Good quick read, just wasn't my favourite as it wasn't a manga that I would really remember after I'd finished.

This was a cute and sweet story!

I loved it! A manga focused on dog owners and their pups? It is simply adorable and funny. The characters are lovable and it seems to be a slow burn, which is what I like!

What a cute little story! Two very different people are brought together by their two very different doggos. The couple is adorable and the pups are too! I can see myself enjoying this series. I will say that it is going to likely be a "slow burn romance" as they are both very shy and it feels like the story is barely started. But their interactions together and the dogs together is worth the wait, I think.

I enjoyed reading through it! So heartwarming and the connection of the dogs and their owners are just so cute together. A very fun and cozy read!

A very sweet opposites-attract romance between two dog-owners who meet while out walking their pets. Fun artwork, lots of animals and lots of great contrast between humans and their pets.

A sweet story about two dog owners and their contrasting pets, I really enjoyed this volume and series so far. I don't often see series about dogs and dog owners, so this was refreshing and I can't wait to read more!

🐾💖🐾 Pupposites Attract 🐾💖🐾

This was pawsitively adorable! I was binging some manga series this weekend and can’t stop thinking about Pupposites Attract Vol. 1! The artwork is so cute & I loved how we got dialog from both the humans and doggos! I laughed, I swooned & above all else I can’t wait to see what will happen next in Vol. 2!

Thank you Kodansha Comics for sending me a copy!

The artwork by Hono Natsuna is very good.

Definitely between 4 and 5 stars. I wish that I had known that there were some translation notes beginning page 143 (towards the end of the book). I do feel that a bit did get lost in with the translation.

As a dog lover and (prior) rottweiler owner, I loved the graphics. Absolutely loved page 118, so beautiful. I wish that this one page were in color.

I wish author Hono Natsuna much success with the series!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for approving my request to review the advance read copy of this translation.

This is a really cute manga about our own limitations and self perception, and how we frame other people within the context of how we view ourselves. This is all hidden in a sweet slice of life style romance manga. Kiyotaka thinks he is not confident enough to handle a large dog, he isn't brave enough, despite working as a first responder, but he views small Chiharu as very strong for handling a large Rottweiler. I think the contrast of their personalities, careers, dogs, adds for a layered juxtaposition between the two characters, despite being opposites in many ways, they have adorable chemistry and you root for them to get together.

The best bonus was the adorable scenes and dialogue from the dogs point of views.

Very short and simple story about two people with their pets. Both of them are impressed with each other, as one couldn't handle a big dog and the other thought smaller dogs were hard to take care of. I love the simplicity of the story and how I can just breeze through the pages as it is such a lighthearted read.

Overall 3.8 ⭐️ (the dogs is so cuteee)

This was adorable! The characters are sweet and their dogs are just precious. Does a good job of showing how important the love of a pet can be and the level it can enrich a persons life.
Chiharu and Kiyotaka are opposites with dogs who are more like the other person. After a couple accidental meetings, and realizing the other is more than the seem, they start seeking each other out. Tsubu is the most wonderful of rottweilers and I just want to hug him forever! Monjuro is a bundle of crazy energy who is fun to see on page.
I also appreciated the bonus pages with how parts are drawn and the bonus scenes as well.
Hope there will be a volume 2 in the future!

A really fun manga volume, the characters and their dogs truly shone through the writing of the author. It was fun, easy to read and I had a good time all in all.

Short and sweet chapters, perfect to wind down or pass the time. I loved that our main characters are adults and have their own identities outside of the romance. Their shared love for dogs gives them a natural way to connect to one another.

Thank you to Kodahsa Comics and Netgalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for providing the ARC. <3

I can say that this manga is super cute and so heartwarming. Seeing each character with their dog and their perception of each other was so funny! At first, it was a bit difficult to understand how to read it, but after one or two pages, you get the hang of it. I loved how the dogs interacted and had their own dialogues and feelings. Being able to reread these moments made me love this story even more. And the main characters... THEY ARE SO CUTE, AND I LOVE THEM!!! I can't wait to see more of them in the second manga!

If you love dogs and romance, you need to read this. I'm excited to read more of Hono Natsuna's work and see more of her art style! I can't wait to read the second part and see more of their journey!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars!

This manga was so cute! There are so many cute manga about cats but not nearly enough about dogs! The owners and dogs are both adorable and I can't wait for V2!

For whatever reason, there's much more of a history of cat manga in English translation than dog manga. That doesn't mean that there aren't any—Doomsday With My Dog and Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs both have English editions, and that's not even counting series like Yuzu the Pet Vet with its periphery focus on canines. (We perhaps should refrain from raising the specter of Guru Guru Pon-chan.) However, a stark difference immediately becomes apparent when you compare that short list with the sheer number of cat titles Seven Seas alone is translating. Fortunately for us dog people, Kodansha has shown up carrying the stick labeled Pupposites Attract, a cute romantic comedy based on the joys of canine companionship.

The story in this first volume is fairly slight. It follows a petite woman and her huge dog as she meets and interacts with a large man and his tiny dog. The canines in question are a Rottweiler and a Pomeranian, which makes for a striking visual difference, one furthered by the fact that Chiharu puts Tsubu in spiky collars while Kiyotaka dresses Monjuro in ruffled bibs. Both accoutrements are at stark odds with the dogs' personalities, though—big, buff Tsubu is a shy scaredy cat, while fluffy little Monjuro is the world's most outgoing, energetic dog. This goes for their people as well: Chiharu is tough while Kiyotaka is shy and retiring, making this a story that trades in opposites in more than just its punny title.

Whether or not creator Hono Natsuna intended it, the story does a very good job of quashing assumptions about both dog breeds. (They say in their author's note that although they love dogs, they don't have one.) Although Rottweilers can be aggressive, they were initially bred as herd dogs or working dogs who pulled carts in their native Rottweil, Germany—and some of what we interpret as “guard dog” behavior today is more herd dog mentality, though they can be territorial. But a breed is not a monolith and ultimately it all comes down to training and personality. Tsubu was raised by Chiharu and her father, the latter of whom works as a dog trainer. Tsubu is well-behaved and very obedient because he was trained by someone who knew what they were doing. Monjuro, on the other hand, is a toy breed (meaning tiny) descended from the Spitz dog family—and while Spitzes probably were working dogs at one point, for centuries they've been bred as lap dogs, which is about as far from a working breed as you can get. More importantly, Monjuro has been raised by someone without dog training experience, and as Chiharu notices, it's more like Monjuro trained Kiyotaka than the other way around. To be clear, both of them adore their dogs, it's just that their experience as dog owners is vastly different, something that's nicely shown in the pups' behavior.

Frankly, the dogs are more interesting than the humans in this volume—although they aren't uninteresting as characters. It's more that they're a bit predictable, from their seemingly opposite looks and personalities to their jobs. Chiharu feels like she gets more page time, although that could simply be because she's the more striking character; Kiyotaka is so shy that he almost disappears off the page even when he's the focal point. That works with the idea of opposites that the volume is trading in and it's certainly an interesting angle to take. It also feels like the creator is simply more invested in Chiharu and Tsubu than the other dog/human pair.

As with any comic that uses actual, recognizable dog breeds, the dogs must be well drawn, and in this, the book is an unqualified success. If you're older, you may notice that Tsubu's tail isn't docked (amputated); that used to be the breed standard for Rotties, and fortunately more humane practices prevailed—today the practice is outright illegal in many countries, and you rarely see it anymore. The story is also good about acknowledging people's reactions to the two dogs, with strangers being more likely to want to interact with Monjuro than Tsubu—something Chiharu, portrayed as a very responsible dog parent, mentions a few times.

But all of these details are just the icing on the cake—Pupposites Attract is simply at its heart an ode to the love between people and their dogs. There are short sections of the book that are from the pups' perspective—and those are delightful without being too cutesy—serving to let readers know that the dogs love their people just as much as their people love them. This is the dog-person equivalent of many of the cat-person manga out there—and if there's a dog-shaped space in your heart for a new manga series, this is worth your time.

I loved the art, but the story wasn’t very intriguing, especially to pick up the rest of the books! It’s still a cute story, and I can see the buildup for the romance, but again. Not interesting enough!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this arc in exchange for my honest review.

I loved the parts where the owners were alone with their dogs. The parts where they were together were just weird. I mean, how can you repeatedly be amazed at how someone can control his own strength and doesn’t crush his small dog. Just weird.. How are men supposed to hold babies if that was an actual issue…

So Kiyotaka has a small dog and Chiharu has a large dog. Which is a bit funny I guess. But we soon learn that it’s the small dog that is hard to control. They keep running into eachother and they eventually go on a date.

I loved how they really loved their dogs and learning more about them. Especially the backstory of how Chiharu met her dog, was beautiful.

I have a big and a small dog myself and it was wonderful to see both in this manga.

Review to come end of September to my blog (sorry, earlier wasn't possible), and then later to Goodreads/other places.

I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

😍 I love how the humans weren't just opposites (she with a big strong dog and he with a tiny dog), but also the personalities of the dogs with their humans. Chiharu is bold and brave, but her rottweiler is a scaredy cat (for real, he doesn't dare come close to other dogs, even if they are very tiny, and when it storms he hides under blankets, it is also kind of cute though) and very shy. Then there is Kiyotaka who is very shy, but has a Pomeranian who is very outgoing! I really loved that the author went full out with it.
😍 I love their first meeting. How she was wondering how he wasn't crushing his tiny dog (she is superstrong) and he was wondering how the heck such a tiny girl was able to handle such a big dog. It just made me laugh, especially their facial expressions.
😍 I love that the chapters are short, there are 15 in total in this first volume, but it doesn't feel like too much.
😍 It was great that we got to see the POVs of both the characters and see how they go through their daily lives. Why they choose their dogs, how they choose their dogs (that chapter with baby Tsubu, my heart!!!), their feelings on the dogs, it was a lot of fun and it made me very happy. As I said the chapters are short, but you really get a good read on the dogs and the humans. You really learn all about them.
😍 OMG, that part where Kiyotaka gave a bib for Tsubu and he was worried he wouldn't like it... but it is all the opposite, it is now Tsubu's new favourite. It just was SO CUTE. *dies*
😍 I loved seeing them get more happy to see the other and even looking forward to it. You see them grow together, discover their feelings, and I was just shipping it like mad.
😍 I also want to visit a doggy cafe!! It looked like such a fun place with a special menu for dogs and humans~ Sadly, I did a search, and it seems we only have one cafe like this, but it is in Amsterdam. Not going there. Nope. Can we please make teleporting to a book/manga a thing?
😍 I also love that we got to see the thoughts of dogs, like in the cafe chapters. I loved how the Pomeranian was shipping it like mad and Tsubu was unsure as he worried his owner would drift away from him (boy, that will never happen, you are way too dang cute).
😍 Sorry, but I found it hilarious how they kept meeting up. Not just during walks, but also when visiting the pet store, and even during work. They are just fated to be!
😍 The art!! I just so loved every bit of it! How the humans were drawn, the expressions, the dogs. Everything!

All in all, if you are looking for a super adorable opposites attract along with cute/strong puppers, be sure to check out this one!

This was an incredibly sweet opposites attract story! The way the characters met felt very natural and is a scenario any dog owner could see themselves in.

The visuals were stunning and I especially loved the adorable rottweiler Tsubu-chan! The contrast in imagery and colouration between the two dogs really made this a visually striking manga to read.

This was the perfect way to start the series as it set the premise up quickly, kept characters to a minimum to help get to know them and left plenty of space for the story to develop.

I read lots of manga but don't think I've ever come across a story involving dogs so this also felt very original.

I already want a volume two to continue the adventure with these adorable 4 pawed friends and their equally as nice owners!