Ryuu to Chameleon
Dragon and Chameleon

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Having worked with esteemed authors like Oda as an assistant for One Piece, Ryou Ishiyama was never able to burst onto the scene and make an identity for himself. But its all in the past now it seems, because after a near decade of hard work, he has come up with "Ryuu to Chameleon" as his breakthrough, and rightfully so. I mean the manga which the man himself, the author of My Hero Academia, Kohei Horikoshi, advised to keep an eye on, is bound to be good at least.

I had the most fun while reading this, which is a rare case for me when talking ... about shounen nowadays. The relation between shounen and me has started to slowly and steadily thin out as I fall out of favour for the demographic. Filled with overly generic plots, and some sakuga to back it up, I do not view it the same way as I used to back when I was a teenager. But this manga is now kept in as an exception. Despite a theme such as this, it is more shounen-esque than most dedicated shounens out there. When you feel the hype with nearly every chapter or so, you want more of that, the reason I was able to breeze through the chapters while reading this.

Now about the story, it is a manga with the body swap theme, but introducing an original flare to it to make it feel fresh. It has elements common to the demographic, even got a fucking training arc to boot. It doesn't bore you with the technicalities of the manga making world. It just taps enough of the information to keep you going, rightfully going back to being what it is, a shounen. The author knows what he is talking and writing about.

Every panel has been given extra care as you witness the mind-numbingly beautiful artistry this manga presents. I sat there in awe reading pages after pages to unfold more pieces of art, that when I stood up after completing I was still shocked to see the levels of detail the drawing entails. You got likeable characters, good protagonist and antagonist, where every interaction between them, may it be direct or indirect has me genuinely curious how their fight will unfold in the upcoming chapters. I have nothing but only high hopes to come.

So to wrap it up I don't think anyone would hesitate picking this up, and the thing that it has only three volumes or so published currently should add to the point.