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In Dog Days, when "normal" inhabitants get knocked out, they turn into "balls"
that look like a cats with large heads and short limbs. (similar to the [Furby
toy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby))

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rIbl2.png)![enter
image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zdGJM.png)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0VZ4w.jpg)

On other hand, when the main characters get knocked out, they look pretty
normal (by Anime standards).

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RP9on.png)![enter
image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aek2v.png)

*Put aside the fact that a main character that is knocked out is usually striped of his/her clothes for no apparent reason other than fan-service.

So my questions are:

  * What's the proper name for these "furby-balls"?
  * How are these "normal" inhabitants different from the main characters?
  * Do they "recover" back into human-like inhabitants?


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What exactly are those "furby-balls" in Dog Days?


I have been trying to get a satisfying answer for myself for this question,
but it has proven to be very hard.

For your **first question** there is no real name for them as far as I can
see. I have looked at the episode (episode 2 around 4:00 minute mark) to see
how the different subbers named them.

![I don't know the subber](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6d69C.png) ![Ruri
subs](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M09cY.png)

So as you can see one of them names it "animal furballs" and the other names
it "pet balls". What info I can give you on it else is:

  * The people from Biscotti turn into "Dog looking balls"
  * The people from Gallete turn into "Cat looking balls"
  * The people from Pastillage (season 2) turn into "Squirrel looking balls"

For the normal inhabitants can turn into the animal balls the following ways:

  * When they have been hit hard with a weapon (KO/unconscious)
  * When they get touched on the back or head

For your **second question** I have tried to look up information, but not much
is said about it in the anime or is found on the web about it. The only thing
I have been able to find about it is this:

> It may be part of the protection magic. High-ranking fighters lose their
> clothes. Everyone else turns into a furball. A pretty blatant example of
> this happens in episode 9 of the first season. Vert Far Breton shoots a
> magical arrow which hits Ricotta while she's flying above them. Ricotta
> loses all of her clothes except her panties, and then a magical spear hurled
> at Vert's troops knocks them all out, but only strips her armor/clothing
> off.

Source: [here](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/DogDays) under
"Clothing Damage".

The **third question** is by far the easiest to answer. If you watch the
second episode about at the same time mark I mentioned in the first question
you will see them saying something in the lines of:

> They will be rendered powerless for a limited time.

During this time that they are in their "ball form" the medics of the teams
will "collect" them and bring them to the base camp of their team.


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