Dogs: Bullets & Carnage
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: DOGS, Dogs: Bullets and Carnage, Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark
Japanese: ドッグズ／バレッツ＆カーネイジ
Information
Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 19, 2009 to Jul 17, 2009
Duration: 15 min. per episode
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity
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Synopsis
It is sometime in the future, where a certain European city extends far underground, even secret, dark levels that have the key to the past. Ex-assassin Mihai has returned and is living with Kiri, who now runs a resturaunt. Sword-wielding Naoto, Haine (white hair), a mysterious product of genetic engineering and his sometime partner Badou (eyepatch), not to mention the scary but cute twins Luki and Noki, hang around plying their dangerous, and often deadly trades.
Main Characters
Haine Rammsteiner (ハイネ・ラムシュタイナー)An albino gunman with substantial genetic alterations and implants like the collar fused into the back of his neck, which give him extreme healing abilities allowing him to regenerate from almost any injury. It is known that as a child he murdered his younger "sister" Lily, who was also a genetic experiment, in a berserk rage. This has led to an extreme fear of women, to the point that he goes into a blind berserk rage when one gets too close to him. Usually emotionally distanced from others he has another "personality" which enjoys violence and destruction. Since the start of the story he has liberated Nill from child prostitution and developed a bond with her since the discovery that she can physically touch him without resulting in one of his rages. He often works with Badou and had no qualms about killing en mass in a hail of bullets in order to escape. Money has little importance to Haine, and he is slowly revealing the details of his childhood an underground research facility to create the ultimate human weapon. He wields a white Mauser pistol and a black Luger which are connected by a long chain at the base of the grips.
Naoto Fuyumine (冬峰なおと)
Orphaned at a young age, Naoto was found suffering from amnesia after the extremely violent murder of her parents, which also resulted in an iconic X-shaped scar across the middle of her chest. She was taken in, raised and trained by a swordsman whom she believed to be her parents' murderer. He named her Naoto after someone else in his own past, but never revealed his own name to her. After his subsequent murder she discovered that her parents were killed by an assassin whom she was named after; the original Naoto. Following his death she has uncovered the name of her mentor, Fuyumine, and adopted it as her family name. It seems that after the years spent with Fuyumine she developed some affection for him and even refers to him as "father" after his murder. Since then Naoto made friends with Nill, and has been following Heine in an attempt to find more about Fuyumine's history, the first Naoto, and to have her revenge. She fights with the katana that she inherited from Fuyumine. Out of the main group of herself, Badō, and Heine, she seems to be the most gentle and least willing to kill.
She doesn't seem to get along very well with Heine and most of their time together away from fights is spent glaring at each other maliciously. This is probably due to the fact that Heine employs extemely brutal and cruel tactics during fights. Oftentimes, Badō has to ease the tension between the two. However, during confrontations with enemies her and Heine are shown to be lethally effective when working together.
Badou Nails
Heine's partner in assassination and a chain smoker, often noted for his long, reddish hair and black eyepatch. Usually clumsy and inept, he becomes a crazed and deadly killer when denied cigarettes for a prolonged time. Before becoming an assassin, he was a freelance journalist and photographer, specializing in the secret lives of the corrupt. At times he looks at a scar that is on his right hand, which reminds him of his brother and the times when he lost his eye as well. He wields a pair of Mac 10 machine guns.
Mihai Mihaeroff (ミハイ)
A retired assassin with a comical bad sense of direction. Despite being considerably older than the rest of the cast he retains a muscular build with scruffy facial hair and scars all over his body. Due to his years of experience as a gangster he remains calm under pressure. He has a long-standing friendship with Kiri, the owner of the local restaurant and former prostitute. Although it is unknown if they previously had sexual relations they remain firm friends. Ten years prior to the start of the story he was a hired gun for a mobster and became mentor to the boss' son, a psychologically disturbed young man named Ian. At that time Mihai was romantically involved with a prostitute named Milena, but the relationship ended when Ian grew into his teens and brutally murdered her after intercourse. During the story of Dogs, Mihai has confronted Ian and failed to protect him during an assassination attempt. He has since aided Badō escape from gangsters, and in recent chapters he is protecting the passengers of a derailed train from the advancing army of unknown assassins, while trapped in an underground tunnel.
Supporting Characters
Nill (ニル)A mute girl whom Heine saved from gangsters who intended to sell her into a life of prostitution. She has been genetically modified so that a small pair of feathered wings extend from her back. Notably, she is the only female Heine is comfortable around, and has not triggered a violent reaction through physical contact with him. She is very bad at sewing and is trying to learn how so she can fix Heine's and Naoto's torn, bullet hole ridden clothes.
Ernest "Bishop" Rammsteiner (エルネスト・ラムシュタイナー)
Bishop is the only priest in an old church, and has apparently known Haine for a long time. He is supposedly blind claiming he can "see" using his other senses. He has a Gothic-Lolita fetish and dresses Nill in the fashion. Despite his severe handicap, Bishop has been shown to be a swordsman of remarkable skill; having crossed swords with Freuling on even grounds and living to tell the tale. Haine once describes him as the church's "fierce guardian". His real name is Ernest Rammsteiner, and is the "lost number one" (the first Cerberus). He is another modified person with a collar like Haine's.
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