drump

by Kazuki Takahashi

One day, Bianca, Rosso and Nero visit the site where a dragon presumably was defeated at the Dragon Hill Ruins based on a map. Upon closer inspection of the map, Bianca notices a mysterious spade symbol and the word "DRUMP" written across the map. They find where the spade symbol is located, dig in its spot and find a mysterious object that causes a change in Rosso. What is the object, what connection does it have to dragons and what does DRUMP even mean?!

Genres: Manga

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About the author

Takahashi (高橋和希) started as a mangaka in 1982. His first work was Tokiō no Tsuma (闘輝王の鷹), published in 1990. One of his earliest works was Tennenshokudanji Buray (天然色男児BURAY), which lasted for two volumes and was published from 1991 to 1992. Takahashi did not find success until 1996 when he created Yu-Gi-Oh!

Reviews

[Castle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kazuki Takahashi is my favorite manga writer/artist. His work on Yu-Gi-Oh! has had a huge influence on me growing up. I was excited to find out that he actually did some other work outside of the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe.

The story is pretty simple. It’s about a boy and his two friends meeting a dragon. The main character, Rosso, gets a deck of cards called Drump and he is able to see a dragon in another dimension.

He ends up having a card game “duel” with the main villain that wants to destroy the dragon. Rosso ends up winning the game and the dragon is freed and the main characters are sent back to their dimension.

This one-shot felt like a rip-off of Yu-Gi-Oh! and I was very disappointed with the art as well.

The characters were very forgettable.

I did like the medieval feel to the story.

Overall I give this a 3/5.