堀井雄二
A sequel series, , published by Square Enix started in 2005 and is still ongoing; as of December 2012, fifteen volumes have been released. The first four volumes were written by Jun Eishima and all the rest volumes written by Takashi Umemura. All of them have been supervised by Yuji Horii with artwork done by Kamui Fujiwara. "Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō" is meant to take place between "Dragon Quest III" and "Dragon Quest".