List of Dogs: Bullets & Carnage characters
To make matters worse, an organization that runs deep below the lowest underground levels begins terrorising the populace through genetic engineering experiments and extreme violence.
The Dogs: Bullets & Carnage sequel focuses in these four characters as they collaborate to find the entrance to "below", fighting through soldiers from the organization.
One protagonist of Dogs, Heine Rammsteiner, is an emotionally distant gunman who endured genetic experiments during his childhood "below".
Giovanni has endured the same genetic experiments as Heine during his childhood, and Richter Berthein attacked Badou and his brother in the past.
Both work for Angelika Einstürzen, Heine and Giovanni's "mother" who conducts genetic experiments to create "the ultimate human weapon".
[1][2] Most of Dogs' antagonists belong to the obscure Einstürzen organization, which runs "below" the underground levels of the city.
Giovanni's "sisters", the twins Luki and Noki, also work alongside Einstürzen, but they are shown to fear her.
[25] Angelika Einstürzen (アインシュテルツェン, Anjerika Ainshuterutsen) conducted experiments on Heine, Giovanni, Lily and many other children.
She conducts these experiments to create the "ultimate human weapon", and enjoys the slaughtering the children cause.
Giovanni Rammsteiner (ジョヴァンニ・ラムシュタイナー, Jovaani Ramushutainā), Heine's younger "brother", was also subjected to the Kerberos implants, although the results began to take effect later.
They wear matching dresses that sport rabbit motifs, pink and black hats, striped leggings, and very large sleeves, which conceal giant weapons.
[20][21] Campanella Frühling (カンパネルラ・フリューリング, Kanpanerura Furyūringu, German spring) is a woman who works for Einstürzen and controls her small army consisting entirely of genetic experiments.
[29] Richter H. Berthein (リヒター＝H＝ベルトハイン, Rihitā H Berutohai), also known as Herbst (ヘルプスト, Herupusut, German autumn), was a soldier for Einstelzen's army.
Kiri (キリ) is the owner of the local restaurant, Buon Viaggio, where the characters tend to meet.
[3][4] Milena Teslawska (ミレーナ, Mirēna) is a prostitute who was romantically involved with Mihai ten years ago.
[3][4] Bishop (ビショップ, Bishoppu), truly Ernst Rammsteiner (エルンスト・ラムシュタイナー, Erunsuto Ramushutainā), is the only priest in an old church and has known Heine for a long time.
He was the first person to receive the Kerberos Spine, having a collar similar to Heine's on his neck; as well as the first failed experiment.
[3][4] Nill (ニル, Niru) is a fourteen-year-old mute girl who was genetically modified so a small pair of feathered wings extends from her back.
[8] In the prequel chapter Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark, Heine saves her from brothel gangsters who intended to keep selling her as a prostitute.
She is the only female (apart from Naoto) around whom Heine does not suffer mental breakdowns upon physical contact, save for the first time.
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network commented that the loosely connected characters "provide the backdrop for mouth-watering eye candy" and credits Miwa's ability to create a manga storyline around Mihai, "the very opposite of a spunky teenage protagonist".
[32] Ain't It Cool News's Scott Green stated that "the real note of distinction" came from Badou's story and how it did not mention "the tragedy that defines its subject's life".
Miwa's art has a "specificity" so the difference between how certain characters hold themselves can be seen and a "rightness" that allows movement in the series look "genuine".
