Blue Dragon Ral Ω Grad(BLUE DRAGON ラルΩグラドBurū Doragon Raru Ω Gurado) is a manga by Tsuneo Takano and Takeshi Obata, the latter of which is the artist known for Death Note and Hikaru no Go. Chapters of the manga, referred to as "tales", ran weekly in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine beginning in December 2006. The series ended after 29 chapters. The plot of Ral Grad revolves around the journey of a young man named Ral from the kingdom of Sphaelite(スフエライトSuferaito). Ral has a symbiotic relationship with Grad, a legendary shadow with the form of a giant blue dragon.