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Wolf’s Rain
Wolf’s Rain is a dark fantasy, dystopian, and post-apocalyptic Japanese anime and manga series. The anime was first aired on January 6, 2003, on the English Network, Animax. As of now, the anime has 26 episodes and more than four OVAs.
Later, after the release of the anime, the manga was serialized on July 23, 2003, in the magazine Magazine Z. In addition, the manga is written by Keiko Nobumoto and illustrated by Toshitsugu Iida. The manga has two volumes.
Main Plot
The main plot of the series follows a world where there is a gateway that can lead to paradise. Similarly, the wolves living in the same world are supposed to find their way towards the mythical realm. However, some of the wolves were not able to do so and lived along with the human beings. Also, the main protagonist of the series, a wolf named Kiba, lives among the humans.
Heading on, he finds himself very good at the scent, which leads him towards Freeze City. Freeze City is a town that Lord Orkham used to rule over. At the same place, he also meets other wolves: Hige, Tsume, and Toboe. Even more, they all come there due to the scent that Kiba also smelled. It was the smell of lunar flowers. As well, it is said that it is the key to opening the door to their world. So, together, they move onto the journey to go towards their paradise.
Main Characters
Kiba
- Kiba (Source: Pinterest)
Kiba is the main protagonist of the series. Also, he is supposed to find the way to paradise with the help of the smell of the Lunar Flowers. While finding paradise, he becomes the leader of his group. Even though it seems very difficult to find paradise, he still believes that there is one.
Even more, we can see him in human as well as wolf form in the series. In human form, he is a young man with mid-length hair, which is brown. Whereas, when he is in wolf form, he changes into an Arctic wolf.
Hige

Hige is a friend of Kiba. He joins the Kiba group after hearing Kiba’s idea of searching for paradise. Also, he finds it easier to live as a human than as a wolf. In the wolf form, he changes into a Mexican-type wolf. Similarly, he has more fur and looks chubby.
At the beginning of the series, he seems like a very carefree type of person. Even more, he has a very good sense of smell. So, he is the one to sense the trouble in their journey to find paradise. Adding to that, he has a close relationship with Blue. They seem to be romantically close to each other.
Toboe

Toboe is the smallest member of the group. Though he is the smallest in the group, he still reacts as a grown person. Despite this, he is very kind to others. But he relatively changes into an aggressive person when his friends are attacked by someone. While turning into wolf form, humans think that he is a dog.
Mostly, he used to follow Tsume. Granny was the one who raised him as a pet. Unfortunately, he killed Granny accidentally while playing with her. This is also one of the reasons that Toboe has a good affection for humans. Even more, Toboe is also known as a lone wolf.
Tsume

Tsume is a wolf who is very good and strong when it comes to fighting. As well, he mostly keeps his problems to himself and hesitates to share them with others. The only reason he joined the group was because of his boredom. Thus, he believes that there is no existence in paradise. As a result, he keeps on fighting with Kiba, as he strongly believes that there is a paradise.
As a fighter, in his human form, he looks tall as well as muscular. Whereas in the wolf form, he is a grey wolf with an X-shaped scar on his chest. Later, Toboe also notices that Tsume has scars all over his body. He is also a lone wolf who loves to travel the world by himself.
Blue

Blue is a female hybrid of both a dog and a wolf. Moving towards her appearance, she looks dark blue in color when she is in wolf form. When she is in human form, she looks like an olive-colored woman with blue eyes. Her name is also derived from her looks and blue fluorescence. Also, she was living her life as a pet dog.
Quent Yaiden was the one who used to pet her. Likewise, her master was blamed for the destruction and death of her family. Anyway, her origin, family, and real name stand as one of the mysteries in the series. As she has been living with humans since her childhood days, she has a good relationship with them. She seems to have a romantic relationship with Hige.
Zali

Zali is the leader of the wolves, who are struggling and living in an abandoned place. After a struggle for a very long time, he starts to believe that there is no existence of a place, paradise. So, start to live in a way to survive rather than find paradise. When he is in wolf form, he looks very large in appearance and has black fur.
Though he seems like a very cold type of person, he still cares for his family and friends. Like a leader, he does not like new members joining his family. Before Kiba came, he went to find paradise with his group. They move from a tunnel, where they find poisonous gas. Due to it, all of the group members died except Zali. Hence, he returned and started working for humans just for food to survive.
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