"Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

[jplaya2023]

so are we safe to assume the manga ends the same time as the super anime at the end of tournament or will the manga continue into the next arc while the super animation is on hold for the movie.

[sintzu]

so are we safe to assume the manga ends the same time as the super anime at the end of tournament or will the manga continue into the next arc while the super animation is on hold for the movie.

They've said nothing about it. If Super is announced to return before the arc ends then I can see the manga just continuing, regardless of the anime airing before or after. The U6 arc started in the manga while the anime was on RF so it could happen again where the manga gets a head start.

[jeffbr92]

I think it will end a month earlier the movie release (November)

[LightBing]

It's likely they would use the manga to tease the new movie. Give a little intro/tease like they did with FnF right before the movie is out and then leisurely tell the story in manga format. If it connects with later material even better(if such will exist).

Don't care much about it, I rather enjoy the moment. I'm really expectant to what Toyotarõ will make of the Frost vs Humans scenario and #18 vs Ribrianne.

[Bullza]

According to the Oricon sales, Dragon Ball Super Volume 4 sold 121,293 copies in 3 days.

In comparison, Volume 3 sold 92,000 copies in 3 days and Volume 4 sold 150,000 copies in 4 days.

So it does look like once again it is the fastest selling volume so far.

[Analytical Delusion]

I don't want to spoil the ending for people not keeping up with Herms, so using a spoiler tag:

[spoiler]Given that Freeza is either going to win, tie, or finish as the last U7 member to go down, his recruitment was really underwhelming.
Much prefer how the anime handled it.

Also, I really hope that Toyotaro ends up revisiting the RoF saga after the ToP is done. Hell, he only needs one more chapter to add to his promotional one to flesh it out. Though I imagine if he ended up redoing it, in order to keep power scaling constant with the rest of the manga, Goku wouldn't fight final form Freeza in his base, so he'd probably use standard SSJ (SSJ God would make sense, but he already has people surprised when Goku pulls it out at the U6 tournament).[/spoiler]

[Hawk9211]

Also this little tidbit.
D'oh: the God of Destruction Quitela was another of the characters Toriyama designed first, along with Jiren/Toppo/Dyspo. I accidentally left him off the list.
I hope that this means Saiyan girls will get less focus.

[Vegeta_Sama]

Also this little tidbit.
D'oh: the God of Destruction Quitela was another of the characters Toriyama designed first, along with Jiren/Toppo/Dyspo. I accidentally left him off the list.
I hope that this means Saiyan girls will get less focus.

This is very interesting. I wonder if Toyotaro takes inspiration from the anime since from the look of things he set up the fight between 18 and Ribrianne, and he used Toei's designs for the rest of the Pride Troopers. If that's the case, I'm curious to see which design he'll use for UI, or if he's gonna introduce Omen like the anime did

[Hawk9211]

Also this little tidbit.
D'oh: the God of Destruction Quitela was another of the characters Toriyama designed first, along with Jiren/Toppo/Dyspo. I accidentally left him off the list.
I hope that this means Saiyan girls will get less focus.

This is very interesting. I wonder if Toyotaro takes inspiration from the anime since from the look of things he set up the fight between 18 and Ribrianne, and he used Toei's designs for the rest of the Pride Troopers. If that's the case, I'm curious to see which design he'll use for UI, or if he's gonna introduce Omen like the anime did

He changed the tornado one into a bat.

[LightBing]

That's a lot to unpack. So we have the anime to blame for for the cheap Broly imitation...
This makes me, unfortunately, happy that the anime is ending; if a good chunk of their ideas is to shove popularity down our throats with the likes of Broly, Future Trunks and Kaioken while copying popular scenes from the original show.

At least we got Caulifla out of the deal. Kefla might not even appear in the manga now that I think about it.

What more? I like Ribrianne cute girl form good job there. Now we know why Dyspo was mostly ignored until the actually tournament, the anime writers had no idea what to do with him!
They also seem to be bad at receiving directions, they took the "Jiren doesn't speak" bit almost literally. Toyotarõ is doing the same character and he's doing OK.

Good to know Mr. Toriyama cared to write Universe 7 participation in detail.

Hopefully we get a Toyotarõ interview, I want to know his contributions.

This is very interesting. I wonder if Toyotaro takes inspiration from the anime since from the look of things he set up the fight between 18 and Ribrianne, and he used Toei's designs for the rest of the Pride Troopers. If that's the case, I'm curious to see which design he'll use for UI, or if he's gonna introduce Omen like the anime did

If Mr.Toriyama wrote what everyone in Universe 7 will be doing then Toyotarõ is just going by the script, all the anime did was add that love stuff which so far doesn't apply.
They probably divided the designs between Mr.Toriyama, Toyotarõ and anime staff, they must have agreed that what they come up with would be used by everyone. It would be incredibly counter-productive to do otherwise and confusing for the audience. Can you imagine how riled up people would get if both mediums had different characters? They already lose their heads at the slightest difference.

[ToshioWrites]

I’m now really curious if kefla turns out to be a Toei exclusive thing to give Goku an huge win.

He wrote nothing for Jiren and Dyspo. Jesus Christ!

[prince212]

Will be great no broly kale in Toyotarō S version , she was already introduced in a different way , as a fast thief with more initiative than Toei,s version , looks like it ... so my hopes are on no Broly and will be great the 3 u6 saiyans getting to know each other fighting together , because I felt kaba was so alone in the anime.

[Exline]

That's a lot to unpack. So we have the anime to blame for for the cheap Broly imitation...
This makes me, unfortunately, happy that the anime is ending; if a good chunk of their ideas is to shove popularity down our throats with the likes of Broly, Future Trunks and Kaioken while copying popular scenes from the original show.

At least we got Caulifla out of the deal. Kefla might not even appear in the manga now that I think about it.

What more? I like Ribrianne cute girl form good job there. Now we know why Dyspo was mostly ignored until the actually tournament, the anime writers had no idea what to do with him!
They also seem to be bad at receiving directions, they took the "Jiren doesn't speak" bit almost literally. Toyotarõ is doing the same character and he's doing OK.

Good to know Mr. Toriyama cared to write Universe 7 participation in detail.

Hopefully we get a Toyotarõ interview, I want to know his contributions.

This is very interesting. I wonder if Toyotaro takes inspiration from the anime since from the look of things he set up the fight between 18 and Ribrianne, and he used Toei's designs for the rest of the Pride Troopers. If that's the case, I'm curious to see which design he'll use for UI, or if he's gonna introduce Omen like the anime did

If Mr.Toriyama wrote what everyone in Universe 7 will be doing then Toyotarõ is just going by the script, all the anime did was add that love stuff which so far doesn't apply.
They probably divided the designs between Mr.Toriyama, Toyotarõ and anime staff, they must have agreed that what they come up with would be used by everyone. It would be incredibly counter-productive to do otherwise and confusing for the audience. Can you imagine how riled up people would get if both mediums had different characters? They already lose their heads at the slightest difference.

It's likely Kefla might still happen. Toyotaro loves the idea of fusion, doesn't he?
I even noticed in a panel of Chapter 33, the Supreme Kai of U6 does not have his Potara Earrings. (Might be intentional, might be a mistake)

I hope characters are not eliminated in the same way they did in the anime. Hopefully the order of elimination changes. Roshi should have been the first one to go imo.

Also what is up with the hate on Caulifla, Kale, and Ribrianne's squad? I don't understand how people get so mad about them being important. They've been such a delight, the same with nearly every other ToP character introduced.

[Zamasu55]

Aniraza will appear in the manga, so there's no way Kefla isn't.
Plus, U6's Kaioshin doesn't seem to wear potara earrings in the latest chapter. So, the girls already have them.

[Miracles]

Once Toriyama approved Kale, she is now a Toriyama thing.

[LightBing]

It's likely Kefla might still happen. Toyotaro loves the idea of fusion, doesn't he?
I even noticed in a panel of Chapter 33, the Supreme Kai of U6 does not have his Potara Earrings. (Might be intentional, might be a mistake)

I hope characters are not eliminated in the same way they did in the anime. Hopefully the order of elimination changes. Roshi should have been the first one to go imo.

Also what is up with the hate on Caulifla, Kale, and Ribrianne's squad? I don't understand how people get so mad about them being important. They've been such a delight, the same with nearly every other ToP character introduced.

He did suggest Vegetto back in the Zamasu Arc, Kefla might even have been his idea.

I also want him to spice it up and not repeat the anime, he's kinda already doing that. The order of elimination is irrelevant, I think what matters is if the characters all have a decent amount of attention given and who eliminates them. If for some reason Vegeta goes up against Jiren next chapter I would be fine with him being the first U7 eliminated.

While hating is ridiculous I can see where people are coming from with disliking some of these characters. Ribrianne shoving her nose in most fights and repeating the love speech until people hears bleed. Kale mostly because she's a copy of Broly and Caulifla because she speed-through transformations. These are the legitimate reasons, there's another irrational reason I can think off.

[Zamasu55]

So that explains why Ribrianne's base form does not appear in the manga.

[Spider-Man]

Maybe Toyotaro will handle Dyspo better seriously having another arrogant character was not a good move from the staff. Also since Jiren backstory is from AT,so this mean Jiren is gonna be your generic trash talking character in this version like the anime,it explains his rude meeting with Goku.

One of the rare time that Toyotaro had a better idea than AT,I really don't want hero Jiren to be dropped like that midway to the tournament.

[CriticalThinker]

So from the interview it seems like it was toei's idea to make Ribrianne and co into a magical girl parody since Toriyama only designed Ribrianne and not Brianne which was toei. So I'm going to take a guess and say that Ribrianne probably won't be as love obsessed in the manga as she was in the anime. Not that it ever bothered me but I know many didn't like her because of that.

[TheMikado]

Once Toriyama approved Kale, she is now a Toriyama thing.

Then that also qualifies for
Broly
Cooler
Android 13
The entire GT series