Pet (Japanese: ペット, Hepburn: Petto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ranjō Miyake. It ran in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2002 to 2003. An anime television series adaptation by Geno Studio was broadcast from January to March 2020. The series was streamed worldwide by Amazon Prime.
In ancient China, martial artists had developed a psychoactive technique that allows its users to enter the subconsciousness of the human mind by manipulating their enemies' memories via their "Peak", where their most treasured memories are visible and their "Valley", where their most negative memories are suppressed. Later during the 21st century, an organization called "The Company" are tasked with retrieving and securing the descendants of said martial artists by turning them into "Pets", mindless hitmen against various targets who might pose a threat. Tsukasa and Hiroki, a master/pet duo who goes by the name Tsubushiya follows orders from the company as they slowly begin uncovering its secrets as well as a plot involving colleague Satoru and his former foster father, Hayashi.
Hiroki (ヒロキ, Hiroki)Voiced by: Keisuke Ueda[4]Tsukasa (司, Tsukasa)Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama[4]Satoru (悟, Satoru)Voiced by: Yūki Ono[4]Hayashi (林, Hayashi)Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase[4]Katsuragi (桂木, Katsuragi)Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya[5]Jin (ジン, Jin)Voiced by: M.A.O[5]Ron (ロン, Ron)Voiced by: Kōji Yusa[5]Company President (社長, Shachō)Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita[5]
Written and illustrated by Ranjō Miyake, Pet was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from July 29, 2002,[6][7] to October 27, 2003.[a] Shogakukan collected its chapters into five tankōbon volumes, released from January 30 to December 25, 2003.[10][11] Enterbrain released a remastered edition in 2009.[12][13]
