SUCH A FUN SERIES OPENER! It is comfy and fantastical at the same time. I loved the comedy beats/tone.

A slice-of-life comedy about a young girl named Ruri who wakes up one morning sporting strange horns. What does it mean? Will this new physical change help Ruri engage more fully with her classmates?

The adults in this manga are strangely unconcerned about Ruri's dragonhood, which makes me suspicious about the wider world that Ruri seems to know nothing about. The art style is cute and the characters are distinct.

A Slice of a regular, ordinary (half dragon) life.

One day average, if a bit of a loner, high school girl Ruri wakes up with horns growing out of the top of her head. Her mother explains, matter-of-factly, that Ruri is half-dragon, and later at school she sneezes out a burst of flame, which her human throat can't handle causing burns and bloody mess, requiring her to go to the nurse's office. After a week off (and working with her mom to learn how to control her flame breath) Ruri returns to school, and uses her new social cache as a half dragon to begin to open up and learn how to socialize.

As far as novel versions of disability or diversity narratives go, RuriDragon certainly paints things (at least in this first volume) through some pretty rosy glasses. Ruri's slacker teacher is too lackadaisical to care about her differences, and the kids soon accept them after Ruri's mother comes to class to apologize and mention them working on the flame thing. It's all handled so reasonably, it feels fairly utopic and ideal... which is pretty dang pleasant when you consider how drastically people can react to minor differences in school settings.

As a piece of speculative fiction, RuriDragon is pretty dang delightful. At least part of the fun is Ruri's puberty-dragon symptoms, but the series seems to get the most traction out of using these to grow Ruri's social bonds with classmates and new friends. An interesting examination of social growth and development, with an adolescent dragon-lens.

Opinions are my own and do not represent my institution.

Ruri’s a typical high schooler. She worries about making new friends, talking to boys, and doing well in class. And she’s half dragon. Good thing everyone’s so chill about that last part.

Funny, heartwarming slice of life. I like how the story doesn't focus on the dragon bit, but instead has fun with how accepting and accommodating others are around Ruri. Fun, wholesome read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Viz Media for the advanced reader copy.

RuriDragon, while formulaic and a little bit obvious, has a certain charm to it. It's not the most original story ever told, but Shindo manages to make you like the characters enough to keep reading.

This was very cute! Imagine waking up one day with dragon horns, but still having to go to high school! You might expect everyone to freak out and push you away, but everyone at school is surprisingly cool (even when you singe their hair).

In the great tradition of fantastical depictions of puberty, we've got RuriDragon. As the title states, she's part dragon and the traits are coming out now that she's hit a certain age. Overall this is a positive depiction of being a mixed heritage kid, with the bonus of dragons. The volume ends in a way that definitely has me looking forward to volume 2.

This was a fun little slice of life! Having the reader experience dragon puberty along with our main character is a fun setup. The reader probably has as many questions as she does concerning the fact her father is mostly absent and a dragon. but most of the people in the world are very chill about this fact, which was nice. It gives the series a very easy-going feel, but the action panels are nothing to sneeze (fire) at either! This was a good start and I'm curious to see where it goes!

This was a super cute manga that I would recommend to anyone that loves slice of life or dragons, and definitely if you love both. This is definitely going to become a must buy series for me in the future. Thank you to goodreads for providing an earc to review.

YAY!! I've seen a part of this comic on the internet and I've been dying to read it! I'm so glad I'm getting the chance to now, it's super cute and the way everyone just accepts her is really comforting.

I'm so happy this title is getting published and that the mangaka is back from their hiatus.

I read the first few chapters maybe a year ago on the Shonen/Viz app and was instantly hooked. It's not everyday a kid wakes up with horns on their head and their mom is very nonchalant about it. I'm really excited to read more and to see where this story goes.

Hoping the mangaka remains in good health as well!