Manga series · Across generations

Beyblade Battle: Holy Dragon Legend

Holy Dragon Legend is a 2002 two-volume companion manga aimed at a female readership, mirroring the main Bakuten Shoot Beyblade cast with an elementary-school-set, Shojo-styled female ensemble whose Bit-Beasts can speak directly to their bladers. Ryou Tatsumiya and her friends fight the corrupting Nightmare Dragoon, a villain pulled from the Beyblade Fighting Tournament video game, across chapters each titled 'Battle' plus a number and subject.

Key events

  • Aimed at a female audience with Shojo-style tropes rather than the main manga's Shonen approach
  • Set in the cast's elementary school rather than a tournament circuit
  • Bit-Beasts can speak directly to their bladers, unlike in the main series
  • Nightmare Dragoon, a villain from the Beyblade Fighting Tournament game, serves as the final antagonist
  • The female lead cast mirrors the male Bakuten Shoot Beyblade cast character-for-character

Differences from the anime

  • Nightmare Dragoon's manga design is more sinister-looking than its original video-game appearance
  • Asuka's outfit was altered between magazine serialization and the collected volumes, adding tights and a longer skirt

Claims We Could Not Check

Attributed, not verified by us

  • Character surnames use kanji that hint at their Bit-Beasts, e.g. phoenix, dragon, tiger and turtle
  • Only a handful of the main series' supporting-cast Bit-Beasts (Trypio, and Robert's and Johnny's) reappear here
  • The Japanese title is a pun on 'Seiryuu', which can mean both 'Holy Dragon' and the Azure Dragon symbol tied to Dragoon