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“Sky-whale hunter Mika balances dragon hunting, gourmet cooking, and training rookie Takita aboard the Quin Zaza.”
Drifting Dragons
空挺ドラゴンズ
7.59
2,657 rank · 15,769 readers · 185 favorites
Seinen
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Sky-whale hunter Mika balances dragon hunting, gourmet cooking, and training rookie Takita aboard the Quin Zaza.
Mika is a draker on the airship Quin Zaza. He earns his livelihood hunting the whales of the sky—dragons! The beautiful beasts are flying treasure troves, providing food and materials, and the Quin Zaza is among the last draking vessels. Mika's not just a talented hunter; he's also a gourmand with a refined palette and a taste for the exotic. Between his duties aboard the ship, his ambitions as an eater, and his new job training the rookie dragon hunter Takita, Mika's days are never boring. But even with the lively crew of the Quin Zaza as his family, the nomadic life of a draker can be lonely and dangerous... (Source: Kodansha USA)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
5.9
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 1
σ 3.30
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.30 · split reception
The polarity gap
7.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 1.0
Yes
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Score over time
↓ 2.13
Running avg · Jan 2018 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I'm surprised people don't seem to like this manga all that much, and while I'll agree the story/general direction was pretty nonexistent the atmosphere of the manga itself was amazing. The ship...”
- 10 “Ah, what can I say? I R E A L L Y liked it. It reminds me of Nausicaa for some reason; it gives me the feeling of being reading a Ghibli manga, something so imaginative and wonderful enhanced by...”
- 8 “This is only a preliminary review, as just two volumes have been released in English at the time of writing, but 'Drifting Dragons' is my favorite new manga released in 2017. STORY It's too early...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 63%
Long · 13%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jun 2016 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M41006 catalog