Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Vol. 5

小林さんちのメイドラゴン [Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon] #5

by coolkyousinnjya

A comedic tale of a young woman’s relationship with a magical transforming dragon maid―now with an anime adaptation!

Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life alone in her small apartment―until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi's normal life is about to go off the deep end!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Humor, Yuri, Slice Of Life, Fiction, Comics

180 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2016

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

[Artemy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sweet volume! Here, Shinja finally found a great balance between slapstick comedy, uncomfortable erotic moments and a sincere, heartfelt relationship drama that he was clearly striving for from the very beginning of the series.

[Jhosy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume wasn't very interesting.
Not enough chapters focusing on the main characters

[Costea Mirela · Rating 5 out of 5]

OHHHH SHE SAID IT!
Lordie I've been waiting so long for this acknowledge that Kobayashi loves Tooru!!!

[The Book Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Saikawa is in elementary school... why is she even thinking about "the staircase of adulthood"?! And why does Ilulu have such big boobs if she's also supposed to be elementary school age?! And Lucoa... STOP! Stop sexually assaulting the little boy! It's gross! We almost got through a whole volume without this kind of nonsense. Kobayashi and Tohru are fine, they're both adults but this... WHY?!

But other than that... this story still has some nice moments.

[Emmanuel Nevers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume deals with Illulu's reformation and Tohru and Elma's past. Still going strong!

[Dani's Forehead · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weird lolli type of energy

[Doc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miss Kobayashi is back with her weyr of dragons in another fun filled ecchi adventure filled with short stories giving us views of certain aspects of humanity through the eyes fantastical creatures who are sometimes as flawed as we are. For people that dislike stories about large bussomed females I shoud warn you this series has mentioned when a dragon takes human form they can only shrink their breasts so far so there is plenty of bounce to this series.

My favorite part of the book would have to be most of the story of Tohru & the Patrol. There are several really amusing and some adorable moments in this volume but seeing Tohru trying to hold back while helping with a delinquent problem had me chuckling(especially when the bodies start flying.) :)

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before I forget, nice little plug of coolkyousinnjya’s other series, Peach Boy, that he had on the cover of a manga someone was reading. Very nice and subtle!

In this volume, I feel like we’ve gained a perfect balance of slapstick humor and heartfelt moments with character progression (and lewd moments). It feels less like a 4koma made by a doujin mangaka and more like a full fledged mainstream magazine manga. I like the pace in which it moves along in this volume as well, and the further backstory between Elma and Tohru. But just as much I appreciate the development between Tohru and Kobayashi (but Lucoa and Shouta as well and even Ilulu).
This volume is all about human relationships, building them, maintaining or sustaining them, being closer or growing apart, and coming to terms with your feelings once a space is suddenly no longer occupied. In lieu of that, this volume was shockingly deep and progressive and I actually enjoyed it much more than I had anticipated I would. It carries a similar weight to the last volume but this one does anything the mangaka had attempted thus far better than before. Heck, we even touch on how people can feel alone even while together, like when Kobayashi is left out of the conversation without anyone thinking much of it. I like this volume a lot and I hope this method of storytelling continues in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.

Also! Finally, some yuri action! Even if it’s only by the purest forms of such—.

[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.

[Citybones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sinceramente como cada capítulo va un poco a lo suyo y metí otras lecturas por el medio no recuero bien este volumen.
Creo reordar que vemos un poco del backstory de Toru y Elma pero tampoco me interesó mucho, Lucoa como personaje es demasiado sexual sobre todo con el niño, para mi gusto. La nueva dragona no puede importarme menos, pero me partí de risa con el cap del maid café. El último mete desarrollo de personaje con las inseguridades de Kobayashi al darse cuenta que Toru ya está adaptada al mundo humano y ya no la necesita. Para acabar con el te amo de Toru a Kobayashi. Sin ser respondido, menos mal que Toru tiene confianza en si misma.

[Zian B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked how this volume showed a lot of the funnier episodes from the anime, but it a much different order since it’s the original material.
There were a lot of enjoyable moments in this volume, like everyone going to a flower viewing, learning of Tohru and Elma’s past friendship and with Lucoa helping out Ilulu.
It was especially adorable seeing Kobayashi finally realizing then admitting her feelings for Tohru, and I’m curious to see if that confession changes anything in their dynamic.

[Fan of fanservice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great volume where we see our characters develop more and become closer together. Very little nudity but Lucoa had a revealing scene/chapter with Shouta (lucky bastard lol) the ending chapter got me in my feels and I can’t wait to see how Kobayashi and Tohru’s relationship grows and see how they basically fall in love through a bunch of rom-com setups.

I love the authors note at the end of every volume too, you get more depth about them, the creation and what the author has been doing.

Onward to volume 6.

[Joe Kerr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has really turned into a fun series.

I love the premise, I love the protagonists. The one thing I'd like to see is a serious relationship develop between Touho & Kobayashi. It's been alluded to, & this volume showed a little bit of progress. I think it's safe to say that we all would like to see those 2 get together. They're both adorable. Art, rough, yet it fits. Dialogue, decent. Characters, loveable & adorable.

[Anthony Wendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well this installment answers the questions I had in previous volume and helped me to find something new to look forward to as I keep reading. I worried some of the interactions I had seen in the anime were only becasue of the anime and wouldn't appear in the manga. Instead, it would appear this series is going to explore deeper into the relationship between Tohru and MIss Kobayashi and it wont be a one sided love.

[Alyx · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really like the themes of the book, and the characters. And I love that so far it seems to genuinely be about two girls falling for each other. But I am not about the fact that the younger dragons are sexualized, or that the 50/ 500 year old in a small child's body trope is being utilized. That's really gross.

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series! As a fan who discovered this title from the anime adaptation first, it’s cool that all the stories in this volume haven’t been adapted yet so they were new to me.

However, I still think they should back off on the pedophilia angle between Lucoa and Shouta.

Very excited to read the next volume!

[Samantha Riccio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute

This one was more of the slice of life that I've emotionally put my time into. I like the bits of Fafanir being a person that we get, as well as the Elma content. Tohrou and Kobayashi will forever be my favorite parts though. I love seeing them grow together as a couple and as individuals.

[Ben Nealis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the better chapters so far but also some of the worst scenes. (Lucoa) It's fun seeing Tohru do different things in the world like going on patrol and working in a cafe. Seeing Ilulu realize she was in the wrong for most likely centuries was a quick but needed character development.

[Mindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awww!! The ending of this one was so cute!! 😭 These characters are precious lil nuggets.

[Misty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best volume yet in regards to character and relationship development.

[Nadina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good volume.

[Galion Public Library Teens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review by L.S. : "Not much to say, it's great."

[Mariah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series remains cute and funny too!

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

That last full panel was so cute!

[Bookworm Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great art

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tomo 5 en edición argentina.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall I enjoyed these but am glad I got them from the library and didn’t pay money for them. Not planning to put holds on any other volumes of the series at this point (I had gotten 2-5 at the same time). Definitely could tell this was written by a dude in the way it treats women’s bodies, and looking forward to reading something else next.

“Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” volume 5 by Cool Kyou Sinnjya.

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

I might drop this series soon. I’m not entirely sure yet. There are things I enjoy about it (the sweet, meaningful moments between characters), but also a lot that makes me uncomfortable/doesn’t appeal (the involvement of children in lewd situations).

[L. Luck · Rating 1 out of 5]

You really gotta swim through filth for the 1 or 2 good things per volume.

Warnings for pedophilia, nudity

Yikes, really didn’t need the Shouta bs