Seikoku no Dragonar

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Synonyms: Seikoku no Ryuukishi, The Star-Carved Dragner

Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士〈ドラグナー〉

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 66

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 27, 2011 to Nov 26, 2016

Genres: Fantasy, Ecchi

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Comic Alive

Authors: RAN (Art), Mizuchi, Shiki (Story)

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Score: 7.05¹ (scored by 2,672 users)

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Ranked: #8892²

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MangaComic AliveRAN (Art), Mizuchi, Shiki (Story)

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Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy—except for first-year student Ash Blake, who is known by his fellow classmates as the "number one problem child." Poor Ash is the laughingstock at school because, despite his unfashionably large star-shaped brand that marks him as a future dragon master, he has nothing to show for it. His dragon has never appeared.

Until now, that is. One fateful day, Ash's dragon awakes in full glory, but appears different than any dragon ever seen before—in the form of a beautiful girl! What's worse, Ash soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, the servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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Seikoku no Dragonar was published in English as Dragonar Academy by Seven Seas Entertainment from February 4, 2014 to December 5, 2017.

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Eco

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Lautreamont, Silvia

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Blake, Ash

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Randall, Rebecca

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Navi

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Saarinen, Lucca

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Lautreamont, Veronica

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Kirkland, Raymond

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Anya

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Kiltzkaya, Avdocha

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Jan 10, 2021

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A manga with great art that isn't all that unique but is a pretty solid telling of a standard story, other than the incredibly inopportune axed ending.

This is a manga that isn't particularly novel, but is a solid usage of standard tropes and plot elements. It's mostly set in an academy and thus generally follows the general structure of a battle academy with random lighthearted school events intermixed with more serious action filled plot lines tying into overarching plot lines but being written in such a way that they're pretty character focused. The lighthearted moments were reasonably solid, wherein the comedy wasn't great but ... was decent enough. The overarching plot lines were also decent and it felt like there was good world building, though ultimately it didn't really do much with most of it. The action was okay, in that it looked cool and felt like it had a few good concepts but it didn't really try that hard to do much with them most of the time so things felt pretty random.

The characters were also pretty solid, wherein the protagonist has an okay personality in that there's nothing that particularly makes him stand out as a good character, but nothing that particularly makes him a bad character either. The rest of the cast is far better. There were a few characters that were pretty much likable from the get go, the most prominent of whom was the main character Rebecca, though most of the others in this category were side characters like Lucca, Jessica, Anya, or the various maids. With the rest of the main characters, such as Eco, Sylvia, and later on Oscar, they start out not being all that likable at all but over time either grow in such ways so as to minimize what made them annoying or are given more background that makes them likable even with their issues, which is a decent enough way to handle things as the main cast is pretty likable overall by the end. With that said, the character and relationship development isn't all that great, never being all that surprising or impactful, but at the same time it doesn't really do anything particularly wrong either and does seem to convey things pretty well.

It should be noted that the ending is awful, in that this is an adaptation of a novel that clearly got rushed axed in what feels like the exact middle of an arc, which results in the last chapter being a quick flash forward past the arc with the protagonist simply remembering how the rest of the arc was resolved. I suppose this was necessary as it's not like you can leave a story related arc dangling completely, but at the same time as one would expect it was rushed way too much for it to be anywhere near an enjoyable adaptation of the rest of the arc, and furthermore having to do that prevented it from being able to hit any of the standard notes that axed manga try to hit in terms of characters looking towards the future and such, which leaves the ending feeling woefully incomplete and leaves a terrible final impression. The art has a pretty generic style with character designs also being pretty generic for the most part, but overall is really high quality with the colored pages including covers especially standing out as well done, and overall the manga uses its art style well such as it flows well and looks really nice.

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Dec 5, 2015

Alanmario

Recommended

Preliminary (30/66 eps)

Seikoku no Dragonar or Dragonar Acadmey in English, is a story about a young man named Ash Blake whose dragon takes the form of a petite, pink-haired girl with a feisty attitude. Not only is that his start to a harem, but is also the start of his journey to become the hero of his kingdom.

(At the time of this review, the manga is still being published with about 7 issues released. I myself have read up to issue 6.)
Overall I give this manga a score of 8. Here's why:

Story: 7
The story so far looks promising. Our protagonist, Ash, is at the bottom ... of the school and is labeled as a problem child until his dragon, Eco, is born. The story is filled with action, comedy and a bit of romance. You'll see how Ash works his way up in his academy. You will see why so many characters are introduced and kept throughout the works. You'll see why two of the largest kingdoms in the land almost declare total war on each other, just for one dragon. Nothing about these things are child's play either, with there being warriors who could take out thousands of men to terrorists holding hostages in a church. You're in for hell-of-a read when you pick this series up

Art: 7
The art is unique and well-made at certain parts. The characters themselves look similar to those in other mangas. Clothing is nothing too special either. The art shines best though in it's drawings of both machinery and the dragons themselves. It's like a completely different manga when you compare it the the cutesy look of the cast. I especially like the kind of steam-punkish elements with the machines as well. The star marks also have good aesthetic value as well.

Characters: 9
This is where the manga shines the most. It originally starts off with a modest cast side but as it goes along, you meet new characters with old ones getting more and more deeper in to their backstory. Not all the girls come off to initially like Ash. No some have some history with him prior to the events in the manga. Others want him for their own selfish reasons. However, the new characters you meet will also get some story of their own such as the elfish rider, Lukka. They're not one-offs either. No, they keep returning back iin later issues such as the assassin pair from the Zepharos empire. Little by little, you'll be able to piece who they are.

Enjoyment: 8
I enjoy reading this manga very much. It has a nice mix of comedy, action and fan-service. The comedy is unique in its own ways, whereas Eco somehow gets woozy and disoriented from eating crepes, which leads to embarrassing moments for Ash. The fan service also hits you by surprise. One moment Sylvia is talking to her elder sister. The next moment, her top is ripped off by her sisters axe... Very enjoyable.

That is my review on Dragonar academy. A harem-fantasy story where you see how the cast develops as they save their kingdom from all sorts of evils.
I hope you nejoyed this review and enjoy the manga as well.

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Apr 18, 2015

Magister_Jakene

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/66 eps)

Seikoku No Dragonar is a really good manga. It has a good story too. BUT, If I said that I completely enjoyed it, I'd be lying. As I said before, Seikoku No Dragonar is a really good manga. The main character has his own harem and it has some action here and there. I do not like how the characters don't have a lot of backgrounds with them. So far, we only know that in Princess Sylvia's (I think that's her name) past, her sister made her train hard to become a knight like her. The backgrounds deserve more consideration. Other than that, it is ...

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