Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Vol. 2

小林さんちのメイドラゴン [Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon] #2

by coolkyousinnjya

"Miss Kobayashi s Dragon Maid" is a delightful, ongoing comedy manga series about a young lady who, after saving a dragon s life, finds herself the object of its indebtedness and undying affection.

Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives alone in her small apartment until a young and adorable dragon girl named Tooru appears before her. Upon saving Tooru s life, the fiesty dragon will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, including insisting that she move in with Miss Kobayashi and serve her in any way she does or doesn t desire.

Now Miss Kobayashi finds herself with a new, imposing roommate, who is doing her best to help out around the home. But when you re a dragon, nothing is ever simple. Kobayashi s normal life just went off the deep end."

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Humor, Slice Of Life, Comics, Comedy, Graphic Novels

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2015

About the author

COOL Kyoushinja
Name (in native language): クール教信者
Associated Names:
Cool Kyou Sinnjya
COOL Kyoushinsha
Coolkyou Shinja
Coolkyou Shinjya
Coolkyoushinja
Cool-kyou Shinja

Zodiac: Cancer

Blood Type: B

Pixiv: クール教信者@新都社

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moram reci za nesto sto ide na slatko i opustajuce poslednjih oar poglavlja su postala dosta ozbiljna. Pitanja koja se bave stim ko smo mi i gde pripadamo. Sta je dozvoljeno a sta ne. I u cemu god da uzivamo je nesto ograniceno i zavrsi ce se ranije ili kasnije.

Wow.

Sa druge strane imamo posete sajmu stripova, plazi i kako se pravi pirinac sa jajima tako da imamo vise nego dovoljno goofy elemenata.

[Artemy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty much all I've said in my review of volume 1 applies here, too. Volume 2 adds a bit more drama and seriousness to this otherwise delightfully sweet manga, and there's more character development for Tohru and Kobayashi. Overall, a great continuation of the series.

[Jhosy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was great!
Kana goes to school as Kobayashi's daughter (?) .I wonder if the other parent is Tooru haha
Also, the father of Tooru comes to Kobayashi's house to demand that she return to his kingdom.
Kobayashi spends some time just listening to the conversation and not wanting to intrude, but then she sees Tooru crying and then she says that Tooru will not come back and then she says: "Tooru is mine".
So cute!
Although Kobayashi still doesn't want a romance, we can see how close she becomes to Tooru.
I hope this relationship continues to grow in the other volumes.

[Chantaal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is light and fun and sometimes I side eye some of the more racy art panels, but it's hard to take anything too seriously. This volume did introduce a bit of gravity to the story, but was overall still silly and fun.

[Josephine (biblioseph) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this book was a little more tender than I was expecting. The first volume didn't make me feel very highly of it, but for some reason I bought the next one. The mutual feelings that are coming from Kobayashi are welcome, but I think when Erica Friedman at Okazu said this series was reminiscent of Bewitched, I can see that in retrospect. I'm not really sure if I want to continue reading.

I think I've also heard that this author's romances tend to just spiral with a lot of silliness and end up nowhere.

But flipping through the second volume for this review, I’m reminded of the domestic overtones and the real friendliness that developed. From dealing with mutual respect, and trying to learn more about each other, you really did get a sense of progression and growth. There are moments of reflection, and with the addition of Kanna as a child to their twosome, you can enjoy her childish adventures even as she is entirely too self-aware.

There also seem to be the first rumblings of trouble seeping in from the world (dimension?) which Tohru hails from, so it’ll probably something to see in the coming volumes. Especially with the mention of parents and responsibility. Of course, the usual hijinks are sprinkled throughout.

Then again, why does Tohru have such big breasts? Considering Kae has large breasts as well in Kiss Him, Not Me! I shouldn’t really be surprised. Is it fanservice or just mainstream manga?

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A trip to the beach, Kanna going to school, Fafnir settling down, and much much more. Some dramatic parts that were really well done. Yep, I loved this volume, and will be re-reading it in the future. :)

[~tea~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kanna always makes me happy☺️

[Ladz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second volume introduces a few more dragons. There are more misunderstandings and opportunities for them to interact with the other humans in Kobayashi’s life.

There is a moment of stress in this volume when Tohru’s father appears from the dragon dimension to take her back home. Tohru doesn’t want to, and it’s super heartwarming to see Kobayashi stand up for her new friend slash live-in girlfriend.

The volume isn’t all stress and sadness. There’s a delightful interlude where they go to a comic con, the dragons learn what desk work is, and Kanna goes to elementary school.

[Vanessa · Rating 2 out of 5]

A little less fan service. But what there is a bit much.

There seems to be a bit more of an idea on where the story might go, and there's certainly more heart to it now. While I'm not 100% sold on this series, I'm not against it either. I might pick up other volumes as something quick and inconsequential to read.

[Fan of fanservice · Rating 5 out of 5]

There’s just such a great flow to everything and the comedic timing is spot on. I love seeing the relationship between Tohru and Kobayashi grow and subtly they start to realize they really like each other.

We get one instance of Tohru’s nipple here already! It’s only volume 2! lol

What a great series!

[Emmanuel Nevers · Rating 5 out of 5]

The everyday life of Tohru and Miss Kobayashi continue! The story is getting better and better! This volume starts to develop the characters more such as Kanna going to school Fafnir looking for a place to live.

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give this volume 4 stars instead of 3 for personal reasons. Reading this returned memories to me and feelings to me that I thought couldn't come back. It was a bit over two years ago, I wanna say December 2016/winter 2016, my boyfriend and I watched some episodes of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid together at his house in his basement room before church on Wednesday's. Those were some rougher times but some of the more simple times. Back then, I had never imagined what lay before me and him, and how hard it would be to find such comfort in each other again, and how it would only get harder on out. He really loved this show, and I really loved how he loved it and how it made him happy. I wanted to be around for every episode, at least I was around for some of his favorites. We tried to binge it too I think, but I must have been in deeper thought because I struggle to remember much of it. But I remember the comfort and relaxation I felt from back then, the ability to breathe, the feeling of mutual comfort and enjoyment in each other's company, and that he wanted me there and wanted to share with me that which made him feel happy. This was back around the time when he would only watch shows like this with me and nothing else. Started to say it's all he felt comfortable watching with me at that time. I think the last "serious" show we watched together was probably Devil May Cry or Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. Yep.
I love him, I loved him, and I'll always cherish those memories. I felt so safe, so warm, and everything was okay, and he loved me more than the world too.
Reading this, there's so much I want to share with him out of it. Just about every chapter I want to share with him. I even kept trying to take photos of the pages to show him, but there's just so much! I hope that the anime followed the manga religiously. I'd love to share all this with him. I feel a strong desire and somewhat need to do so. I miss him so very much... And this manga reminds me of the times where things were falling apart and yet we still loved each other, how we held so very tightly to each other, so tight it may have made things worse without noticing, it reminds me of how I felt back when I loved him and could love him in security and safety and it was returned to me. "I love you, sleep well, goodnight <3 " every night on both ends... Sigh.

Btw, "ravioli, ravioli, don't lewd the dragon loli" and yet the original creator lewds Kanna and is a hentai artist. Ya. Everyone forgot that detail when that meme was born, I guess. Or nobody cared.

P.S. I love how Tohru does so much for the person she loves. She tires herself out, even as a dragon, someone who isn't easily tired. She does the best she can for Kobayashi, knowing there's something better but she does the best she knows of, without overdoing it too. She's so careful and meticulous that she goes way above and beyond but keeps certain simple things so as not to actually overdo it. She'd wrangle the moon for Kobayashi if she thought it was a reasonable feat to make her happy. And she tries to keep peace and order too, for more reasons than one, even though in the beginning she looked down on humans quite a bit. Her love for Kobayashi is most obvious in the first three chapters in this volume, most specifically the cooking chapter. So cute. I can relate, on a human level.
Additionally, I love how Tohru is always like "of course!" so proud and such of her accomplished feats or something. But not because she's a dragon. She says it's because it's her, simply her. I really like that. Tohru has a lot of self respect and pride in herself not for what she is but for who she is.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I don't think most people set out to become grown-ups... They just realize they can't stay kids any longer."

This volume is really picking up a lot in terms of character-building and comfiness. Much of the first volume felt like simple gag slice-of-life, but now it truly feels like iyashikei - healing.

The chapter where Fafnir is looking for a new home is a personal favorite.

The manga officially has a "Teen" rating starting with this volume, which makes more sense than the "All Ages" on Volume 1.

Cool has gotten WAY hornier here. Makes for great manga!

****

Kanna legs looking fatter on the volume cover...!

Tohru thick thighs on the cover of Chapter 11...!

The panel of Tohru and Kanna cleaning each other...!!!!!!!!!! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

Lucoa titties that are hard to see in her first panel of Chapter 12 because of how dark her clothing is...!(?)

Tohru's fat fucking melons smooshed in her bikini top on the cover of Chapter 16...!!!!! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 Also her tummy, hips, and thighs...!!!!! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

Naked Tohru with her weirdly high buttcrack on the cover of Chapter 17...!

(The fucking Shin-chan cosplay lmao)

Bikini Lucoa at Comiket...!

Tohru in the bunny suit on the cover of Chapter 18...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥵🤤🥵🤤🥵🤤🥵🤤🥵🤤

Tohru and Kanna meditating naked under the waterfall...!!! (Is this the first time we see nipples in this manga?!)

(Tbh scalie Tohru and furry Kanna in the afterword aren't half bad...)

[b (tobias forge's version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much the same as what you get in the first volume. Tohru is still cute. Kobayashi is still a bit problematic when she drinks. Everything is still silly and fanservice-y and fun.

There are, however, some hints that Tohru and Kobayashi's relationship is taking on more depth, both through their shared responsibility for Kanna (a dynamic that's basically a lesbian couple and an adopted child) and Kobayashi's willingness to stand up for Tohru when her past literally comes knocking at their door. I liked these moments of tenderness between them, and I would like to see more of Kobayashi reciprocating Tohru's affection.

One of the more delightful developments in this volume is Fafnir's assimilation into human life by becoming an otaku, going to far as creating his own doujinshi and attending Comiket. (As though it's not enough that his human form clearly rips off Sebastian from Black Butler.)

[Zeke CBT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Synopsis: The book is about a dragon who came to this universe and saw some maids and magically turned into a human maid and looked after this girl that had to teach her how to be a human and the chapters were all about different things she did like cooking and mostly following Miss Kobayashi.

I liked this book. It is the second book in the series and I hadn’t read the first book but I could still follow what was happening. There wasn’t really much of a story, the chapters didn’t really connect. In one chapter she was cooking and the next she was at the beach and they didn’t say “lets go to the beach.” My favourite character was the dragon maid because the others you didn’t really hear about and a dragon is better than a human.

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[DW Rowlands · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to read the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga because I was curious to compare it to the two seasons of the anime—which I liked a lot despite being uncomfortable with the way Lucoa sexually harasses an elementary school student—and I was a bit surprised to find that, unlike the other anime where I've read the manga or light novel source material, that the events are fairly scrambled. Things tend to happen in fairly different orders in the anime and the manga, and some events in the anime seem to have been created for the anime, while some bits of the manga are left out of or changed in the anime. Honestly, I think I prefer the anime, but it's interesting to see the source material, too. Hopefully the movie that came out in theatres this year will come out for home viewing, too, soon.

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I mentioned in my thoughts about the first volume that my enjoyment reading this property comes from my endearment of the anime. After reading the first volume I actually had no desire to order any further volumes...however I was at the bookstore and once I had this book in my hand I knew it wasn’t going back on the shelf.

All the chapters in this volume are adapted and given more depth in the anime. That being said I still really enjoyed this volume. I read it in one sitting while drinking a cup of coffee at Dark Matter. I mention this because even though I was already familiar with these situations reading them made me laugh out loud several times...in public!

I think I will be buying the third volume my next trip to a bookstore that carries manga.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much like the first volume, it follows the anime pretty closely. However, the last chapter is one of my favorites so far, and also where it differs from the anime. When Tohru's father is introduced in the anime, it is towards the end of the first season, but he makes his appearance at the end of this volume instead. While both scenes are similar, I just love how Kobayashi steps forward and defends Tohru, despite the danger speaking up against her father presents. He quickly falters when Tohru prevents him from attacking Kobayashi, before fleeing altogether. Tohru is left clinging to Kobayashi emotionally asking how she could ever repay her, to which the latter responds, "I don't need a thing." It's so heartfelt and warm, and the perfect way to wrap up the second volume.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I spy Frau from Peach Boy Riverside in chapter 17!

But, that fun cameo aside, this story continues with Tohru and Kanna living with Kobayashi. Kanna gets to go to school and they all go to the beach...yeah. Then Fafnir shows up, moves in with Takiya, and the two of them be nerd bros together.

Then it gets intense in chapters 19 and 20. But good for Kobayashi. Other than that...

[Samantha Riccio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting the feels man

A part of me is a tiny bit annoyed that the last 2 episodes of the 1st season was just wrapped up in an entire chapter, with no fight scene just some hallway yelling, but I'm still pleased. There were good quality moments in here. Kanna eating everything that she could get her hands on in the background, Fafnir being himself at all times, Kobayashi slowly revealing her own lesbian awakening to even herself. It's all good, friends.

[Joe Kerr · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's getting better. I'm really starting to like this.

Now that the characters are being fleshed out, I'm feeling more connected to them. It's starting to get interesting, for sure. I wasn't so sure I was going to continue reading this after I finished the 1st volume. I'm starting to be glad I stuck around. Art, rough but it somehow fits well with the story. Dialogue, a bit silly at times, yet decent overall. Characters, likeable & interesting.

[Anthony Wendel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good choice but the anime team to use the coming of Tohru's dad as a season finale storyline. Though a good ending for this individual volume, it has MUCH more power in the animated version as it plays out in a way where you actually think he will be able to keep Tohru and Kobyashi apart. The rest of the volume is entertaining but still, its a noticeable aspect interms of how the story plays between the two different media.

[Zian B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

More or a 3.5 star rating;
We got to see Kobayashi and Tohru help out at Comiket, which looks amazing yet stressful, as well as seeing Kanna go to school. I liked that she enjoyed her first day and got along with all of her classmates. Another thing that happened was Tohru’s dad made an appearance and tried to take her back home. I found that chapter very interesting since it differed from what happened in the anime, and I liked that it wasn’t as dramatic as the anime made it out to be.

[Katherine Fae · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would really love to give this series five stars. It's cute with moments of depth as well as having likable characters. There's just too much "lolicon" happening. If that aspect wasn't there, I would say this is one of my favorite manga series. I do enjoy it, but frequently I find myself either disturbed or outright grossed out. Your mileage may vary, of course, but the presence of so much "loli" gives me very mixed feelings about this series.

[Nadina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This may be a seinen manga but there is something appealing about it. Perhaps because it is so quirky and different (different read for me at least). I feel like the characters are growing slightly, and we are finally approaching what appears to be a decent story arc (vs. episodes).
I definitely want to read at least the next volume. See how it keeps going.

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This bounces around a lot, there really isn't a storyline at all.

Also the rating system say E for everyone but Tohru was naked 3 times in this volume and Kanna was twice, once with them licking each other for a bath in human form. My kid was reading this too. I think the rating system needs to be re-evaluated.

[Ben Nealis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was more enjoyable than volume one and sets up several stories to come. The beginning of Kanna going to school and the introduction of Tohrus father were actually quite entertaining. I never thought I'd give this series anything about three stars but ignoring the fan service this volume was actually pretty decent.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice to see a deeper look into Kobayashi and Tohru's character. Also nice to some nice emotional and serious moments mixed in with the humor. As while the humor is good but it is always nice to have some of those serious moments to help us connect with the characters better.

[zarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one slightly more than the first one. I loved both, but this volume had more development for both Tohru and Kobayashi. They were more serious, but it still made me chuckle and the art was perfect for this one. Highly recommend just as much as the first one!

[Rocio Hague · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!