Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (小林さんちのメイドラゴン Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Cool-Kyou Shinja. The series began serialization in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in May 2013, and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A spin-off manga by Mitsuhiro Kimura began serialization in Monthly Action in December 2016. An anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between January and April 2017. A second season, titled Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S (小林さんちのメイドラゴンS, Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon S) aired from July 2021.

Plot
As the office worker Kobayashi gets ready for work, she is greeted by a large dragon staring into her eyes from across the balcony. The dragon immediately transforms into a young humanoid in a maid outfit, and introduces herself as Tohru. It turns out that during a drunken excursion to the mountains the day before, Kobayashi had encountered the dragon, who claims to have come from another world. Having no place to stay, Kobayashi had offered to let the dragon stay at her home; Tohru decided to repay her kindness by working as her personal maid. Despite initial reluctance, a mix of guilt and Tohru's dragon abilities convinces Kobayashi to accept her. Despite being efficient at housework, Tohru's unorthodox methods of housekeeping often end up scaring Kobayashi and bringing more trouble than help. Additionally, Tohru's presence attracts other mythical beings to her new home.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It came up with a good premise, a female dragon named Tohru becoming a maid to an average joe named Kobayashi, as a thank you for saving her.
 * 2) Awesome funny moments and humors.
 * 3) Good animation for the anime adaptation of the manga.
 * 4) The colors and designs supports the tone of the series.
 * 5) Energy inducing openings, with the second one pays homage to Nichijou, one of KyoAni's other works.
 * 6) Cool visuals and great transitions.
 * 7) Absolutely cute and likable characters with good monster and human designs.
 * 8) * As said earlier, Kobayashi is an average joe who unexpectedly became a dragon tamer.
 * 9) * Tohru thanks Kobayashi for saving her, who now has become her maid and learn more about the good in humanity.
 * 10) * Kanna is a curious child-like dragon that wanted to experience how humans live.
 * 11) * Ilulu, the show's former antagonist, had suffered from trauma due to humans attacking her village and having her human friends killed, giving her a sympathetic backstory.
 * 12) It also gives homages to Dragon Ball, Naruto and other battle Shounen anime.
 * 13) The fight scenes are surprisingly well-choreographed, with Tohru faces head on against Kanna, Elma and/or Ilulu.
 * 14) Even the interactions between the dragons and humans are enjoyable.
 * 1) Even the interactions between the dragons and humans are enjoyable.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Funimation has added in unnecessary political agenda into certain lines of the dub instead of following what the original Japanese voice acting did. This problem was caused due to Jamie Marchi changing the lines at her request.
 * 2) The meme quote "Don't lewd the dragon loli" is rather hypocritical because Tohru admitted to Miss Kobayashi that Tohru and Kanna gave each other tongue baths, in which Miss Kobayashi finds it gross. It also makes no sense because Kanna is technically over 600 years old, meaning she is overqualified for the age of consent in every single nation on Earth.
 * 3) The logic of meeting and saving a dragon while drunk can be seen as stupid and nonsensical to even anime fans.
 * 4) The dragons do not try to learn to act human, which can make the perverted gags tiring and trying too hard to shock anime fans, rather than be entertaining.
 * 5) The OVA didn't receive an English dub like the rest of the series did.

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