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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

“Drunken programmer Kobayashi takes in dragon Tooru as maid, attracting mythical chaos.”

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

7.9
894 rank · 1,322,303 viewers · 17,106 favorites
Slice of Life Supernatural
13 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Winter 2017 · Kyoto Animation · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Drunken programmer Kobayashi takes in dragon Tooru as maid, attracting mythical chaos.

As Kobayashi sets off for another day at work, she opens her apartment door only to be met by an unusually frightening sight—the head of a dragon, staring at her from across the balcony. The dragon immediately transforms into a cute, busty, and energetic young girl dressed in a maid outfit, introducing herself as Tooru. It turns out that the stoic programmer had come across the dragon the previous night on a drunken excursion to the mountains, and since the mythical beast had nowhere else to go, she had offered the creature a place to stay in her home. Thus, Tooru had arrived to cash in on the offer, ready to repay her savior's kindness by working as her personal maidservant. Though deeply regretful of her words and hesitant to follow through on her promise, a mix of guilt and Tooru's incredible dragon abilities convinces Kobayashi to take the girl in. Despite being extremely efficient at her job, the maid's unorthodox methods of housekeeping often end up horrifying Kobayashi and at times bring more trouble than help. Furthermore, the circumstances behind the dragon's arrival on Earth seem to be much more complicated than at first glance, as Tooru bears some heavy emotions and painful memories. To top it all off, Tooru's presence ends up attracting several other mythical beings to her new home, bringing in a host of eccentric personalities. Although Kobayashi makes her best effort to handle the crazy situation that she has found herself in, nothing has prepared her for this new life with a dragon maid.

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8.2 /10

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96% recommend
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median 9 mode 9 σ 1.59
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5.8 pts

Recommenders 8.7 · others 2.9

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Running avg · Apr 2017 → Sep 2025

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Winter 2017

Kyoto Animation.
in association with

Lantis · Pony Canyon

  • Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2017 – Apr 2017 Winter 2017
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-11407 catalog

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