8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tohru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tohru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series focuses on apolitical themes of found family, acceptance, and the challenges and joys of daily life, rather than explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. Its central conflict and solution are rooted in personal relationships and emotional well-being.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid features a visibly diverse cast, including non-human characters and a central non-traditional family unit led by two women. The narrative positively frames this alternative family structure without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or roles.
Secondary
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid presents a predominantly positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through its central same-sex relationship between Kobayashi and Tohru, which forms a loving family unit. The show normalizes same-sex affection, such as Kanna's crush on Riko, and depicts these bonds with dignity and emotional depth, affirming their worth within the narrative.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on slice-of-life interactions between humans and dragons, without exploring gender identity or transition in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The anime faithfully adapts its source manga, with all major characters retaining the same gender as established in the original material. No characters who were canonically male or female in the manga are portrayed as a different gender in the show.
This anime series is a direct adaptation of its Japanese manga source material. All characters' appearances, including their depicted race or skin tone, are consistent between the manga and the anime. No character established as one race in the source material is portrayed as a different race in the adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
8.3
Critic Ratings
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