Dungeon Friends Forever

Dungeon Friends Forever (ダンジョンの幼なじみ, Danjon no Osananajimi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Kuma. It was originally published as a webcomic on the Nico Nico Seiga website in September 2021. It later began serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive in January 2022.

Dungeon Friends Forever
First tankōbon volume cover
ダンジョンの幼なじみ (Danjon no Osananajimi)
Genre	Fantasy[1] Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Yasuhisa Kuma
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	MF Comics Alive Series
Magazine	Monthly Comic Alive
Original run	January 27, 2022 – present
Volumes	6

Plot

Van is a young man who regularly fights his way through the Wyrm Hell dungeon to meet up with its boss, a dragon named Ryuka who is actually his childhood friend. Ryuka can transform into a more humanoid form, in which she and Van hang out for his monthly visits. Although most of the subordinate monsters of the dungeon see Van as just an uncommonly skilled warrior, Ryuka's four highest-ranking lieutenants -- a harpy, a minotaur, an orc and a wolfman -- are aware of Van and Ryuka's long friendship and are eager to help it become something more romantic.

Characters

Ryuka Obsidian (リューカ・オブシディアン, Ryūka Obushidian)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (voice comic)^[2]

Ryuka was saved by Van as a child and became fast friends with him. She does truly wish to win his heart, but Van is a bit too dense to understand her tsundere tendencies.

Van (ヴァン, Ban)

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (voice comic)^[2]

Ryuka's childhood friend. He is the strongest class of adventurer due to getting "regular exercise" attacking Ryuka's subordinates on a monthly basis. He moved to the nearest village to get closer to Ryuka.

Harpy-san (ハッピーさん, Happī-san)

Voiced by: Larissa Tago Takeda (voice comic)^[2]

Mino-san (ミノっさん)

Voiced by: Yuto Ishida (voice comic)^[2]

Okkun (オッくん)

Voiced by: Hideyoshi Nozawa (voice comic)^[2]

Uru-kun (ウルくん)

Voiced by: Shun Kamimoto (voice comic)^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Kuma, Dungeon Friends Forever was initially published as a webcomic on the Nico Nico Seiga website on September 3, 2021.^[3] It was later acquired by Media Factory who began serializing it in its seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on January 27, 2022.^[1] Its chapters have been compiled into six tankōbon volumes as of March 2025.^[4] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[5]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	June 22, 2022[6]	978-4-04-681436-4	October 17, 2023[7]	979-8-88843-024-8
2	January 23, 2023[8]	978-4-04-682063-1	March 5, 2024[9]	979-8-88843-351-5
3	August 22, 2023[10]	978-4-04-682690-9	October 1, 2024[11]	979-8-89160-177-2
4	March 23, 2024[12]	978-4-04-683391-4	March 25, 2025[13]	979-8-89373-133-0
5	October 22, 2024[14]	978-4-04-683929-9	September 9, 2025[15]	979-8-89373-938-1
6	March 22, 2025[4]	978-4-04-684481-1	—	—

Other

In commemoration of the release of the first volume, a voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Kadokawa YouTube channel on the same day. The voice comic featured the voices of Ayane Sakura and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka.^[2]

Reception

The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 in the web category.^[16] The series was also nominated for the tenth edition in 2024 in the print category.^[17]