A brand-new one-shot by Q Hayashida, creator of Dorohedoro, will be published in the May issue of Monthly Shōnen Sunday (Gessan) from Shogakukan, set to release on April 11.
The special chapter celebrates the upcoming release of the anime Dorohedoro Season 2. This marks the first time in six years that Dorohedoro appears in Gessan, and the chapter will be an entirely new one-shot story.
Meanwhile, Dorohedoro Season 2 will begin streaming on multiple platforms starting April 1, with new episodes released every Wednesday at 11:00 p.m. International streaming will include Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Animation Digital Network.
Dorohedoro Vol.23:
Key Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Koki Uchiyama as Dokuga
Daiki Hamano as Tetsujo
Tomokazu Koshimura as Saji
Katsuhito Nomura as Ton
Atsushi Imaruoka as Ushishimada
Sara Matsumoto as Natsuki
CAST:
Wataru Takagi as Caiman
Reina Kondo as Nikaido
Kenyu Horiuchi as En
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shin
Yu Kobayashi as Noi
Kengo Takanashi as Fujita
Miyu Tomita as Ebisu
STAFF:
Director: Yuichiro Hayashi
Series Composition:Hiroshi Seko
Character Designer: Tomohiro Kishi
Worldbuilding Concept Designer:Shinji Kimura
Art Director: Miho Sugiura
Color Designer: Iku Onishi
3DCG Director: Fuminori Nomoto
Compositing Director: Park Hyo gyu
Editor: Masato Yoshitake
Creative Producer: Yusuke Tannawa
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Music Production: (K)NoW_ NAME
Animation Production: MAPPA
Season 1 is now available on Crunchyroll and Animation Digital Network, including the six short OVAs, which have been compiled into a single special episode.
INTRODUCTION:
Caiman, a man whose memory is gone and whose face has been magically transformed into that of a lizard, searches for clues to his true identity with his partner Nikaido, uncovering the hidden secrets of their pasts along the way. As they are hunted by the En family and the Cross-Eyes desperately await their boss’s return, the escalating conflict drives the story into an even deeper vortex of chaos!
Source: Comic Natalie
©2026 Q-HAYASHIDA• Shogakukan/ Dorohedoro Season2 Project
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