Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (Japanese: ????????????, Hepburn: Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyoushinja. The series began serialization in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in May 2013, and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A spin-off manga by Mitsuhiro Kimura began serialization in Monthly Action in December 2016. An anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between January and April 2017.
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Plot
As office worker Kobayashi gets ready for work, she is greeted by a large dragon right outside her front door. The dragon immediately transforms into a young human female in a maid outfit, and introduces herself as Tohru. It turns out that during a drunken excursion into the mountains the night before, Kobayashi had encountered the dragon, who claims to have come from another world. Subsequently, Kobayashi had removed a holy sword from Tohru's back, earning her gratitude. With Tohru having no place to stay, Kobayashi offers to let the dragon stay at her home and become her personal maid, to which she agrees. As Kobayashi has forgotten her drunken offering, she is initially reluctant to allow the dragon into her home despite her previous promise, but a mix of guilt and the usefulness of Tohru's dragon abilities convinces Kobayashi to accept her. Despite being efficient at housework, Tohru's unorthodox methods of housekeeping often end up scaring Kobayashi and bringing more trouble than help. Additionally, Tohru's presence attracts other dragons, gods, and mythical beings to her new home.
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Characters
Main characters
- Kobayashi (??)
- Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
- A normal programmer and office worker who suddenly finds herself living with a dragon after removing a divine sword from it on a drunken night. While typically stoic and kind-hearted, she can get wild when drunk and has a particular fascination with maids. She is occasionally mistaken as a boy, due to her lack of feminine features, particularly her flat chest.
- Tohru (???, T?ru) / Tohru Kobayashi (?????, Kobayashi T?ru)
- Voiced by: Y?ki Kuwahara (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft (English)
- A female dragon of the Chaos faction who is capable of utilising magic to perform such tasks as "perception-blocking", repairing damage she may have caused, or transforming into a human girl. After her life is saved by Kobayashi, she falls in love with her and starts living in her flat as a maid. She usually retains her horns when changing into human shape, and occasionally retains her tail. She is commonly mistaken for a cosplayer due to her attire. A running gag involves her attempting to feed Kobayashi pieces of her tail (which she can regenerate) with her cooking as a sign of affection.
- Kanna Kamui (??????) / Kanna Kobayashi (?? ???, Kobayashi Kanna)
- Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)
- Tohru's friend from the dragon realm who was exiled from her world for pulling too many pranks on other dragons and wound up living with Kobayashi as well. She is very young by dragon standards, equivalent to a primary school student at Oborozuka Elementary School (??? ???, Oborozuka Sh?gakk?), which she attends as a third grade student bearing Kobayashi's surname. She initially assumes that Kobayashi seduced Tohru into staying and wanted her to return to their original world. She grows increasingly attached to Kobayashi as the series progresses, viewing her as a mother figure. Kanna's basis and tribal attire are inspired by the culture of the indigenous natives of Hokkaido and claims to be from Ushishir. She bears feather-like horns and a thin tail ending in a bulb, and is capable of recharging her depleted magical energy with electricity.
Dragons
- Elma (???, Eruma) / Elma Joui (?? ???, J?i Eruma)
- Voiced by: Y?ki Takada (Japanese); Rachel Glass (English)
- A water dragon belonging to the Order faction, rival to Tohru's Chaos faction, who ends up working alongside Kobayashi at her office after getting stuck in the human world. She is as powerful as she is diligent and driven, but also naive, indecisive, and easily swayed by food (primarily sweets) due to her low income. Her human form is distinguished by purple hair, a horn, and wielding a trident; "Elma Joui" is the identity she uses while in Kobayashi's workplace.
- Quetzalcoatl (????????, Ketsarukoatoru) / Lucoa (???, Rukoa)
- Voiced by: Minami Takahashi (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)
- An Aztec dragon goddess and another friend of Tohru, who lost her divine status centuries ago after getting drunk and causing a scandal involving her younger sister, much like the Quetzalcoatl of the original mythology. She is often referred to as Lucoa (from "lcoa" of the deity's name presumably because it is easier to say) and Tohru sees her as a source of wisdom but will sometimes casually reference the events in her past, much to Lucoa's embarrassment. She lives with Shouta after she interrupted his summoning spell to prevent him from summoning a dangerous demon, causing him to mistakenly believe she is a succubus. Lucoa appears in her human form as a tall, well-endowed woman with striking heterochromia. She often becomes overly affectionate with Shouta, scaring him, and having others mark her as a pervert.
- Fafnir (??????, Fafun?ru) / Takeshi Ooyama (?? ?, ?yama Takeshi)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Garret Storms (English)
- Another old friend of Tohru, he is a male dragon with a strong distrust for humans which leads to him questioning much of Tohru's actions and ideals in his earlier appearances. He shares some resemblance to the traits of his namesake, such as his cold demeanour and disdainful mentality. He appears as a refined young man with long black hair and red eyes in his human form. After Tohru's attempts to find him a place to stay (under the name Takeshi Ooyama), Fafnir eventually comes to live with Takiya, becoming obsessed with video games and popular culture.
- Ilulu (???, Iruru)
- A Chaos faction dragon who targets Tohru because of her relationship with a human, attempting to destroy the city in the process. She then turns her eye to Kobayashi, trying to drive her and Tohru apart to prove her beliefs, but after Kobayashi and Tohru save her from an Order dragon she has a change of heart and ends up living with them. Ilulu appears in her human form as a petite girl with a very ample bust. Her mental growth was somewhat impaired due to various beliefs that were forced on her by other chaos dragons. When she was younger, she enjoyed playing with human children, and since coming to Earth, she has taken up a job at a candy store, so that she can still see children when they are happy.
- Emperor of Demise (???, Sh?entei)
- Voiced by: Takayuki Sug? (Japanese); John McCalmont (English)
- Tohru's father, who disapproves of Tohru's relationship with Kobayashi due to their beliefs as Chaos dragons and because of a non-interference rule about Earth. He attempts to force Tohru to leave with him but decides to let her stay after Kobayashi stands up to him, despite knowing how easily he could kill her. In the manga, he leaves Kobayashi alive, as he does not want to risk angering Tohru, who he recognizes as stronger than him.
Humans
- Makoto Takiya (?? ?, Takiya Makoto)
- Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Jeff Johnson (English)
- Kobayashi's co-worker who is initially believed by Tohru to be a rival for Kobayashi's affections, but is really just an otaku who thinks of Kobayashi as "one of the guys" and likes to talk about maids with her. Kobayashi helps him set up during Comiket every year. Fafnir eventually decides to live with him in the human world due to his enormous game and manga collection.
- Riko Saikawa (?? ??, Saikawa Riko)
- Voiced by: Emiri Kat? (Japanese); Sara Ragsdale (English)
- Kanna's primary school classmate who is initially hostile towards her but soon develops a crush on her. A running gag involves her becoming overwhelmingly flushed with bliss every time she and Kanna make physical contact.
- Georgie Saikawa (?? ?????, Saikawa J?j?)
- Voiced by: Yuko Goto (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)
- Riko's older sister who pretends to be a housemaid as her hobby and thus gets on very well with Kobayashi.
- Shouta Magatsuchi (??? ??, Magatsuchi Sh?ta)
- Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara (Japanese); Alison Viktorin (English)
- A young mage who Lucoa starts living with after she interrupted his summoning spell. He is convinced that Lucoa is a succubus, and though she tries to clear the misunderstanding, her overly familiar antics do little to help her case. A running gag involves him blushing and running away every time he makes contact with Lucoa's impressive bust and scolding her as a "bad demon". In the anime, he is in fifth grade at the school Riko and Kanna attend. His father is the director of Kobayashi's company, who designed their programming language based on magic from the other world, and keeps tabs on Tohru and Kobayashi for the Emperor of Demise.
Media
Manga
Coolkyoushinja began publishing the series in the first issue of Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine on 25 May 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in North America, and they released the first volume in October 2016. A spin-off manga illustrated by Mitsuhiro Kimura, titled Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life (???????????? ??????, Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon: Kanna no Nichij?), began serialization in Monthly Action on 24 December 2016. Seven Seas Entertainment also licensed the spin-off in North America.
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life
Anime
The wraparound cover of the fourth volume of the series revealed that an anime television series adaptation had been greenlit. The series was directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto at Kyoto Animation and aired in Japan between 11 January and 6 April 2017. Yuka Yamada supervised the scripts, Miku Kadowaki served as character designer, Nobuaki Maruki served as chief animation director, and the music was composed by Masumi It?. Crunchyroll simulcast the series as it aired while Funimation released an English dubbed version from 1 February 2017. An original video animation episode was released on the seventh Blu-ray/DVD compilation volume on 20 September 2017. The opening theme is "Aozora no Rhapsody" (????????, "Blue Sky Rhapsody") by Fhána, and the ending theme is "Ishukan Communication" (???????????????, "Interspecies Communication") by Y?ki Kuwahara, Maria Naganawa, Minami Takahashi, and Y?ki Takada.
Note
See also
- I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying, a series by the same author
- Komori-san Can't Decline, another series by the same author
References
External links
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid at Monthly Action (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid at Seven Seas Entertainment
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid on IMDb
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