History Manga / TheRideOnKing

* TheCorruption: The majority of the Holy Kingdom is taken over by the corrupted flesh, which is an ever-growing colony of meat parasytes that feeds on Mana and makes their hosts aggressive.

The Ride-On King is an ongoing 2018 manga series by Baba Yasushi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Gekkan Shounen Magazine'' and ''Shounen Sirius'', and has been collected into 3 volumes so far.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[spoiler:All previously opponents Purchinov has managed to overcome by channeling his Fighting Spirit harder and supplexing them. One shot from the Dragriffon makes him heavily injured and unconscious. He excuses this by building up a lot of stress lately.]]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:The Holy Kingdom has attacked Gorde seeking for the new Dragon Vein to stop TheCorruption, intending to go as far to wipe the country out. Turns out Purchinov is the Dragon Vein and wants to meet them.]]

* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: In Chapter 53 Purchinov catches a pirate's Flacon Arrow with his mouth.

* NobodyPoops: According to Kanya in a bonus chapter, pooping is the greatest dishonor to an elf, so their gut flora is evolved to metabolise food completely. Bell creates a magic spell based of it and the rest of the world learns an inferior version it. Turns out it just solidifies poop into a tiny pearl that can be extracted every few months.

* KilledOffForReal: The lich gets revived in another dungeon only to be blasted off again by Purchinov, who can only remember that his name "sounded rich".

* GuardianEntity: The queen garm Purchinov rescues agrees to protect the village of the children he saved in the same battle. Once the villagers make it their protector, it evolves into a guardian deity.

* GottaCatchThemAll: Closing the all 7 corrupt Dragon Holes becomes the main plot, which [[spoiler:Purchinov does by taking them inside his chakras. The Tower is more interested in this skill than Purchinov's actions, as Nell has done the same with dozens of them by now]].

* TheCorruption: The majority of the Holy Kingdom is taken over by the corrupted flesh, which is an ever-growing colony of meat parasytes that feeds on Mana and make their hosts aggressive.

Alexander Purchinov is the revered president of the country of Pursia. Despite his skills, the life of politics bores him. His main interest instead is riding things, be it animals or vesicles. One day, terrorist try to attack Purchinov directly. He survives, but is suddenly transported to a new world, filled with magical beasts and diplomatic tensions. And he sure knows what he wants to check out.

* {{Mana}}: Mana in this world can be considered like crystallized oxygen. Almost all beasts have a mana crystal somewhere inside them. Mana crystals, beside magical properties, are used as fuel, and normal humans become really weak at high altitude locations. Purchinov, who is not from a magical world, rationalizes it as the "fighting spirit", which is a specific form of mana used by warriors.

Alexander Purchinov is president for life of the country of Pursia, a country ruled by violence and the influence of its government. Alexander always desires to be dominant, and "ride" things, whether literally or figuratively. Now that he has already ridden his country, his next target is a fantasy world that has orcs, wyverns, and centaurs.

* AdventureGuild: After being indebted to Saki and also accidentally wasting a lot of her money, Purchinov signs up to the adventurer guild to "slay monsters or clean mansions" because the other option would be slavery. Ironically, the guild uses different-colored belts to indicate ranks, just like in karate. Thier main purpose is to find powerful explorers to go into uncharted territories.
* AggressiveNegotiations: Purchinov dons his suit and tries to negotiate truce with Jilalie, arguing that due to the village getting destoryed many times in the past, Gorde's family has effectively abandoned that area. Since she doesn't take his offer, and wanted to capture everyone inside regardless, [[spoiler:Purchinov's allies blow up her units from the back and he shoots Carvin with a ''gun'' he had with him the entire time, with Marcelos finsihing with BoomHeadshot. And now Jilalie is outnumbered and the talk continues.]]

* BattleAura: Most magic that doesn't fall under categories of spells or utlization of nature spirits uses one's Fighting Spirit with variety of applications, which everyone can see by the glow around the warrior.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When an elder lich ressurects in the Chaos dungeon with 1000 soul orbs, Purchinov recalls that minotaurs were bound for 1000 years and wonders if the Dungeon Core just really likes that number, instead of noticing his enemy's return. Considering the King Ogre was asked to get 1000 sacrifices, he may be right.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Purchinov's opening monologue indicates that he's already been on top of anything he could want and is tired of presidency due to having nothing new to ride. He sure gets a whole new life worth of excietement.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When the turtoise dragon, effectively PhysicalGod, gives Purchinov a FriendOrIdolDecision offer of his freinds in exchange to returning home, Purchinov responds by drilling its head and making it beg for mercy for treating human lives as trading items.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Deputy lord Dia Lakastorm has his eyes constantly squinted. Despite being a NiceGuy, Bell remakrs that this trait makes him not trustworthy. [[spoiler:She turns out to be half-right as he is the [[HeelFaceTurn former]] Tower head, but he did produce a lot of secret bioweapons to use against the Tower, which Carvin manages to steal.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: While Rina and Joshua are actual siblings, all agents of Chaos treat each other like relatives despite being of different races, mainly becuase Rina doesn't understand a lot of concepts aside "family" and "foe".

* FantasticRacism: The non-Crest sentients (Centaurs, spirit beasts, orcs, etc; basically anyone that's not a human, dwarf, or elf) are susceptible to slavery and discrimination. Even elves get enslaved once in a while. A few of the imperial soliders don't consider that centaurs even have a concept of pride.

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Purchinov's status as the KingOfBeasts lets him merge with Marseros. After everyone is weirded out by this, he figures out how to incorporate martial arts to having four legs.]]

* GuardianEntity: The queen garm Purchinov rescues agrees to protect the village of the children he saved in the same battle. Once the villagers make it their protector, it evolves into a guardian diety.
* HandRubbing: When [[spoiler:Chaos takes over Gorde]], local merchants try to negotiate for letting them manage the logictics. Their hand rubbing show their real priorities.

* KingOfBeasts: Yamdoa is a lion-like diety who calls himself King of the Beasts. [[spoiler:He passes that title along with his strength to Purchinov]].

* {{Mana}}: Mana in this world can be considered like crystallized oxygen. Almost all beasts have a mana crystal somewhere inside them. Mana crystals, beside magical properties, are used as fuel, and normal humans become really weaak at high altitude locations. Purchinov, who is not from a magical world, rationalizes it as the "fighting spirit", which is a specific form of mana used by warriors.
* LeyLine: The world has Dragon Veins, which flow the Mana across the world [[spoiler:and can even reach other worlds. Purchinov is also directly connected to it through unkown means and acts as a walking PlaceOfPower]].

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In Chapter 30 the party aquires a dragon TurtleIsland that can also transform into a jet.

* SarcasmFailure: Joshua tells Purchinov that Kalmer cannot be tamed by a human and he's free to try, which Purchinov does immediatelly by pushing Joshua off along with the saddle.

** After Purchinov befriends Carvin's monsterous scorpion, the scorpion perfoms a Ride-On on a monsterous dinosaur, while Purchinov is still riding on it. The "Two Ride-On".

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Purchinov is suddenly teleported to the corner of a fantasy world after an assassination attempt, with Pursia unable to confirm his fate. He prioritizes finding new beasts to mount over returning to his country. When he gets a chance, he refuses becuase he feels obliged to resolve the situation he's already invovled in.

* TurtleIsland: Purchinov manages to get support of Zaratan, a truely massive turtoise sea dragon with a castle on top of it.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[spoiler:All previousy opponents Purchinov has managed to overcome by channeling his Fighting Spirit harder and supplexing them. One shot from the Dragriffon makes him heavily injured and unconscious. He excuses this by building up a lot of stress lately.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kalmer develops his dragon breath to be a bubble foam. While useless for pretty mcuh everything else, it's main property to solidify the more hatered it's attacked with makes it a perfect way to restrict enemies.

** The fight against gate minotaurs quickly devoles to everyone using various throws and drops on each other.

* BearsAreBadNews: Purchinov threw one down judo-style, then it agrees on being his steed.
* BenevolentBoss: Purchinov may have an authoritarian bent, but he does his best to ensure his subjects' comfort.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Seems to be a recurring theme with magical beasts and Purchinov.

* {{Egopolis}}: ''Pur''chinov leads the country of ''Pur''sia.
* TheEmpire: Purchinov is dumped into a fantasy one.
* {{Expy}}: Purchinov is a more buff UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, though his country is more akin to one of the USSR's smaller successor states than to Russia itself.
* FantasticDrug: Healing potions can cause addiction, as it would 'overheal' and gives the body a temporary boost if taken when not injured. Bell is one such addict.
* FantasticRacism: the non-Crest sentients (Centaurs, spirit beasts, orcs, etc; basically anyone that's not a human, dwarf, or elf) are susceptible to slavery and discrimination in the empire. Even elves get enslaved once in a while.
* GuardianEntity: The wolf Purchinov rescued agrees to be this for the home village of the children he rescued in the same battle, and as such grew a third eye.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Purchinov's life goal is to ride everything that can be ridden. Upon being transported to the new world, he is delighted to find out that his new targets include dragons, centaurs, Chocobo equivalents, and so on.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Bell has one, doubling as a nice hat. The magic to cast it is sought after by numerous groups, given how valuable it would be during warfare.
* NobleWolf: One agrees to help Purchinov after released from slavery.
* OnlyTheChosenMayRide: Purchinov is heartbroken to discover that the centaurs refuse to let anyone ride them as a matter of cultural pride. [[spoiler: After becoming the King of the Beasts, Purchinov finally gets to ride a centaur, which to his extreme dismay becomes a FusionDance scenario instead of what he was imagining.]]
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: To make childbirth easier, the foals are mostly bipedal as infants; they aren't quadrupedal as usual centaurs until they grow a bit older and their lower bodies outgrow their upper bodies. During times of famine, centaur foals may have their forelegs cut off, and those who survive the process become satyrs, having much smaller bodies than centaurs and therefore needing much less food to survive.
* Really700YearsOld[=/=]VagueAge: Kanya is certainly older than she looked, although how much so is kept vague.
* SlaveCollar: One that erases the will of its user altogether and blows up upon forced removal.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: After he arrives in the new world, Purchinov prefers to do his business with his shirt off.
* WorthyOpponent: The undead dragon views Purchinov as one.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Purchinov's fighting style is this, using a mix of wrestling moves and suplexes.

[[caption-width-right:350:He hasn't got to the griffin yet, unfortunately.]]

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: The foals are mostly bipedal as an infant; they aren't quadrupedal as usual centaurs until they grow a bit older. During times of famine, centaur foals have their forelegs removed, and those who survive the process become satyrs.

* {{Expy}}: Purchinov is a more buff Vladimir Putin, though his country is more akin to one of the USSR's smaller successor states than to Russia itself.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Bell has one, doubling as a NiceHat. The magic to cast it is sought after by numerous groups, given how valuable it would be during warfare.

* WorthyOpponent: The undead dragon views Purchinov as one.

* CuteWitch: Bell, the other half of Saki's adventuring party [[spoiler: and on the run from The Tower, a rather mercenary academy-slash-guild of wizards]].

* HeroicBastard: Saki is an illegitimate daughter of the Squider family of nobles, and running away from her family with Bell is one of her first major decisions in life.

* MagicKnight: Saki and Jilalie both meld swordplay and magic.

* PlayingWithFire: Jilalie's favored element.
* Really700YearsOld[=/=]VagueAge: Kannya is certainly older than she looked, although how much so is kept vague.
* RedBaron: Purchinov earns the title "Shining Wizard" after he overloads a magic-powered lamp. Also a ShoutOut to the wrestling move.
* ShockAndAwe: Saki's favored combat spell is a bolt of lightning to her enemies.

* WorldsStrongestMan: The first chapter has this in spades (defeating a terrorist truck with a ''shoulder throw'', anyone?) for Purchinov. Over the course of the story, it only gets wackier.

* BenevolentBoss: Purchinov may have an authoritarian bent, but he does his best to ensure his subjects comfort.
* CuteWitch: Bell, the other half of Saki's adventuring party[[spoiler: and on the run from The Tower, a rather mercenary academy-slash-guild of wizards]].

* FantasticDrug: Healing potions can cause addiction, as it would 'overheal' and gives the body a temporary boost if taken when not injured. Bell is one such addict.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Bell has one, doubling as a NiceHat.

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: The foals are mostly bipedal as an infant; they aren't quadrupedal as usual centaurs until they grow a bit older.

* Really700YearsOld: Kannya is certainly older than she looked, although how much so is kept vague.

* FantasticRacism: the non-Crest sentients (Centaurs, spirit beasts, orcs, etc) are susceptible to slavery and discrimination in the empire. Even elves get enslaved once in a while.
* FantasticDrug: Healing potions can be this, as it would 'overheal' and gives the body a temporary boost if taken when not injured. Bell is one such addict.

* BearsAreBadNews: Purchinov threw one down judo-style.

* {{Expy}}: Purchinov is a more buff Vladimir Putin, though his country is more akin to one of the USSR's successor states.

* WorldsStrongestMan: The first chapter has this in spades (defeating a terrorist truck with a ''shoulder throw'', anyone?). Over the course of the story, it only gets wackier.

* FantasticRacism: the non-human sentients (Centaurs, elves, orcs, etc) are susceptible to slavery and discrimination in the empire.

* SlaveCollar: one that erases the will of its user altogether.
* WorldsStrongestMan: The first chapter has this in spades (defeating a terrorist truck with a ''shoulder throw'', anyone?. Over the course of the story, it only gets wackier.