Dog Matic

DOG MATIC is an interesting and very compelling One-shot. It is a cry out for a full serialization. Right now it makes a somewhat decent case for that, and for sure has me curious about it. In terms of characters and story, very straightforward and to the point. Everyone else except the main characters (of which there are 2 pretty much.) is not given any extra attention to detail in writing whatsoever. Which is understandable, and I don’t expect them to get any special treatment right now at least. These other two characters are intriguing just a little bit, and one of them is actually givenmotives and major personality to start. Which gives the story a lot of potential for character development. The story itself is about classic servants and powerful creatures. One side rules the others. The manga immediately will start to build the world right on page one, and it does a pretty decent job of this actually. Making the reader understand perfectly their world, the stakes, and the power of one side. It actually may help to intrigue the reader more about the world. I certainly don’t think it could be a bad idea for a full serialization, but my only concern is that it gets milked and has unnecessary filler chapters or characters. That would absolutely destroy this manga. Yes the story is already a classic but the world building and characters do a good job at making the reader more interested and keep reading anyway. I don’t see a reason for something like this to be pushed on for a long time. There’s potential for a good short manga story here. Not a long running one. DOG MATIC is thrilling and interesting, but I can hardly recommend it. A 16-page One-shot to make a case for a full serialization isn’t really going to be worth a lot of people’s time. I was scrolling on Twitter when I found this, and decided, “what the heck, why not.” Hardly anyone will also find themselves in that position, or have the attention span to read a 16-page One-shot. Overall I rank this a 8/10, and I wouldn’t mind seeing more of this. If you WANT to read it just because. Then go for it, and see how you feel about it.