Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Manga)
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| Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Manga) | |||
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 Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory Collected Volume | |||
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| Author | Naho Ooishi, Osamu Kaneko | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | V-Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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| Original Run |
V-Jump June 2010 - November 2010 (21 April 2010 - 21 September 2010) | ||
| Chapters | 6 | ||
| Volumes | 1 | ||
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory is a manga series with artwork by Naho Ooishi (オオイシナホ) and written by Osamu Kaneko (かねこ統), with supervision by Yūji Horii and cooperation from Square Enix.
The manga was produced to support and promote the Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road series of games in which players battle each other's monsters through its card system; in particular, the manga launched alongside promotion for the Nintendo Wii home console port of the arcade game series, itself also titled Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory, released in July 2010.
The series ran for six chapters from the June 2010 (released 21 April 2010) through November 2010 (released 21 September 2010) issues of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, and received a single tankōbon release later that year collecting all of its chapters.
Plot
Masato has arrived in Ryujin Town, the sacred home to Battle Road! Inspired by his friend, the champion Ryuta, he rushes to the arena to start his battle, but upon arriving a mysterious woman calling herself Queen Pizarro appears...?! It's the comic adaptation of the wildly popular game!![1]
Title
The title of Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory can be broken down as:
- "Dragon Quest" (ドラゴンクエスト Doragon Kuesuto): The overall franchise to which this manga series is a part of
- "Monster Battle Road" (モンスターバトルロード Monsutā Batoru Rōdo): Not to be confused with the specific "Monsters" (モンスターズ Monsutāzu) sub-brand of monster-catching/battling games, the "Monster Battle Road" arcade game (and "Monster Battle Road II Legend" sequel/update) was a successful card-based arcade game in which players coordinated and battled with their own teams of monsters
- "Victory" (ビクトリー Bikutorii): The final, newly-appended word in the title for this particular manga series and the Nintendo Wii port of the game series
Characters
- TBD
Production
Naho Ooishi — widely believed to have previously produced dōjinshi under the pen name "Gichi"[3] — made her professional debut in 2009 with the two-chapter adaptation of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour Dragon Ball special, serialized across the May and June 2009 issues of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine (released that March and April, respectively).
Osamu Kaneko's tenure with Dragon Quest dates back to the trial run issues of V-Jump in 1992 with the Slime Farming Village one-shot, followed by the serialization of the full Slime Adventure series for V-Jump's monthly relaunch in 1993. Kaneko followed this up with Great Mission of the Slime, Slime Mori Mori, and Slime Dawn! one after another until the latter series finally came to an end in 2021. At the time of the Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory debut in the June 2010 issue, Slime Mori Mori (which continued serialization alongside Monster Battle Road Victory) was up to chapter 79.
Following Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory, Ooishi began her most prolific work, Dragon Ball SD, for the December 2010 premiere issue of Shueisha's new Saikyō Jump magazine; the series still runs to this day. Ooishi also produced the three-chapter Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock manga serialized across the August, September, and October 2011 issues of V-Jump.
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory was given a minor spotlight in the May 2010 issue's next-issue-preview spread.[2]
Legacy
Both Naho Ooishi and Osamu Kaneko have short comments on the inside flap of the tankōbon dust jacket, reflecting on their time with the Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road games:
竜神町の子供達にバトルを挑んでも誰にも勝てません! ネット対戦はいわずもがなです。わたしのところにもカードさま落ちてこないかなぁ･･･。
I can't beat a single kid in Ryujin Town that I challenge to a battle! And online battles are a whole different story. I wonder if any rare cards will ever drop for me, too...
— Naho Ooishi
『DQMB』最後の大会、息子と行く予定でした。が、不覚にも私が前日ケガしてしまい、泣く泣く断念したのです。なのでまだ気持ち的にファイナルを迎えておらず、私のDQMB魂は今もんで燃えています。
I planned to go to the final DQMB tournament with my son. However, I unfortunately injured myself the day before, and therefore reluctantly had to give it up. So, in my mind the finals aren't actually over quite yet, and my DQMB passion is still burning strong.
— Osamu Kaneko
Chapters
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory ran directly, without breaks, from the June to November 2010 issues of Shueisha's monthly V-Jump magazine. The first chapter received a color title page in serialization, the art of which was adjusted and reused (in grayscale) for an interior title page in the series' subsequent tankōbon release.
| Title Page | Chapter Number | Chapter Title | Pages | Saikyō Jump Issue | Sale Date | Publication Sources |
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1 | 王者リュータ Ōja Ryūta The Champion Ryuta |
32 | June 2010 | 21 April 2010 | [4] |
| File:Tbd | 2 | ビクトリー始動 Bikutorii Shidō Victory Begins |
31 | July 2010 | 21 May 2010 | [5] |
| File:Tbd | 3 | 決戦の行方 Kessen no Yukue The Outcome of the Decisive Battle |
31 | August 2010 | 21 June 2010 | [6] |
| File:Tbd | 4 | 進化の秘法 Shinka no Hihō The Secret of Evolution |
TBD | September 2010 | 21 July 2010 | [7] |
| File:Tbd | 5 | 冥府の帝王 Meifu no Teiō Emperor of the Underworld |
TBD | October 2010 | 21 August 2010 | [8] |
| File:Tbd | 6 | ふたりの闘道 Futari No Batoru Rōdo The Two Battle Roads[a] |
TBD | November 2010 | 21 September 2010 | [9] |
Releases (Japan)
A single tankōbon release collecting all six chapters was released in November 2010.
| # | Cover | Primary Contents | Pages | Price | Release Date | ISBN |
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 |
202 | ¥400 | 04 November 2010[1] | 978-4-08-870141-7 |
External Links
- TBD
Notes
- ↑ The final two kanji in this chapter's title are given furigana of バトルロード indicating an English pronunciation of "Battle Road"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ドラゴンクエスト モンスターバトルロードビクトリー (ジャンプコミックス)". amazon.co.jp. Retrieved: 23 March 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VJ2010年6月号のおしらせ". V-Jump, May 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 20 March 2010. (p. 338)
- ↑ "Naho Ooishi's Identity Revealed: A Doujinshi Artist" (29 July 2012). Kanzenshuu Forum. Retrieved: 06 April 2026.
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, June 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 April 2010. (pp. 104-135)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, July 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 May 2010. (pp. 155-185)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, August 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 2010. (pp. 187-217)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, September 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 July 2010. (pp. TBD-TBD)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, October 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 August 2010. (pp. TBD-TBD)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory". V-Jump, November 2010. Japan: Shueisha, 21 September 2010. (pp. TBD-TBD)
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