ChurchHatesTucker ☑#MangaMonday 60 “Dragon and Chameleon” by Ryo Ishiyama
Garyo Hanagami is at the top of the #manga world. His series “Dragon Land” is a bestseller with an anime adaptation. Shinobu Miyama is a rookie assistant whose talent is in mimicking the style of others. An accident causes them to swap bodies. Now Garyo has to climb his way back to the top, competing against “himself.”
There’s a few manga about making manga, but this is the first I’ve seen that’s both about, and in the style of, the big “Weekly Shonen Jump” titles. It’s a tall order, since it has to manage art and a story on par. Fortunately, Ishiyama delivers with great images—sometimes giving us splash page worthy art in a single panel—and an evolving plot. Garyo finds that he needs to adapt now that “he” is already dominating the market, and Miyama discovers he can’t sit still at the top of the heap.
Ongoing with three of six volumes available in English (Square Enix.)