Bond Forger

Bond Forger (ボンド・フォージャー) is the pet of the Forger Family. Formerly known as Subject 8 (実験体8号), Bond was used for experiments that resulted in him gaining precognition abilities.

Appearance
Bond’s large stature, long coat, and snout suggest he is a Great Pyrenees, being large enough for Anya Forger to comfortably ride on. He is a large dog of an indeterminate breed with fluffy white fur and black paws, noted by Anya to resemble the gloves and shoes of Bondman. His eyes are small and dark, with small ears that usually droop down. When his fur is wet, his body is revealed to be much thinner than his fur suggests.

Bond usually wears a collar in the style of a bow tie, given by Anya after she comes up with his name.

Personality
Bond is shown to be a very kind dog, as he uses his precognition abilities to rescue a child from being hit by a falling board and assists Anya in changing the future to prevent the death of Loid Forger. He also helps Anya to retrieve her favorite pair of gloves from a fierce dog by intimidating him. However, he's also shown to be overzealous and quick to seek gratification, often resulting in him jumping the gun and actually causing the misfortunes he was tries to prevent.

Bond is also shown to have a petty and jealous streak, destroying Anya's beloved stuffed penguin when he felt it was getting more attention from Anya then himself.

Due in part to his past as a lab experiment and the abuse he suffered, Bond is somewhat unnerved by dog training techniques.

History
Bond was known as Subject 8 from a research initiative called "Project Apple", conducted by the previous Ostanian regime for the purpose of producing highly intelligent animals from a variety of species. When the research was terminated by the new administration, the former test subjects, including Bond, ended up in the black market. Eventually, they fell in the hands of the terrorist group led by Keith Kepler and were crudely trained as bomb dogs.

During his time as a test subject, he is shown to be treated cruelly and deemed replaceable by the researchers as he is fed disgusting food, frequently given shots, and electrocuted at a high voltage.

Abilities and Skills
Bond's time as a research experiment left him with precognitive abilities and above-average intelligence for a dog. He is capable of understanding human speech. Precognition: Bond gained precognitive abilities from the experiments done to him, allowing Bond to see briefly into the future. Bond's precognition is not absolute, and the future he sees can be changed if he takes the correct course of action. Notably, Anya acted upon Bond's precognition to prevent the death of Loid and the outbreak of civil war.

Bond has, on occasion received visions of black static, which he interprets as premonitions of his death. If such an interpretation is true, Bond has successfully avoided such a fate more than once.

Sense of Smell: Being a dog, Bond has a highly attuned sense of smell, once that has been trained to help detect explosives and flammable chemicals.

Basic Combat Training: Bond has received some training from Loid in incapacitating potential threats and has shown to be quite effective at bringing down full grown adults.

Stella Star Arc
Two men enter a poorly maintained room full of dogs in small cages and pour disgusting food on the dogs’ plates. As they comment on their poor state, Bond's ears perk up as he gets a vision of the Forgers happily smiling at him.

Doggy Crisis Arc
Two men from the terrorist group are taking Bond and a German Shepherd out on a walk. One of the men leaves to get coffee from a shop, leaving the dogs alone with the other man. While waiting, Bond's ears perk up as he looks at a boy happily running in the streets, and he suddenly runs towards the boy, pulling him backward. Abruptly, a board falls off the building onto where the boy was previously standing. The shocked boy thanks Bond, who gets retrieved by the terrorists. At the adoption fair, Anya looks outside to see Bond passing by, and she is surprised at his large size. As they notice each other and make eye contact, Bond recognizes her from his previous vision and Anya is able to read his mind to see the vision as well. She sees herself and her family in the vision, and her curiosity is piqued. Anya quietly sneaks away from Yor to follow Bond and his caretakers toward their hideout. Entering the room where Bond is, she overhears the terrorists' plan to assassinate Minister Brantz. As she realizes where she is, she bumps into Kurt, who grabs her before she can try to escape.

As Keith Kepler orders his subordinates to kill Anya, Bond chews through his leash and jumps in front of Anya to defend her. While still submissive to the terrorists, he barks defiantly at them. Keith draws his knife to Anya, and Bond's ears perk up, having received a new vision. He barks at Anya, who reads his mind and foresees a phone ringing. Shortly after, the phone rings, distracting the terrorists long enough for Bond to grab Anya and escape the building.

While they run, Anya realizes Bond's powers. She tries telling Bond where to go, but he inadvertently runs in a circle going back to Keith. The two are cornered, and before Anya is killed, Yor jumps in to save her, knocking out Kurt and scaring away Keith. While Yor makes a report to the police, Bond has another vision. Anya reads his mind and sees the first vision, which changes with Loid disappearing from it, leaving Anya and Yor saddened. She then sees a clock tower ringing, followed by an explosion in the city that kills Loid and sparks another war. Determined to change the future and save her father, Anya runs off to the clock tower with Bond, telling Yor that she needs to bring Loid toilet paper.

After Anya and Bond arrive at the clock tower, Bond picks up Keith's scent and drags Anya around a corner to hide. The German Shepherd with Keith smells and spots the two but does not alert its master. After reading Keith's mind, Anya and Bond head to the bomb's location. There, Anya realizes she cannot defuse it by herself and decides to leave a warning in ketchup for Loid. The two head outside and wait for the predetermined time of the explosion. When it arrives, Bond's premonition returns to a future with Loid alive and well, as thanks to Anya’s message, he prevented the explosion. Anya celebrates with Bond, knowing that they saved the future. After Keith is caught, Bond helps Anya get to the pet store, reuniting her with her family. After hearing Yor and Anya's stories, Loid thanks Bond for protecting Anya. Members of WISE impersonating members of the State Security Service show up and report that they need to take the dogs that the terrorists had used, including Bond. An upset Anya declares that she wants to keep Bond and says she will stop going to school if she cannot have him. Handler decides it would be fine after they examine him overnight. The next day, Bond arrives at 128 Park Avenue with a warm welcome from the Forgers. Bond is initially nervous, remembering his poor treatment as a science experiment. Anya assures him that he is now part of their family, and he barks happily.

After Anya returns home from school, Bond excitedly welcomes her by trampling her. The family decide to take Bond out for a walk while Anya struggles to think of a name for him. When they arrive at the park, Anya enthusiastically wants to play fetch with Bond. She throws her boot, hoping that he will go after it, but ends up doing it herself. She wonders if it is because he has no name yet, so she goes around the park asking dog owners for their dogs' names to help come up with one.

When the family gets ready to leave, Anya realizes her gloves are missing. Bond sniffs for the gloves and finds them in a bulldog's mouth. When the bulldog becomes possessive of the gloves, Bond scares it into dropping them, allowing him to pick them up and return them to Anya. This act causes Anya to recall a similar scene in Spy Wars, making her realize the perfect dog name.

When they get home, Anya wraps a bowtie collar around the dog's neck and introduces her parents to "Bond." The whole family, including Bond, approves the name. Anya gets out Bond's food and pours it into a bowl for him. While he eats, she sneaks a bite but realizes it does not taste good. She notices Bond fidgeting, so she takes him to his "toilet," where he uses the litter box to poop. The two then head to the TV to watch Spy Wars. While they play, Loid tells her to be ready to study once he is out of the bath. While he does this, Anya and Bond fall asleep, curled against each other on the floor after playing.

Midterm Exams Arc
While waiting for Yor to come home so the family can eat together, Anya shakes Bond, asking him to show her the dinner for the night. When Yor arrives and tells Loid and Anya to eat without her, Bond has a vision that shows Yor crying. The next night, Loid does obedience training with Bond and sees how bright he is. Yor then arrives and makes dinner. After her cooking is well-received by Loid and Anya, Yor cries while Bond sits on the side, watching silently.

The day before Anya's class, she requests Loid for a new family photo with Bond in it. She tries using this photo to show off Bond to Damian, but it ends up in Becky's hands, who keeps the picture for herself after falling head-over-heels for Loid. Anya then tries to replicate Bond's likeness through a paper model for the same goal but fails.

As Anya's midterm exams approach, she realizes she will not be able to cheat due to her power's weakness. Anya shakes Bond, asking him to show her the test answers. Anya instead sees hamburger steak, her supper for the night, causing her to forget all her worries. The next day, Bond relaxes in the house while Yuri makes his visit to help Anya with her studies. After eating all of Yor's homemade cookies before leaving, Yuri inadvertently drops some crumbs on the floor. Bond eats the crumbs, causing him to drop to the floor.

Anya Forger
Bond is quite close to Anya, with her telepathy allowing her to comprehensively communicate with him. He has been shown to be somewhat possessive, once tearing up her stuffed penguin out of jealousy.

Loid Forger
Bond displays a great deal of affection and loyalty towards Loid, having used his abilities to assist him on missions and training. Although, this is also because Loid prepares his meals, which Bond prefers over Yor.

Yor Forger
While he harbors no ill will towards Yor, Bond is fearful of Yor's cooking (which he saw kill him in a vision) and her temper (although the latter fear is greatly exaggerated).

Franky Franklin
Franky usually takes Bond out for a walk when none of the Forgers are available. While at first having a distant relationship, they forge a bond when Franky gets to talk to women for having Bond, and Bond takes the opportunity to meet new female dogs.

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Trivia

 * Bond greatly resembles the Great Pyrenees breed.
 * Anya named Bond after her favorite cartoon hero Bondman, noting that his personality and appearance greatly resembles the fictional detective.
 * The bow tie collar Anya gave Bond is a reference to the iconic bow ties of the fictional spy James Bond.
 * The terrorist operation that introduced Bond to the story is loosely based on the Red Army's Anti-tank dog program, with the twist of having Nazi-inspired terrorists adopt it instead of mocking its use in their propaganda machinery.
 * Bond's chair, featured on the cover of the fourth volume cover, is a Ball Chair designed by Eero Aarnio.
 * Bond was supposed to be named 'Peanuts' but the name highly reminded people of another white dog (Snoopy) so they changed it to Bond. (Revealed in volume 4)