Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell
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 Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell Collected Edition | |||
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| Author | Riku Sanjō, Kōji Inada | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | Monthly Shōnen Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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Monthly Shōnen Jump December 2001 to January 2002 (TBD - TBD) | ||
| Chapters | 2 | ||
| Volumes | 1 | ||
Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell 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 December 2001 and January 2002 issues of Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine, and was later issued in a collected edition with another Sanjō and Inada collaboration from many years earlier, Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team.
Plot
TBD
Title
The title of Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell 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
- "IV" (Roman numberal for the number "four"): The manga is specifically set within the world and continuity of the Dragon Quest IV video game
- "Side Story" (外伝 Gaiden): The standard phrasing for a story that is separate from the mainline story
- "Labyrinth of Hell" (地獄の迷宮 Jigoku no Meikyū): The story is and takes place in a "labyrinth" (or "maze" or "dungeon") of "Hell"; this is not necessarily in the literal sense of the concept of "Hell" from certain major religions, but rather in the sense of a "nightmare" — that said, the enemy Estark that the group comes up against is known as the "Emperor of Hell" (地獄の帝王) or "Emperor of Darkness" (闇の帝王) in the various Dragon Quest games (such as Dragon Quest IV in which he originates)
Characters
Main Characters
- Prana (プラナ Purana): A level 32 jack-of-all-trades
- Gin (ギィン Gin): Level 11 and unemployed
Supporting Characters
- Estark (エスターク Esutāku)
- Hero (勇者 Yūsha)
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 Bari Bari Team, which debuted in the first issue of Shueisha's new V-Jump magazine — the magazine had just launched as a special extra publication of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1990 with a three-issue trial run, and The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team 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 - The Hero Avan; the chapter told an original story with a young Avan, a character from The Adventure of Dai and was being featured at the time in the respective new animated television series adaptation.
Alongside and in promotion of the Sony PlayStation port of Dragon Quest IV in November 2001 (a game originally released on the Nintendo Famicom in February 1990), the same team produced the two-chapter manga series Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell for the December 2001 and January 2002 issues of Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine.
For both chapters of Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell:
- 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
Following its two chapters, Sanjō included a lengthy recollection about Labyrinth of Hell, noting how they used elements from the game (like leveling and gold) in contrast to what was previously done with The Adventure of Dai, and how Gin and Prana served as prototypes for Beet and Poala, respectively, heading into Sanjō and Inada's next major work, the 2002 manga series Adventure King Beet (known as "Beet the Vandel Buster" internationally):[1]
ぼくはコミックスにこういう作品解説的なコメントを載せるのが好きではないので、いつもは書かないですが、さすがの短編集は誕生背景が必要だろうと思いページを割いていただきました。
『地獄の迷宮』は2001年度末にプレイステーション版の『DQIV』が発売されるという事で、久々に堀井先生、稲田先生とのトリオで読切作品を、ということになり、月刊少年ジャンプに掲載されたものです。
『ダイの大冒険』では「レベル（経験値）」と「ゴールド (モンスターを倒して得られるお金)に関しては、ほぼ完全に作中でオミットさせていただきました。（お遊び的にゲーム風のレベル表を扉絵でやった程度です）『ダイ』においてはこの判断は正解だったと思っていますが、逆に言うとまったく手を触れていない要素だったので、読切の話をいただいた時には「ここに注目したら『ダイ』で描けなかった部分が描けるかもしれない」と思い、ギィンのキャラクターを考えました。
ゲームの中の本物の勇者たちが別にいる世界観だったので、主人公たちには何か親近感というか、地に足がついている感じが欲しかったのです。ギィンは銀、ゴルドは金（ゴールド）からの命名で、それぞれメタルスライムやゴールドマンの色として経験値とゴールドのシンボルカラーと考えました。
プラナはプラチナ（白金）からとっており、この両方を効率よく手にできる人、というニュアンスです。言うまでもなくこのギィンとプラナが、現在月刊少年ジャンプに連載中の『冒険王ビィト』のビィトとポアラの雛形になっています。この二人の名前もギィンとプラナのキャラクターが気に入っていたために、あえて似たイメージでつけてみたのですが、いまだに打ち合わせをしててもたまに混同してしまう事がありますね。
あと、この作品を書くために久々にファミコンを引っ張りだして『DQIV』をやりまくったのですが、やっぱり時代を越えた面白さを感じました。ギィンのレベル11というのも『DQIV』の全モンスターを一匹ずつ倒してもレベル12にはならない」というのを計算して確かめて決めたりとか……。ギィンほどではないですが、自分も相当なドラクエフェチだなあ、と久々に実感してしまったのでした。
ENGLISH TRANSLATION TBD
Chapters
Title page splashes for both chapters come on their second respective page, with chapter 1 in particular spilling across the spine into part of its third page. The pages showcased here in this table are the actual first pages of the respective chapters.
| First Page | Chapter Number | Pages | Publication | Issue | Sale Date |
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1[2] | 31 | V-Jump | Trial Run 1, Issue #1 | 28 November 1990[3][4] |
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2[5] | 31 | V-Jump | Trial Run 1, Issue #2 | 12 June 1991 |
Releases
Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell was collected alongside the two Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team chapters in a tankōbon release in 2002.
A "Shueisha Jump Remix" (newsstand edition) version of the same content was released in 2006.
| Cover | Volume Title | Primary Contents | Pages | Price | Release Date | ISBN |
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DRAGON QUEST IV 外伝 地獄の迷宮 Doragon Kuesuto Fō Gaiden Jigoku no Meikyū Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: Labyrinth of Hell |
Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: Labyrinth of Hell Chapter 1 Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell Chapter 2 Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team Chapter 1 Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team Chapter 2 |
202 | ¥390 | 2002 | 4-08-873309-6 |
| File:Tbd.png | DRAGON QUEST IV 外伝 地獄の迷宮 Doragon Kuesuto Fō Gaiden Jigoku no Meikyū Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: Labyrinth of Hell (Shueisha Jump Remix Edition) |
Dragon Quest IV Side-Story: Labyrinth of Hell Chapter 1 Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Labyrinth of Hell Chapter 2 Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team Chapter 1 Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team Chapter 2 |
TBD | ¥333 | 2006 | 4-08-109316-4 |
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. 128-129)
- ↑ "Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team". V-Jump, December 12th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (First Trial Run; Issue #1). Japan: Shueisha, 28 November 1990. (pp. 81-111)
- ↑ "TBD". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1990 #TBD. Japan: Shueisha, TBD. (p. TBD)
- ↑ "月刊ドラゴンボールレポート！ 第6回はナメック星での激闘・後半を振り返る!!" (20 April 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 02 March 2026.
- ↑ "Dragon Quest I Secret: The Dragonlord's Bari Bari Team". V-Jump, June 26th Issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Edition (First Trial Run; Issue #2). Japan: Shueisha, 28 November 1990. (pp. 177-207)
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