Giant Dragon Begs to Move in With Sad College Student
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This review will contain spoilers for the manga and anime series Stay With Me, My Dear Dragon. While the manga may vary slightly from all other forms of media, it may have similar story elements and could be considered spoilers.
Content Warning: There may be references to child abandonment, prejudice, exotification, bullying, invasion of privacy, nonconsensual recording, ecouteurism, sexual assault, bestiality (human turned dragon has intercourse in dragon form), dubcon, depression, self-deprecation, PTSD, incest (not between the main couple), sexual assault, stalking, somnophilia, violence, body commentary, mentions of being orphaned, home invasion, pedophilia (not between the main couple), mentions of grooming, blood, manipulation, chronic health issues, gossiping, and power imbalance, as they appear in the manga.
Synopsis:
Murasaki is a lonely college student. After his parents left a note and abandoned him without a single explanation, no matter how lonely Murasaki is, he refuses to get close to anyone again. Because let’s face it, if his own parents could abandon him when he was a high schooler, why wouldn’t someone else now? So, he just goes on with his life, interacting with people as little as possible. But he doesn’t have much of a choice when a giant dragon suddenly falls out of the sky right in front of him.
The giant dragon is starving and has no place to stay.
While Murasaki is unwilling to help with the latter issue, he decides to help with the former and buys the dragon a bunch of fast food. In this world, dragon shifters have become more and more common, as humans with strong dragon blood in them are beginning to shift into dragons. This dragon, a rare large dragon type, has only recently shifted, and his small, rural town is not only prejudiced and cruel to shifters, but also just isn’t built for it. So, he took a chance, left everything behind, and flew to this city. But he doesn’t know how to proceed.
Murasaki had no intention of letting this giant dragon, named Tsukumo, worm his way into his heart. But how could he not feel bad for such a large, pitiful creature? So, the two begin living together, but this isn’t the first wall Tsukumo will break down for Murasaki.
Review:
The art in this is very cute. It isn’t perfect, but seeing this big dragon, something that should be terrifying and imposing, be all cute and adorable, is just everything. I will say, the humans or single shifters (the humanoid dragon people) have a little bit of the same-face syndrome issue, but where this really shines is in the dragons. Tsukumo is such a precious little fluff ball, yet he is all scales. I, personally, think this is worth reading for Tsukumo alone, but I know some cute panels aren’t always enough.
Before I get into the main story, I want to talk about the unrelated side story that is included in the first volume of this series. It is a stalker-lite story where a pair of coworkers are pining for each other, one relying on wiretapping to do so, while the other buys strap-ons to put on a huge stuffed animal so he can hump it and pretend it is the guy he wants. Is it weird? Yes. Does it have a decent narrative and story? Not at all. I would say it doesn’t even have an ending. Did I love it anyway? Yes. Yes, I did. This entire thing, main story included, is full of weird sex acts, whether with a dragon or a stuffed animal, and I have to say I enjoyed it. It was refreshing.
But let’s get into the meat. There are multiple cruxes across each volume that form the story. Other than the characters and the world, these could’ve been completely separate series, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is worth noting that there isn’t really an overarching story beyond our main couple and their friends. That does leave each arc to be somewhat superficial, so it can be resolved by the end of the volume it’s in, but they do the main thing I needed them to do, and that is to push Tsukumo and Murasaki together. This is very much a whirlwind relationship, as the first volume was clearly going to be a standalone until a sequel was greenlit. As it was, the coupling was very much nothing but sexual, which can be fine, but the added volumes definitely help pad everything out, which I appreciate. By the end, I believe in our human-dragon relationship.
If you couldn’t tell, I enjoyed this, but there is something in this I really wish we got more of, and that is the relationship between the small full dragon and the aquatic single shifter. I am always excited to see platonic friendships between men in BL because that is pretty rare. However, so much of this is predicated on the unique sexual acts, and I would kill to see how a small full dragon would have sex with a humanoid. This “complaint,” if you can even call it that, is almost entirely because of my insatiable curiosity, and yes, it only proves how much of a degenerate I am. But this is one of the first, more beastly titles that really worked for me, so forgive me for wanting to delve a bit more into it.
Results:
I liked this. I wouldn’t call it a favorite because it has some issues that put it below the ones I’d deem my favorites, but I did really enjoy it. The smut is very interesting and fun, and the world of dragon shifters is one that I wish we could explore more because three volumes just isn’t enough. It is on the superficial side, which isn’t all that surprising for a fantasy title. Fantasy-based narratives always seem to need more time, and this is no exception. Still, if you’re looking for something unique, give this one a go.
Have you read Stay With Me, My Dear Dragon? If so, what do you think? Do you agree with my assessment? Do you not? Let me know, and comment below!
