Dog & Scissors (Japanese: 犬とハサミは使いよう, Hepburn: Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyō), also known by the abbreviation InuHasa (犬ハサ),^[1] is Japanese light novel series written by Shunsuke Sarai and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima.

Dog & Scissors centers around Kazuhito Harumi, a high school boy who is obsessed with reading light novels. One day, while reading in a cafe, he is shot when he attempts to protect a random woman during a robbery. As he is determined to read his favorite author's unreleased last work, he gets a second chance and is reincarnated as a long-haired dachshund. In which he is adopted by Kirihime Natsuno, the person he tried to save, as well as the only person who can understand him in his new form. Kazuhito then discovers that she is not only his favorite novelist, but also a sadist who enjoys terrorizing him with scissors.

Kazuhito Harumi (春海 和人, Harumi Kazuhito)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Blake Shepard^[2] (English)

A high school bookworm who loves reading, his favorite author being Shinobu Akiyama. He lived away from his parents and sister so that he could be within walking distance of his favorite bookstore but was killed during a café robbery while protecting another customer. However, due to his regret at being unable to read Akiyama's latest novel and his desire to live, he was resurrected as a dachshund. Whilst in this form he goes by the name "Kuro".

Kirihime Natsuno (夏野 霧姫, Natsuno Kirihime)

Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Jessica Calvello^[2] (English)

A beautiful, yet sadistic scissor-wielding novelist who adopted Kazuhito from a pet store; she is one of the few people who can hear Kazuhito's thoughts. She writes novels and goes by her pen name "Shinobu Akiyama", whom Kazuhito greatly admires. She harbors feelings for Kazuhito and is easily jealous whenever he gets close to another girl. Natsuno is also self-conscious about her small bust and is known to find comical ways to enlarge them which causes anyone who makes some remark about them usually becoming a victim of her anger. She uses a pair of extremely durable scissors (known as "Hasajiro") that she's owned since childhood and is quite proficient with them, which, alongside her great physical prowess, makes her quite a tough fighter.

Madoka Harumi (春海 円香, Harumi Madoka)

Voiced by: Kana Asumi (Japanese); Juliet Simmons^[2] (English)

Madoka is Kazuhito's little sister who calls him "Kazu-nii." She likes making curry, but is a really bad cook, so much so that her food is always censored. She's known to use a high-tech knife that can transform into a dual-bladed chainsaw as well as a cannon. She is obsessed with her brother and would often ask for help with dating other boys to try and make him jealous, but to no avail. Following Kazuhito's death, Madoka went mad with grief and began to search for any scrap of evidence that her brother was still alive in some way. At first, she correctly believes that Kazuhito's trapped in a dog, but is convinced otherwise by Kirihime after a heated fight. Although she now believes that Kazuhito's dog form isn't her brother, she still calls him "Kazu-nii."

Suzuna Hiiragi (柊 鈴菜, Hiiragi Suzuna)

Voiced by: Shizuka Itō (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso^[2] (English)

Kirihime's busty editor who works at the company which publishes her works. She is rather unstable, hyperactive and masochistic to the point of wanting to be abused by Kirihime. She may also be an otaku as she likes acting out and quoting certain anime phrases. She also one of the few people capable of understanding Harumi's thoughts.

Hami Ōsawa (大澤 映見, Ōsawa Hami)

Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (Japanese); Luci Christian^[2] (English)

A daughter of a famous author and an extremely apologetic and shy girl, who tends to be very insecure about herself and that she may bother others, to the point she will apologize numerous times and claiming she's better dead. She was a schoolmate of Kazuhito and the two met when he read an unfinished script of a novel she was writing, instead of ditching it as she expected, Kazuhito encouraged her to write more and that he'd be the first reader of her novel and the two became close friends. After Kazuhito's death, she accurately distinguishes him in his dog form due to his mannerisms and knowing where the script was hidden, although she can't listen to his thoughts she can more or less understand what he tries to say. In order to boost her confidence due to believing herself to have won awards due to his father's intervention, she challenged Natsuno to a writing contest and used several techniques, such as hypnosis and suggestion to hinder her, but was still defeated and told by Natsuno that her father made no intervention and her awards were in fact, earned by her own hard work. Following this, she winds up befriending Natsuno and even calls her "senpai".

Maxi Akizuki (秋月 マキシ, Akizuki Makishi)

Voiced by: Yū Serizawa (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski^[2] (English)

A popular young idol and also a famous writer on the level of Natsuno. She frequently appears in the story, alongside her many servants/bodyguards, and is always trying to steal the spotlight, but is comically taken away by her men due to her busy schedule. She has a dislike for Natsuno and is hinted to have an equal dislike towards dogs.

Sachi Moribe (森部 佐茅, Moribe Sachi)

Voiced by: Chiwa Saito (Japanese); Carli Mosier^[2] (English)

A strange red-haired maid dressed in red who serves Himehagi Momiji with great devotion. She has a habit of dancing and singing alone on a park chants for her mistress and becomes incredibly embarrassed towards any witness, to the point she will attack the victim viciously (usually Kazuhito). In combat, she uses a hidden blade within her broom (giving it at resemblance to a Naginata) which is tough enough to compete with Natsuno's Hasajiro. Although the two clash with certain recurrence, their battles are almost always interrupted.

Toji Nakahara (中原 冬至, Nakahara Tōji)

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese); John Gremillion^[2] (English)

A rampant criminal and the man responsible for Kazuhito's death. He also becomes an avid reader of Natsuno's book after he began squatting in Kazuhito's apartment and even fights using moves inspired by her characters and even uses the thick books of the Deadly Sins series as both weapons and armor. He's confronted by Natsuno and left hanging from a bridge after a battle. However, even when Natsuno encourages Kazuhito to take revenge, he decides to spare him instead to which he is then promptly arrested.

Momiji Himehagi (姫萩 紅葉, Himehagi Momiji)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese); Emily Neves^[2] (English)

Kiyoshi Inukai (犬飼 潔, Inukai Kiyoshi)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

Sakura Honda (本田 桜, Honda Sakura)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese); Nancy Novotny^[2] (English)

Yayoi Honda (本田 弥生, Honda Yayoi)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi (Japanese); Monica Rial^[2] (English)

Fumio Honda (本田 文雄, Honda Fumio)

Voiced by: Toru Okawa (Japanese); John Swasey^[2] (English)