"Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

[sangofe]

I also don't know how you can say with certainty that "that's just not how the industry works." Unless you have a source or insider knowledge, that's speculation too.

That's not how any industry works; if a project is paused, then no one is doing any major work on it. Maybe some employees will work on their own time to have some ideas ready to go when or if it gets approved to move forward again, but that's about it. The only way Toyotaro would have completed chapters ready to go would be if he was already working on them BEFORE Toriyama passes and the manga was paused, but not after.

You saying "hat's not how any industry works". Logically you'd think so, but this has been a very special case. But the thing is - I don't think you know anything of what's going on beyond what's known in public, and neither do I. Yet you keep writing as if you do. Do you have insider information? Since you keep writing that way and insisting on it that that's just how the way it is? This is the last reply I'll bother about this topic with you.

[The Dark Knight]

You saying "hat's not how any industry works". Logically you'd think so, but this has been a very special case.

How is it a special case when projects, whether in the manga industry or in any other industry, go on hiatus all the time; it's really not uncommon. The Super anime, the counterpart to the manga we're talking about, went on hiatus in 2018 and that was the end of it; you didn't have people secretly working on episodes behind the scenes while waiting for a green light from their higher ups; that's just not how things work.

But the thing is - I don't think you know anything of what's going on beyond what's known in public, and neither do I.

Is there a chance that the manga has been green lit internally and Toyotaro is getting paid to work on it in preparation for an official announcement and publication ? sure; that's possible, but would he be working on it without internal approval and especially without getting paid ? highly unlikely.

This is the last reply I'll bother about this topic with you.

There's like 3 active members on the site now; you're stuck with me.

[kemuri07]

I'm with TDK here. Kinda can't claim that "it's been decided it's coming back" then fall back to "well no one knows anything!!"

All I know is what's in front of me. If the plan was for the manga to come back--it would have already. It's been 4 freaking years. And if they were just gonna pull the trigger on it, then during that massive DB event where they announced all those video games and new anime would have been the time to do it. But nope, nothing. I'm sure there are drafts and ideas, and maybe some doodling and sketches about a possible future for the franchise. But if they were already to go, then we would have known by now.

[sangofe]

You saying "hat's not how any industry works". Logically you'd think so, but this has been a very special case.

How is it a special case when projects, whether in the manga industry or in any other industry, go on hiatus all the time; it's really not uncommon. The Super anime, the counterpart to the manga we're talking about, went on hiatus in 2018 and that was the end of it; you didn't have people secretly working on episodes behind the scenes while waiting for a green light from their higher ups; that's just not how things work.

But the thing is - I don't think you know anything of what's going on beyond what's known in public, and neither do I.

Is there a chance that the manga has been green lit internally and Toyotaro is getting paid to work on it in preparation for an official announcement and publication ? sure; that's possible, but would he be working on it without internal approval and especially without getting paid ? highly unlikely.

This is the last reply I'll bother about this topic with you.

There's like 3 active members on the site now; you're stuck with me.

Oh but we agree then, haha. Let's hope for the best. My dream would be Toyotaro has indeed been paid and is working on it internally... With Torishima!

[Vegard Aune]

All I know is what's in front of me. If the plan was for the manga to come back--it would have already. It's been 4 freaking years.

Okay why do people keep acting as if the Super Hero arc doesn't exist?

Look. You might not find Toyotaro's adaptation of the movie very compelling. You might find it a waste of time. But the last chapter came out 17 months ago. The one before that was ten months prior to that. Even if you discount chapter 104 which I guess is actually fair since it was basically just a one-shot to fill out volume 24 based off an idea that had previously been scrapped for time... the series was still in active publication up to a little over two years ago. ...And out of the 17 chapters that made up the arc, 7 of them were in fact wholly manga-original content so only a little over half of the arc is "just the movie".

The manga certainly has been in limbo for a long time, but it's not been four years. And while, yeah, one would expect after all this time they would actually say something about what's up, but on the other hand, one would think if they had just given up and decided that there is no continuing Super without Toriyama they'd stop saying the series "will be on hiatus for the next issue" every month. There's no actual good reason I can see why they would keep stringing us along like this if they'd actually decided that Super was done for good.

[VegettoEX]

one would think if they had just given up and decided that there is no continuing Super without Toriyama they'd stop saying the series "will be on hiatus for the next issue" every month. There's no actual good reason I can see why they would keep stringing us along like this if they'd actually decided that Super was done for good.

While I generally agree with everything being said, with regard to this specific section here, I will also note:

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Perspective for DBS manga fans:

As I'm doing some V-Jump documentation, I learned about Digimon World Re:Digitize Encode, which began in the June 2013 issue. After its 9th chapter, it went digital only. After 22, it went on hiatus. Today, in *2026*, V-Jump's website *still* lists it as on hiatus.

Funny follow-up on that: I made that post in March, and by the next month (April), that listing was gone from the respective page on the V-Jump website.

I take responsibility for finally killing their hopes and dreams.

[kiarasuraru]

Would genuinely not be surprised at all if the anime continues fully original after Moro and/or SH depending of if they re-do that too.
Let's be honest, the manga has always been the awkward middle child of the modern era. It's probably a lot easier for a bunch of people on high places to not have to bother with it anymore.

[The Dark Knight]

Would genuinely not be surprised at all if the anime continues fully original after Moro and/or SH depending of if they re-do that too.
Let's be honest, the manga has always been the awkward middle child of the modern era. It's probably a lot easier for a bunch of people on high places to not have to bother with it anymore.

This is a scenario I had honestly not considered before, but now that you bring it up, I think it could very well be possible. Considering Daima completely skipped the manga route, I think we could see a scenario where Toyotaro is just made part of the anime's writing room instead.

[Bardock God of Time]

I feel like the safest way to continue Super would be to remake the End of Z chapters with Uub.

Show what all these Super characters were doing during End of Z, Beerus & Whis trying out Food Stands during the tournament, etc.

Even if Frieza's still out there, I think retelling End of Z would be the perfect way to end Super

[The Dark Knight]

I feel like the safest way to continue Super would be to remake the End of Z chapters with Uub.

I think at one point this may have been the plan, however, that was before Toriyama passed away; would they really be comfortable redrawing and rewriting something Toriyama himself actually made ? to make things harder, it's the actual ending of Toriyama's original story. Another thing to consider is what Toriyama himself said about Super; he said he considered it a "casual continuation" of his original story. I don't even know how likely it would've happened with him alive, as he viewed it as being below his original work. At this point, I think there's a more likely chance of Super not continuing, but instead a new series being launched set after the end of Z. At the end of the Superhero arc, Goku returned to earth, so that nicely leads into the end of Z, which can then lead into a new series that resolves Super's plot points (Freeza), while also introducing new ones, both of which won't be tied down by the 10 year time gap we've been stuck in.