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Mink's mother is an imperial red dragon capable of taking human form. Years earlier King Siva sent Rouce the Red Lightning to slay her, only for the famous knight to fall in love with her instead and abandon the assignment completely. Mana is beautiful, powerful and considerably more grounded than the husband and daughter sharing her house. Her existence explains Mink's dragon traits, but the family comedy matters just as much: one of the kingdom's most feared creatures now spends part of her life managing a retired hero and their lovesick teenager.
MANA THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //
MINK'S IMPOSSIBLE QUEST //
Open page →Mink Is Half Dragon and Completely Certain This Is the Problem
Open →Mink's situation sounds like the beginning of a serious fantasy tragedy: she is the daughter of the legendary swordsman Rouce and the imperial red dragon Mana, and the boy she adores is a professional dragon slayer.
Dragon Half immediately refuses to treat that premise with the dignity Mink thinks it deserves. Mink does not conclude that Dick Saucer may be a terrible romantic choice. She concludes that the obvious solution is to stop being half dragon.
Dragon Half immediately refuses to treat that premise with the dignity Mink thinks it deserves. Mink does not conclude that Dick Saucer may be a terrible romantic choice. She concludes that the obvious solution is to stop being half dragon.
Why it matters
The People Potion quest works because Mink's goal is emotionally sincere and logically ridiculous at the same time. The OVA never laughs at her for wanting to be loved. It laughs at the spectacular route she decides love requires.
Rouce Was Sent to Kill Mana and Married Her Instead
Open →King Siva once sent his greatest knight, Rouce the Red Lightning, to kill the imperial red dragon Mana. Rouce found Mana, fell in love with her and abandoned the assignment so completely that the two eventually had Mink.
That backstory explains almost every absurd relationship in the OVA at once. Siva still resents Rouce. Mana is the dragon heritage Mink thinks is ruining her love life. Rouce is proof that a dragon slayer falling in love with a dragon is not even unprecedented in Mink's own family.
That backstory explains almost every absurd relationship in the OVA at once. Siva still resents Rouce. Mana is the dragon heritage Mink thinks is ruining her love life. Rouce is proof that a dragon slayer falling in love with a dragon is not even unprecedented in Mink's own family.
Why it matters
Mink is trying to become human because she thinks Dick could never love someone with dragon blood, while her own parents are already living evidence that the premise is not nearly as hopeless as she believes.
