The Dogu Family

**The Dogu Family** (土偶ファミリー, ***The Dogu Family***) is a Japanese manga series as Shinji Nishikawa's first work. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine from December 1988 to March 1993 until the 53 chapters were compiled into 5 volumes.

## Plot Summary

Jiro Doguji is a young boy of the Dogu Clan, a tribe of living Dogu figurines who are still alive even after getting cracked and broken. His new school life becomes spiritually exiciting (despite the breaking and fixing), when he falls in love with a new classmate named Megumi Kinjo. But one day, Jiro and his friends time travels into the Jomon period and together they learn the hidden truth between the Dogus and the ancients.

By the end when they return to the present, Jiro and Emi's relationship is put through the biggest trial yet.

## Characters

* **Jiro Doguji** (土偶寺 次郎, ***Jiro Doguji***): The main protagonist.
* **Megumi Kinjo** (金城 恵美, ***Megumi Kinjo***): The main heroine and a conglomerate heiress who falls in love with Jiro.
* **Akemi Kinjo** (金城 明美, ***Akemi Kinjo***): Emi's twin sister who is the complete opposite from her kinder and gentler sister.

### Jomon Elementary School

* **Makoto Arikawa** (有川 マコト, ***Makoto Arikawa***):
* **Harukichi Edogawa** (江戸川 晴吉, ***Harukichi Edogawa***): Jiro's homeroom teacher.
* **Ryoko Kagura** (神楽 涼子, ***Ryoko Kagura***): Jiro's sub-homeroom teacher who later becomes official when she transfers to Yayoi Middle.
* **Koutaro Honmei** (本命 光太郎, ***Koutaro Honmei***):

### Yayoi Middle School

* **Iizuka** (飯塚, ***Iizuka***): Jiro's new classmate.
* **Hinako Doguin** (土偶院 雛子, ***Hinako Doguin***): Jiro's classmate who holds a secret.
* **Kyoko Kagura** (神楽 京子, ***Kyoko Kagura***): A transfer student from Osaka and Ryoko's younger sister.

### Civilians

* **Sanae Ueno** (飢野 サナエ, ***Sanae Ueno***): Housewife and Edogawa's classmate back in elementary.
* **Sunazukin** (砂頭巾, ***Sunazukin***):
* **Kumasan** (くまさん, ***Kumasan***): Owner of the Ramen restaurant in the schoolzone near Yayoi Middle.

### Jumon Period

* **Kuppa** (クッパ, ***Kuppa***): A villager who lives with his sister and bears grudge against the Dogu Tribe for killing their parents.
* **Hatsu** (ハツ, ***Hatsu***): Kuppa's elder sister
* **Bibinba** (ビビンバ, ***Bibinba***): Dogura's right-hand man in the Jumon era, and scientist in the present era named **Binnai Doguin** (土偶院 瓶内, ***Binnai Doguin***).
* **Dogura** (ドグラ, ***Dogura***): Main antagonsist and evil dictator of the Dogu Tribe.

### Doguji Family

* **Minokichi** (ミノ吉, ***Minokichi***): Jiro's 4,534-year-old grandfather.
* **Hatus** (ハツ, ***Hatus***): Jiro's 4,525-year-old grandmother.
* **Ichinosuke** (一之介, ***Ichinosuke***): Jiro's 293-year-old father and police inspector.
* **Haruyo** (春代, ***Haruyo***): Jiro's 269-year-old mother.
* **Taro** (太郎, ***Taro***): Jiro's older brother and student at Yamato Prep School.
* **Hanako** (花子, ***Hanako***): Jiro's older sister and student at Yayoi Middle.
* **Tokizane** (時実, ***Tokizane***): An old talking pet turtle of the Dogujis.

## Chapters and Volumes

*Under Construction*

1. The Dogus Have Came to Town
2. Blue Christmas
3. Sister Wars
4. A Dogu-tic Love Melody
1. A Stormy Birthday
2. Forbidden Telepathy
3. Go! Histories
4. That Man, Moaichael Jackson
* The Dogu that Leapt Through Time
1. Goodbye My World
2. Moaichael Again
3. Graduation
1. It's Fine If You're A Dogu
2. First Love
3. Wish Upon A Star
4. One-Day Ace
5. Mojira VS. King Pidra
6. Farewell, Moaichael
7. Jiro Becomes Human
1. Tough Being a Dogu
2. A Sudden Goodbye
3. If There's A Tommorow