History Manga / RagnaCrimson

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Ragna traumatizes [[spoiler: Artemisia with his power; starting with resisting her ability to stop time after already shredding her to pieces several times. Even after Ragna collapses from a HeroicRSOD, she's so terrified that she won't allow herself to stop time again.]]

An anime television series adaptation by Creator/SilverLink is set to premiere in 2023.

** Similarly, because Ragna has grown strong enough to [[spoiler:defeat a second-generation Dragon King ''and'' a powerful high-rank Dragon who was outright stronger than her to the point of being recognized by [[WorldsStrongestMan Gilzea]]]], once the fight is taken to the Bloodline of Roars, [[spoiler:it takes Ragna being too much of a LeeroyJenkins and attempting to take on ''all'' of the Bloodline simultaneously to actually force him to back off. Given the opportunity for individual fights as they try to trap him on their own terms, it's (initially) a CurbStompBattle in his favor; only Bagram is immediately held as a distinct threat on his own within the Roars, and they need all the help they can get from the other Bloodlines to hold the line.]]

* BadFuture: The premise of the story is Ragna's journey to prevent a horrible dystopian future in which it is strongly implied that humanity has been exterminated by dragons from happening after receiving the powers and memories of his future self.

* OneCastMemberPerCover: Nearly every volume features a different character on the cover. The only characters who appear on multiple covers are the two protagonists, Ragna and Crimson.

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An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link is set to premiere in 2023.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Artemisia and Woltekamui were friends since they were young, [[spoiler: in which the former was a few-year-old clone, and the latter is a literal child]], and it's obvious that they love each other a lot. But due to various reasons, most of all they being tsundere, the two never get past the UnresolvedSexualTension stage.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, no Bloodlines besides Claws even considers anything positive of them, and Claws [[spoiler:is EqualOpportunityEvil in training ''anyone'' with potential to be their absolute best]]. Being able to treat humans like cattle resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it; it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth. The fact that some people can be ''converted'' to Dragons by mana in their bodies only muddies the matter further, and anyone with draconic traits as a HalfHumanHybrid does not get any sort of [[HumansAreBastards positive treatment on the other side]] for it.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, no Bloodlines besides Claws even considers anything positive of them, and Claws [[spoiler:is EqualOpportunityEvil in training ''anyone'' with potential to be their absolute best]]. Being able to treat humans like cattle resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it; it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, no Bloodlines besides Claws even considers anything positive of them, and Claws [[spoiler:is EqualOpportunityEvil in training ''anyone'' with potential to be their absolute best]]. Being able to treat humans like cattle just resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it; it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, any dragons actually ''helping'' humanity are considered a traitor to be killed on-sight without question unless they're strong enough to make others reconsider. Being able to treat humans like cattle just resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it; it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, any dragons actually ''helping'' humanity are considered a traitor to be killed on-sight without question. Being able to treat humans like little more than meaty cattle just resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it; it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth.

** Similarly, because Ragna has grown strong enough to [[spoiler:defeat a second-generation Dragon King ''and'' a powerful high-rank Dragon who was outright stronger than her to the point of being recognized by [[WorldsStrongestMan Gilzea]]]], once the fight is taken to the Bloodline of Roars, [[spoiler:it takes Ragna being too much of a LeeroyJenkins and attempting to take on ''all'' of the Bloodline simultaneously to actually force him to back off. Given the opportunity for individual fights as they try to trap him on their own terms, it's (initially) a CurbStompBattle in his favor; only Bagram is immediately held as a distinct threat on his own within the Roars.]]

** Similarly, because Ragna has grown strong enough to [[spoiler:defeat a second-generation Dragon King ''and'' a powerful high-rank Dragon who was arguably stronger than her]], once the fight is taken to the Bloodline of Roars, [[spoiler:it takes Ragna being too much of a LeeroyJenkins and attempting to take on ''all'' of the Bloodline simultaneously to actually force him to back off; once he's given the opportunity for individual fights because they try to fight him on their own terms, it's (initially) a CurbStompBattle in his favor and he's more concerned about keeping his allies alive than any challenge on his part. Only Bagram is immediately held as a distinct threat on his own.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Early parts of the story have Ragna and Crimson working to take on the Winged Bloodline of the Dragons, which keeps escalating further and further to full-out war that finally ends in their extermination, [[spoiler:albeit at a great cost to the Silver Armament Army Corps.]] You'd think the story would then move onto the next MonsterOfTheWeek, [[spoiler:only for the rest of the Bloodlines to immediately begin plotting together how to eliminate Ragna in co-operative efforts despite usually trying to steer clear of each other, even outright admitting they have to accelerate their plans ''because'' of the unexpected fall of the Winged.]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted and deconstructed. Dragons aren't inherently ''evil'', and indeed among each other they have bonds, love, rivalries and other human qualities in their considerations. Some Dragons can even take pity on and spare humans on a case-by-case basis. But because the species as a whole has decreed that humanity is nothing more than inferior, fleshy food to them, any dragons actually ''helping'' humanity are considered a traitor to be killed on-sight without question. Being able to treat humans like little more than meaty cattle just resulted in virtually almost every single dragon touting their superiority as some sort of inscrutable BlueAndOrangeMorality when they're really just [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty]] and do what they please because their power allows it. As [[HalfHumanHybrid Greya and Hesela]] show by completely going against the grain and aligning with humanity, it's entirely their predatorial dominance that makes them the monsters they are rather than what they are by birth.

* SoleSurvivor: Ragna was the only survivor of several dragon attacks many times and this was repeated up to eleven in his future self timeline. Exterminating the dragons and making sure he isn't the only survivor again is one of his main goals in the story.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Artemisia]] was originally one of the clones serving as healers of the Sun Cult.

''Ragna Crimson'' (ラグナクリムゾン, ''Raguna Kurimuzon'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Kobayashi. It has been serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker since March 2017, with its chapters collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of August 2022.

''Ragna Crimson''(ラグナクリムゾン, ''Raguna Kurimuzon'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Kobayashi. It has been serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker since March 2017, with its chapters collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of August 2022.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"This future...you must overcome."'']]