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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (manga)

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Alternative title:

Dai - La grande avventura (Italian)

Dragon Quest - La quête de Dai - (French)

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (Japanese)

Dragon Quest: Las Aventuras de Fly

Fly (French)

ドラゴンクエストダイの大冒険 (Japanese)

Genres: action, adventure, fantasy

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Plot Summary: After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.

User Ratings: 59 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:4, Eng:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Spanish

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Excellent: 15 votes (Eng:7, sub:3, ?:2, raw:1, others:2

1 French
1 French subtitled

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Very good: 19 votes (Eng:6, sub:4, dub:2, ?:1, others:6

1 Portuguese
1 French edited dub
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish
1 French
1 French dubbed

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Good: 11 votes (Eng:8, sub:1, others:2

1 Italian subtitled
1 english & indonesian

)

Decent: 2 votes (sub:1, ?:1)

So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Not really good: 1 vote (others:1

1 Italian

)

Weak: 2 votes (?:1, Eng:1)

Bad: -

Awful: -

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Seen in part or in whole by 143 users, rank: #613 (of 6913)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.983 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5458, rank: #1344 (of 7755)
Weighted mean: 7.924 (Very good), rank: #1564 (of 7755) (seen all: 7.99 / seen some: 7.69 / won't finish: 8.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.909 (Very good), rank: #632 (of 3524)

Number of tankoubon: 37

Number of pages: 208

Chapter titles: We have 354

Vintage:

1989 to 1996 (Shonen Jump 1989 No.45 to 1996 No.52)

2005-03-07 to 2008-01-16 (México)

Release dates: We have 153

Links: We have 1

Review:

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai GN 1 (Mar 28, 2022)

News: Show: 10 +2 +16 ref. +2 unverified

Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai Xross Blade Manga Ends (Jan 3, 2024)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 6-12 (Nov 8, 2022)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 10-16 (Jul 13, 2022)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 8-14 (May 11, 2022)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 27-March 5 (Mar 2, 2022)

Viz to Release Demon Slayer Spinoff Manga, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Alice in Borderland, More Manga (Jul 9, 2021)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Manga Gets Prequel Manga (Updated) (May 29, 2020)

New Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Anime Reveals Staff (May 27, 2020)

New Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Anime Unveils Cast, October TV Premiere (May 27, 2020)

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken Manga Also Gets Game Adaptation (Dec 20, 2019)

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Crossover Returns to Puzzle & Dragons (Mar 30, 2023)

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Graphic novel

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, : Disciples of Avan (GN 1) 2022-03-01 (from $13.99)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, : Disciples of Avan (GN 2) 2022-05-10 (from $16.29)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, : Disciples of Avan (GN 3) 2022-07-12 (from $15.99)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, : Disciples of Avan (GN 4) 2022-09-13 (from $16.41)

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, : Disciples of Avan (GN 5) 2022-11-08 (from $15.60)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Story: Riku Sanjō

Original creator: Yuji Horii

Art: Kōji Inada

Design:
Kotomi Tobashi
Masahiro Kanda

Editorial Supervision: Yuji Horii

(none)

Japanese companies

Copyright: Enix

Publisher: Shueisha

English staff

English cast

Translation: Greg Werner

Adaptation: Greg Werner

Editing: Jennifer Sherman

Lettering:
James Gaubatz (vols. 2, 4)
Steve Dutro (vols. 1, 3, 5)

Touch-up Art:
James Gaubatz (vols. 2, 4)
Steve Dutro (vols. 1, 3, 5)

(none)

English companies

Licensed by: Viz Media

French staff

French companies

Proofreading: Stéphane Lapie

Publisher:
Editions Tonkam (2nd edit)
J'ai Lu

French cast

(none)

Spanish staff

Spanish cast

Operations Manager: Enrique Espinosa (Grupo Editorial Vid)

Publishing Director: Carlos Francisco Jiménez (Grupo Editorial Vid)

Responsible Editor: Teresa Ponce Torres (Grupo Editorial Vid)

(none)

Spanish companies

Licensed by: Planeta DeAgostini Comics

Publisher: Grupo Editorial Vid (México)

Italian staff

Italian companies

(none)

Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics

Italian cast

(none)

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