This week’s November 2024 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine reveals that next month’s December 2024 issue will contain a special one-shot manga by Toyotarō in support of the forthcoming Dragon Ball Super Divers arcade game:
話題のDCGをとよたろう先生が描いた特別読切漫画を掲載だ!!
A special one-shot manga drawn by Toyotarō-sensei about the hot new digital card game will be published!!
The November 2024 issue notes that the Dragon Ball Super manga — itself also by Toyotarō — will be off again next issue. This will mark the seventh straight issue since the manga went on hiatus following chapter 103 in the May 2024 issue (released back in March).
The December 2024 issue of V-Jump hits Japanese shelves 21 October 2024 for ¥650.
While other artists such as Yoshitaka Nagayama and Yūji Kasai have contributed manga adaptations of Dragon Ball video games before (primarily in Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine), Toyotarō contributed a special one-shot manga for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 alongside the game’s launch back in October 2016. In Japan, the chapter was included within the game’s guide book, while internationally the chapter was included within a special “Time Patroller’s Guide” booklet accompanying the game’s Collector’s Edition.
Dragon Ball Super Divers is a forthcoming physical and digital card-based arcade game, effectively replacing the existing Dragon Ball Heroes run from the last 13 years. Super Divers was announced last May and is currently in development.