

Dragon Goes House-Hunting
ドラゴン、家を買う。
In an RPG fantasy world, a red dragon named Letty is disowned by his parents after failing to guard their eggs. Now he has to find a place of his own, but unlike other dragons, Letty is meek, cowardly, and has overall low stats. Regardless, a defenseless young dragon makes for an easy target for those who only see him as a beast to be feared, vanquished, and even devoured. After some time searching for somewhere to call "home," he encounters the elf Dearia, who saves him from a band of heroes. Both an architect and a real estate agent, Dearia offers to help Letty find the perfect abode that suits his needs. Thus ensues Letty's house-hunting quest, as well as all the fantastical creatures and formidable enemies he meets along the way! [Written by MAL Rewrite]
In an RPG fantasy world, a red dragon named Letty is disowned by his parents after failing to guard their eggs. Now he has to find a place of his own, but unlike other dragons, Letty is meek, cowardly, and has overall low stats. Regardless, a defenseless young dragon makes for an easy target for those who only see him as a beast to be feared, vanquished, and even devoured. After some time searching for somewhere to call "home," he encounters the elf Dearia, who saves him from a band of heroes. Both an architect and a real estate agent, Dearia offers to help Letty find the perfect abode that suits his needs. Thus ensues Letty's house-hunting quest, as well as all the fantastical creatures and formidable enemies he meets along the way! [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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KANLen09
June 20, 2021
For a show of a subversive fantasy gag parody like this, you would think that with such a mediocre-to-decent story about a cheap dragon going house-hunting, would be very lame and off-putting. While most of the community thinks that's the case with this show, I, however for one, was so wrong, and as time progresses, out of the many great and masterpiece shows of the Spring 2021 season, other than the overlooked Odd Taxi, "Dragon, Ie wo Kau." is easily the 2nd best show that I always look forward to for weekly seasonals. I'm very salty about the undeserving low score, but whatever, this show'ssadly not for everyone. As the title goes, it's literally "Dragon Goes House-Hunting", and to create more "magical" moments for a trivia, one of this show's sponsors is actually a real-life company by the name of "OPEN HOUSE Co. Ltd", which engages in the real-estate agency and brokerage business in Japan. It operates through the following segments: Single-Family Homes Related Business, Condominiums, Property Resales, and Others. It's methodically analytical to think that a real-life real estate Japanese company would promote their services alongside mangaka Kawo Tanuki's work, and in this case, what the anime portrayed throughout its run of different house-hunting procedures, the company OPEN HOUSE also does the exact same business, and this is especially relatable to both native Japanese and Gaijins (foreigners) whom are like this dragon who's constantly searching for home in all nook and cranny areas possible. I know that a lot of people are turned off by the MC dragon Letty's casted VA Shun Horie, but you've gotta remember that he didn't exactly have good roles to begin with on his VA business. His most recent MC roles being Kazuya from "Kanojo, Okarishimasu" and Hacker from "Akudama Drive", it's easy to hear why his voice sounded very different from other more pronounced VAs like Yuki Kaji a.k.a KajiKaji. Nevertheless, I'd feel that Shun Horie provided a very unique child-like voice to Letty, being the kid dragon of a family that disowns him because he's being very timid and careless about his life to the point that it's un-dragon-like, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. If you look at his personal card, you'll see that his stats are far from ideal, the worst being that he has his LUK stat in the negative (like when was there ever such points being pwned). Thankfully, Letty gets a huge help when he encounters an elf realtor by the name of Dearia, supposedly a faux Demon Lord with his name stretching far and wide across the fantasy land, and there's no one whom have never heard of this good-looking Ikemen realtor before. Together with this unassuming "powerful" elf, the timid dragon Letty starts his journey to search for his perfect home. Other than the stereotypical heroes whom surface up time and time again to stop Letty and Dearia in their tracks (because Letty is a dragon, and red ones spew fire), it's literally gag moments one after another with the unassuming Dearia having to protect Letty's backside every now and then. But sometimes on occasion, Dearia requests that Letty does his own protection, because he is a dragon, and he should be able to spew fire, however, due to Letty's timidness, he has to constantly hide behind Dearia's back, which sometimes give him a headache, much less the specifics of different houses and features that would cater best to his long-time client. Nevertheless, the other main characters that would soon pop up in both elf and dragon's life with Piyovelt a.k.a Pip the Hraesvelgr Norse mythology bird (who calls Letty his dad) and the stuck-up child that is Princess Nell (whom like Letty, wants to find a home for herself and away from royalty), they provide extra hilarity and bantering that is worth every bit of that comedy gold. And adding onto that effect with the RPG-like symoblisms and references, this show's straightforward-ness is one that is enduring the toleration on the boring side, but also best enjoyed in a slice-of-life-ish relaxing scale. Most of the production team working on this show do have some experience, but it seems as though that the way with Youkoso Japari Park director Haruki Kasugamori's direction, this show produced at Signal.MD is average at best. I'm not asking for like A-1 Pictures levels of production, just a well decent one that wouldn't sacrifice quality for quantity, and sadly this show just looks abstractly drab with many cutting corners. I get that Haruki Kasugamori is trying to make this show look like something that's made for kids, but this is anime, and the stark contrast is huge for the general population. Sure, the manga is well adapted, but if there was a choice, I would stick to the manga while hearing voice recordings of VAs, that would be a good compromise. What's a total surpise is that one of the most famous J-Pop artists, Masayoshi Ooishi, performed the OP, which looking at the MV on YouTube, is also aimed at kids. It's to be expected of a song quality that is like SSSS.Dynazenon's one that fits well into Masayoshi Ooishi's repertoire, but this one is totally out of left field, and not to mention that every song produced by this reputable music artist is catchy great. Non Stop Rabbit's ED has gotta be one of my favourite EDs of the season, being a medieval rock song that doesn't stray away from the fantasy realms. Seriously though, this OST is IMO top-notch. At the end of the day, with such a simple story and lackluster anmiation, this show should have been doomed from the get-go. Thankfully, with its endearing character cast and gag comedy, it changed the game with its nonchalant characters that showcase "hummingbirds knocking into wood" levels of comedic banter, so much so that I can't stop having my funny bones being triggered every now and then. Let this be a PSA: Even if this show will never get a Season 2, if you like some fantasy escapism, I highly implore you to give this show a second chance. I know I did from the get-go, embrace it wholeheartedly, and came out with a smile on my face. This series needs more love than the hate that it got.
Gauban-san
June 20, 2021
Dragon, Ie wo Kau stands apart from most other anime in that it offers a lighthearted and amusing comedy of errors with unique and intelligent quirks. Making the Heroes the bad guys and the "Monsters" just average beings wanting to live and let live is a novel take on the fantasy genre. An un-Dragon Dragon may have thrown people off, but I love this twist. The only downside for me was they could have done a lot more with Letty's character development. From Runt to Alpha Dragon would be an incredible counterpoint to the effervescence of the plot. But from the intro to the credits, the seriesputs on an uplifting and whimsical play that you can't help but laugh and smile and grin at. In a world of way too serious anime, Dragon, Ie wo Kau is refreshing. As for the opening theme...it's in my music list as a GO TO song for making me smile :)
LovelyTekki
February 7, 2022
If I had to describe this anime in one word, it would be "boring". It was kind of funny at the start, and I liked the concepts on paper. Monsters being not so bad, telling the story from their perspective, and something like looking for a house in another world where fantastical locations could be explored! But it felt like after they went to the spooky mansion and the whale, they ran out of ideas. Then there's also the issue of a bunch of this anime being dedicated to stuff like paying taxes. If there's an audience for that, it certainly isn't me. Sure, Letty iscute at times, but as the series goes on he doesn't develop at all. It becomes pretty frustrating. When he started protecting the egg I expected him to eventually improve himself to protect someone he cared about, but the egg ended up being nothing more than an excuse to add a cute mascot character to the cast. I wanted to see him learn the skills he never learned with his parents, such as fire or flight, but that never happens. It makes Letty seem really whiny when he doesn't have any growth, but the jokes at his expense also start to feel repetitive at this point. We get it, he's a dragon who's also a weakling. In fact, the message of this anime falls flat in the end. "Every being has good and evil" and yet certain races such as the dwarves (and 99.9% of the time humans) are just pure evil and want nothing more than to butcher Letty for his valuable dragon parts. Everything about this anime unfortunately just started to repeat itself after about 5 episodes that it was very hard to watch through all of it. If you want to check it out, I recommend only the first few episodes as that's where it shines the most.
Stormy_77
June 21, 2021
The kid wanted to watch an anime with dragons where the dragon is not the bad guy, and I was recommended to try this. It fits the criteria perfectly. Letty, is a "good" dragon. Actually, a sniveling, cowardly dragon incapable of violence, who got kicked out of his home after a hunter stole a dragon egg right out from under his sleeping nose. On his own for the first time, the naive, kind dragon is quickly taken advantage of by dwarves, heroes and other races in the world, many of whom just want to dissect and kill him for "rare materials". It is only by goodfortune that he meets Dearia, an elf architect who happens to be The Dark Lord, and they venture off together to find Letty a good home. Their adventures are surprisingly hilarious, and the characters are for the most part likeable. The writers have done a good job parodying the normal fantasy tropes, with the episode featuring the Gladiator Dungeon being my favorite so far. Plenty of laughs to be had in this series, which I would consider comedy fantasy. This series has one of the cutest non talking Mascots ever. The protection and adoption of Pip, Letty's "son" is also very heartwarming. This is a show an adult could easily watch with a child without fear of the kid crying from excessive violence or sex. PG anime! There are several surprisingly adult themes included which I would hope are subtle enough not to traumatize children but which adults will "get" and laugh at. In a way this reminded me a lot of Shrek. The downsides are serious though. The design of the Letty dragon is not good. It's clunky and awkward - a creature with that kind of design would not be anatomically capable of moving like Letty does. The fore arms are too long and the hind end doesn't move "right". It's like they spent all the budget making Dearia delicious, Pip cute and left not much for Letty, the main character. This is particularly disappointing because the Black Dragon is VERY well animated and looks real. After finishing the series I can't rate this anime better than fair. It's a cute, charming watch, sprinkled with life lessons and humor. With better sound and animation this could easily have had a better rating. This being said, I will happily watch a season 2, hopefully done by a studio that has better animation.
shawnoxo
October 12, 2021
To say this show is anywhere near a masterpiece is a complete lie but that being said the show does exactly what it needs to do and it does it well at that. The show is a lighthearted journey of a pitifully weak dragon who after being kicked out of his family home must go looking for a safe place to live with the help of a jack of all trades style real estate agent who he meets on his journey which is definitely a unique synopsis for a show. Despite the simple but unusual premise, I wouldn't say the show was ever boring as there arenumerous references to other media which were fun to pick up on, additionally, the contrast between a weak, emotionally vulnerable but scary-looking dragon and a strong, emotionally bone dry but gentle-looking elf makes for some entertaining moments, this is sometimes a bad thing though as characters can seem one dimensional, luckily I think the pacing moves the story along before it becomes too much of an issue. The task of finding a safe home doesn't necessarily sound like a difficult task but there are numerous trials and tribulations the main character Letty must face on his house hunting quest one repeated annoyance being other races, primarily humans, who for one reason or another wish to use or hurt Letty which shows the "scary" monsters as the good guys which is becoming a much more popular theme in shows like "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" One major thing to note is that this show doesn't focus on combat at all despite there being stats so you shouldn't expect some crazy fights going into this show, but the story is overall engaging enough to hold your attention without them and manages to balance moments of sincerity with moments of comedy. The art style and animation are surprisingly good considering I hadn't heard any hype surrounding this show. All in all, I would recommend this show if you're looking for something to relax and watch or if you like fantasy shows but don't mind the lack of fighting.
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