I usually don't write reviews, but I felt compelled to write one about this out of principle.
Kuutei Dragons is a not very well disguised fantasy / glamorization of whaling ships, with "dragons" (these dragons have, uh, tentacles?) as fantasy whales that the crew of an airship hunts and butchers for meat and oil (ie. cooking and lamp fuel, etc – again, this manga isn't exactly subtle). Given that Japan is one of the few nations that still practices illegal whaling (and dolphin hunting), I found this pretty distasteful.
The art is pretty good. The story and characters aren't really anything to write home about. You could
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Airborne Dragons Japanese: 空挺ドラゴンズ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
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Status: Publishing
Published: Jun 7, 2016 to ?
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Seinen
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Kuwabara, Taku (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #27482 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1570
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Your Feelings Categories Jan 3, 2020
So i bought 4 Volumes of this at once, having high hopes because the art style and the overall feeling of the manga covers reminded me of the ghibli movie 'Nausicaa of the valley of the wind' a lot..
What I expected was an adventure about a skyship and it's crew exploring the world and the dragons in it. The way they live and where they live, how it would be possible to locate and hunt them.. and ultimately how they would actually capture them in some interesting ways. But all of this IS NOT in this manga. We are simply following a crew of a dragon hunter ... |

