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Once A Fighter Slave, Now Mate to the Dragonkin Who Freed Me

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Once A Fighter Slave, Now Mate to the Dragonkin Who Freed Me

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4.9 (153)

Next Update : 

Jun 09 (PST)

Author : 

Kuroe Hayase / Kiiko Jou

Story :  Eight has been forced to fight in an arena as a slave day by day for as long as she can remember. One day, however, all of that changed when a garrison of troops staged a raid on the arena, led by a Dragonkin named Celeste. In the frantic fighting and fleeing, Eight is seen fighting against her master... and in that moment Celeste realizes that he has found his destined partner... his mate.
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    ChickeyNuggey

    May 18, 2025 (PST)

    Cute and fun
    Little weird at first but cute in an odd way. Not what I expected. It started off quite sad but it seems to be taking a happier step.
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    Readinglover69

    May 17, 2025 (PST)

    Fantastic story.
    I cannot wait to see what's going to happen next. This is better than most of the animes out there nowadays. I hope that this one actually continues on and becomes a series on TV rooting for you.
    So looking forward to your next chapter.
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    Neptunyan

    May 16, 2025 (PST)

    Really cute, looking forward to more.
    This review contains spoilers. The art is what first attracted me- but the character writing so far stands on its own and the age gap is acknowledged in a way that doesn't creep me out like these genres tend to. All in all, I think the author wrote the age-gap trope quite well. It doesn't try to ignore the glaring issues and clashes this dynamic can bring out.

    For specifics- Celeste cherishes Yui as a guardian and more. His feelings for Yui is definitely romantic love but also admiration with the desire to protect. He leaves Yui room to feel and even acknowledges that Yui is a child- that she isn't ready for such a relationship and the only viable form of communication for Yui in his position would be to stand as her guardian until she is more independent. Then, before you have time to feel creeped out, she's given the choice to never reciprocate. It helps that despite this "soulmate" thing that Celeste has due to his racial features, he finds the power to respect Yui to this extent, teetering the fine lines of not grooming Yui but actually being her support. Celeste might be too perfect but I think that's the point.

    A vanilla and very respectful exploration of such a dynamic type compared to other stories that try this kind of age-gap soulmate relationship.

    Bonus points for the variety of races in the story that actually add flavor and individuality, instead of trying to exemplify some kind of badly written race game of "uurrr orc bad, elf racist... must hab war!!" etc, etc.

    Hope to read more.
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Content Rating16+Rating

Page Count 50 Pages

Publisher Manga Box Co., Ltd.

Color or Monochrome monochrome

Ongoing

Digital Release Date May 15, 2025 (PST)

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