RuriDragon aka ルリドラゴン is a Japanese manga collection by Masaoki Shindo that originally was revealed as a one-shot in Shueisha’s Jump Giga earlier than finally getting serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, beginning in June 2022! Today, I wanna speak about why precisely it’s essential to take a look at RuriDragon your self.

RuriDragon is “the story of a young dragon girl being lazy, doing her best… and being lazy again.” Aoki is a younger woman that’s having fun with her life someday at a time… however then she wakes up solely to search out horns rising out of her head.

Her mom is fast to clarify that Aoki’s father is a dragon, therefore making her a half-dragon. That in all probability would have been an important matter to speak about beforehand, proper? What’s extra, is that Aoki’s entire household and her homeroom trainer knew about this already, virtually preserving her out of the loop.

The story focuses on Aoki’s struggles with adapting to the entire surreal and odd scenario with the horns however it isn’t actually concerning the horns… or any of the opposite dragon options that will manifest as time goes on.

Oddly sufficient, although, the story feels fairly near actuality with the way it portrays “change” in addition to the way it can get considerably “scary” at instances even. On high of that, one might see a little bit of commentary in there on blended cultures and mixed-race households… the latter extra simply discernible than the previous, I suppose.

More than anybody else, Aoki herself is scared essentially the most about these sudden adjustments, which makes a number of sense and I discover that being expressed a lot somewhat relatable, which might be a part of the allure.

Your teen years are filled with adjustments to your physique, your psychological, and the way in which you discuss and whatnot, so it simply comes throughout as a somewhat pure portrayal of that actual battle…

Except, it is a coming-of-age story revealed in Shounen Jump, so after all there needs to be extra to it than simply one other Slice of Life setting, proper?

Well, RuriDragon has much more to supply than simply the slice of life and a coming-of-age plot that you simply’ve seen earlier than. The manner that Aoki and her classmates work together with one another is kind of lifelike – for a shy but well-liked woman.

At the identical time, every chapter is stuffed with comedic moments that give the entire story its personal allure of types, regardless of the absurdity and the supernatural parts.

Furthermore, RuriDragon’s artwork fashion sort of reinforces that form of realism in an oddly unreal setting of an up-to-that-point human woman instantly rising horns and doing different issues that aren’t alleged to occur to a human woman. Oh, effectively!

As of the time of penning this submit, there are solely six chapters out however I can guarantee you that they’re extremely good! The artwork fashion is gorgeous. The characters are charming. “May I touch your horns?” will get me chuckling each time.

It’s a enjoyable story with attention-grabbing plot units though I discovered some pages to be a bit too heavy on the comedy, though that’s in all probability only a minor nitpick.

I extremely suggest testing RuriDragon your self! It’s wonderful!

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