Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs
is an alternate history political thriller manga written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Mamoru Sugiura, running from 2003 to 2004. Part of the Kerberos Saga, it is a sequel to Oshii's manga Kerberos Panzer Cop (for which Sugiura was in charge of managing the series' continuity) and a prequel to the 1991 film StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops. Set after the failed Kerberos Uprising by the Special Armed Garrison "Kerberos", Rainy Dogs follows former Kerberos member Koichi Todome as he pursues former Kerberos sniper Eito Kurosaki across Asia, seeking revenge for the latter's betrayal during the Uprising. Also included in Rainy Dogs is , an independent short story based on Ernest Hemingway's short story of the same name and set in the Kerberos Saga universe. Plot Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs is set in the Kerberos Saga's alternate timeline, where Nazi Germany won World War II, eventually denazified and restored the Weimar Republic, and occupied Japan (part of the Allies in this timeline) to establish authoritarian rule; however, their attempts at establishing a new government led to increased poverty and class stratification, resulting in the rise of anti-government movements and terrorism, most predominantly the Sect. In response, the Japanese government formed