Pet Shop of Horror revolves around a magical pet shop in Chinatown that just happens to sell pet’s that aren’t like your everyday pet. Each volume is divided into a chapters and each chapter tells a single story of an encounter with this pet shop. Some end up happy while others not so much. We have a few main characters Count D who runs the shop of Leon who is the detective who is determined to figure out what Count D is doing in the shop.

In the 7th installment Leon is still determined to catch Count D in something illegal. The story’s in this volume range from Leon dealing with the death of his partner. A surprise visitor that Count D had no idea even existed. A teenager raised to be a killer who has abandonment issues. Last we have a girl who was rejected for being overweight but with some help from Count D she as well as a model will get the body that they want but at what cost.

I’m hooked on Pet Shop of Horrors it’s written as a series of short stories which have a larger story surrounding them. It’s this creepy concept of a pet shop that happens to not sell traditional pets. Each of the pets really fits into the owner life giving them exactly what they needed at that point in their life and some may not end happy ever after. I have to admit I enjoyed the concept it’s unique and fascinating I had a hard time putting it down because I wanted to know what would happen next. I like that each story is different some are sweet while others are tragic and down right scary. It’s an interesting concept with a unique spin that I’m just addicted too. I highly recommend.

Creepy, unsettling and a ton of fun. Exactly the reason I pick up this manga, although it’s becoming super hard to find.

And then we're back with another solid, amazing installment.

This one starts off with a Leon-centric story. In the line of duty, his partner is killed by his childhood friend, and Leon can't shake off the feelings of helplessness and anger that he wasn't able to do anything to stop it, but also the guilt that he feels more guilty over his childhood friend's death than his partner's. D, attempting to help (probably), gives Leon an animal. This time, a butterfly. Anyone familiar with the Butterfly Effect will have an idea of how this goes. Leon begins to dream about his past (which, interestingly, the first flashback ends with Leon lamenting that he wasn't able to tell Harry how he felt, which may be a slight nod to the fact that Leon is probably bi), with each flashback having Leon change something. Each time he 'wakes' up, something in his life has changed — his partner isn't dead, he doesn't have a brother, he's not a cop, he's the one in Harry's place. At the end of the story, things revert to how they were, and the reader is told that Harry, rather than shooting Leon, killed himself while Leon watched, unable to do anything.

The next story introduces D's sister, who has no name beyond "daughter" and "little sister." Their father —who you see from the nose down in a flashback with the sister, and whom we already know D has a tense relationship with given the events of Diamande in volume 3 — has raised her to be able to provide D with whatever he may need to keep him alive. When D tells her he doesn't need anything, her entire purpose is shattered and she attacks, only to be killed by the animals in D's defense. This shakes D, who had not known of her existence prior to her arrival (although, in another volume, D makes mention of a sister, so potentially a continuity error, or a mistranslation).

The third story has to do with an assassin who holes up in D's shop while on the run. This particular story shows D appealing to the assassin's humanity and human desires, rather than the animal-like instincts that he's capitalized on in the past.

The last story is three customers in one, but the theme is consistent: dieting. It's an interesting story, although I'm not fond of the message in Em's story line (she wanted to lose weight to get her boyfriend back and ultimately became more judgmental when she got skinnier, although she did it through watching what she ate and exercise which was awesome), although the model's story line was haunting. I think I liked the boxer's the best, though.

Decided to pick up one of these again. Unfortunately, the exotic pets seem almost like an after-thought in this selection of stories.

Must buy the rest of these books now, if I can still find them.

Yeah, the "that didn't age well" is pretty strong with this volume. Especially the chapters "Donor" and "Diet".

The most intense and dark volume so far. The pretty funny cover is very misleading; I like the personal aspects of the chapters, revolving around D and Leon, I’m always happy to see Chris basically living with D at his pet shop while Leon is at work.

The art is consistently gorgeous!

Seven volumes later and I’m no where near tired of reading this manga.