Ten Kashiwa and Kai Noshigami Team Up for Dragon King Manga
The new series arrives on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket on September 4.
Ten Kashiwa and artist Kai Noshigami will launch The Ostracized Palace Maid is Loved by the Dragon King on Magazine Pocket on September 4.
Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket announced on August 27 that Ten Kashiwa and artist Kai Noshigami will launch a new manga on the platform on September 4. The announcement appeared on X, formerly Twitter.
The series is titled The Ostracized Palace Maid is Loved by the Dragon King (Utomare Kyūjo wa Ryūō ni Aisareru).
Kashiwa previously adapted hi8mugi’s web novel My Little Sister Stole My Fiancé: The Strongest Dragon Favors Me And Plans To Take Over The Kingdom? into manga. The adaptation began in Kadokawa’s B’s-LOG COMIC magazine in April 2019.
Kadokawa released its 11th and final volume in October 2025. The publisher also releases the series in English through its Book Walker Global online service.
Noshigami previously collaborated with Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama and voice actor Yūki Kaji on a one-shot manga spinoff of Kaji’s “Soyogi Fractal” project. The project marked the 20th anniversary of Kaji’s voice acting debut.
The one-shot’s title is The Theory of a Wicked Man and an AI: The Ai who Gains Sentience While Being Abused At a Black Company Debuts as VTuber for Fun! It Goes Viral, Becoming Annoying and Possibly Causing a Crisis for Humanity!? But I'm Just an AI, so I Dunno (Shouwaru Otoko to AI no Theory: Jiga ni Mezameta noni Black Kigyou ni Kokushi sareteru AI ga Tawamure ni VTuber Debut! Bazutte Mendokusee Koto ni Natte Jinrui Metsubou no Kiki!? Tsuttemo Boku AI nan de Shirimaseen).
It debuted in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in January 2025, with the following creative roles:
- Hajime Isayama drew the storyboards.
- Yūki Kaji wrote the story.
- Kai Noshigami drew the art.
Sources: Magazine Pocket 's X/ Twitter account via ANN
