This month marks the ninth anniversary of The Manga Test Drive. It's honestly kind of fantastical that I've been doing this for so long, much less that people have continued to read these reviews, so why not celebrate with a month's worth of fantasy manga! We're going to be seeing our fair share of modern isekai fantasy titles over the course of this month, so let's start on something a little older and a lot different.
DRAGON HALF (Doragon Hafu), by Ryusuke Mita. First published in 1988 and first published in North America in 2018.
Mink loves nothing more in the world than the dreamy dragon slayer/pop idol Dirk Saucer. Unfortunately, she herself is half-dragon and has to compete with a haughty princess for Dirk's attentions. So, Mink decides to head out on a quest with her friends Lufia and Pia to find a mythical potion that will make her fully human. All she has to do is defeat a wicked king, a bunch of random monsters, a dumb knight or two, win a tournament, and take down the demon king behind it all.
