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空挺ドラゴンズ [Kūtei Dragons] #1
Łowcy smoków 1
Przemierzają niebo, goniąc cienie mknące między chmurami, nigdzie nie mogąc zagrzać miejsca… Quin Zaza to jeden z ostatnich statków polujących na smoki. Niegdyś podobne załogi składały się z wyrzutków i przestępców, przez co po dziś dzień łowcy smoków nie cieszą się dobrą opinią. Choć mieszkańcy miast i wiosek liczą z ich strony na ochronę przed zagrożeniem z przestworzy i chętnie skupują smocze mięso, niekoniecznie życzą sobie gościć ich pod własnym dachem.
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 7, 2016
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March 16, 2021
Started this tasty manga this year, having already watched the first season of the anime. No its not cartoons! So here is an interesting take on slaying dragons. Instead of hunters chasing whales over open water across seas, you have this, drakers, who hunt dragons floating through the skies. Dangerous business it is, but seems to be lucrative in the cash industry. With a slew of hand picked characters manning the airship, Mika and Takita seem to take center stage during the Quin Zaza's navigational quests. Turns out some dragons are more than what they can chew ad the daily life as a airborne dragon slayer isn't all its cut out to be.
Many avenues take center stage in this wonderfully hand drawn graphic novel. Character personalities, dragon hunting, harvesting parts, sky pirates. But it is the food that takes center stage. And we aren't just talking about simple meals here and there. This book breathes recipes involving anything to do with dragon ingredients. Dragon fat. Dragon liver. Dragon sandwiches. Dragon soup. Are you hungry yet? This certainly gives the book its charm and at the end of each chapter, the reader is rewarded with and actual RECIPE. Amazing really. And if you think about it, you could easily substitute any meat with it. I invite you to come take a bite on these mini adventures.
5 out of 5 stars
Author F. D. Gross
Many avenues take center stage in this wonderfully hand drawn graphic novel. Character personalities, dragon hunting, harvesting parts, sky pirates. But it is the food that takes center stage. And we aren't just talking about simple meals here and there. This book breathes recipes involving anything to do with dragon ingredients. Dragon fat. Dragon liver. Dragon sandwiches. Dragon soup. Are you hungry yet? This certainly gives the book its charm and at the end of each chapter, the reader is rewarded with and actual RECIPE. Amazing really. And if you think about it, you could easily substitute any meat with it. I invite you to come take a bite on these mini adventures.
5 out of 5 stars
Author F. D. Gross
April 17, 2022
I was looking at this manga for a long time. For some reason, the spring weather got me in the mood for some new stories and I picked this up. And I have weird feelings about it. On one hand, I really like the premise, on the other, the execution feels very sloppy and clunky.
We are presented to a crew of people on an airship, but there are so many people we do not meet and properly get introduced to anyone. Yet it seems that there is a main character, who is a rookie on the ship, but at the same time, the character is not the main character? This got me a little confused and I hope that the next volume will either focus more on a few characters or spreads it out as a story about the airship. So far it feels very episodic and I hope that it will be more cohesive because I do not think I would like a story, where every chapter has a different story.
Also, I feel weird about the tone. We have a crew of hunters, who hunt dragons for living in the sky- an amazing concept. It sounds very rough and gory, but the tone is just lalala dragon, meat and food lalala sky is beautiful. And it's fine, not every story has to be gory and mature, but here it is almost like a children's story with gruesome death scenes for dragons - whales. It's just interesting.
Artstyle is likeable. It feels like Shirahama's art, but less detailed and polished. But it is a very pleasant style and "scratchy" look adds a lot of character to it.
Overall I liked it and will try more, but I hope that the next volume will provide more for me to be properly hooked!
We are presented to a crew of people on an airship, but there are so many people we do not meet and properly get introduced to anyone. Yet it seems that there is a main character, who is a rookie on the ship, but at the same time, the character is not the main character? This got me a little confused and I hope that the next volume will either focus more on a few characters or spreads it out as a story about the airship. So far it feels very episodic and I hope that it will be more cohesive because I do not think I would like a story, where every chapter has a different story.
Also, I feel weird about the tone. We have a crew of hunters, who hunt dragons for living in the sky- an amazing concept. It sounds very rough and gory, but the tone is just lalala dragon, meat and food lalala sky is beautiful. And it's fine, not every story has to be gory and mature, but here it is almost like a children's story with gruesome death scenes for dragons - whales. It's just interesting.
Artstyle is likeable. It feels like Shirahama's art, but less detailed and polished. But it is a very pleasant style and "scratchy" look adds a lot of character to it.
Overall I liked it and will try more, but I hope that the next volume will provide more for me to be properly hooked!
September 26, 2022
I saw this beautiful cover at the library, so I decided to check it out. And, I'm glad I did because it was a lot of fun.
Drifting Dragons takes place in a world where dragons roam and dragon hunters kill for meat. We follow this group of dragon hunters as they sail the sky's on a airship. I really want to fly on want on these lol.
Characters: We mainly see Takita, the newest crew member. She's very clumsy and has a huge personality. There's also Mika, who adds a very interesting layer to the book. He's a lot more experienced, so we constantly get to see him flying on to dragons. But, he also loves food. So every time they catch a dragon, Mika cooks the dragon and makes this special meal. Which turns this into a cooking manga.
I've never read a cooking manga before but I thought it was a fun addition. At the end of each chapter there's a recipe page. I wish they used real ingredients, but whatever.
There is a anime on Netflix and I watched the first two episodes. It's very faithful to the manga and doesn't do anything too different. So if your a fan of the anime, I recommend checking it out.
Overall, I thought it was a fun manga, but don't expect anything action packed.
Drifting Dragons takes place in a world where dragons roam and dragon hunters kill for meat. We follow this group of dragon hunters as they sail the sky's on a airship. I really want to fly on want on these lol.
Characters: We mainly see Takita, the newest crew member. She's very clumsy and has a huge personality. There's also Mika, who adds a very interesting layer to the book. He's a lot more experienced, so we constantly get to see him flying on to dragons. But, he also loves food. So every time they catch a dragon, Mika cooks the dragon and makes this special meal. Which turns this into a cooking manga.
I've never read a cooking manga before but I thought it was a fun addition. At the end of each chapter there's a recipe page. I wish they used real ingredients, but whatever.
There is a anime on Netflix and I watched the first two episodes. It's very faithful to the manga and doesn't do anything too different. So if your a fan of the anime, I recommend checking it out.
Overall, I thought it was a fun manga, but don't expect anything action packed.
February 5, 2022
I really want to love this comic. The art is beautiful, the characters are fun, and I love sky-ship settings. But from just this first book, it’s hard to see this as anything other than whaling propaganda.
The story uses real world whale hunting technique to hunt dragons but never gives any explanation for some basic questions of its setting, such as “Is dragon extinction a real threat and if so, how do the characters feel about actively hunting their own industry to extinction?” or “Are dragons considered monsters or animals, and if the latter, is hunting them disrupting the general ecosystem?”
Battle Chef Brigade is a video game that shares a similar premise, but the game, smartly, explains its stakes right off the bat: “Monsters are not native animals, they are attacking and killing people and animals to extinction so we have to kill them to protect all life. It’s just a nice bonus that monsters happen to be delicious.” In comparison, Drifting Dragons does not explain its stakes, instead immediately tying its setting to the awful practice of whaling with no effort to show how hunting dragons is morally justified.
If the series explains these stakes later, I’d love to know. But from just this first book, it hard to see this series as anything other than whaling propaganda. And there are too many good books out there for me to waste my time on something so morally repulsive.
The story uses real world whale hunting technique to hunt dragons but never gives any explanation for some basic questions of its setting, such as “Is dragon extinction a real threat and if so, how do the characters feel about actively hunting their own industry to extinction?” or “Are dragons considered monsters or animals, and if the latter, is hunting them disrupting the general ecosystem?”
Battle Chef Brigade is a video game that shares a similar premise, but the game, smartly, explains its stakes right off the bat: “Monsters are not native animals, they are attacking and killing people and animals to extinction so we have to kill them to protect all life. It’s just a nice bonus that monsters happen to be delicious.” In comparison, Drifting Dragons does not explain its stakes, instead immediately tying its setting to the awful practice of whaling with no effort to show how hunting dragons is morally justified.
If the series explains these stakes later, I’d love to know. But from just this first book, it hard to see this series as anything other than whaling propaganda. And there are too many good books out there for me to waste my time on something so morally repulsive.
May 3, 2019
Eigentlich ist die Voraussetzung der Geschichte echt gut: nur noch vereinzelt fliegen Luftschiffe durch das Land, um Drachen zu fangen. Allerdings machen das halt nicht mehr viele, da diese Drachen stark sind und oft Opfer fordern.
Für die wenigen Drachenfänger*innen jedoch lohnt sich das Risiko: viel Geld ist ihnen sicher, denn man kann absolut jedes Teil eines Drachens verwenden. Ob für Haaröle, Heilmittel oder einfach nur zum Essen. Scheinbar gibt es manchmal auch gar kein anderes Thema als Essen. Und das nervt mich. Einer der wichtigen Charaktere denkt nur ans Futtern und wie die Drachen riechen. Eindimensionalität ist überall gegeben und nur wenige Charaktere schimmern in dieser Masse an Menschen. Das mit dem Lichtdrachen ist zum Beispiel toll, aber irgendwie auch seltsam in den Verlauf der "Handlung" eingepflegt. Jegliche Magie des Momentes wurde außerdem vom schiffseigenen Fresssack zunichte gemacht.
Mir sagt die Kombination aus Slapstick und repetitiver Jagd - Schlachtung/Verarbeitung - Jagd - bisschen Worldbuilding bei Schlachtung/Verarbeitung - Jagd einfach nicht zu.
Für die wenigen Drachenfänger*innen jedoch lohnt sich das Risiko: viel Geld ist ihnen sicher, denn man kann absolut jedes Teil eines Drachens verwenden. Ob für Haaröle, Heilmittel oder einfach nur zum Essen. Scheinbar gibt es manchmal auch gar kein anderes Thema als Essen. Und das nervt mich. Einer der wichtigen Charaktere denkt nur ans Futtern und wie die Drachen riechen. Eindimensionalität ist überall gegeben und nur wenige Charaktere schimmern in dieser Masse an Menschen. Das mit dem Lichtdrachen ist zum Beispiel toll, aber irgendwie auch seltsam in den Verlauf der "Handlung" eingepflegt. Jegliche Magie des Momentes wurde außerdem vom schiffseigenen Fresssack zunichte gemacht.
Mir sagt die Kombination aus Slapstick und repetitiver Jagd - Schlachtung/Verarbeitung - Jagd - bisschen Worldbuilding bei Schlachtung/Verarbeitung - Jagd einfach nicht zu.
February 25, 2020
This is basically a whaling story except its dragons instead of whales and the sky instead of the sea.
August 28, 2025
Eu... gostei da leitura. Achei curioso: o mangá faz um paralelo entre os caçadores de baleia e a tripulação de um dirigível que caça dragões nos ares.
É interessante ver a tripulação, as personagens, as dinâmicas do comércio e as motivações para terem ido parar ali e caçar dragões… fiquei curioso para acompanhar a trajetória deles, mas senti falta de uma discussão ou problematização sobre a caça.
A arte é linda, belíssima. Fiquei curioso para acompanhar o cotidiano deles. Verei o desenrolar nas próximas edições.
É interessante ver a tripulação, as personagens, as dinâmicas do comércio e as motivações para terem ido parar ali e caçar dragões… fiquei curioso para acompanhar a trajetória deles, mas senti falta de uma discussão ou problematização sobre a caça.
A arte é linda, belíssima. Fiquei curioso para acompanhar o cotidiano deles. Verei o desenrolar nas próximas edições.
September 18, 2025
Beautiful cover art drew me in. The final chapters of this volume are my favorite! I also love they give recipes 😋
December 24, 2021
Very reminiscent of delicious in dungeon. Love the food element to the story.
Good characters
Will continue on in series
Good characters
Will continue on in series
February 7, 2020
Якщо ви шукали послідовника стилю Міядзакі - ця манга для вас. Але якщо ви любите драконів - пригальмуйте, бо тут їх ловлять, готують і їдять!
Манга «Дрейфуючі дракони» привернула мою увагу саме з-за стилю малювання. Не буду здивований, якщо художник не лише виріс на культовій «Наусіки з долини вітрів», а й ретельно її перемалював від початку й до останнього кадру (а в Наусіки більше 1100 сторінок). Деякі моменти, здається, змальовані навіть з аніме «Небесний замок Лапута». Наприклад, сцена в «вороновому гнізді» - це оглядове місто на найвищій точці дирижабля, в якому постійно сидить на вахті дозорний.
Звісно, художник ще не дотягує до неперевершеної лінії свого кумиру, але підібрався до цього дуже близько. Проте, все це лише мої спостереження та здогадки, інформацію про автора і про те, чому його манга так схожа на стиль Міядзакі, я не знайшов.
Що стосується сюжету: тут йдеться про команду повітряного корабля «Королева Заза», які заробляють на життя відловом драконів. Ці небесні створіння мало чим нагадуть звичних нам драконів із фентезийних світів - тут вони скоріш схожі на іншопланетних літаючих звірів. Один має тентаклі вздовж голови, інший робить щось накшталт великої лінзи зі своїх крил і, пропуская крізь них сонячне світло, спалює все навколо. І всіх їх ловлять лише щоб з‘їсти. Деякі персонажі з команди корабля навіть пускають слину, побачивши в небі дракона.
Окремо треба відмітити одну особливість цієї манги - в кожному розділі декілька сторінок відведено на… приготування якогось блюда з м‘яса чергового дракона. Тут вам і бутерброд із стейком з хвоста дракона, і дракончик табака, і навіть копчене сало дракона на житньому хлібі… І щоб ви не забули, що саме герої готували в цьому випуску - остання сторінка кожного розділу відведена на кулінарний рецепт з ретельним описом кількості потрібних інгредієнтів.
Якщо вам не зрозуміло, на що воно тут потрібно - рекомендую спочатку почитати мангу «Бакуман», в якій йдеться про життя і творчий шлях художників манги. Там дуже багато уваги приділено роботі художника з його редактором, і прочитавши хоча б ��ерший том, розумієш, яка в Японії конкуренція на оригінальні сюжети. Якщо в вашій манзі нема якоїсь цікавої родзинки - її не приймуть, навіть якщо намальовано це бездоганно. Саме кулінарна частина «Дрейфуючіх драконів» і є цією родзинкою.
Манга «Дрейфуючі дракони» привернула мою увагу саме з-за стилю малювання. Не буду здивований, якщо художник не лише виріс на культовій «Наусіки з долини вітрів», а й ретельно її перемалював від початку й до останнього кадру (а в Наусіки більше 1100 сторінок). Деякі моменти, здається, змальовані навіть з аніме «Небесний замок Лапута». Наприклад, сцена в «вороновому гнізді» - це оглядове місто на найвищій точці дирижабля, в якому постійно сидить на вахті дозорний.
Звісно, художник ще не дотягує до неперевершеної лінії свого кумиру, але підібрався до цього дуже близько. Проте, все це лише мої спостереження та здогадки, інформацію про автора і про те, чому його манга так схожа на стиль Міядзакі, я не знайшов.
Що стосується сюжету: тут йдеться про команду повітряного корабля «Королева Заза», які заробляють на життя відловом драконів. Ці небесні створіння мало чим нагадуть звичних нам драконів із фентезийних світів - тут вони скоріш схожі на іншопланетних літаючих звірів. Один має тентаклі вздовж голови, інший робить щось накшталт великої лінзи зі своїх крил і, пропуская крізь них сонячне світло, спалює все навколо. І всіх їх ловлять лише щоб з‘їсти. Деякі персонажі з команди корабля навіть пускають слину, побачивши в небі дракона.
Окремо треба відмітити одну особливість цієї манги - в кожному розділі декілька сторінок відведено на… приготування якогось блюда з м‘яса чергового дракона. Тут вам і бутерброд із стейком з хвоста дракона, і дракончик табака, і навіть копчене сало дракона на житньому хлібі… І щоб ви не забули, що саме герої готували в цьому випуску - остання сторінка кожного розділу відведена на кулінарний рецепт з ретельним описом кількості потрібних інгредієнтів.
Якщо вам не зрозуміло, на що воно тут потрібно - рекомендую спочатку почитати мангу «Бакуман», в якій йдеться про життя і творчий шлях художників манги. Там дуже багато уваги приділено роботі художника з його редактором, і прочитавши хоча б ��ерший том, розумієш, яка в Японії конкуренція на оригінальні сюжети. Якщо в вашій манзі нема якоїсь цікавої родзинки - її не приймуть, навіть якщо намальовано це бездоганно. Саме кулінарна частина «Дрейфуючіх драконів» і є цією родзинкою.
June 30, 2022
Really enjoyed the first book, and it's giving me heavy ghibli vibes in both the art and story itself.
February 13, 2020
"We might as well get it at its tastiest."
Draking is a tough business. A crew of dozens. A ragged airship sailing among the clouds. A few rifles. A few harpoon guns. And a bit of luck.
And maybe, just maybe, the crew will take down a flying beast or two and make some decent coin.
The Quin Zaza is a fairly expert team of men and women whose sole alliance is to the skies. There are the requisite contributors: Mika (the dummy with brilliant luck), Vanabelle (the country woman with high-grade instinct), Takita (the new girl), Jiro (the young guy everyone respects more than others), and so forth. DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 is no different than any other explorer-manga about a crew of seafarers, itinerant knights, or infantrymen whose brotherhood is equally and as persuasively liberating as their cause. Fortunately, Kuawabara's imagination takes the comic book a little deeper and a little further than the typical fantasy two-step.
DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 is a book about wonder. These characters have no home. They have no family but each other. And they have no pursuit but the feast-or-famine endeavor known as draking: the hunting, slaying, and sale of massive flying, tentacle-bearing beasts (dragons). Whenever the Quin Zaza takes on one such beast, the whole crew leaps into action, hooking into or slashing through the death grip of their next meal. Whether the crew kills its target and sells the goods to a nearby town or let's one "get away" for the sake of the airship's survival, one thing is certain: win or lose, it is all done as a team.
The comic's charm is a mixture of outstanding visual artistry and lovely if entirely familiar character archetypes. DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 relishes the realistic facial expressions and dramatic, whole-body movement popularized in many 1980s manga — a style prioritizing characters who spit when they yell, hyper-dramatic macro shots of dilated pupils whenever characters make a purposeful decision, and tears whipped by the roaring, cross-hatched winds of a coming thunderstorm. The manga's story isn't particularly fantastic, but it is fun. The manga's art, however, is phenomenal, and is worth the price of admission, as the saying goes.
One hopes the creative team pushes this book toward a character-driven narrative that explores the porous and flexible ethos of each dragon hunter. Takita is the newest crewmember; she's bright but conscientious, and she struggles with her adoration of her teammates. It'd be nice to see her suffer the misfortune of her naivete sooner rather than later. Vanabelle is the typical "attractive alcoholic" female crewmember; she's also jaded, sporting a design that pits her blasé, low-lidded expression against the ferocity her job entails. It would be nice to see why, exactly, the woman believes, "I had nowhere to go on the ground. So I learned how to fly. End of story."
DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 has room for growth, though nowhere rendered in its loglines. Hopefully, as the chapters push forward, the creative team will show readers more of these characters and why they've chosen a dangerous (and dying) profession to prove themselves worthy of who they claim to be.
Draking is a tough business. A crew of dozens. A ragged airship sailing among the clouds. A few rifles. A few harpoon guns. And a bit of luck.
And maybe, just maybe, the crew will take down a flying beast or two and make some decent coin.
The Quin Zaza is a fairly expert team of men and women whose sole alliance is to the skies. There are the requisite contributors: Mika (the dummy with brilliant luck), Vanabelle (the country woman with high-grade instinct), Takita (the new girl), Jiro (the young guy everyone respects more than others), and so forth. DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 is no different than any other explorer-manga about a crew of seafarers, itinerant knights, or infantrymen whose brotherhood is equally and as persuasively liberating as their cause. Fortunately, Kuawabara's imagination takes the comic book a little deeper and a little further than the typical fantasy two-step.
DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 is a book about wonder. These characters have no home. They have no family but each other. And they have no pursuit but the feast-or-famine endeavor known as draking: the hunting, slaying, and sale of massive flying, tentacle-bearing beasts (dragons). Whenever the Quin Zaza takes on one such beast, the whole crew leaps into action, hooking into or slashing through the death grip of their next meal. Whether the crew kills its target and sells the goods to a nearby town or let's one "get away" for the sake of the airship's survival, one thing is certain: win or lose, it is all done as a team.
The comic's charm is a mixture of outstanding visual artistry and lovely if entirely familiar character archetypes. DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 relishes the realistic facial expressions and dramatic, whole-body movement popularized in many 1980s manga — a style prioritizing characters who spit when they yell, hyper-dramatic macro shots of dilated pupils whenever characters make a purposeful decision, and tears whipped by the roaring, cross-hatched winds of a coming thunderstorm. The manga's story isn't particularly fantastic, but it is fun. The manga's art, however, is phenomenal, and is worth the price of admission, as the saying goes.
One hopes the creative team pushes this book toward a character-driven narrative that explores the porous and flexible ethos of each dragon hunter. Takita is the newest crewmember; she's bright but conscientious, and she struggles with her adoration of her teammates. It'd be nice to see her suffer the misfortune of her naivete sooner rather than later. Vanabelle is the typical "attractive alcoholic" female crewmember; she's also jaded, sporting a design that pits her blasé, low-lidded expression against the ferocity her job entails. It would be nice to see why, exactly, the woman believes, "I had nowhere to go on the ground. So I learned how to fly. End of story."
DRIFTING DRAGONS #1 has room for growth, though nowhere rendered in its loglines. Hopefully, as the chapters push forward, the creative team will show readers more of these characters and why they've chosen a dangerous (and dying) profession to prove themselves worthy of who they claim to be.
September 8, 2020
3.5 Stars
This is such an interesting start! I've recently discovered I adore food-related manga, more specifically fantasy-based food manga. So when I saw this anime on Netflix I decided to look and see if it had a manga I could check out first, and immediately downloaded the first volume!
It's a slice of life story revolving around a skyship crew that hunts down dragons and sells their meat and oil to survive. There is a whole cast of characters that are quite interesting and in this volume, we get little teasers here and there regarding some of their motivations for being on the ship. I quite like Mika, even though he seems a bit one-track minded when it comes to hunting dragons an eating them. He has a lot going on, but we are not given much on who he is. The foody sections are more of an addition to the overall laid back storyline, but they are always a welcome inclusion for me. I love seeing what the mangaka comes up with for these weird recipes.
The artwork is simply gorgeous and I love that the dragon designs are very atypical.
Overall, while this wasn't mind-blowing it was interesting enough for me to want to continue on with the series.
This is such an interesting start! I've recently discovered I adore food-related manga, more specifically fantasy-based food manga. So when I saw this anime on Netflix I decided to look and see if it had a manga I could check out first, and immediately downloaded the first volume!
It's a slice of life story revolving around a skyship crew that hunts down dragons and sells their meat and oil to survive. There is a whole cast of characters that are quite interesting and in this volume, we get little teasers here and there regarding some of their motivations for being on the ship. I quite like Mika, even though he seems a bit one-track minded when it comes to hunting dragons an eating them. He has a lot going on, but we are not given much on who he is. The foody sections are more of an addition to the overall laid back storyline, but they are always a welcome inclusion for me. I love seeing what the mangaka comes up with for these weird recipes.
The artwork is simply gorgeous and I love that the dragon designs are very atypical.
Overall, while this wasn't mind-blowing it was interesting enough for me to want to continue on with the series.
February 22, 2021
I did not really enjoy reading this first volume. If the art wasn’t so beautiful I would have given it one star.
This is a story about a group of sky sailors that hunt dragons, mainly for their meat. The hunting methods seemed extremely painful for the dragons — harpooning, multiple bombs, then a final blow.
I was hoping it would have some semblance to the turn around with the How to Train Your Dragon saga, but there weren’t really any signs of change. Often times the crew would avoid ending the dragons’ suffering as fast as they could because the taste of the meat would be altered.
Near the end of the first volume, the crew is shown a kindness by a dragon. This could have been a great place for the crew to see the harm they were causing, but they were just irritated that they couldn’t catch the dragon.
There were a lot of missed opportunities here. 2/5 stars.
This is a story about a group of sky sailors that hunt dragons, mainly for their meat. The hunting methods seemed extremely painful for the dragons — harpooning, multiple bombs, then a final blow.
I was hoping it would have some semblance to the turn around with the How to Train Your Dragon saga, but there weren’t really any signs of change. Often times the crew would avoid ending the dragons’ suffering as fast as they could because the taste of the meat would be altered.
Near the end of the first volume, the crew is shown a kindness by a dragon. This could have been a great place for the crew to see the harm they were causing, but they were just irritated that they couldn’t catch the dragon.
There were a lot of missed opportunities here. 2/5 stars.
February 10, 2020
Interesting concept and world, excellent artwork and fun characters make this first volume an engaging beginning with lots of future potential. I can see why Netflix is making it into an anime, it’s not too cliche and has a really exciting and fun premise. Steampunk mixed with dragons and almost a Ghibli-like aesthetic make for a winning combination. Though the story itself isn’t really too deep, there is a potential for it to explore the characters and world in a way that would keep it interesting. Definitely one to keep an eye on!
February 27, 2019
No sé muy bien qué pensar. El dibujo es una pasada y me da la impresión que la historia puede evolucionar mucho, pero hay demasiadas cosas que no me convencen: las recetas de cocina de dragones me descolocan mucho; parece que la motivación principal de los personajes es comer y ganar dinero; se dedican a cazar dragones, vale, pero no dejan pasar ni uno... Es muy fácil hacer la asociación dragonero-ballenero.
No sé muy bien qué clase de historia quieren contar.
No sé muy bien qué clase de historia quieren contar.
October 8, 2020
A crew hunts dragons in their airship; the similarities to whaling make it a rather uncomfortable read. Some of the characters are quite engaging and the art offers some impressive views of the sky and the dragons that live there – at least until our heroes slaughter them without mercy, even the babies.
March 1, 2020
Molto carino e particolare, soprattutto per le ricette a base di carne di drago infilate tra un capitolo e l'altro.
La storia narra le vicende della Quin Zaza, una delle poche navi rimaste nei cieli alla caccia di draghi. Il bottino catturato viene lavorato e venduto (non si butta via nulla) in cambio di soldi e di ospitalità per la ciurma (ospitalità che non viene data quasi mai, perché purtroppo i cacciatori non sono ben visti dalle persone).
La protagonista è Takita, la matricola del gruppo. Non sono ancora ben chiare le motivazioni che l'hanno spinta verso questa professione, ma sono sicura che ne sapremo di più nei prossimi volumi.
Altri membri della ciurma sono Mika, abile cacciatore fissatissimo con il cibo (come dargli torto), Vannie altra cacciatrice che però sembra avere qualche ripensamento e Jiro, figlio di un cacciatore.
La storia pare interessante, recupererò i prossimi volumi.
La storia narra le vicende della Quin Zaza, una delle poche navi rimaste nei cieli alla caccia di draghi. Il bottino catturato viene lavorato e venduto (non si butta via nulla) in cambio di soldi e di ospitalità per la ciurma (ospitalità che non viene data quasi mai, perché purtroppo i cacciatori non sono ben visti dalle persone).
La protagonista è Takita, la matricola del gruppo. Non sono ancora ben chiare le motivazioni che l'hanno spinta verso questa professione, ma sono sicura che ne sapremo di più nei prossimi volumi.
Altri membri della ciurma sono Mika, abile cacciatore fissatissimo con il cibo (come dargli torto), Vannie altra cacciatrice che però sembra avere qualche ripensamento e Jiro, figlio di un cacciatore.
La storia pare interessante, recupererò i prossimi volumi.
March 22, 2021
Basically a whaling story, except they're hunting dragons with airships! The art is top notch and there are, weirdly, a lot of recipes? I haven't seen the anime yet but I hear the Kids These Days(tm) are all about it.
January 8, 2022
An unusual book club pick - just to challenge ourselves to read something really different -we each chose a Manga book. It certainly is different! I did enjoy learning something new and it even included recipes for dragon meat!!
October 25, 2022
Étant végétarienne, j'ai vraiment du mal avec cette philosophie de chasse parcque "j'aime les dragons" je vais essayer de lire la suite car les personnages sont attachant et les dessin superbe mais je ne recommande pas aux végétariennes. A voir si plus tard cette question ce développe...
April 8, 2019
Ich liebe es. Von den Charakteren zum Zeichnungsstil zur Geschichte, love it.
January 20, 2020
2020 Read #83
If you like dragons — you may not like this series. Dragons are the prey here, and they are seen as a delicacy.
If you are not a foodie manga reader — you may not like this series. Each chapter focuses on a new kind of meal made with dragon meat.
If you are not a fantasy adventure fan — why are you reading this??? Go pick up a sports manga or a slice-of-life series.
As for me, I am on the fence. I love dragons, but I don’t like the idea of a story focusing on hunting and eating them (even though the dragons in this series look less reptilian lizard-like and more like something that came out of a mecha series like Evangelion or Eureka Seven). I’m curious how the series will tackle the crew-as-found-family idea, though, since this manga does focus on its characters. I’m intrigued enough to continue reading.
If you like dragons — you may not like this series. Dragons are the prey here, and they are seen as a delicacy.
If you are not a foodie manga reader — you may not like this series. Each chapter focuses on a new kind of meal made with dragon meat.
If you are not a fantasy adventure fan — why are you reading this??? Go pick up a sports manga or a slice-of-life series.
As for me, I am on the fence. I love dragons, but I don’t like the idea of a story focusing on hunting and eating them (even though the dragons in this series look less reptilian lizard-like and more like something that came out of a mecha series like Evangelion or Eureka Seven). I’m curious how the series will tackle the crew-as-found-family idea, though, since this manga does focus on its characters. I’m intrigued enough to continue reading.
May 10, 2021
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December 26, 2020
For my full thoughts, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR6Jw...
August 4, 2022
I really enjoy the world that’s being created in this story! As a whole it reminds me a lot of “Delicious in Dungeon”, just set in the skies.
November 27, 2021
The art style is pretty, but the story is not quite my style.
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