Shonen Jump covers

Weekly Shonen Jump (or simply Shonen Jump) is an anthology manga magazine published in Japan by Shueisha since August 1, 1968.

While magazines collecting different stories are sometimes considered Compilation series in this Wiki, that's not the case for Shonen Jump because it's not a work created to collect different series together in a sort of very weak crossover, but rather it's a magazine publishing unrelated works by different artists, and also because having included hundreds of different stories over the years it wouldn't be of any use to consider all of them linked together.
For a list of notable series featured in Shonen Jump just see the relative category.

While the mere inclusion of stories from different series on the pages of Shonen Jump doesn't create a link between them, and most of the time there isn't any kind of interaction between the included series, there are few exceptional cases where the cover of the magazine shows an interaction between characters, potentially creating a link.

Here is a list of notable cases and the link they create between the featured series per the Cover rule:

#	Description	Resulting link
4/5 2014	Characters from various series running together and cutting a finish line. This doesn't have a narrative component, with the finish line just being symbolic, so itcan be considered just posing and it doesn't count as a crossover.	none
22/23 2014
37/38 2014
4/5 2015
22/23 2015
37/38 2015
3/4 2016	Characters from various series have their faces as firework explosions. This still doesn't count as a link because there is no interaction with characters (if there are any) whatsoever.	none
5/6 2016
21/22 2016
36/37 2016	Luffy from One Piece as a roulette dealer and various other characters in miniature form on the table. Aside from some of them looking superimposed without true interaction, this counts at best as a basic activity, and since the situation is not plausible it doesn't count as a link.	none
4-7 2017	Characters from various series dressing up as one another. This still doesn't count as a link because the characters are just posing without any narrative component.	none
2/3 2018	Luffy from One Piece holding a basket with various characters in it, while Chopper looks at them; because the small characters create an implausible situation, this doesn't create a fictional link.	none
4/5 2018
6 2018	Luffy and Zoro from One Piece holding out cards with images of characters from other series. This doesn't count since they're obviously just showing them to the reader, there's no narrative element.	none
21/22 2018	Characters from various series, such as One Piece and My Hero Academia, dressing up as one another. This still doesn't count as a link because the characters are just posing without any narrative component.	none
33 2018	Various characters posing together, this doesn't count as a fictional link, even if some characters are interacting, such Goku and Luffy having an arm over each other's shoulder.	none
36/37 2018
4/5 2019	Characters from various series decorating a Christmas Tree together. This is a basic activity, so it's an Arguable Link. That's only applied to characters appearing as real people; ones in puppet form don't count.	Arguable link between One Piece, My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, and The Promised Neverland.
6/7 2019
22/23 2019	Various characters are dressed in medieval clothing together. Although the characters dress up as part of a theme, they are merely posing. Therefore it doesn’t count as a link.	none
36/37 2019
4/5 2020
6/7 2020
23 2020
31 2020	Various characters are styled in a similar way to Roboco. This doesn’t count as they are all posing similar to Roboco, with very little interaction.	none
36/37 2020	Luffy from One Piece holding a big ice-cream with various characters in it, while other characters are eating ice-cream in the background; because there's no interaction between the characters eating ice-cream, and the small characters appear in an implausible situation, this doesn't create a fictional link.	none
3-6 2021	Celebration of the 1000th chapter of One Piece, characters from that series are paired up with ones from other series; because there's no interaction between different pairs, this is considered a composition of singular images, and only the pairs that have a narrative element create a link between One Piece and the other character's series; for some pairs it's arguable if they count as narrative.	In-universe link between One Piece and the following series: My Hero Academia, Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, High School Family, Me & Roboco Arguable link between One Piece and the following series: Dr. Stone, We Never Learn, Jujutsu Kaisen, Black Clover, Ayakashi Triangle
21/22 2021		none
36/37 2021	A few Shonen Jump characters playing capture the flag while other characters are relaxing on the beach. Since capture the flag is a basic activity, those diving towards the flag have arguable links. The ones in the background do not have links.	Arguable link between One Piece, My Hero Academia, Dr. Stone, and Jujutsu Kaisen
3/4 2022		none
21/22 2022		none
36/37 2022		none
4/5 2023
6/7 2023		none
21/22 2023
36/37 2023
4/5 2024
6/7 2024
22/23 2024
36/37 2024
4/5 2025
6/7 2025
22/23 2025
36/37 2025	Different Pokémon are paired up with various Shonen Jump series; because there's no interaction between different pairs. While this is authorized by the Pokemon Company promoting it on its X account, this is considered a composition of singular images, and only the pairs that have a narrative element create a link between Pokémon and the other series; for some pairs it's arguable if they count as narrative.	Arguable link between Pokémon and the following series: Blue Box, Akane-banashi, Witch Watch, Me & Roboco, and Eikan Bros.

License[]

Shueisha, publisher of Shonen Jump, holds exclusive rights over all the series published on its pages.