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 November 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven volumes.
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The Ride-On King (Reflexión sobre el género Isekai - "Manga")
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Plot
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
Written and illustrated by Yasushi Baba, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on May 26, 2018.[2] As of October 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven 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
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[3] | 978-4-06-533422-5 | — | — |
| 12 | March 8, 2024[16] | 978-4-06-535278-6 | — | — |
Reception
In the 2019 Next Manga Award, the series ranked ninth in the print manga category.[17] 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.[18] Employees of the Japanese bookstore Honya Club ranked the series as the tenth best manga of 2020.[19]
The series has sold 1.3 million copies.[20]
Koiwai from Manga News praised the illustrations and story, especially for its use of the main character quirkiness.[21] Faustine Lillaz from Planete BD liked the fight scenes and humor, though she worried that the series would have little overarching plot.[22] 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
- ^ 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（１１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ 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（１２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 21, 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
- Official website at Monthly Shōnen Sirius (in Japanese)
- The Ride-On King (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
This page was last edited on 5 April 2024, at 16:32