Inudoshi (Series)

Inudoshi (Year of the Dog) is a work-in-progress by Aaron Lamar Goosby.

Setting
Inudoshi takes place upon the soil of Zipangu, an archipelago under the sovereignty of Ares. At the behest of Ares, the entirety of Zipangu's indigenous peoples have been organized into social strata. From the privileged to the impoverished, the aforementioned social strata are: Kainushi (Pet Owners), Ookami (Wolves), Kaiinu (Pet Dogs), and then Norainu (Stray Dogs).

The kainushi are those warlords whom have been recognized as conquerors by Ares. The ookami are those who fight  under the banner of a kainushi. The ookami are organized into  substrata. From the strongest to the weakest, the aforementioned substrata are  alphas, betas, and omegas. The kaiinu are those non-ookami whom are under the sovereignty of a kainushi. While the norainu are those non-ookami whom are not under the sovereignty of a kainushi. Under normal circumstances, norainu are considered to be criminals and as a result the consequence of being identified as a norainu are usually dire.

Those who are foreign to Zipangu have also been organized into social strata. From the revered to the reviled, the aforementioned social stra are: Tora (Tiger), Aibyou (Pet Cat), Noraneko (Stray Cat), and then Oodora (Big Tiger).

The tora are those foreigners who fight under the banner of a kainushi. The aibyou are those non-tora foreigners who are under the sovereignty of a kainushi. Those non-foreigners who sympathize with the plights of the aibyou are referred to as aibyouka (cat lovers). The noraneko are those non-tora foreigners who are not under the sovereignty of a kainushi. While the oodora are foreign warlords.

Protagonists
Fusanosuke - Universally referred to as Mouko (Fierce Tiger), is

noraneko who Yaken spontaneously designated as a her younger brother.

Nagako Fujibayashi - Referred to as Anego (Sis) by Mouko and Mouken (Savage Dog)  by all others, is an outcast amongst the Oh-mono (Oh Men)

Yaken (Stray Dog)

Antagonists
Nagato Fujibayashi

Side Characters
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