Ryūrōden

Japanese manga series

龍狼伝 (Ryūrōden)
Ryūrōden
Cover art of the first volume of the manga.
Manga
Written by	Yoshito Yamahara
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1993 – 2007
Volumes	37
Manga
Ryūrōden: Chugen Ryōran-hen
Written by	Yoshito Yamahara
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	2007 – 2016
Volumes	17
Manga
Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen
Written by	Yoshito Yamahara
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	2016 – present
Volumes	10

Ryūrōden (龍狼伝, lit. 'Legend of Dragon and Wolf'), translated as Legend of the Dragon's Son, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated 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 was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 2007 to 2016 and collected in 17 volumes and later Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen (龍狼伝王霸立国編) from 2016 to present and collected in 10 volumes.

Outside Japan, all three 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 Luo Guanzhong's historical 14th century 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

^ Hahn, Joel. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
^ "龍狼傳 1". Tong Li. Retrieved May 13, 2019.

External links

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

Monthly Shōnen Magazine series

Monthly Shōnen Magazine

Current	Tekken Chinmi Legends (2006) Pumpkin Scissors (2006) Shin Kamen Rider Spirits (2009) Welcome to the Ballroom (2011) Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen (2016) Fermat no Ryōri (2018) Dear Boys Act 4 (2018) In/Spectre (2019) Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (2020) Ishura (2021) Sudachi no Maōjō (2021) Thunder 3 (2022)
1960s	Tensai Bakabon (1967–1969; 1974–1978)
1970s	Spider-Man: The Manga (1970–1971) Violence Jack (1977–1978)
1980s	Tekken Chinmi (1983–1997) Ikenai Luna Sensei! (1986–1988) Shura no Mon (1987–1996) 1+2=Paradise (1988–1990) Dear Boys (1989–1997)
1990s	Ryūrōden (1993–2007) Dear Boys The Early Days (1997) Shin Tekken Chinmi (1997–2004) Et Cetera (1997–2000) Dear Boys Act II (1997–2008) Beck (1999–2008)
2000s	Capeta (2003–2013) Alive: The Final Evolution (2003–2010) C.M.B. (2005–2020) A School Frozen in Time (2007–2009) Ryūrōden: Chugen Ryōran-hen (2007–2016) Dear Boys Act 3 (2008–2015) Those Snow White Notes (2009–2022)
2010s	Noragami (2010–2024) Your Lie in April (2011–2015) Kuro Ageha (2014–2022) Kakushigoto (2015–2020) Dear Boys Over Time (2016–2017) Farewell, My Dear Cramer (2016–2020) Can You Just Die, My Darling? (2017–2021) Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (2017–2022) Love After World Domination (2019–2022)

Monthly Magazine Base

Current	Peach Boy Riverside (2023) Q.E.D. iff (2023) Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence (2023)
Finished	My Life as Inukai-san's Dog (2023)

Shōnen Magazine R
(defunct)

Can You Just Die, My Darling? (2015–2017; 2020–2021)
In/Spectre (2015–2023)
Q.E.D. iff (2015–2023)
Peach Boy Riverside (2015–2023)
Ayanashi (2016–2018)
Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence (2017–2023)
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog (2020–2023)

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1970s	Black Jack and The Three-Eyed One by Osamu Tezuka (1977) Football Hawk by Noboru Kawasaki (1978) Tonda Couple by Kimio Yanagisawa (1979)
1980s	Susano Oh by Gō Nagai (1980) Sanshirō of 1, 2 by Makoto Kobayashi (1981) Gakuto Retsuden by Motoka Murakami (1982) The Kabocha Wine by Mitsuru Miura (1983) Bats & Terry by Yasuichi Ōshima (1984) Bari Bari Densetsu by Shuichi Shigeno (1985) Kōtarō Makaritōru! by Tatsuya Hiruta (1986) Ironfist Chinmi by Takeshi Maekawa (1987) Mister Ajikko by Daisuke Terasawa (1988) Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1989)
1990s	Shura no Mon by Masatoshi Kawahara (1990) Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa (1991) Kaze Hikaru: Koshien by Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami (1992) 3×3 Eyes by Yuzo Takada (1993) Shoot! by Tsukasa Ōshima (1994) The Kindaichi Case Files by Yōzaburō Kanari and Fumiya Satō (1995) Shōta no Sushi by Daisuke Terasawa (1996) Ryūrōden by Yoshito Yamahara (1997) Great Teacher Onizuka by Tooru Fujisawa (1998) Chameleon by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1999)
2000s	Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya by Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino (2000) Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu (2001) Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka and Beck by Harold Sakuishi (2002) Kunimitsu no Matsuri, by Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki (2003) Shana Ō Yoshitsune by Hirofumi Sawada (2004) Capeta by Masahito Soda (2005) Air Gear by Oh! great (2006) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei by Kōji Kumeta and Dear Boys Act II by Hiroki Yagami (2007) Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu by Motoyuki Tanaka (2008) Q.E.D. by Motohiro Katou and Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima (2009)
2010s	Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima (2010) Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama (2011) Those Snow White Notes by Marimo Ragawa (2012) Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa (2013) Baby Steps by Hikaru Katsuki (2014) The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki and Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (2015) Days by Tsuyoshi Yasuda (2016) Altair: A Record of Battles by Kotono Katō (2017) Beastars by Paru Itagaki (2018) The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba and To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima (2019)
2020s	Tokyo Revengers by Ken Wakui (2020) Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura (2021) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime by Fuse and Taiki Kawakami (2022) Shangri-La Frontier by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji (2023)