The Ride-On King - Ch. 57 - The President and the Swirling Curse

[YerRob]

Really feels like the humour has improved, wonder if they got extra staff?

Anyways, feels good man

 

[harukuro]

Ride everything, president.
EVen the oldest eldritch horror!

 

[captain_crunch]

MC has one track mind, choo choo

 

[Kazuraki]

Aleksandr Pushkin?

I meant Pushkin the MC, but somehow my mind slipped. Oops

 

[reu]

I meant Pushkin the MC, but somehow my mind slipped. Oops

Though the MC is also something of a poet himself, he's Purchinov, not Pushkin

 

[1234muse]

It's an intentional effort by the author to separate Purchinov the character from the real-world Putin - or more precisely, to turn Purchinov into the anti-Putin.

In chapter 43, when Purchinov is offered kingship by the griffons, he refuses, saying this:

Chapter 43, of course, was released in March 2022. The cross-shaped scar came in chapter 47.

Purchinov wasn't at any point meant to be Putin, but a satire of Putin (specifically, pro-Putin propaganda), but the authors decided to remove even the last shred of ambiguity about where their politics lie by putting a big X for "No" across his face.

Which is based out of space, if you ask me. That decision probably saved the manga, and if anything, made it even better.

I really enjoyed this manga before, but I havn't been able to bring myself to read it ever since things kicked off, seeing this definitely helps. not sure if I'll be able to stand reading it even so, I definitely have my feelings on the matter
also based writers

 

[TheProtectorOfPureHeartedGirls]

Swirling mist wants to be ridden...

 

[SetsugoKioshi]

When did his hair stop being slicked back?

He meant that his hair changed a bit. From a very formal slicked back hair to a more wild slicked back hair.

 

[Stevethebarbarian]

When did his hair stop being slicked back?

Very late reply, but when he was flying with the gryphons near the end of the previous arc, Kurapee or whatever the triceratops dragon’s name is was hanging from his hair. He mentioned he always had thick hair with strong roots, and having it pulled on took it out of its former position. Presumably in-universe that’s how he used to wear it (since we saw it in a flashback, lol) and he decided to keep it that way.

The scars, of course, are from getting cut up by the corruption.