Canin



Canins (ヴォークス, Vōkusu, lit. Wolks) are a species of canine humanoids in Magical Vacation. A major canin settlement known as Masala Chai Village is located in the Dark Realm under the leadership of Ginger. However, canins are not exclusively found in the Dark Realm, as Pistachio is from a canin community in the Material Realm.

Physiology
On average, canins appear to be shorter and lighter than humans, with 12-year-old Pistachio being shorter than 10-year-old human Sesame. Even fully-grown canins do not appear to be much taller than the teenage Will-o'-Wisp students.

While the canins as a whole have a generically canine physiognomy, many of their features look like those of domestic dogs, and there appears to be some racial variation within the population. Pistachio looks like a sort of griffin-hound, while Cinnamon clearly resembles a poodle. And although most canins are depicted as having long, pendant ears, Mace has pointed ears instead. Aside from the generic NPC design being reused for most of the population, however, there is no indication of specific 'breeds' of canins existing.

If a certain scene with Pistachio is any indication, canins bristle at being called dogs. This is presumably because dogs also exist in Kovomaka; the canin are a sapient race so they may feel that being compared to dogs is denigrating.

Trivia

 * Canin is a shortened version of canine, similar to felins and how they are a shortened version of feline.
 * Since canins don't appear in Magical Starsign alongside the felins (which were renamed from nyamnelts), the name "canin" is original to the Magical Vacation English fan translation.
 * Canins appear in Egglia: Legend of the Redcap and Egglia Rebirth, under their localized classification of wolks. Some of the wolks' names are Jazoo and Dansa.

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