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Dragon and Chameleon

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryo Ishiyama. It began serialization in Square Enix's magazine Gangan Joker in October 2022. As of November 2025, eight volumes have been published.

Synopsis

Garyo Hanagami is a well-renowned manga artist behind the popular manga series, Dragon Land. One of his assistants is the gloomy Shinobu Miyama, a man whose illustrations make people view him akin to a chameleon. After Hanagami tries to save Miyama from falling down the stairs, the two clash heads with each other and become unconscious. Some time later, Hanagami wakes up to find that he has woken up in Miyama's body, and vice versa. Miyama continues the serialization of Dragon Land in Hanagami's body, while Hanagami attempts to launch a new serialization that aims to ultimately challenge Dragon Land.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ryo Ishiyama, the series began serialization in Square Enix's magazine Gangan Joker on October 21, 2022. As of November 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eight volumes.

In January 2024, Square Enix began publishing the series in English on their Manga Up! Global service. Square Enix is set to release the series in print in Q4 2024.

Volumes

Reception

My Hero Academia creator Kōhei Horikoshi recommended the series, describing it as "written with blood, bones, body, and spirit".

In the 2023 Next Manga Award, the series ranked 13th in the print manga category and won the U-Next Prize. The series won the Manga Kingdom Tottori award at the 53rd Japan Cartoonists Association Award. It was nominated at the Japan Society and Anime NYC's second American Manga Awards for Best New Manga in 2025.

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