The Dragon Ball Super Manga Might Actually Be Coming Back

It's been almost two years since the Dragon Ball Super manga went on hiatus. After Akira Toriyama passed away in March 2024, the monthly series co-written by Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou just... stopped. No official cancellation. No timeline for a return. Just silence. For a franchise that's been running nonstop since the 1980s, that kind of quiet is deafening. But now there's a real reason to think things are shifting. A quietly added entry on the official Dragon Ball website, first spotted by X user Venixys, reads: "Super new developments will continue to unfold well beyond the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball, so stay tuned!" The word "Super" is in quotation marks. That's not subtle. That's basically a wink.

Why This Matters Right Now

Here's the context that makes this interesting. The Dragon Ball 40th anniversary Genkidamatsuri event in January revealed two major anime projects: Dragon Ball Super: Beerus (a full remake of the Battle of Gods arc coming Fall 2026) and Dragon Ball Super: Galactic Patrol (the first new Dragon Ball Super TV anime in eight years). Both of those are now accounted for. So what else could "Super" developments refer to? The manga is the obvious answer. Toyotarou was notably absent from the entire 40th anniversary event, which felt like a deliberate omission rather than an oversight.

The Beerus remake just got a lot more interesting. The newly launched Dragon Ball Super: Beerus website dropped some details that go beyond what fans were expecting. According to the official site, the series will feature "a large volume of newly added and redrawn cuts, as well as a reconstructed narrative" and promises "a more faithful representation of the original manga." That last part is huge. The original Dragon Ball Super anime and the manga told notably different versions of the same story. The anime had Goku using Kaioken during the Universe 6 tournament. The manga didn't. The Tournament of Power played out completely differently in both versions. The way Goku achieved Ultra Instinct was different. For years, fans have debated which version was "canon," and it sounds like the remake is firmly planting its flag on the manga side.

Setting Up a Unified Timeline

This makes a lot of strategic sense when you think about it. If they're adapting the Galactic Patrol saga (the Moro arc) from the manga next, they need the earlier arcs to match up. You can't have a manga-faithful Moro arc if the preceding Beerus and Golden Frieza arcs are based on the anime's version of events. The official site even doubles down, promising "a more faithful and detailed reproduction of the original work by Akira Toriyama." The comments section under the CBR report on this news is exactly what you'd expect. Fans are already arguing about whether the anime or manga version of the Tournament of Power was better. That debate is about to get a whole lot louder once the remake actually starts airing.

So where does this leave the manga itself? That's the million-zeni question. The Dragon Ball Super manga has kept its spot in V Jump's monthly lineup despite being inactive since 2024. That's unusual. You don't hold a slot in a magazine for a series that's dead. You hold it for a series that's coming back. There's been speculation that Toyotarou has been hesitant to continue without Toriyama, and honestly, that's understandable. The two had a genuine mentor-student relationship. Toriyama was heavily involved in the manga's direction, approving panels and guiding story beats. Taking the wheel solo on one of the biggest franchises in entertainment history is a lot of pressure, especially when a vocal chunk of the fanbase is ready to tear apart anything new.

The Pieces Are Falling Into Place

But the pieces are lining up. The anime remake is going manga-faithful. A new anime adaptation of the manga's Galactic Patrol arc is confirmed. The official website is teasing more "Super" developments. And Toyotarou recently surfaced with a new illustration of a classic Dragon Ball villain, his first public contribution in months. None of this is a confirmation that the manga is coming back tomorrow. But after two years of nothing, this is the most coordinated set of signals we've gotten. Dragon Ball Super isn't just returning to screens. It looks like it might be returning to the page, too. And for fans who've been waiting since 2024, that's the best news they've heard in a long time.