Content Warnings

The below information includes significant spoilers for The Butterfly Koi.

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This novel contains the following:

Manslaughter (not premeditated), violence, swearing, drug use, and PG-13 level sexual content, as well as references to non-specific historical child abuse. There is one scene with awkward social pressure around sex that resolves without violence. Additionally, there are incidents of cheating, vomit, depression, family member historical death, mental illness, implied disordered eating, and an anxiety attack.

Racism, sexism, ableism, and classism as conceptualized from American, Japanese, and Korean cultural perspectives are included and interrogated.

Does the dog die?

No, Panzer and all other pets will never be hurt.