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Our heroes are introduced during their
favorite pass time - arguing. The three-some have just
finished their mission of defeating Nadiru, a powerful
demon. The 'focused' one of the group, Rune, wants to
return home as soon as possible to present the Dragon
Emperor with the severed head of the demon. Rath and
Thats however are more distracted as they journey home,
taking side quests in order to kill demons and find
treasures. At the inn, Cesia figures the three arguing
fools would be easy food for her step-mother, a
man-eating witch who is oddly called
"Papa-sama". However Cesia fails, not expecting
them to be a group of dragon knights, people that can
summon and control dragons. The witch is killed and Cesia
becomes homeless. After several more odd side quests, the
three knights do get back to the Drakun palace, which is
the starting place for new adventures and mysteries about
the past of the heroes. Dragon Knights is a hilarious fancy story. You know it's fun when (at least) Rath's dragon uses cue cards to speak to his master. Ohkami-sensei does a good job of keeping the readers on their toes with funny moments popping up at random. The artwork is good within the first few volumes, with great potential to be gorgeous as the story continues. The only problem is the difficulty of Japanese. There isn't much furigana (for those who read some Japanese like me) and there aren't manga translations that I've seen beyond the link to the side. However, graphic novels of this series are coming out for those who care for them. Rating -- 8
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