Taika’s Reason

When misanthrope Ao discovers her pit bull Taika standing over the mauled body of her father, she must decide whether to forgive or forget. Ao isn’t ready to lose both her beloved father and her devoted pet, so when her mother has Taika humanized, Ao embraces the new dogperson and even brings him to school with her. There, Taika meets German shepherd Tsunayoshi, an elite police officer, who begins teaching him how to unlearn his canine behaviors and replace them with human customs. Now, to protect himself and Ao, Taika must compete with Tsunayoshi to be the first to track down the source of the mysterious traces of blood in Ao’s locker…

Taika tries out for the basketball team but doesn’t understand the rules of the human game. A love triangle starts to develop around Ao—or is it a quadrangle? And Anna, a mysterious catperson, threatens to blackmail Taika and viciously attacks a classmate. What is she after? And who is she really?

When a feral group of crowpeople terrorizes our friends, the dark history behind the humanization of animals begins to unravel. Then, Taika has a disturbing flashback about Ao’s father. And the gang goes on a movie date together. Who is more jealous of whom, the humans or the humanized?