Manga like Ponta ga Hito ni Narimashite

Pochi to Hina

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The big and reliable "beastdog", Pochi, is Takahashi's childhood friend who lives with her. The days they spend together are peaceful and exciting.

Tags: Animals , Anthropomorphism , Seinen , School , Kemonomimi , Monster Boy

Rojiura Brothers

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story of a boy who admires delinquents, who ends up turning into a cat whenever he sneezes.

Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Animals , School , Shoujo , Delinquents , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist

Go On wa Isshou Wasuremasen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Ryo, a young man with long blonde hair, saves the life of a drowning husky dog one day after a rain. Years later, Ryo loses his job, girlfriend, and place to live, and is at a loss. It is the dog he rescued that day that reaches out to Ryo. Ryo becomes Kitano's freeloader, a dog who carries a civil servant's business card and wears a fine suit. A wonderful cohabitation begins between a highly conscious dog who looks down on people from above, and a lowly man who doesn't want to work.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Animals

Inu to Owamari-san

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Former police officer Wang Ming-hao was trying to fulfill his friend's last wish, which was to run a pet shop after he died in the line of duty. However, due to his intimidating appearance, there were still no customers even a week after the opening. One day, he got tired and took a nap, and when he woke up, he had turned into a dog. After he turned into a dog, a strange boy appeared in front of him, and it turned out that the boy was a former stray dog ​​that his best friend had picked up. As strange events continued to occur, Wang Ming-hao enlisted the help of Li Taiyang, who had come for a part-time job interview, and together they searched for a way to return to his original state.

Tags: Animals , Shapeshifting , Primarily Male Cast , Surreal Comedy

Ookami Shounen♡Kohitsuji Shoujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Touka and Hasu, her Husky dog, were always together since childhood. However, one day, in front of Touka, Hasu turned into a human.

Included one-shots: Volume 2: Kimi Robo
Volume 4: Zenzen-man

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Kemonomimi , Animals , Shapeshifting

Taika no Risei

Also known as Taika's Reason.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Psychological , Sci-Fi

Due to a declining birth rate, pets are being transformed into humanoid members of society. But are they truly human? Or are humans truly animals?

When misanthrope Ao discovers her family dog, 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 dogman and even brings him to school with her. There, Taika meets a German shepherd, an elite police dogman, and begins to unlearn canine behaviors and replace them with human customs. Now, the two dogmen compete to see who will be the first to track down the source of the mysterious traces of blood in Ao's locker…



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , Female Protagonist , Crime , School , Shounen , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast

Guru Guru Pon-chan

Also known as Guru Guru Pon-chan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Ponta is a Labrador retriever puppy, the Koizumi family's pet. She's full of energy and usually up to some kind of mischief. But when Grandpa Koizumi, an amateur inventor, creates the Guru Guru Bone, Ponta's curiosity causes trouble. She nibbles the bone...and turns into a human girl!

Surprised but undaunted, Ponta ventures out of the house and meets Mirai Iwaki, the most popular boy at school. When Mirai saves her from a speeding car, Ponta changes back into her puppy self. Yet much has changed for Ponta during her short adventure as a human. Her heart races and her face flushes when she thinks of Mirai now. She's in love! Using the power of the Guru Guru Bone, Ponta switches back and forth from dog to girl...but can she win Mirai's affections?



Note: Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo 2000.

Tags: Animals , Shoujo , Shapeshifting , Heterosexual , Kemonomimi , Anthropomorphism , Nudity