"Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

[Cipher]

I genuinely enjoy when people create their own content to entertain the community—sometimes it's quirky, other times it's great. As Jump Festa approaches, there's a lot of content circulating that could be misleading, often intended to be humorous, like this particular one that's already making the rounds. There’s still no official information on it, but I'd love to know what’s going on here, maybe there's a hidden joke or something, so if someone knows the original source of this peace, please clarify. Anyway, thanks in advance!

Spoiler:

I can only find it on this anonymous media-spoiler blog/board, so take it with a massive grain of salt. The Japanese all checks out though, and most posters on the board are questioning the content rather than the veracity. If it's a fake, it's a good one with a convincing aping of Toyotaro's style. It's the kind of premise that usually comes up in fan fake-outs like this though, and spots look a little wonky quality-wise, so who knows.
http://lovelivematocha.com/blog-entry-57531.html

Spoiler:

"No mercy for the divine!"
"A new, epic story begins!"
Dragon Ball Super - Godkiller Arc
2025

OP: "The final battle between the gods of destruction and humanity"
Site comments (your usual internet charm): "Humanity? You mean like the only five that are useful." "Do Saiyans count as 'humanity'?" "Please don't run this at the same time as Daima!" "What is this, Higurashi?" "What do they got against Dende?!" "Wasn't there a godkiller in Heroes?" "Is Daima so boring they're trying to bury it?" "What's Dragon Ball without Toriyama?" "The author died already. Just end it!"

[JulieYBM]

Lmao

Toyo-tarou watched Thor: Love & Thunder.

[shadd21]

Geekdom confirmed that image to be fake

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

Something I could never quite figure out is how does the manga go about deciding what gets adapted and what doesn't? Battle of Gods got adapted, but Resurrection F was skipped because it got a separate tie-in manga, but Super Broly was skipped for unexplained reasons with a simple splash page referencing it, then Superhero gets a full extended manga adaptation that's, from what I can tell, longer than all the others.

[FlpShimizu]

Something I could never quite figure out is how does the manga go about deciding what gets adapted and what doesn't? Battle of Gods got adapted, but Resurrection F was skipped because it got a separate tie-in manga, but Super Broly was skipped for unexplained reasons with a simple splash page referencing it, then Superhero gets a full extended manga adaptation that's, from what I can tell, longer than all the others.

While I can't give you the exact reason, I would definitely bet it's related to the incompetent, confused way the higher ups have dealt with this franchise for the past decade.

[sangofe]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

[Issei189]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

I'm excepting a new ongoing DBS arc after this one-shot

[JonSnowFan17]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

I bet all the DBS haters who kept claiming that they are trying to erase Super like GT with Daima are real quiet right now !

[Zinnia]

I bet all the DBS haters who kept claiming that they are trying to erase Super like GT with Daima are real quiet right now !

Nobody 'erased' GT either. This fanbase has too many internal wars for it's own good.

[super michael]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

I bet all the DBS haters who kept claiming that they are trying to erase Super like GT with Daima are real quiet right now !

I am happy that Toyotaro will continue making new chapters for the manga. I actually enjoy the manga.
DBS anime on the other hand not so much, I don't like the writing.

However if DBS anime does improve, then I wouldn't mind if it returns the anime. If they don't have plans to improve, then they shouldn't return.

[Jiren The Alpha]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

It's too late for this one-shot too happen, people have moved on from pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks.

[super michael]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

It's too late for this one-shot too happen, people have moved on from pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks.

I am sure not everyone were pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks. I am looking forward to the one shot.

[JulieYBM]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

It's too late for this one-shot too happen, people have moved on from pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks.

We fujoshi haven't.

[hembro]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

I kind of wondered if when I saw the announcement if it was this one shot to pad out the page count for the last volume. and if they continue on with just him working on it there's at least sort of a clean break with the super hero saga in volume numbers with whatever toyotaro's next story is. or maybe a retitle and relaunch

[sangofe]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

It's too late for this one-shot too happen, people have moved on from pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks.

We fujoshi haven't.

One of the better things from Super was with Goten and Trunks. Don't say people pretend to like them.

[Vegard Aune]

There seems to be coming a one-shot Dragon Ball Super manga around Goten and Trunks by Toyotaro in February, according to DBS Hype on Twitter:
https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1870322598 ... 11/photo/1

I kind of wondered if when I saw the announcement if it was this one shot to pad out the page count for the last volume. and if they continue on with just him working on it there's at least sort of a clean break with the super hero saga in volume numbers with whatever toyotaro's next story is. or maybe a retitle and relaunch

That thought did occur to me too. Why, after radio silence ever since Toriyama's death, would they announce a one shot rather than the start of a new arc? It actually makes me wonder if volume 24 will indeed be the final volume, and that either Super just ends here, or that as you just suggested Toyotaro continues the story under a new name.

Because yeah, we have three chapters following the end of volume 23. Assuming this one shot is the length of a standard chapter, that would fill out the page count.

[JulieYBM]

It's too late for this one-shot too happen, people have moved on from pretending to be fans of Goten and Trunks.

We fujoshi haven't.

One of the better things from Super was with Goten and Trunks. Don't say people pretend to like them.

I did not say that people pretend to like Goten and Trunks, that was Jiren The Alpha.

[sangofe]

We fujoshi haven't.

One of the better things from Super was with Goten and Trunks. Don't say people pretend to like them.

I did not say that people pretend to like Goten and Trunks, that was Jiren The Alpha.

Yeah I know. I don't know why it was quoted as you said it. I am not good at manually editing quoting tags.

[SupremeKai25]

The DBS Manga was always Toyotaro's work. The Moro arc in particular was pretty much written entirely by Toyotaro.

I don't understand why people think the DBS Manga will end without Toriyama.

I'm not surprised that Toyotaro is taking a long hiatus, and I find 3 main reasons for it:

1) Well-deserved rest because a mangaka's job is exhausting;

2) He needs to come up with a way to write the conflict with Black Freeza that is both logical (how can the Saiyans close the gap?) and original enough to not feel like a retread of RoF.

3) He wants to see what Daima is doing before continuing, and if he can adapt some storylines, characters, and lore drops from Daima in his manga.

[JonSnowFan17]

I bet all the DBS haters who kept claiming that they are trying to erase Super like GT with Daima are real quiet right now !

Nobody 'erased' GT either. This fanbase has too many internal wars for it's own good.

I meant erased in terms of the fact that it’s not even important to even watch anymore, even though GT was always considered to not be canon because it wasn’t written by Toriyama and also featured movie villains which didn’t make sense in the anime continuity, with Super pretty much most new fans just completely ignore it nowadays except maybe watching some SSJ4 clips to see how it looks out of curiosity, before Super most people watched GT despite its negative reputation because well, it was the only major Dragon Ball media to watch after Z and the manga ended, now years later with Super and the new movies, manga and lately Daima, most people don’t give GT any attention !