Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission

is a spin-off manga created by Toyotarou and based on the arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes. It debuted in the November 2012 edition of V-Jump, the release date of which was October 20, 2012, and was discontinued in November 2015. On July 21, 2024, it was announced that the final chapter of Victory Mission would be in the last SDBH guidebook "Heroes Memories", released on August 28, 2024.
The majority of the plot is based around the time traveling and manipulating capabilities of Capsule Corp's "Dragon Ball Heroes" arcade machines.
==Plot==
The story follows the adventure of a boy named Beat as he enters the Dragon Ball arcade game.
==Timeline placement==
It's unknown as to what year Victory Mission takes place, but several fans have dialed it down to it taking place after the events of Dragon Ball GT and possibly during Goku Jr.'s lifetime, as Goku Jr.'s friend Puck appears to be one of Beat's classmates (though this may be a simple cameo). Also, like in Goku Jr.'s time, the Dragon Balls have existed in the past but are now said to have disappeared long ago. Sora references the legendary battles of the past at one point, stating that the warriors who fought in those have become myth but can be seen using the time travel technology. In the 16th chapter, Note makes a reference to the wishes made by the Dragon Team in the past and says that the time they live in now is the future of a world that was saved by someone else (Goku) in the past. Additionally, the Dragon Balls are depicted as returning to Earth during the events of Victory Mission, and they were already shown to have returned, fully purified in A Hero's Legacy, so Victory Mission might have taken place before A Hero's Legacy.
Thanks to the time manipulating properties of the "Dragon Ball Heroes" arcade machines developed by Capsule Corp, the majority of the story takes place in areas and timelines of the past which are accessed by the machines - somehow without interfering with history or creating other timelines.
==Reception==
Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission received positive reviews by readers and fans all around the world. Many fans gave approval to the vast storytelling, the importance of the Dragon Ball Heroes machines, the many character interactions, the familiarized fast-paced action and even the characters themselves. It was thought that the avatars would simply be utilized for promotional purposes, but it obtained massive approval for how well they were utilized and interacted. Prior to its revival, many were left disappointed at the manga's discontinuation due to how sudden chapters stopped coming in and some still wish that Chapter 29's cliffhanger was fully answered. Even with the original hiatus of the manga, fans sight this series as the first time that Dragon Ball Heroes managed to get somewhat of a mainstream appeal and fanbase.
==Trivia==
*The manga was about to reach its climax before chapters would suddenly halt production. It's been speculated that the manga had been quietly discontinued in order for the manga author, Toyotaro, to work on the Dragon Ball Super manga. However, in August 2024, the final Dragon Ball Heroes guidebook was announced and confirmed that it would have the final chapter of the manga.
**Several bonus chapters have been leaked during this hiatus due to its rarity and how it's hidden behind some guidebooks.
*The official V Jump website had originally posted the original 29 chapters on their website for free following the game's 5th anniversary, but for unknown reasons, this is no longer possible.
*Dub and Peter, the main characters of Akira Toriyama's manga Dub & Peter 1, make a cameo in the first chapter of this manga. Puck and his friends appear in chapter 3. Ackman and Tenshi from Go! Go! Ackman, and Kajika, Isaza, Donko, and Haya from Kajika make a cameo in the fourth chapter. Taro Soramame, Peasuke Soramame, and Akane Kimidori make a cameo in the sixth chapter, in their Dr. Slump remake appearance. Jaco and Tights from Jaco the Galactic Patrolman make a cameo appearance as well, at the end of the 11th chapter.
*Five contestants in the second tournament featured in Victory Mission have their name and appearance based on characters from Akira Toriyama's manga series: Pokoh (ポコー) is based on the character Poco (ポコ) from Alien X-Peke, Mizore (ミゾレ) is based on Arale Norimaki from Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball (with her appearance being similar to Arale in the Dr. Slump remake), Pico is based on Krillin, Mirego (ミレゴ) is based on Mijorin from Dragon Ball Z, and Armadillo (アルマジロ) is based on Yajirobe.
*The human designs and characteristics for several members of the Dragon Ball Heroes team used in this manga are later used in Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, with the exceptions of Zen (who never had his human form revealed, if not, at all) and Chamel, who hadn't debuted as a character yet.
==Gallery==
==See also==
*List of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission manga chapters
==References==
==External links==
*Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission official website
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