Dragon Ball Super Manga's comeback in 2026 is getting an official update in V-Jump

The Dragon Ball Super manga has been on hiatus for just over a year now. After the release of Dragon Ball Super Chapter 104 last March, Toyotarou's manga went quietly on hiatus and has yet to return. 2026 looks set to be the biggest year for Dragon Ball then Dragon Ball Super originally premiered in 2025.

The Dragon Ball Super The anime is getting a remake, with a sequel to follow, and tons of games on the way. V-Jump has been updated Dragon Ball fans on Super many hiatus for months now, without any major changes, but the magazine's latest revelation in the upcoming June issue is more than meets the eye. For the first time in a long time, there is actually real hope for it Dragon Ball Super manga is coming back this year.

All signs point to Dragon Ball Super Manga returning in 2026

According to the June issue of V-Jump, “The latest chapter of Dragon Ball is on hiatus.” This is the same news fans have been getting for months now, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest that Dragon Ball Super Manga's comeback is actually on the way. Back in March, Toyotarou updated his X bio to read “Everything is for the series to return,” which more or less confirms that Dragon Ball Super manga is coming back and he is actively working on the series' next saga.

The official Dragon Ball website is currently hosting a poll where fans can vote for their favorite Dragon Ball Super cover. Voting will end in August, with an official livestream from Toyotarou where he will announce the winner and draw a new cover for the manga. This would be the perfect environment for Toyotarou to officially announce Dragon Ball Super manga is back. Not only that, new spine art too Dragon Ball Super manga was leaked last month, confirming that Toyotarou has been drawing art for Dragon Ball Super Volume 25.

Each volume of Dragon Ball Super manga collects four chapters, which means that some version of Dragon Ball Super Chapters 105 to 108 must exist, otherwise Toyotarou would have no reason to draw spine art for a post-24 volume.

Black Frieza is coming

There is only one direction for Dragon Ball Super manga to go next, and all roads lead to Black Frieza. Black Frieza defeated both True Ultra Instinct Goku and Ultra Ego Vegeta at the end of Granolah the Survivor Saga. Goku and Vegeta have been training their hardest ever since, devoting all their time to Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to grow stronger. At the end of Dragon Ball Super Chapter 103, the Z-Fighters are the most powerful they've ever been thanks to the united front of Perfected Ultra Instinct Goku, Ultra Ego Vegeta, Gohan Beast, Legendary Super Saiyan Broly, and Orange Piccolo.

All five warriors are strong enough to rival Black Frieza, but Frieza himself has become an enemy powerful enough to kill even the gods. The best Black Frieza can do to establish himself as a real threat and raise the stakes at this point is to kill Beerus himself. With the God of Destruction of Universe 7 out of the way, Goku and the rest of the Z-Fighters will have no one to save them – even fusing into Gogeta might not be enough to stop Frieza if Beerus can be taken out. The longer Dragon Ball Super It takes time for the manga to come back, the more it builds up for the Black Frieza Saga. With the anime's remake set to release this fall and Toyotarou set to talk to fans in August, this is the perfect time to announce the manga's official comeback.

Release date

2015 – 2018

Network

Fuji TV

Showrunner

Tatsuya Nagamine

Directors

Ryota Nakamura, Masanori Sato, Kenichi Takeshita, Takao Iwai, Hideki Hiroshima, Masato Mitsuka, Kazuya Karasawa, Ayumu Ono, Takahiro Imamura, Tatsuya Nagamine, Kôjiro Kawasaki, Kouji Ogawa

Author

Ryu King, Hiroshi Yamaguchi

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  Masakazu Morita

  Whis (voice)

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  Masako Nozawa

  Son Goku/Goku Black/Son Gohan/Son Goten (voices)