Dragon Goes House-Hunting

Dragon Goes House-Hunting (ドラゴン、家を買う.) is a Japanese fantasy manga series written by Kawo Tanuki and illustrated by Choco Aya. It was serialized in Mag Garden's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Garden from December 2016 to December 2022 and was collected in ten volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Signal.MD aired from April to June 2021.

Plot

Letty, a red dragon, is cast out of his family's lair after failing to live up to traditional expectations of dragons. Unable to fly well, breathe fire properly, or defend himself, Letty sets out into the world to find a safe place to live. However, as a timid and weak dragon, he quickly discovers that life outside the lair is dangerous, with adventurers and monsters alike viewing him as prey or a trophy rather than a neighbor.

Letty's fortunes change when he meets Dearia, an elf who is secretly a Demon Lord, who also works as an architect and real estate agent. Dearia rescues Letty from hostile adventurers and offers to help him search for the perfect home, tailored to his needs. Together, they tour a variety of unconventional properties, encountering undead infestations, hostile tenants, and architectural disasters.

Characters

• Letty (レティ)
• A young red dragon, who despite his race's viciousness, happens to be weak and timid. After he gets kicked out by his family, he goes to search for his dream home where he can be safe. Due to circumstances beyond his control, he unintentionally becomes infamous as the Flame Dragon Lord.
• Dearia (ディアリア)
• A powerful elf magician who is also a skilled architect and knows the real estate business, as well as a number of other personages. Over a thousand years ago, he accidentally inherited the Demon Lord title by "winning" it at a lottery, making him the supreme figurehead of all non-humans. He takes in Letty as his client to different estates to find him his dream home, partly because of his previous experience with another dragon.
• Pip (ピーちゃん)
• Full name: Piyovelt Phelpia Pi Alpine Piyoderika. It is a hræsvelgr, a species of giant arctic eagle. After Letty finds its egg by happenstance and it hatches, the chick imprints on Letty, who eventually adopts it as a foundling.
• Nell (ネル)
• Full name: Andriana Ellen Croixdea Margarethe Emmalyn Narsham Felna. She is a spoiled and stubborn human princess who ran away from home after her father ate a cupcake she had craved. After recognizing Letty's pacifistic nature, she joins him and Diaria on their home-hunting quest.
• Hero (勇者)
• A fighter and the leader of a quartet of "Heroes" who become Letty's comical nemeses by popping up wherever he wants to settle down, only to be killed or driven off and then return for yet another attempt.
• Thief (シーフ)
• A member of Hero's adventuring party.
• White Mage (白魔導士)
• A member of Hero's adventuring party.
• Archer (弓使い)
• A member of Hero's adventuring party.
• Huey (ヒューイ)
• A human Hunter who stole the egg Letty was supposed to guard, leading to the dragon's banishment.
• Albert (アルバート)
• A Cait (anthropomorphic cat) and Huey's Hunter partner.
• Letty's father (レティの父)
• Lord Samuel (サミュエル卿)
• A former lord and the owner of a mansion on Diaria's list of available estates; in fact, in life he was an old friend of Diaria. Having become a wraith, he still haunts his family mansion with his undead retainers.
• Varney (バーニー)
• (Japanese); Christopher Guerrero (English)
• A petulant black dragon who, like Letty, long ago sought out Diaria for advice on a new home and became his first dragon travelling companion. He grandstandingly prefers to be referred to as the Mighty Black Dragon, a legendary harbinger of destruction.

Media

Reception

External links

• Dragon Goes House-Hunting at Monthly Comic Garden