Chidule
Riki, agogo a Weed ndi abambo a Gin, adabadwa akuthamanga. Anabadwa ndi Shiro ndipo amayi ake ndi Yamabuki. Shiros owner, Gohei, pays no attention to Riki when he comes to pick a pup from the litter. Instead, Riki is never rehomed and becomes close to his mother. Unfortunately, Yamabuki
mwini wake weniweni, yemwe anali kudwala, anali wathanzi kuti amubwezere. Iye sanaterot feel she could handle two dogs, and decided that he would not take Riki in. Riki severely missed his mother, and one day set out to meet her. On his way, he is attacked by a pack of dogs. Hopelessly outnumbered, Riki tries to escape and falls into a river. Waking up, he learns that his father, Shiro, has rescued him. Riki had never seen his father, but had known his name. Shiro, on the other hand, didn
sindikudziwa kuti Riki anali mwana wake ndipo adachoka Riki asananene chilichonse. Koma, osati asanamupatse kulankhula pa kukhala wamphamvu. Riki amapanga cholinga chake ndipo nthawi zonse amayesetsa kukhala wamphamvu.
Tsiku lina, mwana wina dzina lake Daisuke akutenga chidole (mwana m'modzi atha kukwera) kudutsa msewu wamapiri wokhala ndi mopendekera. Riki, popita kukawona amayi ake, adawona akuthamanga. Galimoto, osamuwona Daisuke, ikugunda mnyamatayo ndikumutumiza kuti awuluke mumsewu. Poopa kuti wamwalira, dalaivala amangopitirira. Daisuke, ngakhale atavulala, amachotsedwa. Riki adalumphira pamphepete ndikufuula, akuyembekeza kuti wina amva. M’malo mwake, gulu limene linamuukira linamumva n’kubwera. Atachitiridwa nkhanza, gululo linadana ndi anthu ndipo linaukira Daisuke. Riki, pofuna kumupulumutsa, anamenyana ndi agalu ndipo anapambana. Gohei ndi Shiro pamapeto pake adawonekera, ndipo paketiyo idathawa. Shiro adazindikira kuti Riki anali mwana wake.
Gohei, Shiro, ndi ena ochepa atuluka kukamenyana ndi Akakabuto. Ataona izi, Riki amatsatira van. Gohei akufuna kupha Akakabuto, koma chimbalangondo ndi champhamvu kwambiri. Gohei anawombera chimbalangondocho m’diso, ndipo chipolopolocho chinaloŵerera mu ubongo wa chilombocho. Izi zinamupangitsa kukhala wamisala ndipo, pamene ankaluma Shiro, anagwera pathanthwe. Riki adawona zonsezi, ndipo adakhumudwa bambo ake atagwa. Zochitika izi zidakhazikitsa gawo lamtsogolo, Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.