Inada Koji

Five short stories that take place throughout the original Dragon Quest Adventure of Dai series with each chapter featuring one of the five main characters.

It's the Century of Darkness where monsters known as Vandels rule the world, and the Vandel Busters are the only ones who can fight them. When a group of Busters are killed in battle, they pass on their magic Saiga weapons to Beet, making him the strongest Buster ever. But Beet won't just fight the Vandels–he wants to destroy them and finally end the Century of Darkness.Notes: Returned from a decade-long hiatus in 2016 after the artist was severely injured in 2006.Links:Anime on ANNAnime (sequel) on ANN

Follows the adventure of two young children fighting against Estark, the Emperor of Hell and meeting with the heroes of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen.

Long ago there was a brave swordsman known simply as ‘the Hero’. Back then, people suffered under the rule of the great Demon King, but the Hero and his companions challenged the Demon King and, after a great battle, emerged victorious… The Demon King had fallen! The monsters who were under his influence were freed and settled on an isolated island and, with no humans around to stir the monsters, it became a peaceful place where everyone could live together.On a remote island on the southern seas lives Dai, a shipwrecked boy adopted by Brass, a lump wizard monster. Dai dreams of becoming a great hero, but after years without human contact, one day a ship arrives to the island. This is the start of Dai's adventures…Notes:MangaDex's volume numbering goes by the small-format edition (bunkoban).The official English localization of the repackaged color record edition (shinsousairokuban) by VIZ Media is possibly discontinued. The most recent release was Volume 5 on November 8, 2022.Supervisor: Horii Yuuji