the face, hands and feet are two of the hardest parts of the human anatomy to master so I feel her pain! She gets points for cute factor though. She included a lot of illustrations of cats and dogs, not to mention the cat and dog representations of our characters and they were all absolutely adorable! I found myself chuckling more than a few times while reading this one and I think you will, too.

Sexual Explicitness:

You’ll be hard pressed to find two boys hornier than these two. Every chance they get, they seem to be going at it. Is this an explicit read? Oh yeah. Will you get your fill of sex? You know it! I don’t think you will be disappointed in this one. I’ve seen sex scenes executed better in how the mangaka chooses to illustrate them but this one gets the job done.

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