A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized
A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized (齢5000年の草食ドラゴン、いわれなき邪竜認定, Yowai 5000-nen no Sōshoku Dragon, Iwarenaki Jaryū Nintei, lit. "A 5000-year-old Herbivore Dragon Was Recognized as an Evil Dragon For No Reason") is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaisei Enomoto and illustrated by Shugao. It was serialized online between June 2017 and June 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published three volumes from February 2018 to October 2019 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōichi Muro was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from January 2018 to November 2019. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes. An original net (ONA) anime adaptation by Studio LAN aired in Chinese on Bilibili from July to October 2022, with the Japanese dub airing on television from January to March 2023.
| A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 齢5000年の草食ドラゴン、いわれなき邪竜認定 (Yowai 5000-nen no Sōshoku Dragon, Iwarenaki Jaryū Nintei) | |
|---|---|
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Kaisei Enomoto |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Original run | June 2017 – June 2020 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kaisei Enomoto |
| Illustrated by | Shugao |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | February 1, 2018 – October 1, 2019 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kaisei Enomoto |
| Illustrated by | Kōichi Muro |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly Gangan Joker |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January 22, 2018 – November 22, 2019 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Liu Siwen |
| Produced by | Kang Jun Li Cheng |
| Written by | Liu Siwen Li Jiajie |
| Studio | Studio LAN |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Released | July 30, 2022 – October 8, 2022 |
| Runtime | 13–14 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
Characters
- Evil Dragon Ravendia (邪竜レーヴェンディア, Jaryū Rēvuendia)
- Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka[1]
- Reiko (レーコ, Rēko)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[1]
- Aliante (アリアンテ, Ariante)
- Voiced by: Mariko Miyase[2]
- Water Saint (水の聖女, Mizu no Seijo)
- Voiced by: Shuka Saitō[2]
- Ryatt (ライアット, Raiatto)
- Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō[2]
Media
Light novel
The series written by Kaisei Enomoto was serialized online between June 2017 and June 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published three light novel volumes with illustrations by Shugao from February 1, 2018 to October 1, 2019 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 1, 2018[3] | 978-4-04-106530-3 |
| 2 | September 1, 2018[4] | 978-4-04-106531-0 |
| 3 | October 1, 2019[5] | 978-4-04-107977-5 |
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Kōichi Muro was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from January 22, 2018,[6] to November 22, 2019.[7] It was collected in five tankōbon volumes.
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 13, 2018[8] | 978-4-7575-5743-7 |
| 2 | December 13, 2018[9] | 978-4-7575-5943-1 |
| 3 | April 12, 2019[10] | 978-4-7575-6094-9 |
| 4 | September 21, 2019[11] | 978-4-7575-6311-7 |
| 5 | March 21, 2020[12] | 978-4-7575-6568-5 |
Anime
On November 21, 2021, a Japanese-Chinese original net (ONA) anime adaptation produced by Bilibili and animated by Studio LAN was announced.[13] It is directed by Liu Siwen and written by Siwen and Li Jiajie. The Chinese dub aired on Bilibili from July 30 to October 8, 2022, while the Japanese dub aired on television from January 6 to March 24, 2023 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS Fuji.[14] For the Chinese dub, the opening theme song is "Wèi guāng" (为光) by Liu Junlang, while the ending theme song is "Tǎng zài qíngkōng xià" (躺在晴空下) by Xiǎo yuán.[15] For the Japanese dub, the opening theme song is "Bokura wa Genius" (僕らはジーニアス, "We're Geniuses") by Shuka Saitō,[2] while the ending theme song is "buddy" by Amber's.[16] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[17]
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Please eat me up, great evil dragon!" | July 30, 2022 | |
| A young orphan named Reiko offers herself as a sacrifice to the 5000 year old dragon Ravendia in exchange for protecting her village from a Demon Lord. However, Ravendia is actually cowardly and prefers a vegetarian diet. When Reiko insists he eat her or she kill herself in disgrace, he pretends to have eaten her soul as a sacrifice, causing Reiko to believe she is now his disciple. Returning Reiko to her village Ravendia hopes to return to his cave for a few hundred years until the village forgets he existed, but Reiko’s friend Raiotto is furious he ate Reiko's soul and tries to attack him. Dark Wolves suddenly attack the village, and Reiko reveals her belief in the loss of her soul has unlocked powerful repressed magical abilities and she drives away the wolves. Based on 5000 years of experience Ravendia realises Reiko might just be the most terrifyingly powerful wizard in history. | |||
| 2 | "Let’s set out on an expedition, great evil dragon" | August 1, 2022[17] | |
| Despite Raiotto’s promise to save Reiko’s soul Reiko believes she and Ravendia should leave the village to begin hunting the Demon Lord. Reiko steals a magician’s outfit from Raiotto’s home, though he had intended it to be a gift to her anyway, and departs with Ravendia. To avoid the Demon Lord Ravendia claims he must discover and join whatever rebel army currently opposes the Demon Lord. Reiko uses clairvoyance to direct them to Paleodona City where strong adventurers gather and Ravendia hopes he can abandon Reiko there and quietly slip away. Unfortunately, Paleodona is under attack by monsters whom Reiko defeats. With his 5000 years of experience Ravendia is able to direct Paleodona’s General Aliante to the monster controlling all the other monsters, saving the city. That night Reiko has a dream of her father that upsets her, but she is comforted by Ravendia’s presence. | |||
| 3 | "You will always be my great evil dragon!" | August 6, 2022[17] | |
| Ravendia attempts to convince Aliante that Reiko’s power does not come from him. Aliante warns Ravendia that Reiko is still a novice at controlling her vast magic, so there is a chance it will corrupt her and actually turn her into a true Evil Dragon. She also asks if Ravendia really intends to oppose the Demon King, and when he admits he is unsure, she reveals she is a General in the Demon Kings army and attacks him. Reiko awakens and protects Ravendia but is swiftly defeated as she has no sword training. Aliante reveals her sword doesn’t cut; it just causes intense pain, and hits him repeatedly. Eventually Aliante is forced to accept Ravendia really is a weak coward, so she admits her loyalty to the Demon Lord was a lie to test him and agrees to keep his weakness a secret. Realising he has to stay with Reiko Ravendia agrees to convince her the fight with Aliante was a dream. The next morning Reiko awakens and finds Ravendia has shrunk to the size of a large dog. | |||
| 4 | "Let’s continue our journey, great evil dragon" | August 13, 2022[17] | |
| Ravendia is revealed to have shrunk due to a potion given by Aliante, since his large size was inconvenient to living in a city, though he lies and tells Reiko he shrank himself. Raiotto appears in the city searching for Reiko but when he learns Aliante fought against Ravendia he asks to become her disciple, so she promises to put him through hellish training. Having left the city Ravendia is starving but cannot eat in case Reiko discovers he is a vegetarian. They are stopped by bandits who want to sell both her and Ravendia on the black market. Reiko beats up the bandit leader who apologises profusely and even agrees to free the slaves he has imprisoned in their secret cave. Ravendia notices a second cave nearby so he sends Reiko to escort the freed slaves and imprison the bandits. Left alone, Ravendia enters the second cave hoping to feast on his favourite cave moss, only to find the cave is home to a dark spirit. | |||
| 5 | "Famous teacher produces a good student" | August 20, 2022[17] | |
| Ravendia attempts to flee but the spirit turns out to be friendly, and prepares Ravendia a vegetarian feast. The spirit explains he was once the God of Hunting who first taught humans to hunt, but once humans no longer needed him he was slowly forgotten and has been alone for centuries. Feeling grateful, Ravendia asks to learn hunting and the God promises to teach Ravendia everything about hunting in only three hours. However, due to various factors Ravendia fails every lesson, from physical fitness to archery, even to unarmed combat against a rabbit. Dejected at his failure, the God grants Ravendia a spell to strengthen his claws, then returns to his cave thoroughly depressed with both promising never to mention their failed training to anyone. Ravendia falls asleep until Reiko returns and reports she found another city called Selianen, which is large, prosperous and only protected by a shallow moat so she demands they capture it for themselves before the Demon Lord does. | |||
| 6 | "Let's subdue Selianen, great evil dragon" | August 27, 2022[17] | |
| Approaching Selianen Reiko realises the city is home to the Water Saint. The Saint contacts Ravendia to threaten him but Reiko easily uses her own power to scare the Saint away and deactivate Selianen’s magic barrier. Now able to enter the city the citizens explain many years ago the Saint created an oasis from the desert, allowing Selianen to grow into a city. Ravendia and Reiko lodge at an inn and Ravendia decides to search for the Saint to clear up the misunderstanding. The Saint is so scared she hides in whatever water she can, but by coincidence a thirsty Ravendia keeps trying to drink the water she is hiding in, so she keeps running away. Children notice Ravendia is starving and offer him fruit, but the Saint thinks he means to eat the children and leaps to defend them. Thirsty and hungry Ravendia just wants to go back to the inn. The Saint, thinking she is being blackmailed, agrees to guide him there if he spares the city. Ravendia agrees and reminds her she needs to repair the barrier, which she had forgotten about. | |||
| 7 | "You must not waste food" | September 3, 2022[17] | |
| Reiko is unhappy humans worship the Saint as she knows she is actually a Demon who can manipulate water. Another evil dragon loyal to the Demon King senses the barrier is weaker and decides to destroy the Saint. The Saint, badly disguised as a maid, tries to urge Ravendia to leave sooner, but when she serves him rotten fruit Reiko attempts to kill her, causing the Saint to flee. Seeing the wasted food Ravendia scolds Reiko for using her power recklessly when it should be used to help others, so he forbids her from using her powers except in self-defence and sends her to play with some children. Reiko is confused by the children’s description of Ravendia as “small and cute” while she sees him as “great and powerful” and becomes convinced they mean a second dragon somewhere nearby. Ravendia is teleported underwater by the Saint in an attempt to drown him. The Evil Dragon attacks Selianen and Reiko, confusing him for the “small and cute” dragon, approaches him. | |||
| 8 | "Search for the cute little dragon" | September 10, 2022[17] | |
| Evil-Dragon takes Reiko’s invitation to play as a duel challenge and accepts. Reiko, having misunderstood the children’s instruction to “play with the cute dragon”, throws Evil-Dragon like a football so he repeatedly crashes into the ground. The magical shockwaves of throwing around a dragon causes Saint to lose focus and her spell drowning Ravendia fails. Ravendia is saved when the strengthened claws he got from Hunter-God become a Black Nebula that lifts him out of the ocean. Saint constructs a water cage to drain Ravendia’s magic. This also drains the spell keeping Ravendia small and he explosively returns to his original giant size, sending him and Saint back through the portal to Selianen. Saint believes she has failed but Ravendia insists she earned the title of Saint through her good deeds and deserves to stay in Selianen. Saint finally believes Ravendia is a good dragon. A Death-Locust, a low rank demon that spoils crops, steals some of Evil-Dragons magic and infects Saint with it. | |||
| 9 | "Let’s start the battle against the saint, great evil dragon!" | September 17, 2022[17] | |
| Saint reverts back to an evil water demon, threatening to drown Selianen and turn it into a swamp. However, the mud she creates to flood the streets is mistaken by the villagers as fertile soil to help their farms, so they worship her even more. Saint cries at her failure and tells Ravendia that when she was in the Demon Lords army she was bullied for being weak. To prove herself she attempted to victimise refugees lost in a desert, but her rain was hailed as a miracle. The refugees built farms and eventually the city of Selianen where they worshipped her as a Saint. Ravendia suspects Saint can no longer tell if she is a Saint or a demon. A little girl thanks Saint for her blessing and Ravendia points out a person’s past doesn’t matter as long as they keep trying to be better. Saint returns to normal so the Evil-Dragon magic leaves her and infects Ravendia, planning to expose his evil nature instead. | |||
| 10 | "Let's enjoy the festival, great evil dragon!" | September 24, 2022[17] | |
| Saint invites them to stay to attend the Saints Festival. The Evil-Dragon magic struggles to find any evil in Ravendia’s heart but is determined to find something. Meanwhile, Evil-Dragon himself is stuck between his desire to destroy Selianen and his fear of Reiko and wanders the fields outside the city, sulking, where he is noticed by the adventurer’s guild. The news reaches Aliante, who stops Raiotto leaving to save Reiko until his training is complete. She goes herself instead to see what trouble Ravendia has caused. At the festival Ravendia is starving but sheep keep stealing his vegetarian food, causing him to wish the food was all his. That brief selfish thought is enough and Evil-Dragon magic urges him to give in to his selfishness. Ravendia attempts to fight the sheep for all the food, but they beat him up instead so he returns to normal. The little girl promises to find food for him and the big dragon sulking in the fields. Ravendia realises he had completely forgotten about Evil-Dragon. | |||
| 11 | "Instinct" | October 1, 2022[17] | |
| Ravendia can’t quite believe how psychologically damaged Evil-Dragon is after Reiko used him like a football. Evil-Dragon magic finally returns to Evil Dragon and removes the psychological damage returning Evil-Dragon to normal. He attempts to kill Ravendia but Reiko saves him. Evil-Dragon magic infects Reiko but finds a darkness in her heart so powerful he is sucked into it and devoured; the memory of Reiko’s father being killed by monsters. The sudden traumatic memories cause Reiko to unleash a massive magical explosion, destroying the countryside as she begins to transform into a demonic dragon. Aliante arrives just in time as Reiko plans to kill Saint for continually disrespecting Ravendia, showing her belief in Ravendia still exists despite her madness. Faced with such overwhelming power even Aliante says they should run. Ravendia hopes this might be his chance to escape Reiko as she is now so powerful she couldn’t possibly need him anymore, and yet he finds he can’t abandon her and insists on staying. | |||
| 12 | "The Rescue" | October 8, 2022[17] | |
| Determined to protect someone else rather than himself Ravendia approaches Reiko but is pushed back by her magic. Aliante realises that due to Reiko still believing in Ravendia’s power, her magic doesn’t actually hurt him, which she proves by using the unfortunate Ravendia like a shield. Reiko continues to painfully transform so Ravendia decides to return to his original giant size to reach her. Aliante distracts Reiko while Saint extracts the potion from his body keeping Ravendia small. Now giant again Ravendia uses Evil-Dragon’s usefully shaped wings and his own Black Nedula claws to slingshot himself at Reiko. The impact makes Reiko remember a comforting memory of her father, returning her to human. Ravendia is relieved but still forces Reiko to apologise for damaging parts of Selianen. Saint announces the festival will continue but is slightly jealous the people hail Aliante as a hero. Reiko and Ravendia volunteer to help with rebuilding and Ravendia tells Reiko if she ever feels like losing control again to just think of the precious memories of her father. Reiko promises that she will and smiles happily. | |||
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External links
- Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
- Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- Manga official website (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Anime official website at Bilibili (in Chinese)
- A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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