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Dragon Ball AF (Toyble)
Dragon Ball AF Manga Logo
"Dragon Ball AF" Manga Logo[1]
ドラゴンボールAF
Doragon Bōru AF
Author Toyble / Toyotarō
Publisher Tom Publishing[a]
Publication http://blog.livedoor.jp/toyble/[b]
Demographic Shōnen
Original Run 08 November 2006 - 01 January 2014
Volumes Volumes 1 - 4 (Complete)
Volume 5 (Incomplete)
"Final Chapter"
v · d · e

Dragon Ball AF (printed as "DBAF" on its volume covers) is a fan comic written and drawn by Toyotarō under the pseudonym "Toyble".

The series — which shares many elements that later crop up in the official Dragon Ball franchise — picks up after the events of the Dragon Ball GT anime, following Earth's mightiest warriors as they face off against Lila and Xicor without the help of Son Goku, who resides in the Ryū'ōshin Realm after becoming one with Shenlong.

Story Summary

Volume 1: AFTER THE FUTURE

Dragon Ball AF volume 1's title page.

Shortly after Freeza's defeat on Planet Namek and subsequent rescue, his parents — King Cold and the West Kaiōshin, Lila (ライラ; raira) — visit him in his rejuvination chamber. Disgusted by her son's weakness, Lila sets out to find Son Goku, whom she believes is the key to universal conquest.

Many years later, after the events of Dragon Ball GT, Lila and her son Xicor arrive on Earth. Xicor, who claims to be Goku's son, faces off against Son Goten (now fighting crime as Great Saiyaman No. 3) and attracts the attention of Son Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks. In a show of force, Xicor wipes out a large swath of Earth's population, prompting Vegeta to transform into Super Saiyan 4 and attack. Even in this state Vegeta is no match for Xicor, causing Gohan (also able to use Super Saiyan 4) and Trunks to jump into the fray.

Watching from afar as the Elder Kaiōshin oversees Tapion's training, Shin cannot believe that Lila survived Majin Boo's onslaught long ago. Su Gorō contacts Hell to locate Goku for help, but Piccolo notes that Goku should be in neither the world of the living nor the dead. Elder Kaiōshin surmises that Goku must instead be in "that world", a world whose very existence has gone forgotten.

In said world, Goku reveals to Paikuhan that traveling to this mysterious realm was the only way to save Earth at the end of Dragon Ball GT. As the two prepare to spar, Paikuhan reminds Goku that he only came along at the request of Dai Kaiō.

Volume 2: STRATEGY OF GUARDIANS

Dragon Ball AF volume 2's title page.

As Goku and Paikuhan spar, Paikuhan gains the upper hand. In response, Goku transforms into Super Saiyan 5, easily blowing Paikuhan away. Dai Kaiō informs Su Gorō and Elder Kaiōshin that, while he can confirm Paikuhan left with Goku after he and "some weird dragon" visited, he has no idea where they went. Shin, determined to intervene, leaves the Kaiōshin Realm in Tapion and Minoshia's hands and teleports to Earth, much to his elder's chagrin.

On Earth, Shin confronts Lila. She reveals that after Majin Boo's rampage, she survived and drifted through space for millions of years with no rescue while Shin remained comfortable in the Kaiōshin Realm. In her isolation, she came to the conclusion that Kaiōshin, who are supposed to be the best in the universe, must also wield the greatest power in the universe.

Shin hatches a plan to have Gohan distract Xicor while he prepares to seal Xicor away in the Z Sword. As Gohan lets loose his awesome power, Goku senses something from far away. Elder Kaiōshin laments that he cannot contact Goku in the "sealed world" where he currently resides.

The combined efforts of Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks buy Shin enough time to unleash the Kai-Kai Shinfūba (カイカイ神封波; kaikai-shinfuuba). However, Shin misses and collapses after having used up all of his power. Gohan picks up the Z Sword and prepares to continue facing off against Xicor.

Volume 3: MISCALCULATION OF LILA'S

Dragon Ball AF volume 3's title page.

Gohan readies to attack Xicor, just as Shin — who has had his power restored by Dende — assists from behind, immobilizing him. At Shin's command, Gohan brings the Z Sword down on Xicor, successfully sealing him away.

Irate, Lila moves in to undo the seal but is met by Vegeta. In his condition and against her mind-reading capabilities, Vegeta fails to prevent Lila from reaching the sword. Shin, believing that he is the only one who can stop her, grabs Lila from behind and teleports her to a faraway world where he self-destructs.

The reverberations are felt far and wide, from Hell to even where Goku and Paikuhan are stationed. Si Xing Long appears before Goku to inform him that Shin has died.

Gohan notices that there are cracks in the Z Sword, and Elder Kaiōshin chimes in to alert him that the seal will only hold for one month. Shin returns to the Kaiōshin Realm with a halo above his head, and Gohan recounts to Vegeta a story Goku told him long ago: Before Goku returned to Earth from Planet Yardrat, he encountered Lila who fed him as much food as he could eat. Once he was full, he fell right asleep and woke up with a pain in his neck. Unbeknownst to him, Lila used this opportunity to steal a blood sample from Goku to create Xicor.

Bulma arrives to collect everyone in a Capsule #576 airbus, and Si Xing Long leads Goku and Paikuhan to a palace to meet with Yi Xing Long. As Yi Xing Long (in his Super Yi Xing Long form) explains the current situation on Earth to Goku, Elder Kaiōshin informs Gohan and the others that Goku is currently in the Ryū'ōshin Realm (龍王神界; ryuu'oushin-kai) where Shenlong and his kind reside. Dragons are not created, but instead called forth from the Ryū'ōshin Realm to grant wishes. In order to do so, Dragon Balls and a Dragon Model are required. When the Evil Dragons were created, Shenlong's model was destroyed, disallowing him from returning to the Ryū'ōshin Realm on his own. Requiring a vessel to return, Shenlong became one with Goku.

With a plan to wish Goku to Earth with the Dragon Balls in place, Gohan and the others must first revive the Dragon Balls by simulataneously infusing each of the seven balls with Light Power (光のパワー; hikari no pawaa). Only a select few races in the universe can generate Light Power, the Saiyans among them. Elder Kaiōshin explains that when seven Super Saiyans simultaneously infuse seven Dragon Balls with Light Power, they can immediately restore the Dragon Balls. However Trunks notes that currently there are only six Saiyans on Earth, and as Vegeta points out that Bra and Pan are not yet capable of transforming, the duo quickly prove him wrong.

Several days later, Satan employs the King's Army to protect the Z Sword and Porunga is summoned to New Planet Namek by Goten and Trunks to heal Earth and revive everyone who was killed. Trunks asks to bring Goku back, but Porunga stresses that this is beyond even his power. With one more Saiyan needed to complete the Dragon Ball ritual, Trunks asks Porunga to revive Broli.

Back on Earth, a confused Broli stands alone in the wasteland.

Volume 4: SUPER SOLDIER OF THE SEVENTH

Dragon Ball AF volume 4's title page.

Vegeta meets with Broli, confirming to the latter that he is back in the living world. As memories of dying to Goku and his sons resurface, Broli attacks. Gotenks intervenes and traps Broli in his Galactic Doughnuts technique. Elsewhere, Artificial Humans No. 8 and No. 17 reflect on the battle happening far away.

At Capsule Corporation Bra brings the captured Broli a meal, but he breaks breaks free from his wrist restraints and grabs her. She activates an electric shock and subdues him. Meanwhile in the Ryū'ōshin Realm, Yi Xing Long senses Broli's resurrection and informs Goku that his friends on Earth are trying to revive the Dragon Balls. He points out that while none of the dragons nor Goku are currently able to leave the Ryū'ōshin Realm, that does not hold true for Paikuhan, a non-resident.

After dreaming of his father and his near-death experience at the hands of Goku, Broli transforms and breaks out of his restraints. As Bulma rushes in, Broli attacks only to be met by Vegeta. Vegeta notes that Broli cannot kill him the way he is now. Frustrated, Broli blows a hole in the wall and flies away.

While on a date with Palace, Goten apologizes for ditching her previously (to go fight Xicor) and Pan unsuccessfully encourages him to reveal his career as Great Saiyaman No. 3. Paikuhan meets with Broli in the city, and after failing to recruit him, the two battle. Broli is unable to overcome Paikuhan, and as he lays defeated he reiterates that his goal is still to surpass and kill Goku and Vegeta.

Everyone begins training for the next month, including Kuririn and No. 18. No. 18 drops her keepsake from No. 17, which the latter also carries. In the Ryū'ōshin Realm, Porunga interrupts Goku and Yi Xing Long's training to announce that all of the conditions to summon Goku have been met, and that they need now only wait. He states that should Goku and the others fail to defeat Xicor, everywhere — including the Dark Demon Realm — will perish.

One month passes and everyone gathers around the Z Sword. Trunks reveals that Doctor Brief built a training room similar to the Room of Spirit and Time and that while he trained in there just a year, Vegeta stayed there for five years. The Z Sword snaps in half and Xicor stands before Vegeta and the others, vowing revenge.

Volume 5[c]

THE FINAL CHAPTER

As the sun sets sometime in Age 889 after the epilogue to Dragon Ball GT episode 64, the Turtle Hermit wraps up recounting the events of Dragon Ball AF to Son Goku Junior and Vegeta Junior for the day. Suddenly, Bebiddi (Bobbidi's son) and Majin Pooh attack! Goku Junior and Vegeta Junior make quick work of the invaders, and as the Turtle Hermit proudly watches, he collapses and passes away.

As he fades, he is greeted by his friends who died during his long life. Goku escorts the Turtle Hermit to the Afterlife, and assures him that there are hot chicks there. Goku and the Turtle Hermit thank the reader, and a subsequent note from Toyble himself reminds us that Dragon Ball AF is still a work in progress, and that this is not actually its final chapter.

Influences

Origins

David Montiel Franco's submission to Hobby Consolas magazine

Dragon Ball AF is not a wholly original idea by Toyble, and was conceptualized years earlier by David Montiel Franco in the May 1999 issue of Hobby Consolas magazine.[2] Montiel Franco's art took the fandom by storm with its stylish Dragon Ball AF logo and depiction of what was interpreted by many fans as Super Saiyan 5 Son Goku. The interest in this new title and design led to a swath of fan projects — including an April Fool's prank by this very wiki's webmasters — and ultimately a series of fan-made episode summaries (though they read like truncated scripts)[3] for a hypothetical Dragon Ball AF anime. These episode summaries included a new character named Xicor who claims to be Goku's son.

In November 2006, when Toyble began publishing pages for his own take on the Dragon Ball AF mythos, he jumped right into adapting his own interpretations of Montiel Franco's title and design and the concept of Goku's new offspring, Xicor.

Art

For more informaton: Toyotarō's Tracing Allegations

Though a talented artist in his own right, Toyble's Dragon Ball AF (and its other popular sister series by Young Jijii) is well known for featuring an abundance of allegedly traced art sourcing all corners of the Dragon Ball franchise. Toyble continued to face allegations of tracing through the entire run of Dragon Ball AF and even into his own career working on Dragon Ball Super in an official capacity — though to a much lesser extent than with AF — as Toyotarō.

Legacy

Impact on Official Dragon Ball Media

Though Dragon Ball AF was initially constructed as an unofficial fan comic and remains wholly disconnected from the Dragon Ball franchise, Toyble went on to officially join the franchise in 2012 under the name "Toyotarō", writing and drawing the Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission tie-in manga and later Dragon Ball Super in V-Jump magazine.

Either by design or by coincidence, many concepts from Dragon Ball AF have since found their way into official Dragon Ball projects:

Lila calling Shin by name, and Shin referring to her as his sister. From Dragon Ball AF volume 3.
  • Shin's adversarial sister.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Dragon Ball Daima:
  • Expanded Dragon Ball and Namekian lore.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Dragon Ball Super:
    • Dragon Ball Daima:
  • Alternating Super Saiyan forms mid-battle.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Dragon Ball Super:
  • Powered up versions of Super Saiyan 4.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Super Dragon Ball Heroes:
  • Additional Rooms of Spirit and Time.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Dragon Ball Super:
  • A place where all the Evil Dragons reside after the events of the Dragon Ball GT anime.
    • Dragon Ball AF:
    • Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission:


Publication Timeline

The following is a comprehensive timeline of Dragon Ball AF's publication and what Toyotarō (as Toyble) was doing in relation to the series. On his personal blog, toyblog, Toyotarō frequently updated his audience with new pages and information on where and how to purchase new volumes of DBAF — Dragon Ball AF's printed cover name.

Summarized Timeline

From November 2006 to August 2012, Toyble shares images and sells volumes of his personal Dragon Ball fan-comic, Dragon Ball AF. Alongside AF, he produces his own Dragon Ball prequel series, DBZERO.

  • 08 November 2006: Toyble begins posting pages of his Dragon Ball AF comic on his blog.[11]
  • 29 December 2007: Toyble presumably first sells DBAF volume 1 at Comiket 73.[d]
  • 15 August 2008: An unfinished DBAF volume 2 first releases at Comiket 74.[12]
  • 29 December 2008: A finished DBAF volume 2 first releases at Comiket 75 alongside an unfinished DBAF volume 3.[13]
  • Late January - Early February 2009: Toyble begins selling DBAF volumes 1 and 2 through Mandarake.[14]
  • 14 August 2009: Toyble releases a rough sketch version of DBZERO at Comiket 76.[15]
  • 30 December 2009: DBZERO releases in its finished state at Comiket 77.[16]
  • 14 August 2010: A finished DBAF volume 3 first releases at Comiket 78.[17]
  • 30 December 2010: DBAF volume 3.5 first releases at Comiket 79.[18]
  • 12 August 2011: An unfinished DBAF volume 4 first releases at Comiket 80.[19]
  • 19 June 2012: Toyble shares that he has "been into Dragon Ball Heroes lately".[20]
  • 11 August 2012: A finished DBAF volume 4 first releases at Comiket 82.[21]

Sometime in 2012, Toyble begins working for V-Jump magazine to produce a tie-in comic for the Dragon Ball Heroes video game series. His debut issue premieres in September 2012, which effectively leads to a halt of the production of Dragon Ball AF.

With Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission in full swing and no new planned releases of Dragon Ball AF on the horizon, Toyble finds time to produce a few short tie-in comics for Super DB — a compilation of Dragon Ball-related fan-works from a variety of artists.

  • 30 December 2012: Super DB volume 1 first releases at Comiket 83, featuring pages by Toyble.[22]
  • 10 August 2013: Super DB volume 2 first releases at Comiket 84, featuring pages by Toyble.[23]
  • 01 January 2014: Toyble releases the remainder of Dragon Ball AF on his blog, in both finished and unfinished states. He explains that he will not be able to work on the series for a while.[24]
  • 16 August 2014: Super DB volume 4 first releases at Comiket 86, featuring pages by Toyble.[25]

At the end of 2014 and into 2015, Toyotarō (leaving "Toyble" and Dragon Ball AF behind him) ends Victory Mission, produces a tie-in comic for the latest Dragon Ball Z movie, and begins his longest running series to-date: Dragon Ball Super.

Full Timeline

2006 - 2007

Date Event
08 November 2006 Posts the first 20 pages[11] alongside a preview of Son Goku transforming into Super Saiyan 5.[26]
01 January 2007 Posts pages 21 - 36.[e][27]
03 January 2007 Makes a revision to page 36 based on feedback.[28]
04 February 2007 Posts pages 37 - 40.[29]
09 March 2007 Posts pages 41 - 43.[f][30]
01 April 2007 Posts pages 44 - 46.[31]
01 May 2007 Posts pages 47 - 51.[32]
01 June 2007 Posts pages 52 - 57.[33]
07 June 2007 Makes revisions to 47 and 51 based on feedback.[34]
01 July 2007 Posts pages 58 and 59.[35]
01 August 2007 Posts page 60.[36]
01 September 2007 Posts 61 - 64.[g][37]
29 September 2007 Posts page 65.[38]
04 October 2007 Posts pages 66 - 71. Page 70 is the first appearance of Super Saiyan 5 in the series.[39]
29 December 2007 Presumed first printing date of volume 1 at Comiket 73.[d]
30 December 2007 Shares an in-progress version of page 72.[40]

2008

Date Event
07 January 2008 Posts pages 72 and 73.[41]
01 February 2008 Posts pages 74 and 75.[42]
01 March 2008 Posts pages 76 and 77.[43]
07 April 2008 Posts page 80.[h][44]
01 May 2008 Posts pages 81 - 86.[i][45]
01 June 2008 Posts pages 87 - 90.[46]
05 July 2008 Posts pages 91 - 96 and announces that he will attend Comiket 74 on 15 August 2008.[12]
07 July 2008 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 74. He plans to sell a reprint of DBAF volume 1 (pages 1 - 64)[d] and a first printing of volume 2 (pages 65 - 96 + 21 pages of unpublished extras).[47]
11 July 2008 Toyble announces a price of 1,000円 for volumes 1 and 2 of DBAF.[50]
19 July 2008 Toyble announces a planned print run of 300 copies each for both volumes 1 and 2 of DBAF.[51]
12 August 2008 Toyble updates that volume 2 will only contain pages 65 through 96, as he was unable to produce any further pages.[52]
15 August 2008 Volume 2 is first released at Comiket 74.[12]
01 September 2008 Posts page 97 and previews future pages.[53]
05 September 2008 Reposts page 97 and posts pages 98 - 102.[54]
01 October 2008 Posts page 103.[55]
12 October 2008 Posts page 104.[56]
14 October 2008 Reposts page 104 and posts pages 105 - 111.[57]
19 October 2008 Makes revisions to pages 108 and 110 based on feedback.[58]
01 November 2008 Posts pages 112 and 113 and previews future pages.[59]
08 November 2008 Announces that he will attend Comiket 75 on 29 December 2008. He plans to sell volume 1 and a new "Standard Edition" of volume 2 featuring changes to his previously sold (and now referred to as) "Final Episode Version".[60]
26 November 2008 Posts pages 114 - 118.[61]
07 December 2008 Posts art for the inside cover of volume 2's "Standard Edition" and page 119.[62]
15 December 2008 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 75. He plans to sell:[13]

DBAF Volume 1 ("Revised Edition", Second Printing, Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 ("Revised Edition"[j], First Printing, Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 3 ("Final Episode Edition", First Printing, Pages 128 - 131 + a 21-page unreleased short story): 700円

29 December 2008 Volume 2 (Revised Edition) and Volume 3 (Final Episode Edition) are first released at Comiket 75.[13] Volumes 1 and 3 sell out.[63]
30 December 2008 Toyble announces that he will look into setting up a system for online sales of volumes 1 and 2.[63]

2009

Date Event
02 January 2009 Posts pages 120 - 122.[64]
28 January 2009 Toyble announces online sales of volumes 1 and 2 of DBAF to be handled through Mandarake. The "Final Episode Edition" of volume 3 will not be sold online.[14]
01 February 2009 Posts pages 123 - 127, catching up to what had been sold in the print edition of DBAF volume 2.[65]
13 February 2009 Toyble announces that online stock of DBAF has sold out, with a reprint on the way before the end of the month.[66]
01 March 2009 Posts pages 129 - 133, noting that page 128 was omitted due to page layout.[67]
01 April 2009 Posts pages 134 - 138.[68]
01 May 2009 Posts pages 139 - 143.[69]
01 June 2009 Posts pages 144 - 148.[70]
25 June 2009 Toyble announces that he will attend Comiket 76 on 14 August 2009, but is unsure if volume 3 will be ready in time.[71]
10 August 2009 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 76. He plans to sell:[15]

DBAF Volume 1 ("Revised Edition", Second Printing, Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 ("Revised Edition", First Printing, Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

DBZERO (Rough Sketches, First Printing, 34 pages total): 500円

Due to time constraints, DBZERO takes the place of DBAF volume 3.

14 August 2009 DBZERO is first released at Comiket 76 as a book of rough sketches.[15]
02 September 2009 Posts rough drafts of pages 149 - 153.[72]
12 October 2009 Posts pages 149 - 155.[73]
03 November 2009 Toyble announces that he will attend Comiket 77 on 30 December 2009, where he plans to release a non-draft version of DBZERO.[74]
15 December 2009 Toyble announces that (as he struggles to finish DBZERO ahead of Comiket 77) he will make DBAF his main focus in the new year.[75]
23 December 2009 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 77 and posts pages 3 - 11 of DBZERO. He plans to sell:[16]

DBAF Volume 1 ("Revised Edition", Second Printing, Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 ("Revised Edition", First Printing, Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

DBZERO (Rough Sketches, First Printing, 34 pages total): 500円

DBZERO (First Printing, 52 pages total): 1,000円

30 December 2009 DBZERO (in its finished state) is first released at Comiket 77.[16]

2010

Date Event
13 January 2010 Posts pages 156 - 158 and announces that DBZERO can now be purchased on Mandarake.[76]
09 February 2010 Posts pages 159 - 162.[77]
31 March 2010 Posts page 163 and previews future pages.[78]
22 April 2010 Toyble announces that copies of DBAF volume 1 sold through Mandarake this month may have been misbound and encourages affected patrons to contact the publisher, Tom Publishing.[79]
22 May 2010 Posts pages 164 - 168.[80]
15 June 2010 Posts pages 169 - 171 and announces that he will attend Comiket 78 on 14 August 2010 with intentions to release volume 3 of DBAF.[81]
06 August 2010 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 78 and posts pages 172 - 174. He plans to sell:[17]

DBAF Volume 3 (First Printing, Pages 129 - 174 plus 20 unreleased pages): 1,000円

DBZERO (Rough Sketches, First Printing, 34 pages total): 500円

DBZERO (First Printing, 52 pages total): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 1 ("Revised Edition", Second Printing, Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 ("Revised Edition", First Printing, Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

14 August 2010 DBAF volume 3 (Revised Edition) is first released at Comiket 78.[17]
18 August 2010 Toyble announces that unsold copies of DBAF volume 3 from Comiket 78 will be sold online through Mandarake, with regular sales beginning in September.[82]
21 September 2010 Posts page 175. With another 19 pages already completed and present in DBAF volume 3, Toyble announces that he will release the rest of the finished pages online by the next Comiket in December.[83]
10 November 2010 Posts pages 176 - 183 and formally announces that he will attend Comiket 79 on 30 December 2010. Though working on volume 4, Toyble knows that with no chance it will be done in time for Comiket, he plans on possibly releasing a "Rough Sketches" version.[84]
24 December 2010 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 79 and posts pages 184 - 194. He plans to sell:[18]

DBAF Volume 3.5 (24 unreleased pages to eventually be part of DBAF volume 4): 500円

DBAF Volume 1[k] (Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 (Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 3 (Pages 129 - 194): 1,000円

DBZERO (52 pages total): 1,000円

30 December 2010 DBAF volume 3.5 is first released at Comiket 79.[18]

2011

Date Event
02 January 2011 Toyble announces that he plans to post the contents of DBAF volume 3.5 over the course of the year, leading up to Comiket 80 in August.[85]
11 March 2011 A 9.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan off the coast of Honshu.[86] Toyble (who at the time resided in Tochigi) loses his drawing tablet and other computer peripherals to damage from the event.[87]
10 April 2011 Posts pages 195 - 201.[87]
12 June 2011 Posts pages 202 - 204 and announces that he will attend Comiket 80 on 12 August 2011 with intentions to release volume 4 of DBAF.[88]
09 August 2011 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 80 and posts pages 205 - 207. He plans to sell:[19]

DBAF Volume 4 (25 pages plus "The Final Chapter"[l]): 800円

DBAF Volume 1 (Pages 1 - 64): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 (Pages 65 - 127): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 3 (Pages 129 - 194): 1,000円

DBZERO (52 pages total): 1,000円

12 August 2011 DBAF volume 4 is first released at Comiket 80.[19]
25 August 2011 Toyble realizes that he forgot to apply for Comiket 81 and will miss his first Comiket since August 2007.[m][48]

2012

Date Event
02 January 2012 Toyble announces that a completed DBAF volume 4 should go on sale sometime in the following month via Mandarake.[89]
28 February 2012 Posts pages 208 - 216 and announces that online sales of DBAF volume 4 should begin on Mandarake in about ten days.[90]
Circa
09 March 2012[n]		 DBAF volume 4 first releases on Mandarake.[90]
19 June 2012 Toyble announces his plans to attend Comiket 82 on 11 August 2012. He shares his fanart of Froze and states that he has "been into Dragon Ball Heroes lately."[20]
03 August 2012 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 82. He plans to sell:[91]

DBAF Volume 4 (70 pages, including a 20-page rough draft booklet): 1000円
The rough draft booklet will be given out for free to those who have already purchased volume 4.

DBAF Volume 1 (66 pages): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 (66 pages): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 3 (70 pages): 1,000円

DBZERO (52 pages): 1,000円

08 August 2012 Toyble shares his fanart of King Vegeta to be used as the illustration for the bonus cover of DBAF volume 4.[92]
11 August 2012 DBAF volume 4 re-releases alongside its 20-page rough draft booklet at Comiket 82. Toyble thanks Dragon Garow Lee, Young Jijii, and others for contributing congratulatory artwork to DBAF volume 4.[21]
13 August 2012 Toyble announces that some copies of DBAF volume 3 sold at Comiket 82 may have been misbound (accidentally containing pages from DBAF volume 2) and encourages affected patrons to contact him via email for assistance.[93]
15 September 2012 Posts pages 217 - 225.[94]
21 September 2012 The first chapter of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission releases in V-Jump magazine.
21 November 2012 Toyble announces his plans to attend Comiket 83 on 30 December 2012, but notes that he will only be selling his back catalog. He shares that he has contributed two pages to a book titled Super DB (超ＤＢ; chō DB), which will be on sale at the booth next to his.[22]
28 December 2012 Toyble details his offerings at Comiket 83. He plans to sell:[95]

DBAF Volume 1 (66 pages): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 2 (66 pages): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 3 (70 pages): 1,000円

DBAF Volume 4 (70 pages): 1000円


In addition, he will sell through remaining stock of previous items:
DBZERO (Rough Sketches, 34 pages): 100円

DBAF Volume 3.5 (24 pages): 100円

The Sequel to DBAF Volume 4[o] (20 pages): 100円

Rough Storyboards Continuing "The Sequel to DBAF Volume 4": Free

30 December 2012 Super DB volume 1 first releases at Comiket 83, featuring pages by Toyble that tie into Dragon Ball AF.[22]

2013

Date Event
02 April 2013 Toyble updates that he is still working on Dragon Ball AF.[96]
06 June 2013 Toyble announces that he has been rejected for Comiket 84. He shares his unfinished cover for DBAF volume 5, featuring Son Goku (in his Dragon Ball AF dōgi) and Paikuhan.[97]
17 July 2013 Toyble updates that although he will not attend Comiket 84 as a vendor, his four volumes of DBAF will be sold at the Super DB booth. A second volume of Super DB will also be on sale there, once again featuring two new pages from Toyble.[98]
10 August 2013 Super DB volume 2 first releases at Comiket 84, featuring pages by Toyble that tie into Dragon Ball AF.[23] At the end of the second page is a message from Toyble, stating that he has been unable to work on DBAF due to a variety of circumstances. Alongside the silhouette of Beat from Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission, he vows to keep writing.[99]
29 December 2013 DBAF volumes 1 - 4 are sold again at Naoyuki Omada's[p] Super DB booth at Comiket 85.[100]

2014

Date Event
01 January 2014 Toyble announce that he will not be able to work on Dragon Ball AF for a while[24] and posts the remainder of his completed DBAF volume 4-exclusive pages[101] alongside his rough storyboards for DBAF volume 5.[102][103]
09 April After having read Jaco the Galactic Patrolman,[104] Toyble posts the entirety of DBZERO.[105]
24 July 2014 Toyble updates that his four volumes of DBAF will be sold at the Super DB booth at Comiket 86. A fourth volume of Super DB will also be on sale there, once again featuring two new pages from Toyble.[25]
16 August 2014 Super DB volume 4 first releases at Comiket 86, featuring pages by Toyble that briefly continue Dragon Ball AF.[25]
21 November 2014 Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission ends regular serialization with within the pages of V-Jump magazine.
20 December 2014 Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission briefly returns in V-Jump+ with its 28th chapter.

2015

Date Event
21 February 2015 A promotional manga adaptation of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' begins running in V-Jump magazine.
21 April 2015 The Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' promotional manga concludes.
20 June 2015 The first chapter of the Dragon Ball Super promotional manga begins serialization in V-Jump.

Notes

  1. ↑ Toyble used Tom Publishing to print volumes which he would sell in-person at Comiket. They were not involved in the series beyond that.
  2. ↑ Toyble's blog is now defunct, but can be accessed through the Wayback Machine as noted in all of the references on this page.
  3. ↑ Toyble never finished volume 5, but he did provide full drafts for the volume. Presented here are the events as they transpire in the drafts, but it is entirely plausible that certain elements may have changed for final release.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Toyble never advertised his first run of volume 1, but he implies that this is not his first time selling at Comiket,[12] and that he sells exclusively at Comiket.[47] Though he at least attended Comiket 72 in August 2007,[48] because Comiket is held twice yearly and based on what pages were out at the time, it can be surmised that his first run of DBAF volume 1 occurred on 29 December 2007 during the 2007 Winter Comiket.[49]
  5. ↑ Toyble uses this post a landing page for 21 - 40 and adds the final 4 pages at a later date.
  6. ↑ Toyble uses this post a landing page for 41 - 60 and adds the other pages at a later date.
  7. ↑ Toyble uses this post a landing page for 61 - 80 and adds the other pages at a later date.
  8. ↑ There is no individual post for pages 78 and 79.
  9. ↑ Toyble uses this post a landing page for 81 - 100 and adds the other pages at a later date.
  10. ↑ Toyble drops "Standard Edition" (通常版) for "Revised Edition" (改訂版).
  11. ↑ Starting with this blog post, Toyble no longer mentions which printing his books are currently on nor which version.
  12. ↑ "The Final Chapter" (最終話; saishūwa) included in the initial printing of DBAF volume 4 was previously included in the "Final Episode" (最終回; saishūkai) versions of DBAF volumes 2 and 3.
  13. ↑ It is unclear if Toyble attended Comiket 72 as a vendor or as an attendee.
  14. ↑ Ten days after 28 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "The Sequel to DBAF Volume 4" is the booklet handed out as a free item for those who purchased DBAF volume 4 at Comiket 82.
  16. ↑ Though Toyble just refers to this person as "Omada-san",[100] their full name Naoyuki Omada appears within the Super DB magazine.

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