Beet the Vandel Buster, Vol. 1

Beet is gonna beat the odds, and bust those violent Vandels!

The New Dark Age

It's the Century of Darkness where monsters known as Vandels rule the world, and the Vandel Busters are the only ones who can fight them. When a group of Busters are killed in battle, they pass on their magic Saiga weapons to Beet, making him the strongest Buster ever. But Beet won't just fight the Vandels--he wants to destroy them and finally end the Century of Darkness.

The Vandel Busters are a roving band of certified monster destroyers. Beet's biggest ambition in life is to become a Buster, but what can you say about a monster hunter who can barely stand the pain when he receives the mystical brand of a "Level 1 Vandel Buster"?

Still, Beet is ready for action, and when a nearby town is invaded by deons, he rushes to help--without a clue as to how to trounce even a single member of the rampaging horde. But not knowing how formidable the Vandels are might work to his advantage because he doesn't know enough to be scared! Beet is about to learn that being a hero mayy be more than he bargained for...

Thanks for waiting, everyone! Here is the first volume of Beet! Unlike Dai's Adventure, which was set in a world not too different from our own, for this story we've constructed a new world from scratch, setting up new rules for the world, the Vandels and the monsters. It's the biggest struggle we deal with, but it also gives us pleasure to take on the unpredictable. We'll continue to do our best, so please cheer us on! -Riku Sanjo Author Riku Sanjo and artist Koji Inada were both born in Tokyo in 1964. Riku began his career writing a radio-controlled car manga for the comic Bonbon. Koji debuted with Kussotare Daze!! in Weekly Shonen Jump. Riku and Koji first worked together on the highly successful Dragon Quest-Dai's Big Adventure. Beet, their latest collaboration, debuted in Monthly Shonen Jump in 2002 and was an immediate hit, inspiring an action-packed video game and an animated series on Japanese TV.