Ryūrōden

Legend of the Dragon's Son
龍狼伝 (Ryūrōden)
Genre	Historical, Fantasy, Adventure
Manga
Written by	Yoshito Yamahara
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	1993 – 2007
Volumes	37
Manga
Ryūrōden: Chugen Ryōranhen
Written by	Yoshito Yamahara
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	2007 – ongoing
Volumes	16

Ryūrōden (龍狼伝, lit. "Legend of Dragon and Wolf"), translated as Legend of the Dragon's Son, is a historical fantasy manga by Yoshito Yamahara. It was serialized by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1993 to 2007 and collected in 37 tankōbon volumes; in 2005 it was reprinted in 10 bunkoban volumes. In 1997, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga.^[1] It is followed by a sequel series, Ryūrōden: Chugen Ryōran-hen (龍狼伝 中原繚乱編), which has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine since 2007 and collected in 16 volumes.

Outside Japan, both series are licensed in Taiwan by Tong Li,^[2] in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo, and South Korea by Final.

Ryūrōden is about Japanese teenagers Shiro and Masumi who are swallowed by a dragon on flying to China on a junior high school trip. They find themselves in China in the year 207 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms period, at the start of the campaign leading to the Battle of Red Cliffs. As they learn how to survive, in part through Shiro's knowledge of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms (as well as his growing aptitude for martial arts), they become known as "Dragon Leader" and "Dragon Princess," working for Liu Bei and Cao Cao, respectively.

References

1. Hahn, Joel. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
2. http://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksList.aspx?B=KD0177

External links

• Series page at Kodansha (Japanese)
• Ryūrōden (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia