St. Dragon Girl 3
Posted: May 29, 2009 Filed under: St. Dragon Girl 1 Comment »Now, these lighter shoujo series aren’t so much my thing, they’re just a bit too much shallow fun for my tastes. That’s fine, considering the audience for them is actually younger than, say, High School Debut, I’m just not into these types of stories. They are always extremely cute though, and sometimes even I need that extra shot of sugary sweetness.
St. Dragon Girl actually stands out from the crowd a little bit (at least among the stuff I read) because it doesn’t really have much to do with the characters in school. There’s still a shy romance between childhood friends, but the girl is a martial artist and the boy is a magician, so most of the stories are about jobs the boy has exorcising things, or spirits coming to menace the two of them, or other supernatural phenomona the two run into. I actually like it quite a bit for that.
In this volume, Momoka is possessed by a Chinese wedding garment, Shunran and Momoka make friends with the spirit of a little boy (this story had a pretty fun twist at the end), one of Ryuga’s relatives is having problems with his mother and little brother that Momoka helps out with… the stories aren’t really interconnected, and the only continuity seems to be the relationship/crush between Ryuga and Momoka and their family history in their respective fields.
It’s good fun, if you’re in the mood for something light, cute, and action-y. Most of the stories are buildup to a final fight where Momoka beats people up and Ryuga releases the dragon inside her. There’s not to much to it other than that, so look elsewhere if you want something to sink your teeth into.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
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