Dragon and Chameleon

Dragon and Chameleon (Japanese: 龍とカメレオン, Hepburn: Ryū to Kamereon) 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 June 2025, seven volumes have been published.

Dragon and Chameleon
Cover of the first volume
龍とカメレオン (Ryū to Kamereon)
Genre	Adventure[1] Comedy[1] Supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Ryo Ishiyama
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Magazine	Gangan Joker
Original run	October 21, 2022 – present
Volumes	7

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ryo Ishiyama, the series began serialization in Square Enix's magazine Gangan Joker on October 21, 2022.^[2] As of January 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into seven tankōbon volumes.^[3]

In January 2024, Square Enix began publishing the series in English on their Manga Up! Global service.^[4] Square Enix is set to release the series in print in Q4 2024.^[5]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	April 21, 2023[6]	978-4-75-758531-7	November 19, 2024[7]	978-1-64-609311-3
2	August 22, 2023[8]	978-4-75-758734-2	February 18, 2025[9]	978-1-64-609328-1
3	December 21, 2023[10]	978-4-75-758971-1	May 13, 2025[11]	978-1-64-609329-8
4	May 22, 2024[12]	978-4-75-759196-7	August 12, 2025[13]	978-1-64-609354-0
5	September 22, 2024[14]	978-4-75-759428-9	November 18, 2025[15]	978-1-64-609429-5
6	January 21, 2025[16]	978-4-75-759623-8	—	—
7	June 20, 2025[3]	978-4-75-759904-8	—	—

Reception

My Hero Academia creator Kōhei Horikoshi recommended the series, describing it as "written with blood, bones, body, and spirit".^[17]

In the 2023 Next Manga Award, the series ranked 13th in the print manga category and won the U-Next Prize.^[18] The series won the Manga Kingdom Tottori award at the 53rd Japan Cartoonists Association Award.^[19] It has been nominated at the Japan Society and Anime NYC's second American Manga Awards for Best New Manga in 2025.^[20]