Ninja's Dragon Battle! is the 109th issue of the Ninjago Magazine. It includes 892313 Lloyd and Merge Zane and Ras appear on the cover. It was released on the 28th of November 2023 in Germany.
Flying Lessons[]
Lloyd and Arin are on the Destiny's Bounty with Arin appalled from having seaweed they got from a floating village before wondering if they'll find proper food on an island to which Lloyd agrees, but prefers another floating village. When they come across one, Lloyd has Arin take the helm and steer towards the village while the former went to grab his ninja gear. While mooring, the ship is suddenly pulled into port by what Lloyd discovered is the Strangle Weed from Stiix. Fortunately, the village's residents arrive to tell the two that they don't be hostile to the Strangle Weed if it wants to be their friend. One villager explains that their village was a part of Stiix that was removed during the Merge. It also brought them close to a wounded dragon, who has the ability to sooth the Strangle Weed so that it could keep the village afloat, but is also wounded, so the villages have to look after it as well. The dragon also has some offspring ready to learn how to fly, but her broken wing is preventing her from doing so. Arin then suggests to Lloyd that they help them out, to which Lloyd is skeptical about it before Arin reveals he has an idea.
They bring the dragon onto the Bounty before flying her to a short distance far from the village while Arin slowly taught her babies to flap until they start to ascend and he uses his grappling hook to reach the Bounty for the baby dragons to fly toward them. After a lap around the village, they bring the dragon back down before Arin believes the baby dragons should go another round and sends them off while keeping an eye on them. However, as he does so, he notices some Claws of Imperium, who had recently captured a Water Dragon. The Claws spot the baby dragons and use their swords to capture them. Worried about their safety, Lloyd and Arin take off on the Bounty as the Claws manage to capture some before spotting the Bounty, which they fire a harpoon at it. However, this gives Lloyd a chance to slide along the laser chain towards the ship and uses Spinjitzu to knock the Claws off the ship with one breaking the glass holding the Water Dragon, who then blasts the Claws away on a dinghy. Believing the baby dragons had enough excitement, Lloyd and Arin prepare to take them back to the village while the Water Dragon deals with the unarmed Claws in the dinghy.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Arin
- Claw General
- Claw Hunters
- Lloyd
- Stiix citizens
Creatures[]
Objects[]
- Algae
- Binocoulars
- Coconuts (mentioned)
- Golden katana
- Imperium Sword
- Pink Dragon Core (mentioned)
Vehicles[]
- Destiny's Bounty
- Imperium ship
Events[]
- The Merge (flashback)
Locations[]
- Ocean
- Red-water ocean
Species[]
- Dragons
- Water Dragons
- Humans
- Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
- Strangle Weed
Trivia[]
- This issue was originally called Save the Dragons.
- The comic takes place between "Gangs of the Sea" and "They Call It Doom."
- It is revealed that a part of Stiix was separated and relocated in another part of the ocean during the Merge.
- This marks the only appearance of Water Dragons in Dragons Rising.
- The water dragon family's appearance shares similarities with Heatwave.
- The appearance of the Water Dragon captured by Imperium appears to fully be made out of water, similar to Nya's Water Dragon form.
- The dragon's appearance more closely matchs the appearance of dragons in Monkie Kid.
- In the comic, the Claw General is referred to as "sir", although The New Heroes later confirmed that she is a female. This possibly implies that there are more than one Claw General.
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