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“Ancient herbivorous dragon poses as evil overlord to scare off girl, accidentally unleashing her hidden powers.”
A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized
食草老龙被冠以恶龙之名
6.72
6,280 rank · 32,598 viewers · 88 favorites
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Synopsis
Ancient herbivorous dragon poses as evil overlord to scare off girl, accidentally unleashing her hidden powers.
A 5000-year-old herbivorous dragon was living peacefully when one day a young girl showed up in his cave. She offered herself as a sacrifice in order to gain favor for her village. He played along as the great "Evil Dragon, the Demon Lord's Army Leader" in order to get rid of her. However, his little white lie awoke her hidden powers and his peaceful life suddenly ended. (Source: MU, edited)
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Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 11 viewers settled on.
88%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 2.09
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.09 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.1 pts
Recommenders 7.1 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.27
Running avg · Aug 2022 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I really enjoyed this story about a herbivorous dragon misunderstood as some great evil dragon. My favorite part of the whole show was the relationship between the two main characters, which I...”
- 7 “it's an enjoyable way to pass the time, and that's all an anime really needs to be, funny enough to get a few laughs(although thats completely subjective.) and cute enough to like the characters....”
- 8 “The show is nothing to be super excited about. But, lingzi and the "great evil dragon" are fun as hell to watch. Lingzi is OP as hell, the animation is well crafted and fun to watch, and lingzi is...”
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Short · 45%
Medium · 36%
Long · 18%
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- Format 12 × 13′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2022 – Oct 2022
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21421 catalog
Produced by
- AT-X Producer
- bilibili Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- Starry Cube Producer