Volume 1

Pet Shop of Horrors (ペットショップ オブ ホラーズ, Pettoshoppu obu Horāzu) Volume 1 was written by Matsuri Akino and released in Japan in Feburary 1995 under Ohzora Publishing. The North American release date was June 17th, 1995. The volume contains four chapters as well as a pet catalogue at the end. All chapters are titled with a word beginning with the letter 'd'.

Chapter 1 - Dream
Angelica Winston, a rich young girl, seeks an exotic bird at Count D's pet shop. D introduces her to a sterlizia, an endangered species of bird from the South Pacific Ocean. Enamoured after hearing him sing, Angelica signs a contract for ownership of the bird, who she names P-Chan. Sticking to the rules of her contract, everything is going well - until Angelica decides to find a female partner for her precious bird.

Chapter 2 - Despair
The sudden death of movie star Robin Hendrix appears to be the fault of a heart attack but Detective Leon Orcot refuses rule out foul play. There have been more and more suspicious deaths in recent months. They, and Robin Hendrix, all have one thing in common - Count D's pet shop. Is it really nothing more than coincidence, or will the detective find something more sinister at play?

Chapter 3 - Daughter
Inside Count D's pet shop, a grieving couple discover a rabbit who looks exactly like their recently deceased daughter. For the Hayward family, it's almost as though nothing changed at all. Meanwhile, Detective Orcot continues to investigate the pet shop and its owner.

Pet Catalog

 * Count D
 * Q-chan
 * Sterlizia
 * Basilisk
 * Rabbit
 * Doberman

Trivia

 * 'Dream' was reused as a chapter title in 1998 for Volume 9, Chapter 30 'Dreams'. There are no further similarities between the chapters.