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Here is my review of this anime in 2022!

Story (9)
The story is about a dragon who's a vegetarian and is worshipped by humans as an evil dragon. But actually, He's not an evil dragon and then the dragon encounters a girl who's going to suicide since She's doesn't have a purpose in Her life. Then that's where the journey begins. There is a lot of comedy and action on their journey you can watch it every episode.

Art (10)
The art in this anime is very good! I love the animation they make, mostly it's animated and less using static images. Not only that, but they also ... have a nice glow, shadow, etc effect.

Sound (9)
All the sounds that they used were suitable and adjusted to the animation.

Character (9)
The main and supporter character is memorable since they have unique personality. I love the dragon and the girl mostly.

Enjoyment (10)
It's delightful to watch this movie in 2022. I don't know why the rating is so bad, but I love this anime so much! The also have less duration than normal anime.

Overall (9)
It's recommended to those who love fantasy, magic, comedy, and action anime!

Herbivorous dragon is a light-hearted, cute, and feel-good show about a wimpy, kind-hearted dragon and an overpowered cute little girl who follows him. The show does a good job of giving an enjoyable experience with a consistent tone that is silly and endearing and cute. What it lacks is depth. It's a show that you can watch and be happy and then move on; you are not going to stop and go, whoa, what did I just watch?

The dragon is kind of like King, from One Punch Man, because people think he's powerful when he's a wimp. And Lingzi (Reiko) is kind of like Saitama, ... but subject to the mind warping field and also believes the dragon is powerful (and evil). So, you might imagine some of the antics that follow. It's not something you can take seriously, because real people have reasons for their beliefs, but if you let it go, it's pretty funny. I said "antics" because nothing in the plot feels central to the plot. It's sort of slice-of-life-ish in that regard.

The animation is simple. Don't expect any breathtaking sakuga. It looks low cost, with limited movement. The characters look nice enough though. Somehow, they make it work, without looking bad.

I have no qualms with the voice acting. Dragon has a soothing avuncular voice, and Lingzi has a cute but dauntless voice which fit their characters.

The ED is a total banger. It's no exaggeration to say that it possibly kept me watching the show. I often skip EDs after hearing them a few times, but not this one. I rewind and watch/listen to it several times per episode. The OP is also good. Note that the art style is much simpler but more animated in the OP and ED than the show.

It's short, so if you consider that it's less than three hours, I'd say it's worth the watch.

This should be short.

I love Soushoku Dragon the comic. It's a nice, fun gag story with a simple premise about an innocent dragon who got wrongfully worshipped by a girl for being the evil dragon. The art was decent and the pacing was just enough to keep the humour and the interest going.

The same cannot be said about the animated series. This production is not at all bad. The animation style, colouring and drawings are all fine. They look fine. However, for a gag series, I didn't laugh. I might come off as harsh, but its direction felt quite antiquated. It reminded me of ... old Chinese gag cartoon like the sheeps or goats and the wolves family thing. It's not that the gags don't work. They worked before in comic form for me, I thoroughly enjoyed the dragon's suffering and the ridiculous situations he got in into. To me, it seems that the director came from another culture and wasn't completely bought into the gags, so he tried to reframed in a way that's familiar to him. The pacing of the jokes, the way they add cartoony reactions to the dragon and the characters are distinctively from their culture sphere. I wasn't a big fan of such humour, and seeing a simple, endearing story being skinned and then having a different skin puts on top is disappointing.

I can't be bothered to talk about sound, music or what not. The way the gags are delivered just fall so flat, I was trying to pay attention to the animations to distract myself from having to understand what's taking place.

The best I could say about the series, is that I finished it. I probably wouldn't have, if I had not read the comic.

I heard it got adapted by Chinese studio because the series was so beloved in China. Why not supporting local artists? I think the ones that needed the most support from their own people are the Chinese artists. Despite having huge creative industry, their best cultural exports are still imitations of foreign culture creation. I'm pretty sure people were enamoured with Hong Kong action films of the 80s and 90s. Those can only exist and be exported because of local supports for local art.