Wild Life (manga)


Wild Life is a Japanese manga series by Masato Fujisaki about a high school juvenile delinquent, Tesshō Iwashiro, working to become a veterinarian. The manga ran from January 1, 2003 to January 23, 2008 in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The individual chapters have been collected into a total of 27 tankōbon. In 2006, Wild Life received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.
A live-action version of the series had been scheduled for March 2008. However, NHK announced the cancellation of the drama on January 11, 2008 when a giraffe and her calf suddenly died at the Akita Omoriyama Zoo where it was being filmed. NHK stated later that week that they would air two of the three completed episodes as stand-alone stories.

Plot

Tesshō is your typical high school delinquent with a special skill. He has a perfect pitch. This skill enables him to hear things most people wouldn't. After helping a local vet, Kashiyuu, save a small dog, whom he later names Inu, Tesshō realizes his calling in life is to become a veterinarian. After passing veterinary school Tesshō finds himself out of a job and out of luck. But due to some connections with an old high school friend, Tesshō is allowed to take the test to enter the famous R.E.D. Vet hospital.

Characters

;Tesshō Iwashiro
;Mika Senō
;Tsukasa Ryōtō
;Hisataka Kurachi