When I Found a Stray Dog and Became a Tamer

In a world where dungeons give rise to dangerous monsters, those who possess the power to fight against these creatures, known as the [Awakened Ones], are both respected and feared by many. Among them is Toru Inukai, a young man who has reached his second year of high school without awakening his skills. Once harboring a faint dream of becoming an Awakened One, Toru has now embraced an ordinary life, content with living life at his own pace.

One fateful day, while on his way home from school, Toru stumbles upon an abandoned dog.

“Why are you here? Were you abandoned by your owner?” Toru questions the puppy and decides to take it in on a whim. As he gives the puppy a name, a dormant skill within him suddenly awakens.

“You were a… monster, weren’t you?”
“Woof?”

With the awakening of this newfound skill, Toru’s mundane everyday life vanishes without a trace. Instead, he finds himself embarking on a new life in the dungeons.

As he navigates this new world, Toru encounters a junior female student who takes an interest in him, a new tamer who becomes the talk of the internet, and even attracts the attention of a famous dungeon distributor. His youth takes a thrilling turn as he faces new challenges and experiences.

Toru’s true days of adventure and growth have just begun…