Dungeon Friends Forever

Dungeon's Childhood Friends(ダンジョンの幼なじみ, Danjon no Osananajimi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Kuma. It was originally published as a webcomic on the Nico Nico Seiga website in September 2021. It later began serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive in January 2022.

Plot

Van is a young man who regularly fights his way through the Wyrm Hell dungeon to meet up with its boss, a dragon named Ryuka who is actually his childhood friend. Ryuka can transform into a more humanoid form, in which she and Van hang out for his monthly visits. Although most of the subordinate monsters of the dungeon see Van as just an uncommonly skilled warrior, Ryuka's four highest-ranking lieutenants—a harpy, a minotaur, an orc and a wolfman—are aware of Van and Ryuka's long friendship and are eager to help it become something more romantic.

Characters

Ryuka Obsidian(リューカ・オブシディアン, Ryūka Obushidian)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (voice comic)

Ryuka was saved by Van as a child and became fast friends with him. She does truly wish to win his heart, but Van is a bit too dense to understand her tsundere tendencies.

Van Sirius(ヴァン, Ban Shiriusu)

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (voice comic)

Ryuka's childhood friend. He is the strongest class of adventurer due to getting "regular exercise" attacking Ryuka's subordinates on a monthly basis. He moved to the nearest village to get closer to Ryuka.

Harpy-san(ハッピーさん, Happī-san)

Voiced by: Larissa Tago Takeda (voice comic)

A harpy and one of the dungeon's four administrators. She's constantly trying to get Van and Ryuka's relationship to progress to something sexual. For a while, she had herself confused with a siren and insisted she had a beautiful singing voice.

Mino-san(ミノっさん)

Voiced by: Yuto Ishida (voice comic)

A minotaur and one of the dungeon's four administrators. Despite his manliness, he's obsessed with pure relationships and becomes violently angry whenever the subject of cheating or promiscuity comes up.

Orc-kun(オッくん, Okkun)

Voiced by: Hideyoshi Nozawa (voice comic)

An orc and one of the dungeon's four administrators. Even though he looks dumb, he's actually a genius tinkerer who often comes up with inventions that are either incredibly useful or completely useless. Sometimes they blow up, though.

Uru-kun(ウルくん)

Voiced by: Shun Kamimoto (voice comic)

A kobold and one of the dungeon's four administrators. He's responsible for personnel placement, and despite looking wimpy, he can transform into a werewolf-like creature when he's in trouble.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Kuma, Dungeon Friends Forever was initially published as a webcomic on the Nico Nico Seiga website on September 3, 2021. It was later acquired by Media Factory who began serializing it in its seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on January 27, 2022. Its chapters have been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of November 2025. The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Other

In commemoration of the release of the first volume, a voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Kadokawa YouTube channel on the same day. The voice comic featured the voices of Ayane Sakura and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka.

Reception

The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 in the web category. The series was also nominated for the tenth edition in 2024 in the print category.

External links

• at Nico Nico Seiga (in Japanese)
• at ComicWalker (in Japanese)
• (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia