The title is part of the “Jump Start” initiative, where Viz Media’s Shonen Jump publishes the first three chapters of a new manga simultaneously with the Japanese release.
Viz Media’s English digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Monday that it will publish the first chapter of Kōji Ōishi’s Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle (Tomtatoipu no Rikopin) in next week’s issue on October 9.
The manga will launch on the same day in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan.
Ōishi (Maison de Penguin) launched the Inumarudashi— gag manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2008, and ended it in June 2012.