As Kou is drawn by Kazuya Minekura, I doubt D objects to you're slashing him. Esp. if Kou has any interesting pets. (Sadly, I couldn't get into Wild Adaptor...it crossed the line to where I felt like I have having my face rubbed into the dark and moody too much...)

Does C'William make gods in his spare time? I figure anyone who takes a couple days off to create gods can get rid of any competition she wants, no matter how well connected he/she is.

It's been a while since I read Petshop(it was only a couple volumes in when I started reading manga, and I was reading it as it came out) but I remember that one of the few problems I had was that I wasn't always sure what human-looking character was what animal.