English Dub Review: Dragon Goes House-Hunting: “A Home for a Kingdom”

Overview: After filing for taxes, Letty (Michael Kovach) along with Pip (Lindsay Sheppard), Nell (Jad Saxton), and Dearia (Steven Kelly) tour yet another potential, this time in a royal capital sewer system that is home to a dungeon. 

Our Take: Man, you know what being a dragon may suck, but at least they are free from the burden of paying taxes right? At least that’s what one would assume. Evidently, that is not actually the case. 

If that didn’t already set up why this plot is genius, then I just don’t know what to tell you. One of the defining traits of how the humor works so well within this series, and especially in this episode, is how Dragon puts the most crazy spins on longstanding tropes of fantasy and pop culture as a whole, usually that of video games. One of these being Dragons seemingly have to pay taxes and with Letty’s unfortunate luck in regards to money and housing it was quite the embarrassing display. And embarrassing is Letty’s bread and butter as that is when he is at his most pathetically hilarious with his excessive whining and lack of confidence. But this episode simultaneously acts as the roasting of Letty and of course Nell being the antagonizing woman she is, is absolutely relentless and does not let up. All the self-deprecating remarks you could imagine ranging from his stat levels to his lack of job to the point where when you finally stop laughing, you just start to feel bad for him.  

After the group tour a new potential home in the royal capital sewer system, there are various other trope twists that make it a worthwhile comedic entry, like that of monsters working for a hero’s dungeon for housing and income, or the pointlessness of leaving valuable treasures in chests in a dungeon rather than safely put them away someplace safe. Or other references that gamers will appreciate more than anything else like that of an unhelpful voice that gives irrelevant hints. And if you thought this series couldn’t fit in any more references, then you were dead wrong, because there are plenty of clever ones with that of a slightly subtle The Legend of Zelda one and not-so-subtle ones of classic JRPGs that make it fun for fans of the genre as a whole. 

And wouldn’t you know it, they were under Nell’s home the entire time. It seems like a fitting way to end the series in focusing more on Nell and I can’t wait to see what kind of hilarity that spoiled brat brings.