Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is a Japanese manga series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Koji Inada. A short story was first released in the 25th and 26th issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1989. Issues 35–37 included the short story . The serialization of The Adventure of Dai began that same year in the 45th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, published on October 23. It continued on for seven years before ending in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on December 9, 1996. The manga was collected into 37 volumes published between March 9, 1990, and June 4, 1997. It was later released in 22 bunkoban volumes published from June 18, 2003, to March 18, 2004. A 25-volume edition that includes the color pages from its original magazine run and newly drawn covers by Inada was published between October 2, 2020, and July 2, 2021.
On July 9, 2021, Viz Media announced they licensed the series for English publication. The first volume was released on March 1, 2022; the fifth and latest volume was released on November 8 of that same year.
A prequel manga series illustrated by Yūsaku Shibata, with Sanjo credited for original work, began serializing in Shueisha's V Jump manga magazine in the November issue on September 19, 2020. The series is centered around Avan before he met Dai and his companions.
A spin-off manga written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Amami, titled Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Xross Blade, was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine from October 1, 2020, to January 4, 2024, and collected in seven volumes. It is based on the October 2020 video game of the same name.
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Volumes Original release
Bunkoban release
2020 re-release
Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō
Xross Blade
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