Mitsuru Adachi's Early Complete Works

Grand Blue Dreaming

Iori Kitahara begins his freshman year at Izu University and moves into his uncle's scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, in a seaside town. After an all-boys high school, he dreams of a fresh start full of beautiful girls and good friends. Instead, he is greeted by a rowdy group of naked upperclassmen who drag him into their alcohol-fueled antics. His cousin Chisa Kotegawa catches him at the worst possible moment, earning her scorn. Iori still wants his ideal college life, but the diving club's parties keep pulling him under.

Wind Breaker

Jo Ja-Hyun, known as Jay, is the model student at Taeyang High. He earns top grades and serves as student body president, dedicating himself entirely to his studies. This leaves him with little time for friends or hobbies, as he feels the weight of expectations pushing him to succeed academically. His carefully controlled world is disrupted when his classmate Yoon Minu sees him riding his bike with incredible skill. Amazed by Jay's natural talent, Minu is determined to recruit him for his biking crew, the Hummingbird Crew. Jay coldly refuses, but Minu won't give up easily. He challenges Jay to a race, promising to leave him alone if Jay wins. This challenge pulls Jay into the exhilarating a

Air Gear

Minami "Ikki" Itsuki is the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School and the leader of the East Side Gunz. Known as the "Unbeatable Babyface," he lives with the mysterious Noyamano sisters, who secretly belong to a Storm Rider team called Sleeping Forest. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Skull Saders, a rival street gang, Ikki discovers the sisters' hidden world of Air Treks—motorized inline skates that allow their riders to perform incredible, gravity-defying feats. Determined to regain his pride and experience the sensation of flight, he throws himself into the dangerous and thrilling world of Air Trek.

The Level 999 Villager

In the island country of Hexaldoria, once known as Japan, monsters appeared suddenly and multiplied until eighty percent of the world became too dangerous to inhabit. With their arrival came Classes, roles assigned at birth that define what each person can do. Most receive one of the eight competent classes, such as Fighter, Cleric, or Mage, while a rare few are blessed as Royalty, Heroes, or Sages. The weakest class of all is Villager, reserved for those who farm, run shops, and build towns. Kouji Kagami is born a Villager, the lowest of the low. Yet he notices what no one else has: defeating monsters brings great wealth. While others believe a powerless Villager hunting monsters is suicid

Beast Tamer

Rein is a beast tamer who fights alongside animals and has long been a member of the hero's party. However, his teammates see him as useless beyond that skill and decide he is holding them back. They fire him, claiming he has no worth outside of taming animals. Free from the party, Rein gives up on saving the world and sets out to live as an adventurer on his own terms. While taking on simple quests, he has a fateful encounter with a girl from the cat tribe, a race said to be among the strongest. As Rein begins to form new bonds, the hero's party remains unaware that their past successes were only possible because of his hidden influence.

My Room is a Dungeon Rest Stop

Touru, a high school dropout, finds an incredibly cheap apartment in Tokyo. The catch: its front door opens directly into a dangerous dungeon in another world. Despite the risk, he signs the lease, hoping to become an adventurer. Soon after moving in, he rescues a stranded knight named Ria and brings her back to Earth. Mistaking his modern conveniences for powerful magic, she believes he is a Great Sage. As more adventurers begin using his room as a rest stop, Touru must balance his dreams of heroism with the chaos of sharing his home with otherworldly visitors.