In a world where the power to see into the future is a well-known phenomenon, but granted only to a select few, a young girl’s life is turned upside down. When Touyama Haruka’s power of “Precog” is discovered, she is pursued by a powerful organisation wishing to use her powers to their own ends. Using her powers, Haruka comes into contact with Hijikata Mamoru, a blind swordsman, asking him to protect her – until death do them part.

The main similarities between Dogs and Until Death Do Us Part is in the story focusing on two different characters who come into each other’s companionship through strange circumstances. Both manga are action-heavy stories based in worlds that are vastly different from the reality in which we live. In both stories, certain human beings have gained abilities, either through chance like the power of Precognition, or through genetic engineering like in Dogs.

Conspiracy theories are littered across human history and used to explain various historical discrepancies which are hidden in the shadows of every nation’s government. None; however, quite live up to the realisation that British-born secret agent, Lily Apricot comes to when she is dispatched to steal a certain Russian artefact. Dinosaurs live among us, and what’s even more surprising is that they’ve had an active role in the history and governance of Russia itself!

Jabberwocky is an action-packed manga featuring certain elements which also appear in Dogs, such as the existence of non-human entities in human society. Using an art style which bears similar visual impact as Dogs and action sequences just as dynamic as Dogs, Jabberwocky presents, in a very “Dogs-esque” fashion, a world distorted by events in human history which have ultimately shaped the present – in Dogs, it is the genetic engineering which has allowed human beings of great power to be manufactured, while in Jabberwocky, it is the infiltration of human social structures and structures of government by dinosaurs which have altered, for the most part, the course of human history.

Soga and Mukai, two high school live wires have a debt to pay to Kishita, the leader of the West Side, a delinquent gang. Things start to turn ugly for their side of town when it turns out that the East Side leader, Ordine, is planning a takeover of the West Side. Due to their debt to the West Side, and their business of taking care of some of the West Side’s dirty work, Soga and Mukai are dragged into the brewing war as well.

Like Dogs, Busta! features two main characters who are fairly strong as far as acts of physical violence are concerned. Much like the pair in Dogs, Soga and Mukai are simply errand boys of a much greater organisation. The art styles of Dogs and Busta! are fairly similar in how they make great use of shadows and darkness in contrast to backgrounds that tend to be quite clear. One, very mundane similarity in both sets of protagonists is that in both manga, one is light-haired and the other dark haired.

Sidooh – the righteous Path of the Warrior. A pair of orphaned brothers, Yukimura Shoutarou and Gentarou, struggle to survive in a period of social and political turmoil in 19th Century Japan. With no real worldly possessions to their name, apart from their dead father’s sword, and memories of their mother’s advice fresh in their minds, Shoutarou and Gentarou embark on a personal journey to find Sidooh.

In this story grounded in the tumultuous period before Japan’s unification, two brothers embark on a journey together – much like Heine and Badou, the majority of the manga focuses on their movements together as a pair. In both manga, the protagonists journey together in order to find something; be it information about their own pasts, or a personal reason to live, or a way to live their lives in eras that are completely different, but similar in their harshness.

In a futuristic world where technology has allowed for the production and utilisation of androids, naturally crime has advanced as well. Crimes committed using these androids known as “Katana” have become frequent and as a result, an Anti-Katana Crime unit, the Anti-Katana Crime Division, has been established. Togusa of the 8th squad of the AKCD sees himself seeing life differently due to the fact that he is a human/katana hybrid.

Hitogatana and Dogs bear similarities in plot and characters. Both manga are set in a futuristic world where humanity has gained much knowledge and technology and is capable of doing quite a lot which is currently impossible. Both manga have a main character who is not completely human; in Dogs, the situation is that he is part dog as a result of genetic engineering, and in Hitogatana, it’s in the name: he’s a human Katana, a hybrid.

In the city of Toshima, a dilapidated metropolis, The Igura has commenced. The Igura is a deadly high-stakes battle game in which players bet their very lives in a post-apocalyptic Japan in order to win enormous wealth. After being convicted of murder, Akira is thrown into prison, but given a lifeline: if he can win the Igura, he can walk free. However, in order to do that, he’ll have to stake his very life!

Dogs and Togainu no Chi are both manga series based in futuristic or post-apocalyptic settings, in worlds where crime is rampant and the underworld rule over all. Togainu no Chi, being set in a futuristic Japan, has elements of science fiction much like Dogs, such as the concept of genetic engineering or experimentation which Akira has experienced as a youngster.