Gundriver

is a Japanese light novel series written by Hiroshi Takashige, with illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. The series began publication on November 10, 1995 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

Synopsis
The story began when a boy appeared in an old blacksmith's work hut on the outskirts of a small town. Growing up in the mountains, Jim, a wild child who never doubts a person, learns how to handle a gun driver under an old man and stands out. Meanwhile, outlaws appear in the town following the mystery of Branyan's treasure entrusted to Jim. Jim challenges outlaws to save the captive townspeople. What appeared before him in crisis-. More than ten years ago from the popular comic version "Gundriver", the whereabouts of the adventure woven by the unknown Gundrivers.