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In the Jump 1989–1996

Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada

三条陸 & 稲田浩司

Riku Sanjo (story) and Koji Inada (art) are the duo behind Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1989–1996), the manga set in the world of the Dragon Quest video games that follows Dai, a boy raised on a monster island who sets out to become a true hero and defeat the Demon Lord. Over 37 volumes it became one of the great adventure manga of 90s Jump, adapted into an anime in 1991 and again in 2020. The pair returned to the magazine with Beet the Vandel Buster (2002–2006).

Volume 1 cover of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, by Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada
7years in the Jump
344chapters in the magazine
25times they opened the magazine

Who they are

三条陸 & 稲田浩司

Their series in the Jump

From the first chapter to the last

1989–1996Riku Sanjo (Writer) · Koji Inada (Artist)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Dai, a boy raised by monsters on an island, trains to become a hero when the Demon King returns to threaten the world.

37volumes
344chapters
25times it opened the magazine

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 45 · 1989, on sale October 10, 1989. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 344, ran in No. 52 · 1996 (November 26, 1996), after 7 years of serialization.

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