D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared

Three years ago, dungeons suddenly appeared on Earth after an experiment in Area 51 went awry. Now everyone—from average citizens to soldiers—explores these monster-filled labyrinths in search of wealth, power, and magic. Keigo Yoshimura is an office worker with no sense of adventure, who dreams of quitting his job to live the easy life. While out on a business call, he stumbles on the birth of a new dungeon and accidentally gains a magical skill that turns subterranean exploration into an RPG. Things spiral out of control and Keigo winds up as the world’s top explorer. With help from Azusa Miyoshi, his mathematically gifted colleague and new business partner in dungeon diving, he might be able to turn the status screens he sees into piles of cash. Unfortunately, Keigo ends up under the scrutiny of the military, government agencies, and even more sinister forces. What happened to his dream of taking it easy?!

After D-Powers shocked the world by auctioning off skill orbs—the most precious and ephemeral of items—the JDA tasked Keigo and Miyoshi with finding the Otherworldly Language Comprehension orb. This rare item could spark wars between nations in the wrong hands, but it could also make D-Powers obscenely wealthy. To find it, Keigo and Miyoshi must delve deeper into Yoyogi Dungeon than ever before, facing new dangers, testing out their many skills, and learning what it truly means to be an explorer along the way! Back on the surface, government agencies across the world are also starting to move—some hoping to aid D-Powers, while others seek to thwart them. This time, Keigo will have to face enemies far more dangerous than slimes, goblins, or even undead monsters...all in a day’s work for the world’s laziest top-ranked explorer!

The dust has settled around the Otherworldly Language Translation auction. Yet not long afterwards, Naruse shocked D-Powers with her translations. To confirm the existence of mineral drops, Keigo and Miyoshi must delve to an even deeper level of Yoyogi Dungeon. However, the enemy lying in wait might finally put Keigo’s stats and skills to the test. Meanwhile, the publication date for Heaven’s Leaks is drawing closer. While D-Powers counts down the days, they must also confront problems regarding their stat-measuring device. How will the world react to telepathy and the quantification of human abilities? Could these two revelations somehow collide? Finally, an old friend visits, but she brings news about Altum Foraminis. The healing cult has begun closing in on D-Powers. Regardless, the world’s top explorer, his genius sidekick, and their loyal hellhounds won’t be foiled so easily. Not until they’ve uncovered the secrets of the dungeons and sampled all the best food in Tokyo, at least.

Three months have passed since Keigo “Kei” Yoshimura and Miyoshi started living the good life, but are their fortunes a gift or a loan? And if so, from whom? They may be on the path to finding out when the appearance of the Wandering Manor on the first floor of Yoyogi Dungeon leads to information about a missing person of interest. Meanwhile D-Powers, LLC, hosts a press conference set to shake the foundations of society. Kei gets his rock-paper-scissors game on. Will Kei and Miyoshi’s crafty capitalism save the world, or destroy it? All this, and dungeon cults too!

Enter the Phantom! Keigo and Miyoshi encounter new friends, new foes, and new financial woes. Following their momentous press conference and the announcement of their dungeon boot camp, D-Powers begins attracting attention from across the globe. To preserve Keigo’s anonymity, Miyoshi suggests donning a certain costume for some undercover explorer work. Plus, could one of D-Powers’ new recruits be a diamond in the rough? Does a heart of gold beat beneath Keigo’s aloof exterior? New discoveries regarding the dungeons’ mechanics and origins continue to pile up. Whoever this Phantom is, he won’t stop until his undead foes draw their last unbreath!

America and Japan prepare twin responses to a crisis in Yokohama Dungeon, with D-Powers and Team Simon caught in the middle. Plus, Keigo and Miyoshi prepare to go public with one of their greatest secrets. And a chance encounter answers all of their questions about the origin of the dungeons, and then some?! The clock is ticking. Get ready, get set, go research!

What’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is...miner? Keigo and Miyoshi rack their brains over what to make of the stunning revelations they’ve received about the dungeons’ origins, but before they have everything ironed out, a new wrinkle appears: someone else has obtained a Mining orb, and there may not be enough time to sanction its use before all mineral drops in Yoyogi Dungeon are set to useless ores! Gathering Mishiro and gemology maniac Komugi, D-Powers dive into the dungeon in a race against the clock. They’re aided by a second batch of fluffy familiars. Meanwhile, another one of D-Powers’ experiments bears...fruit?

It’s Keigo and Miyoshi versus the King of the Woods! The sports, arts, and music worlds grapple with the impact of dungeon training. Keigo and Miyoshi finally make contact with two members of the World Dungeon Agency’s Food Research Division, eager for some granular discussion about certain dungeon produce. Meanwhile, the oranges D-Powers brought back from the twenty-first floor catch the eye of Sayama, a researcher with no dungeon experience. When Sayama earns the ire of a powerful boss after snapping a certain tree branch, D-Powers will have to find a way for him to defeat the monster while they protect Kei’s identity. It might involve a little help from the JSDF, and that most powerful of all acronyms—“NDA.”