Activities the girls would all enjoy doing together

[bhtooefr]

As a socialized, more domestic dog, it can thrive in a spacious, fenced yard with a canine companion, but it is generally not an appropriate dog for apartment living.

Although there is a solution... run it off of Lilly's bad end, and I have reason to believe that Akira owns the summer home, not Hiroyuki and Karla.

"Hey, Hanako, we're not using that summer home, if you want to move up by Hakodate..."

[Potato]

Hiroyuki and Karla

Who and who?

[bhtooefr]

Hiroyuki and Karla Satou I should say.

(Neither of their names appears in canon, but Hiroyuki's been given as Akira and Lilly's father's name in the Ask thread, and Karla's been given as their mother's name in some art in the Shimmie.)

[emmjay]

I think Hanako with a dog would be perfect.

Dogs aren't really that bothered by aesthetics, so she wouldn't have to worry about looking like a badly cooked Steak. The dog will love her unconditionally and she will love it back.

On top of that, she could identify with a certain type of dog. A dog that people see in the street and cross the road to avoid. A scary dog.
However, she could also do with a big, cuddly dog that is essentially a pillow.

Therefore, I match Hanako with a Tibetan Mastiff.
[picture of oversized teddy bear in dog form]

"Oh, what's that Hanako? Some twats are trying to mug you?

Don't you worry, your Tibetan Mastiff also comes a built-in 'attack mode'!"
[picture of grizzly bear in dog form]

Okay, does that remind anyone else of Mouse from the Dresden Files? Really big, friendly when he wants to be, very much not friendly when he needs to be...

[Steinherz]

Therefore, I match Hanako with a Tibetan Mastiff.
[picture of oversized teddy bear in dog form]

"Oh, what's that Hanako? Some twats are trying to mug you?

Don't you worry, your Tibetan Mastiff also comes a built-in 'attack mode'!"
[picture of grizzly bear in dog form]

Are you sure that second one isn't a Caucasian Shepherd?
Cause it looks like a Caucasian Shepherd

[Potato]

I think Hanako with a dog would be perfect.

Dogs aren't really that bothered by aesthetics, so she wouldn't have to worry about looking like a badly cooked Steak. The dog will love her unconditionally and she will love it back.

On top of that, she could identify with a certain type of dog. A dog that people see in the street and cross the road to avoid. A scary dog.
However, she could also do with a big, cuddly dog that is essentially a pillow.

Therefore, I match Hanako with a Tibetan Mastiff.
[picture of oversized teddy bear in dog form]

"Oh, what's that Hanako? Some twats are trying to mug you?

Don't you worry, your Tibetan Mastiff also comes a built-in 'attack mode'!"
[picture of grizzly bear in dog form]

Okay, does that remind anyone else of Mouse from the Dresden Files? Really big, friendly when he wants to be, very much not friendly when he needs to be...

...Well, now it does. XD

[Munchenhausen]

Therefore, I match Hanako with a Tibetan Mastiff.
[picture of oversized teddy bear in dog form]

"Oh, what's that Hanako? Some twats are trying to mug you?

Don't you worry, your Tibetan Mastiff also comes a built-in 'attack mode'!"
[picture of grizzly bear in dog form]

Are you sure that second one isn't a Caucasian Shepherd?
Cause it looks like a Caucasian Shepherd

I dunno, it came up when I googled Tibetan Mastiff

[AaronIsCrunchy]

As a socialized, more domestic dog, it can thrive in a spacious, fenced yard with a canine companion, but it is generally not an appropriate dog for apartment living.

Although there is a solution... run it off of Lilly's bad end, and I have reason to believe that Akira owns the summer home, not Hiroyuki and Karla.

"Hey, Hanako, we're not using that summer home, if you want to move up by Hakodate..."

That would probably work out quite well for Hanako. Although Hakodate is a big city, where the summer house is nicely out the way, and I think something was mentioned about there being a shop a couple of miles away so presuming she took her bear-dog, she might feel safe enough to make her way there on her own (that is, with no other human). Whether or not being at the summer house without Lilly would be too painful for Hanako, is another matter mind.

[bhtooefr]

Hakodate is actually fairly small as far as cities go, population 279,851.

(And, it being Hakodate that's nearby isn't actually canon, that's just an extrapolation from the times involved in that scene of Lilly's route, really.)