Review: DRAGONAR ACADEMY

I'm glad that we are well past the 'magic school' trend in manga and anime, the ones about hapless nobodies going to Not-Hogwarts, discovering secret powers and gaining a harem in the process.  Today's selection was just one of many of that time, and it's as good as a representative as any of the general quality of these stories.

DRAGONAR ACADEMY, based on the light novel by Shiki Mizuchi with art by Ran.  First published in 2011 and first published in North America in 2014.

PLOT:

At Ansarivian Dragonar Academy, magically gifted young people are taught how to summon and tame powerful dragons.  Ash Blake is the only exception, a first-year student who is seen as a troublemaker because his own dragon has yet to appear.  On the verge of death, his dragon finally emerges...in the form of a very naked young girl with the power and horns of a dragon,  The dragon-girl, soon dubbed "Eco," is stubborn and autocratic, but their fledgling relationship is put to the test when Eco is kidnapped by nefarious forces determined to discover the secret of her unique form.