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==Spin-offs and crossovers== A special side story, titled {{Nihongo|"Trunks: The Story - The Lone Warrior"|TRUNKS THE STORY -たったひとりの戦士-|Torankusu za Sutōrī -Tatta Hitori no Senshi-}}, was developed by Toriyama and published together with chapter 386 on August 31, 1992, in issue No. 36/37 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/322124|script-title=ja:雑誌巻号:週刊少年ジャンプ 1992/08/31 表示号数36・37|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|language=ja|trans-title=Magazine volume: Weekly Shonen Jump 1992/08/31 Number of indicators 36 · 37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009170508/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/322124|archive-date=October 9, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Toriyama created a short series, ''[[Neko Majin]]'', that became a self-parody of ''Dragon Ball''. First appearing in August 1999, the eight-chapter series was released sporadically in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and ''[[Monthly Shōnen Jump]]'' until it was completed in 2005. These chapters were compiled into one {{Transliteration|ja|kanzenban}} volume released on April 4, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873825-X|script-title=ja:ネコマジン 完全版|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Complete version of Neuria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104160750/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873825-X|archive-date=November 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ''[[Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo]]'' (or ''Kochikame''), a special manga titled {{Nihongo|''Super Kochikame''|超こち亀|Chō Kochikame}} was released on September 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874096-3&mode=1|script-title=ja:超こち亀|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Ultra tortoise|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103072957/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874096-3&mode=1|archive-date=January 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It included characters from the series appearing in special [[Fictional crossover|crossover]] chapters of other well-known manga. The chapter {{Nihongo|"This is the Police Station in front of Dragon Park on Planet Namek"|こちらナメック星ドラゴン公園前派出所|Kochira Namekku-sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo}} was a ''Dragon Ball'' crossover by Toriyama and ''Kochikame'' author [[Osamu Akimoto]]. That same year, Toriyama teamed up with [[Eiichiro Oda]] to create a single crossover chapter of ''Dragon Ball'' and ''One Piece''. Entitled "Cross Epoch", the chapter was published in the Christmas 2006 issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in Japanese and the April 2011 issue of ''Shonen Jump'' in English.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Lawson, Corrina|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/comics-spotlight-on-shonen-jump-100/|title=Comics Spotlight on Shonen Jump #100|journal=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=March 9, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050627/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/comics-spotlight-on-shonen-jump-100/|archive-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> The final chapter of Toriyama's 2013 manga series ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'' revealed that it is set before ''Dragon Ball'', with several characters making appearances.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Galactic Patrolman's Completed Mission|journal=[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]|issue=44|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> ''Jaco''{{'}}s collected volume contains a bonus ''Dragon Ball'' chapter revealing Goku's mother. ''Jaco'' and the bonus chapter were both published by Viz in their digital English ''Weekly Shonen Jump'', and later in print.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-03/dragon-ball-bonus-story-to-run-in-viz-shonen-jump-on-monday|title=Dragon Ball Bonus Story to Run in Viz's Shonen Jump on Monday|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 3, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080011/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-03/dragon-ball-bonus-story-to-run-in-viz-shonen-jump-on-monday|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> {{anchor|Dragon Ball SD}}''Dragon Ball SD'' is a colored [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] manga written and illustrated by Naho Ōishi was published in Shueisha's ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'' magazine in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dragon Ball SD Manga Spinoff to Be Printed in December|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-18/dragon-ball-sd-manga-spinoff-to-be-printed-in-december|date=November 18, 2010|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815200927/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-18/dragon-ball-sd-manga-spinoff-to-be-printed-in-december|archive-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref> It is a condensed retelling of Goku's various adventures, with many details changed, in a [[super deformed]] art style, hence the title. After four chapters, the quarterly ''Saikyō Jump'' switched to a monthly schedule. The chapters published after the monthly switch have been collected into five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes as of February 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-881446-9|title=ドラゴンボールSD 5|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205000710/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-881446-9|archive-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock]]'' is a three-chapter manga, once again penned by Naho Ōishi, that was published in the monthly magazine ''V Jump'' from August to October 2011. It is a sequel to the 1990 TV special ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku|Bardock – The Father of Goku]]'' with some key details changed. The manga's story revolves around [[Bardock]], Goku's father, who is featured in a scenario where he did not die at the hands of Freeza and fights his enemy's ancestor as a Super Saiyan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-21/dragon-ball-episode-of-bardock-spinoff-manga-gets-anime|title=Dragon Ball Episode of Bardock Spinoff Manga Gets Anime|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 21, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822154727/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-21/dragon-ball-episode-of-bardock-spinoff-manga-gets-anime|archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> On December 12, 2016, the first chapter of a spin-off manga titled {{Nihongo|''Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!''|DRAGON BALL外伝 転生したらヤムチャだった件|Doragon Bōru Gaiden: Tensei-shitara Yamucha Datta Ken}} was released in Shueisha's ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' digital magazine. Written and illustrated by Dragongarow Lee, it is about a high school boy who wakes up after an accident in the body of Yamcha in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga. Knowing what comes later in the story, he trains as Yamcha to make him the strongest warrior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/11-1/dragon-ball-spin-off-imagines-a-world-where-yamcha-totally-rules|title="Dragon Ball" Spin-Off Imagines a World Where Yamcha Totally Rules|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|first=Paul|last=Chapman|date=December 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213114717/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/11-1/dragon-ball-spin-off-imagines-a-world-where-yamcha-totally-rules|archive-date=December 13, 2016}}</ref> Utilizing the "reincarnated in a parallel world" theme popular in [[light novel]]s, the series was conceived by ''Shōnen Jump+'' editor-in-chief Shuhei Hosono.<ref name="yamchaprint">{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903080001.html|title=Manga spin-offs that expand on original worlds creating a buzz|last=Kato|first=Yusuke|date=March 8, 2019|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308035717/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903080001.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019|df=mdy-all|access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> A second chapter was released on May 8, 2017, and the final one on August 14, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/08/yamcha-focused-dragon-ball-isekai-manga-continues-with-new-chapter|title=Yamcha-Focused "Dragon Ball" Isekai Manga Continues With New Chapter|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|first=Scott|last=Green|date=May 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930233601/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/08/yamcha-focused-dragon-ball-isekai-manga-continues-with-new-chapter|archive-date=September 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/08/14-1/dragon-ball-spinoff-reincarnated-as-yamcha-reaches-its-conclusion|title=Dragon Ball Spinoff "Reincarnated as Yamcha" Reaches Its Conclusion|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|first=Kara|last=Dennison|date=August 14, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815061857/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/08/14-1/dragon-ball-spinoff-reincarnated-as-yamcha-reaches-its-conclusion|archive-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> A {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} collecting all three chapters was published on November 2, 2017, and has 240,000 copies in print.<ref name="yamchaprint"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-881261-8|title=DRAGON BALL外伝 転生したらヤムチャだった件|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930233830/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-881261-8|archive-date=September 30, 2017}}</ref> Viz licensed the series for English publication and released the collected volume on November 6, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-30/viz-licenses-dragon-ball-yamcha-spinoff-ao-haru-ride-radiant-manga-more/.129742|title=Viz Licenses Dragon Ball's Yamcha Spinoff, Ao Haru Ride, Radiant Manga, More|work=[[Anime News Network]]|first=Karen|last=Ressler|date=March 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200716/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-30/viz-licenses-dragon-ball-yamcha-spinoff-ao-haru-ride-radiant-manga-more/.129742|archive-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
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