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This is the chapter list for the manga series Dash! Yonkuro.

Volume 1[]

Chapter Title Original published date
Prologue Prologue
Purorōgu (プロローグ)
May 28, 1988
At the Hinomaru house, the young Yonkuro is seen throwing the Mini 4WD car, the Boomerang, to the ground and crying as he heard that his dad, Genkuro, is going away from home for a very long time.

Yonkuro's grandma said that Genkuro is chasing toward a dream. Genkuro tells his son that conquer the world's greatest rally raid is his lifetime dream, and he want to fulfill it. Genkuro then promise to Grandma that he will come back alive.

Before leaving with his co-driver Sumeragi in a modified 4x4 SUV for the rally raid, Genkuro brought up the Boomerang from the ground and give it to Yonkuro, and tell his son that Mini 4WD is not the toy, and believes that one day he will understand how he feels as long as he have the minicar. Genkuro is last seen leaving the Hinomaru house, with Yonkuro watching behind, believing that his dad will one day come back.

Then, as time goes on...

Note: This is a tankoubon-exclusive chapter.
1 Yonkuro v.s. Tankuro
Yonkurō v.s Tankurō (四駆郎V.Sタンクロー)
November 14, 1987
Years later, Yonkuro is hurrying to a Mini 4WD race tournament holds in Ginza Pedestrian, Tokyo, with his precious Boomerang. Along the way however, his car was collided with a Monster Beetle, belonging to the Mini 4WD racer Tankuro, the self-proclaimed Mini 4WD prodigy. Tankuro told Yonkuro that he will be late for the race if he keep messing around.

At the race tournament, just when Yonkuro managed to went into the final stage, someone catch his Boomerang out of nowhere, and this person wonders how Yonkuro got the car. Yonkuro snatch his car back from the old man, and only to run into Tankuro, who turned out to be his final opponent in the tournament. At the final stage, Yonkuro has deliberate giving Tankuro a time advantage by not dropping his car into the track until much later, and soon catching up with Tankuro's Hotshot with his special Super Landing Attack throw start. Just then, people start noticing that there's a kid hanging on the pole of a high-rise building, who fell unconscious due to fear of height! Seeing this, both Yonkuro and Tankuro has to halt the race and went to save the kid. The racers uses their cars (The Boomerang and the Monster Beetle) to tie up the kid to the pole so he won't fall.

Though managed to save the kid, Tankuro's Monster Beetle had fell to the ground and crushed as the rope tied to it snapped. Tankuro tried to attack Yonkuro out of anger, but only to be stopped by the person who previously catching Yonkuro's car earlier. The unknown person told them that the race tournament has to be canceled due to the incident and he lead them to somewhere to let them settle the score.

The place turned out to be the ship port, where there is no race track except the two card boxes. The unknown person tells the two that it is a race that test both speed and accuracy, as cars will fall into the sea if they didn't manage to enter the boxes. At the start of the race, Yonkuro's car doesn't run straight to the card box, but it turns out to be deliberated, as the wind starts blowing (along with one side of Boomerang's wheels lifting up due to gaps), allowing Yonkuro's car to correct itself back toward the card box. Tankuro's Hotshot went off-track and straight into the sea due to the same wind, but Yonkuro, in the selfless act, jump into the sea and save Tankuro's car. Seeing this, Tankuro help Yonkuro to get back onto the port

Seeing how the race went through, the unknown person think that those two could create the new century on Mini 4WD.
2 Match on the Board! Friendship Strategy
Senjō shōbu! Yūjō sakusen (船上勝負!友情作戦)
N/A
3 Yonkuro v.s. Shinkuro
Yonkurō v.s Shinkurō (四駆郎V.S進駆郎)
N/A
4 Dash 1, Take-off
Dasshu Ichigō hasshin (ダッシュ1号 発進)
N/A
EX1 Mae-chan's Mini 4WD Great Strategy!
Maechan no Mini Yonku Daisakusen (前ちゃんのミニ四駆大作戦)
May 18, 1988
In this extra chapter, Mae-chan teach the reader about the basic of Mini 4WD, as well as properly assemble, modify and maintain the minicar.

Volume 2[]

Chapter Title Original published date
5 Mini 4WD Championship Opening
Mini Yonku senshuken kaisai (ミニ四駆選手権開催)
N/A
6 First Qualification Start
Ichijiyosen sutāto (一次予選スタート)
N/A
7 Fierce Battle! Survival Maze
Gekisen! Sabaibarumeizu (激戦!サバイバルメイズ)
N/A
8 Pyramid of Terror
Kyōfu no Piramiddo (恐怖のピラミッド)
N/A
9 Decisive Race! Rainbow Maze
Kessen! Reinbō Meizu (決戦!レインボーメイズ)
N/A
EX2 Storming from Zaurus! Mini 4WD factory
Zaurusu no Totsugeki! Mini Yonku Kōjyō (ザウルスの突撃!ミニ四駆工場)
N/A

Volume 3[]

Chapter Title Original published date
10 Explosive Race! Mini 4WD v.s. R/C
Bakusou! Mini Yonku tai Ārushī (爆走!ミニ四駆 v.s R/C)
N/A
11 The Missing Emperor
Kieta Enperā (消えたエンペラー)
N/A
12 U2 v.s. Dash Warriors
Yūtsū tai Dasshu U~oriāzu (U2 vs. ダッシュ軍団ウォリアーズ)
N/A
13 Fierce Battle! Tornado Valley
Gekisen! Tatsumaki no Tani (激戦!竜巻の谷)
January 15, 1989

Volume 4[]

Chapter Title Original published date
14 Rosario Hill
Rosario Hiru (十字架の谷ロザリオ・ヒル)
N/A
15 A Miracle Victory
Kiseki no Gyakuten Shōri (奇跡の逆転勝利)
N/A
16 Mini 4WD v.s. Skateboard
Mini Yonku tai Sukebō Gekisou Shōbu (ミニ四駆 vs. スケボー 激走勝負)
N/A
17 Aim for the Horizon
Mezase! Horaizon (めざせ! ホライゾン)
N/A

Volume 5[]

Chapter Title Original published date
18 Race Between the Emperors
Shōrinji gobō Enperā Shōbu (小輪寺五房・皇帝エンペラー勝負)
N/A
19 The Horizon Legend
Horaizon Densetsu (ホライゾン伝説)
N/A

Volume 6[]

Chapter Title Original published date
20 Here Goes the Super Emperor!
Sūpā Enperā Hasshin! (超皇帝スーパーエンペラー発進!)
N/A
21 Proto-Emperor v.s. Super Emperor
Kessen! Puroto Enperā tai Supa Enperā (決戦!原始皇帝プロトエンペラー超皇帝スーパーエンペラー)
N/A
22 The Immortal F1 Spirits
Fumetsu no Efuwan Supiritto (不滅のF-1スピリット)
N/A
EX3 Secret Dash Project
Marubi Dasshu Purojetto (㊙ダッシュ計画プロジェクト)
N/A

Volume 7[]

Chapter Title Original published date
23 Operation Wild!
Wairudo Daisakusen! (ワイルド大作戦!)
N/A
24 Dash! Shinkuro
Dasshu! Shinkurō (ダッシュ!進駆郎)
N/A
EX Story 1 Punkuro's Story
Pankurō Sutori (パンクローストーリー)
N/A
25 The New Dash Warriors is here!
Shin Dasshu U~oriāzu Tanjyō!! (新ダッシュ軍団ウォリアーズ誕生!!)
N/A
26 Mini 4WD National Championship Opening
Mini Yonku Senshuken Zenkoku Taikai Kaisai (ミニ四駆選手権全国大会開催)
N/A

Volume 8[]

Chapter Title Original published date
27 The Exciting Start!
Nessen Stāto! (熱戦スタート!)
N/A
28 The Envoy of Horizon
Horaizon no Shisha (ホライゾンの使者)
N/A

Volume 9[]

Chapter Title Original published date
29 Emperor v.s. God Emperor
Enperā tai Goddo Enperā (皇帝エンペラー vs. 神聖皇帝ゴットエンペラー)
N/A
EX Story 2 The Revived Horizon Legend
Yomigaeru Horaizon Densetsu (蘇るホライゾン伝説)
N/A

Volume 10[]

Chapter Title Original published date
Crimson Legend 1 Momotaro v.s. Kidouin
Momotaro tai Kidōin (桃太郎 VS. 鬼道院)
N/A
30 The Night Before the Final
Ryōyū Gekitotsu! Kessen Zenya (両雄激突!決戦前夜)
N/A
Crimson Legend 2 The Race on Onigashima
Taiketsu! Onigashima Kessen (対決!鬼ヶ島決戦)
N/A

Volume 11[]

Chapter Title Original published date
31 The Goal of Tears
Gekitō! Namida no Kesshō Gōru (激闘!涙の決勝ゴール)
N/A
EX Story 3 Dancing Doll, Operation Heat Wind
Danshingu Dōru Reppū Daisakusen (D.Dダンシングドール 烈風大作戦)
N/A

Volume 12[]

Chapter Title Original published date
32 A Challenge from Black Mistral
Burakku Misutoraru no Chōsen (黒い風ブラックミストラルの挑戦)
N/A
33 FM Battle! Sabu v.s. Momotaro
Furonto middoshippu Taiketsu! Sabu VS Momotarō (FMフロントミッドシップ対決!沙布VS桃太郎)
N/A
34 FM Machine's Secret
Furonto middoshippu Mashin no Himitsu (FMフロントミッドシップマシンのひみつ)
N/A
After having a nightmare as he fell asleep at the train station, Yonkuro was found and later waken up by Mr.Sumeragi and Momotaro.

At Sumeragi's boat, Yonkuro look at the design drawing that Kinjirou brought, and recognize that it has Genkuro's writing texts on it. Kinjirou reveal that his Solitude has its chassis made based on the design, making it a sister car to Momotaro's Crimson Glory. Mr.Sumeragi theorize that the FM Chassis design was likely made before the Horizon was made. It also turns out that both design drawing has the rear gearbox part obscured in black ink.

Having made a promise a while back, Kinjirou challenge Yonkuro at the practice dirt track. At first, Kinjirou's Solitude get a head start due to its superb stability, but Yonkuro's car soon catching up. The Great Emperor overtakes the Solitude at the last corner and win the race. Before he left, Kinjirou reminds Yonkuro that his Solitude is still imcomplete, and will be completed by the time 'that' race event comes.
EX Story 4 Great Emperor Legend
Gurēto Enperā Densetsu (大帝伝説)
N/A
In a small village in Germary, Genkuro was very upset that he just lose a Mini 4WD race there. Not to mention he use the white Super Emperor, a car that Sumeragi sent to him, in the race. Meanwhile, his fellow rally driver and friend, C.T., was visited by his childhood friend Anastasia, who is a nun working in a nearby church. However, the village's people told C.T. that Anastasia is likely a witch, which angers C.T. who then picked the fight with the people.

The next day, both Genkuro and C.T. resume their Hell Rally journey, but during the trip, Genkuro heard someone's calling for him. Just then, they were stopped by Anastasia's fellow nun, who told C.T. that Anastasia is going to executed in a witch trial at the church. Hearing this, C.T. goes to the church to save his childhood friend. Just before chasing after C.T., Genkuro heard the voice calling for him again, and it is coming from the church.

During the trip to the church in their respective rally cars, they accidentally run into the road that start collapsing, and fall into the underground cave below. There, they found a abandoned devil church below the church. Thinking that it could be the devil who calls for him, Genkuro use his upgraded Super Emperor, which now he called the Great Emperor, and run through the underground church, with C.T. following him. When they were stopped at the path split, the Great Emperor starts running at a specific path direction. Seeing as it guide them, Genkuro and C.T. follows the Great Emperor.

Meanwhile, at the church, the executioner is preparing to execute Anastasia by burning, but before he can, C.T. arrived and try to intervene, but failed. Just when the executioner is ready to kill both C.T. and Anastasia, an explosion happen behind the crowd of people, and a fireball moving around the church. Then, to the people's fear, the "devil" appears, scaring them and the executioner away. As the church had now set on fire and begin to collapse, C.T., Anastasia and the "devil" escaped to the underground tunnel through the secret ground door.

Much to the group's surprise, the tunnel is full of abandoned vehicles, and Anastasia told both C.T. and the "devil" that the tunnel was used by former nuns to escape from the church. Just before she finish, however, she notice that the head of the "devil" is on fire! Panicking, the "devil" quickly takes off the mask, and revealed to be Genkuro in costume, who managed to deceive the village peoples prior, and the fireball turned out to be C.T.'s Manta Ray that he borrowed. Anastasia told Genkuro that there's something in the tunnel for him to see, and it turns out to be the car Kurogane, and an adipocered corpse of Genkuro's father who died while participate in the previous Hell Rally. Genkuro also find the Great Emperor near the Kurogane, and it turns out that it guided them to his father. Just then, Genkuro heard his father's voice, who told him that he must surpass him, not to be stopped here. It was there that Genkuro decided that the Great Emperor should be given to his son Yonkuro.

Having escaped from the church through the tunnel, C.T. told Genkuro he have to retire from the Hell Rally and move out of the village with Anastasia after everything went through. Hearing this, Genkuro told them that he wish them to be happy, and the horizon is everywhere. Genkuro then leaves, with his next destination being in Japan where his son Yonkuro is participates in the National Mini 4WD tournament.

Volume 13[]

Chapter Title Original published date
35 Dead Race! Hell Caravan (Part 1)
Shitō! Jigoku Karaban (死闘!地獄キャラバン)
N/A
EX Story 5 F Horizon v.s. R/C F-1
Fōmyura Horaizon vs. Ārushī Efuwan (Fホライゾン vs. RC F-1)
N/A

Volume 14[]

Chapter Title Original published date
36 Dead Race! Hell Caravan (Part 2)
Shitō! Jigoku Karaban Kanketsu-hen (死闘!地獄キャラバン 完結編)
N/A
EX4 Run! Mae-chan: the RC is Alive
Hashire! Mae-chan: Ārushī wa Ikiteiru (走れ!前ちゃん: RCは生きている)
N/A
EX5 Run! Mae-chan: The Customized Mini 4WD of Dream
Hashire! Mae-chan: Yume no Kaizō Mini Yonku (走れ!前ちゃん: 夢の改造ミニ四駆)
N/A
EX6 Run! Mae-chan: RC Grand Prix and Mini 4WD race
Hashire! Mae-chan: Ārushī Guran Puri Mini Yonku Rēsu (走れ!前ちゃん: RCグランプリ ミニ四駆レース)
N/A