"I will never, never ever touch a woman or let them touch me" - Tachibana Rintarou.

Having a disease that may cause your death when sexually aroused can be very tough, especially if you suddenly transfer to a girl's highschool that recently began admitting male students. Dragons Rioting is an action martial arts manga that incorporates genres such as ecchi and comedy. This may seem as your typical ecchi comedy manga, but in reality isn't.

The story of Dragons Rioting focuses around Tachibana Rintarou, a high schooler with a disease (Henisei Tashu Ijou Syndrome, or Hentai Syndrome) that may cause his death due to sexual excitement. To provide him with a safe life, his father decides to train him in order to control his body and mind, making him a superb fighter. Rintarou transfers to what he believes is a boys-only high school, Nangoku High, which in fact turned out to be an all-girls high school, were fighting is prevalent.

One point to note is that this manga's focus lays mainly in fighting battles and making a parody of the ecchi/comedy genre (whether intentional or not): the ecchi/harem type of elements are secondary. Rintarou's disease and the interactions with the female fighters lead to comedic and hilarious situations. The different fighting techniques and toughness of the characters are by no means realistic: from slicing air to summoning walls of stone just with the bare hands is the norm. This may bother readers looking for realistic combats, but in fact, I find it enhances the overall enjoyment of the manga immensely.

The cast of characters in Dragons Rioting is big: a huge cast of female characters, while just a few male characters. The variety of female characters is big: there is the strong, reckless Kyouka, the emotionless ones such as Rino or Erin, loli ones, you name it. As for the male characters, the only outstanding one is the protagonist, Rintarou, which is by far one of the best characters out there. He is not the typical perverted male lead, instead, he avoids any possible erotic situation at any cost with the most ridiculous, yet amusing techniques, which is really refreshing to see.

The character development in the manga is so far not deep, it is rather lacking in fact; the reader can appreciate some insight in the past of the main female characters, which explain to certain degree why they are strong fighters. However, most of it is still a mystery and probably won't be explained; it's a given that they are strong. This is nonetheless a minor drawback, which fits the non serious tone of the story so far.

The art in Dragons Rioting is very good; clean drawings and good shading on the different panels of the drawings. There is a good amount of backgrounds to the manga, though not as detailed as some, it fulfills its purpose well. The battle scenes are well displayed, the same applies to the different techniques shown.

The character designs are done well too, basically only gorgeous females with huge busts and asses, which bothered me a bit personally as it was a bit too ridiculous.The characters facial expression doesn't really vary a lot, but this is due to the positivist nature of the manga: it is not focused on being too serious.

Dragons Rioting was overall a very refreshing read to all of the ecchi/comedy mangas out there. The battles and the parody of the ecchi genre resulting in comedic situations really led to an enjoyable reading experience. The storyline isn't defined quite yet, but nevertheless I'd recommend this manga to anyone who likes battle themed manga or just wants a change from the ecchi mangas out there.

Thanks for reading.