Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin

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warning: the first chapter is a very bad look on what the manga really is. It makes it look like a pretty generic comedy fantasy when the main objective is expanding a bureaucratic fantasy world that follows obscure medieval rules.

The characters are in general lovely, with a very liberal art style that focuses more on impact than consistency. Everyone has a particular look that sells what their deal is but can be extremely simplified, so you can pay attention to the intricate cities and settings. Most jokes are about regular folk having their jobs structured around magic, levels, heroic deeds (performed by appointed heroes) and ... the like.

There are quite a few D&D references (for example explaining that nothing would be so hard if there were bags of holding) but the main inspiration is MMORPGS and an in depth study of medieval economies that gets expanded in an extra page at the end. I personally love that expansion detailing the research, I learned quite a bit about how hunting was banned in most of Europe even to protect your crops because the lords wanted to hunt in their woods, how wailing was done before refrigeration, and tidbits like that.

I guess that you have to already like work comedies to enjoy this twist on the genre, but I'd recommend this to any fantasy fan. I'm for sure stealing some concepts for a D&D campaign.

Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin is a complete joy to read.
I checked the mangaka's twitter and they are a complete medieval-head. My review may also be pretty biased because I'm the type of guy to be intrigued by anything mildly historically accurate.

From the story aspect, it is so-so nothing really spectacular about it. Most of the time the story is chilled out, sometimes it has a bit of action but it clearly isn't the main point of this manga. Without spoiling anything the story is like servant x service but without the romance and just the struggle of work. It also has entertaining social commentary ... ever so ironic because it is set in a medieval background.

The art is also nothing special, it's the usual chilled-out manga type of style. Nothing truly unique, imagine an isekai art style but better and more roughed out. I think the art fits the point of the manga, it doesn't need Araki levels of genius or anything. The character designs are honestly pretty good. Yoshida for example, the author combines a medieval-type outfit with a traditional Japanese courier uniform all of that on top of a western elf mythical creature. The other characters are also dressed in the context of those times, possibly historically accurate too.

The characters are lovely, honestly my favorite aspect of this series. Yoshida is a great lead, relatable, and downright hilarious. The author really likes to make fun of the character stereotypes of these job-type animes. Not to mention their interactions with each other filled me with joy because it just flows so well.


Overall: Story 7/10, Art 7/10, Character 8/10, Enjoyment 9/10 in total it's a 7.75/10 but i'm rounding it up to an 8/10