The Ride-On King
The Ride-On King | |
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ライドンキング (Raidonkingu) | |
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Genre | Action, isekai[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yasushi Baba |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 26, 2018 – present |
Volumes | 12 |
The Ride-On King (Japanese: ライドンキング, Hepburn: Raidonkingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasushi Baba. It serves as a spin-off to Baba's previous series Golosseum . It began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine in May 2018. As of March 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into 12 volumes.
Plot
[edit]The story is about judoka Alexander Purchinov, president for life of the country of Pursia. He rides a variety of exotic animals in the defense of his country.
Publication
[edit]Written and illustrated by Yasushi Baba, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on May 26, 2018.[2] As of March 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into 12 tankōbon volumes.[3]
At Anime Expo 2019, Sol Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[4] They released one volume before going defunct.
Volume list
[edit]No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | January 9, 2019[5] | 978-4-06-514210-3 | July 6, 2019[6] | 978-1-94-883823-8 |
2 | May 9, 2019[7] | 978-4-06-515493-9 | — | — |
3 | October 9, 2019[8] | 978-4-06-517260-5 | — | — |
4 | April 23, 2020[9] | 978-4-06-519224-5 | — | — |
5 | December 9, 2020[10] | 978-4-06-521698-9 | — | — |
6 | May 7, 2021[11] | 978-4-06-523248-4 | — | — |
7 | October 7, 2021[12] | 978-4-06-525121-8 | — | — |
8 | April 7, 2022[13] | 978-4-06-527578-8 | — | — |
9 | October 7, 2022[14] | 978-4-06-529469-7 | — | — |
10 | April 7, 2023[15] | 978-4-06-531326-8 | — | — |
11 | October 6, 2023[16] | 978-4-06-533422-5 | — | — |
12 | March 8, 2024[3] | 978-4-06-535278-6 | — | — |
13 | August 7, 2024[17] | 978-4-06-536683-7 | — | — |
Reception
[edit]In the 2019 Next Manga Award, the series ranked ninth in the print manga category.[18] In the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked twelfth on the list of the top manga targeted at a male audience.[19] Employees of the Japanese bookstore Honya Club ranked the series as the tenth best manga of 2020.[20]
The series has sold 1.3 million copies.[21]
Koiwai from Manga News praised the illustrations and story, especially for its use of the main character quirkiness.[22] Faustine Lillaz from Planete BD liked the fight scenes and humor, though she worried that the series would have little overarching plot.[23] The columnist for Manga Sanctuary liked the characters and their designs, the action sequences, and the setting, calling it unique among fantasy works.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MassLunar (May 1, 2021). "Critique Manga The Ride-On King #1". Manga Sanctuary (in French). Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael (April 4, 2018). "Golosseum's Yasushi Baba Launches Ride On King Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ a b ライドンキング(12) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 7, 2019). "Sol Press Releases How to Treat a Lady Knight Right, Ride-On King Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "The Ride-On King Vol. 1". Sol Press. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(3) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(4) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(5) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(6) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(7) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(8) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(9) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ ライドンキング(10) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ ライドンキング(11) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ ライドンキング(13) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 22, 2019). "SPY × FAMILY, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael (December 11, 2019). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2020 Rankings". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (February 1, 2020). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2020". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Monthly Shōnen Sirius [@shonen_sirius] (March 25, 2022).
本日 発売 #月刊 少年 シリウス5月 号 /単行 本 累計 130万 部 突破 最 新巻 は4/7発売 \世界 が注目 する乗 ろう系 大統領 表紙 で登場 『#ライドンキング』 #馬場 康 誌 @88yasushi #シリウス5月 号 無料 お試 し読 み (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2022 – via Twitter. - ^ Koiwai (March 11, 2021). "The Ride-on King Vol.1". Manga News (in French). Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Lillaz, Faustine (April 25, 2021). "The Ride-On King T1". Planete BD (in French). Retrieved August 9, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website at Monthly Shōnen Sirius (in Japanese)
- The Ride-On King (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia