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“Dragon dentists care for a nation's guardian dragon's teeth, accepting their foreseen deaths while training a resurrected enemy soldier.”
The Dragon Dentist
龍の歯医者
7.35
2,788 rank · 45,360 viewers · 97 favorites
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Dragon dentists care for a nation's guardian dragon's teeth, accepting their foreseen deaths while training a resurrected enemy soldier.
War rages between two neighboring countries, but one side has an ace up their sleeve: an ancient dragon bound by a pact to protect the nation. Despite these overpowering creatures being capable of leveling entire battlefields, they are rendered useless by cavities. And so, a special unit—the dragon dentists—has the important duty of caring for the dragon's teeth. Nonoko Kishii was the only one of many brave volunteers who survived a recent round of recruitment; in order to join the dragon dentists, one has to witness their future demise and accept it without a fight. Knowing the exact circumstances of their fated ends, the dragon dentists devote themselves to their work. One day, they gain a new member who did not undergo the test: Bernard "Bel" Octavius, a young enemy officer killed by his own men and revived by the dragon's teeth. Despite his appearance being an omen of a great disaster, he is placed under the care of Nonoko as a dentist-in-training. Will Bel come around to the dragon dentists' attitudes toward death and help them face the painful future that is to come?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 23 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 23 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.31
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.31 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.35
Running avg · Feb 2017 → May 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The only reason I'm writing a review is because I felt like it was unfairly evaluated and criticized as an open ended story. Yes, this anime leaves a lot of questions unanswered or explained, but...”
- 7 “The Dragon Dentist (Ryuu no Haisha) is a two episode TV special that was based on a short from the Japan Animator Expo. The art is fantastic, and the world it introduces us to is fascinating, but a...”
- 8 “Not much is to be analyzed. Watching this was an absolute treat. So rarely does one come across an anime that diligently sets itself apart in the aspect of plot-portrayal. No matter the unique...”
Verbosity
Short · 26%
Medium · 43%
Long · 30%
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- Format 2 × 46′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 32m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2017 – Feb 2017
- Source Tv special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12101 catalog
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor