"Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

[kemuri07]

Yeah I think Super is done. Both (tv) anime
and manga form.

[Sani007]

Yeah I think Super is done. Both (tv) anime
and manga form.

It’s really not a big deal. That’s life — every series ends at some point. But come on, they should just admit it instead of putting out the same bullshit every month about it being "on hiatus."

[JulieYBM]

The comic is on hiatus because...it is on hiatus. The various parties are likely just negotiating what they want to do next with one another.

It's not a big deal. The comic will return to serialization when they're ready to begin producing and marketing Dragon Ball again

[sangofe]

The comic is on hiatus because...it is on hiatus. The various parties are likely juet negotiating what they want to do next with one another.

It's not a big deal. The comic will return to serialization when they're ready to begin producing and marketing Dragon Ball again

How can you say with certainty that the manga will return to serialization?

[JulieYBM]

The comic is on hiatus because...it is on hiatus. The various parties are likely juet negotiating what they want to do next with one another.

It's not a big deal. The comic will return to serialization when they're ready to begin producing and marketing Dragon Ball again

How can you say with certainty that the manga will return to serialization?

I haven't said that anything is certain.

[Sani007]

For a very long time, fans were saying that the TV anime was on hiatus too.
It's true that the situation isn't the same now, because this time it's an official source saying the manga is on hiatus.

What I’d really love the most is a brand new Dragon Ball manga series by a completely new artist.
You know, a professional artist — not "just" a fan.
I’ve got nothing personal against Toyotarou, and I more or less enjoyed his manga.
But let’s be honest: Dragon Ball deserves a professional-level artist and not just a promotional manga where entire sagas are missing.

[JulieYBM]

For a very long time, fans were saying that the TV anime was on hiatus too.
It's true that the situation isn't the same now, because this time it's an official source saying the manga is on hiatus.

What I’d really love the most is a brand new Dragon Ball manga series by a completely new artist.
You know, a professional artist — not "just" a fan.
I’ve got nothing personal against Toyotarou, and I more or less enjoyed his manga.
But let’s be honest: Dragon Ball deserves a professional-level artist and not just a promotional manga where entire sagas are missing.

Toyotaro is a professional artist, he just sucks.

Locking some other artist away to spend the best years of their life on a heavily editor-controlled series would be a real shame when they could be off creating something new and original for themselves.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Locking some other artist away to spend the best years of their life on a heavily editor-controlled series would be a real shame when they could be off creating something new and original for themselves.

I have to agree with this. This revival (with the exception of a handful of projects) has proven that Dragon Ball's glory days are far behind it, so I'd rather see a professional writer/artist make their own original IP instead.

Let’s be honest: Dragon Ball deserves a professional-level artist.

What high caliber author will agree to work on such a corporate controlled franchise ? All they'd be allowed to do is more of what we already have, as in bringing back classic villains and introducing the new hair color of the week. As things stand now, all Dragon Ball will be able to attract in terms of talent will be yes-men who have no issues following orders. Anyone with a vision will stay far away from such a franchise.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Breaking News: "After clarification with Japan Expo, it turns out that Toyotaro is NOT working on any new manga, the site phrased the panel description badly. Toyotaro is set to talk about DRAGON BALL SUPER Manga with Torishima on July 6th!"

Source: https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1933192687840354598

[DBZ Macky]

Breaking News: "After clarification with Japan Expo, it turns out that Toyotaro is NOT working on any new manga, the site phrased the panel description badly. Toyotaro is set to talk about DRAGON BALL SUPER Manga with Torishima on July 6th!"

Source: https://x.com/DbsHype/status/1933192687840354598

Spoiler:

Nothing ever happens when it comes to this franchise...

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Nothing ever happens when it comes to this franchise...

I'm definitely keeping my expectations low, as Jump Festa tends to be when major announcements regarding any of Jump's franchises are made. At most we could get a generic "we'll have more to share in the future" statement.

[JulieYBM]

Oh wow, who could have seen this coming!

[Vegard Aune]

Okay, so back to my previous prediction then: The manga will resume. It would be weird for them to hype up a talk with the artist for a series that's been on hiatus for over a year (with one single chapter released in that time almost just as an obligation to round out the chapter count so volume 24 could be released) only for said talk to either be "We don't know when it's coming back, stay tuned" or "It's over, go home".

[JulieYBM]

Okay, so back to my previous prediction then: The manga will resume. It would be weird for them to hype up a talk with the artist for a series that's been on hiatus for over a year (with one single chapter released in that time almost just as an obligation to round out the chapter count so volume 24 could be released) only for said talk to either be "We don't know when it's coming back, stay tuned" or "It's over, go home".

I'm guessing that they will announce that Toyotaro will continue the manga, but Torishima—despite long being promoted up the ranks—will personally supervise the manga from here on out, because he has the most clout of any of Toriyama's former editors as the guy who discovered him and sheparded him up through the first four or so years of Dragon Ball.

[Vegard Aune]

Okay, so back to my previous prediction then: The manga will resume. It would be weird for them to hype up a talk with the artist for a series that's been on hiatus for over a year (with one single chapter released in that time almost just as an obligation to round out the chapter count so volume 24 could be released) only for said talk to either be "We don't know when it's coming back, stay tuned" or "It's over, go home".

I'm guessing that they will announce that Toyotaro will continue the manga, but Torishima—despite long being promoted up the ranks—will personally supervise the manga from here on out, because he has the most clout of any of Toriyama's former editors as the guy who discovered him and sheparded him up through the first four or so years of Dragon Ball.

That would indeed make sense. Mind you, even if the series does indeed continue I don't expect it to last that much longer. I reckon there'll probably just be one more arc and then maybe an epilogue that may or may not try to link this back to the end of the original manga (Though I feel like the stories have diverged so drastically that it might be a fool's errand to even try) and then after that... Toyotaro might continue to work on Dragon Ball but Super, specifically, will come to a definitive end.

[JulieYBM]

Okay, so back to my previous prediction then: The manga will resume. It would be weird for them to hype up a talk with the artist for a series that's been on hiatus for over a year (with one single chapter released in that time almost just as an obligation to round out the chapter count so volume 24 could be released) only for said talk to either be "We don't know when it's coming back, stay tuned" or "It's over, go home".

I'm guessing that they will announce that Toyotaro will continue the manga, but Torishima—despite long being promoted up the ranks—will personally supervise the manga from here on out, because he has the most clout of any of Toriyama's former editors as the guy who discovered him and sheparded him up through the first four or so years of Dragon Ball.

That would indeed make sense. Mind you, even if the series does indeed continue I don't expect it to last that much longer. I reckon there'll probably just be one more arc and then maybe an epilogue that may or may not try to link this back to the end of the original manga (Though I feel like the stories have diverged so drastically that it might be a fool's errand to even try) and then after that... Toyotaro might continue to work on Dragon Ball but Super, specifically, will come to a definitive end.

I imagine that this is how it'll go, but probably for a few years with the way JUMP is lol