Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team

Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team
	File:Tbd Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad Chapter 1 Original V-Jump Title Page
DQI秘伝竜王バリバリ隊; Dora Kue Hiden Ryū-ō Baribari-tai
DQI秘伝竜王バリバリ隊; Dora Kue Hiden Ryū-ō Baribari-tai
Author	Riku Sanjō, Kōji Inada
Publisher	Shueisha (JP)
Publication	V-Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Manga Series
Original Run	V-Jump Trial Run #1, Issues 1 & 2
Chapters	2
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Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad is a two-chapter manga series written by Riku Sanjō and illustrated by Kōji Inada, with supervision from Yūji Horii.

The series ran in the first two issues of the original 1990-1991 trial run of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, and remained uncollected for over a decade after its original serialization.

Plot

TBD

Name

The title Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad begins with "DQI" written out with English letters and the Roman numeral for "1" respectively. Furigana above the "DQ" indicates a pronunciation of ドラクエ (dora kue), the Japanese shortening of the full title "Dragon Quest" (ドラゴンクエスト Doragon Kuesuto), and the English pronunciation of the number "one" (ワン wan).

The Japanese word for "secret" or "mystery" (秘 hi) is appended to the "DQI" title.

A space separates the rest of the manga's title, 竜王バリバリ隊 (Ryū-ō Baribari-tai). 竜王 refers to what gets localized as "Dragonlord" in the Dragon Quest franchise's official English translations, and literally means "Dragon King" (or "King of the Dragons"). The onomatopoeia バリバリ (baribari) refers to something vigorous or loud, while 隊 (tai) means a group, team, or squad.

Putting that all together, and based on the content of the story itself, we have chosen to adapt this full title in English as Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad.

Characters

Main Characters

The Knight Abhorrent, Zan (死神の騎士 "ザン" Shinigami no Kishi Zan)
The Cosmic Chimaera, Patata (スターキメラの "パタタ" Sutā Kimera no Patata)
The Golem, Bocca (ゴールドマン "ボッカ" Gorudoman no Bokka)
The Tearwolf, Gaos (キラーリカントの "ガオス" Kirā Rikanto no Gaosu)
The Metal Slime, Byu (メタルスライムの "ビュー" Metaru Suraimu no Byū)

Supporting Characters

The Dragonlord (竜王 Ryū-ō)

Production

Riku Sanjō and Kōji Inada produced the Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai manga series, which ran from the 1989 No. 45 to 1996 No. 52 issues of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

During this time (and about a year into the run of Dai), the same duo of Sanjō and Inada collaborated on Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad, which debuted in the first issue of Shueisha's new V-Jump magazine, which began as a special extra publication of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1990 with a three-issue trial run. The new manga ran in the first and second issues.

For the third issue of V-Jump's initial trial run, the same team instead produced a single-chapter one-shot called Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Extra Edition Outside Story - Avan the Brave; the chapter told an original story with a young Avan as currently being featured at the time in the Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai animated television series adaptation.

For both chapters of The Dragonlord's Pep Squad (as well as the Avan one-shot that followed it):

Horii received the "Supervisor" or "Editorial Supervisor" (監修 kanshū) credit
Sanjō received the "Original Work" (原作 gensaku) credit
Inada received the "Comics" (漫画 manga) credit

Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad remained uncollected outside its original V-Jump trial run serialization until 2002, when the collected edition of Sanjō's and Inada's later Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: Labyrinth of Hell (DRAGON QUEST IV 外伝地獄の迷宮) manga included the two Dragonlord's Pep Squad chapters as extras. In between its two chapters, Sanjō included a lengthy recollection about The Dragonlord's Pep Squad, noting its unfinished status and preempt by the the Avan one-shot in the next issue, and plans for a full volume that could include additional story beats from the narrative of the original game while weaving in the manga-exclusive characters:^[1]

「竜王バリバリ隊」は、まだゲーム誌として創刊する前に漫画誌形態で発行された「ブイジャンプ」（1990年度）に掲載されたものです。なんと、12年もの時を経て今回初めてコミックス化されることになりました。
当時はまさに「DQIV」の全盛期というか、「もうすぐ『V 』が出るぞ！」という時なのでまさに世代一周という感じです。そこでジャンプ本誌とは違ったドラクエ漫画を要求されたので、まず鳥瞰的に「モンスターを主役にしよう」という事を思い付きました。『ダイ』との差別化として人々に称えられる勇者の物語ではなく、人氏れず世界を守る者たちのストーリーを書いたら良いのではないか、と思ったのです。
そこで題材をあえてドラクエの原点である『I 』にしました。ばくはシリーズの中では『II 』が一番好きですし、『III 』や『IV 』の方が派手で良いのですが、モンスターの魅力という点においては設定・デザインともに『I 』がダントシとの思いを常に持っていたなです。（とにかく、『I 』のモンスターは手強くって忘れられない！主人公が一人のせいもあるけど。）
かくして人間でありながら魔物にされてしまったバリバリ隊の活躍は始まったわけですが、この『ブイジャンプ』自体が３号でひとまずお休みとなり、しかも３号目には『ダイ』のアニメ化にあわれなアバン先生の読切（『ダイ』１３巻に収録されたいます）が載ってしまったために、２話のみで未完となってしまいました。まったく人間に戻してやれなくて申し訳ない、といったところです。
自分としてはコミックス一冊分ぐらいの構成を考えていてこの後、「光の玉を取られるラダトームの攻防」「勇者と出会いローラ姫救出をサポート」「最終決戦で勇者は竜王を倒し、バリバリ隊は竜貴妃を倒す」という展開をザン、ボッカ、ガオスの過去話とからめながら描いていくつもりでしな。稲田先生の暖かみのある画風にも良くあっていて、今読んでも結構好きな作品だなあ、と思えまするね。それにやっぱり、ゴールドマンとかキメラなど「I」のモンスターは素晴らしい！
傑作デザインという以外に無いです。
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION TBD

Chapters

In line with the style established with the original Dr. Slump manga series, each chapter's title is followed by の巻 (no maki), indicating that it is the "volume" (or here "chapter") in which those events take place. This appendix has been ignored in the following chapter title translations.

Title Page	Chapter Number	Chapter Title	Pages	Publication	Issue	Sale Date
	1^[2]	ニトロちゃんの誕生日の巻 Nitoro-chan no Tanjōbi no Maki Nitro-chan's Birthday	13	V-Jump	February 1993	04 February 1993^[3]
File:Tbd.png	2^[4]	ペンギン村大横断ウルトラクイズの巻 Pengin Mura Dai Ōdan Urutora Kuizu no Maki	13	V-Jump	April 1993	18 March 1993^[5]

Releases

Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Pep Squad remained uncollected outside its original V-Jump trial run serialization until 2002, when the collected edition of Sanjō's and Inada's later Dragon Quest IV: Labyrinth of Hell manga included the two Dragonlord's Pep Squad chapters as extras.

#	Cover	Volume Title	Primary Contents	Pages	Price	Release Date	ISBN
1		Volume 1 ニトロちゃんの誕生日の巻 Nitoro-chan no Tanjōbi no Maki Nitro-chan's Birthday	Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10	TBD	¥650	19 July 1994^[6]	978-4088060033

External Links

TBD

Notes

References

↑ Sanjō, Riku; Inada, Kōji. Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: The Labyrinth of Hell. Japan: Shueisha, 2002. ISBN 4-08-873309-6. (pp. 162-163)
↑ "The Brief Return of Dr. Slump". V-Jump, February 21st Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #3). Japan: Shueisha, 04 February 1993. (pp. 41-53)
↑ V-Jump, December 30th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #2). Japan: Shueisha. (p. 150)
↑ "The Brief Return of Dr. Slump". V-Jump, April 4th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #4). Japan: Shueisha, 18 March 1993. (pp. 65-77)
↑ V-Jump, February 21st Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #3). Japan: Shueisha, 04 February 1993. (p. 206)
↑ "Vジャンプブックスのお知らせ". V-Jump, August 1994. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 1994. (pp. 150-151)

[1] Sanjō, Riku; Inada, Kōji. Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: The Labyrinth of Hell. Japan: Shueisha, 2002. ISBN 4-08-873309-6. (pp. 162-163)

[debutchapter-2] "The Brief Return of Dr. Slump". V-Jump, February 21st Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #3). Japan: Shueisha, 04 February 1993. (pp. 41-53)

[3] V-Jump, December 30th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #2). Japan: Shueisha. (p. 150)

[4] "The Brief Return of Dr. Slump". V-Jump, April 4th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #4). Japan: Shueisha, 18 March 1993. (pp. 65-77)

[5] V-Jump, February 21st Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (Second Trial Run; Issue #3). Japan: Shueisha, 04 February 1993. (p. 206)

[6] "Vジャンプブックスのお知らせ". V-Jump, August 1994. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 1994. (pp. 150-151)

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