Petshop of Horrors
contributed by Kimi C.
Main Character list:
Only 2 main characters are apparent for now:
COUNT D: He operates his grandfather's petshop,
which is charmingly called Count D's Petshop, in an unknown
city's Chinatown. He is very, very bishie with chin-length
green hair and dual-colored eyes (one violet, one green-yellow).
Mysterious, alternately cold and warm to people, sensual,
loves sweets, quite feminine (dresses in long dark ancient-style
Mandarin robes - Leon calls him "Dragon Lady" when they
first met). Has a the prerequisite cute pet, a combination
rabbit and vampire bat.
LEON: A detective of the city's police force.
Nothing extraordinary about him as a detective under than
the fact he has a bee up his bonnet about Count D's Petshop,
especially after a homicide investigation. Blonde,
wears his hair in a small ponytail, dresses casually (one
could even say somewhat shabbily), and at times wears sunglasses.
He is persistent, charming, obnoxious, blunt, strong-willed,
impatient.
Short synopsis of the story theme:
Count D's petshop sells not only the ordinary animals but
extraordinary creatures such as mermaids, nagas (half-women,
half-snake), half-human half-bird creatures, etc.
He sells them only to certain people, whom I think he wants
to teach a lesson. When he sells them, he labels them
as an animal. For example, the mermaid he called only
a "rare, exotic fish". Any buyer of these extraordinary
creatures have to sign a contract with 3 conditions (varies
depending on the creature) wherein the Petshop is not liable
if the buyer breaks their contract, which they all inevitably
do. Leon only enters after a couple of buyers have
already broken their contracts (but this is different from
the anime where he shows up in episode 1). He is investigating
the deaths of the Petshop's customers (their pets mostly
seem to be unable to stop killing them once they broke the
contract) and believes that the Petshop is a front for drugs.
What are the potential slash couples and why?
List couples that appeal?
There is only one couple right now but both variations would
be very titillating.
LEON/COUNT D: Most likely. Count D seems
to be very happy as uke and Leon is too forceful not to
be seme. However, in this relationship, I believe
that Count D would be holding the upper hand all the time.
COUNT D/LEON: Unlikely. Count D does not
strike me as top, unless very occassionally.
And that's about it folks! I would recommend you
try this one out. It's a horror series (not needed
to be said), though, with lots of weird half-human creatures,
which the mangaka seemed to have plucked from a number of
mythological bestiaries.
