Beet the Vandel Buster

Many Shonen Jump characters have big dreams, but this character's big dream is a nightmare! A very realistic reoccurring nightmare where a giant monster destroys a city. And it always ends with Kou, the poor dreamer, getting crushed under the rubble. But when Kou meets an unusual man who somehow knows about the monster in his dream, his nightmare takes on a whole new meaning. As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of Ziga were published in English in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump.

In the world, there are some evil creatures known as "chousha" (the kanji read "Chou" = "Omen" and "Sha" = "person") that can only be killed by Cremators, people who use fire to incinerate them.

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. **Notes:** Returned from a decade-long hiatus in 2016 after the artist was severely injured in 2006. --- **Links:** - [Anime on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4347) - [Anime (sequel) on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6209)

*Long ago there was a brave swordsman known simply as ‘the Hero’. Back then, people suffered under the rule of the great Demon King, but the Hero and his companions challenged the Demon King and, after a great battle, emerged victorious… The Demon King had fallen! The monsters who were under his influence were freed and settled on an isolated island and, with no humans around to stir the monsters, it became a peaceful place where everyone could live together.* On a remote island on the southern seas lives Dai, a shipwrecked boy adopted by Brass, a lump wizard monster. Dai dreams of becoming a great hero, but after years without human contact, one day a ship arrives to the island. This is the start of Dai's adventures… **Notes:** - MangaDex's volume numbering goes by the small-format edition (bunkoban). - The official English localization of the repackaged color record edition (shinsousairokuban) by VIZ Media is possibly discontinued. The most recent release was Volume 5 on November 8, 2022. ___ **Supervisor:** [Horii Yuuji](https://mangadex.org/author/66e591eb-d155-446d-a2b4-7e7a6828592e)