This policy explains how the Dragon Ball Super Manga website decides what to publish, how confident language is chosen and how readers can challenge a claim. It exists because Dragon Ball Super’s hiatus produces intense demand for news — and intense pressure to publish before the facts are ready.
Source hierarchy
- Publisher and service sources: Shueisha, V Jump, VIZ, MANGA Plus and the official Dragon Ball website.
- Creator or magazine statements: attributable interviews and official social accounts.
- Established reference works: detailed manga guides used for cross-checking dates, titles and volume data.
- Reputable secondary reporting: named publications with visible evidence.
- Social discussion: useful for discovering a claim, never enough by itself to confirm one.
Labels
Confirmed
Used only when the claim can be traced to a responsible official source or a directly verifiable catalogue entry.
Reported
Used when a secondary source reports a development and the underlying official confirmation is not yet available.
Rumour
Used for leaks, anonymous claims, edited images and speculation. Rumours do not become headlines with exact dates.
Chapter-guide method
Chapter titles, numbers, arcs and volumes come from the structured dataset. Summaries are written in the site’s own words and focus on story function, character change and continuity. They are not transcripts, scan descriptions or copied reference-site prose.
Spoiler policy
Chapter guides contain spoilers by design and say so near the summary. News headlines avoid unnecessary late-story spoilers where the news can be understood without them.
Corrections
A correction request should include the URL and a better source. When a material fact changes, the page is updated and status/history pages preserve what changed instead of pretending the earlier claim never existed.
Images
The default image policy is original abstract or text-based title cards. Copied manga panels, scans and cover artwork are not used as decorative content.
Frequently Asked Questions
What sources rank highest?
Official publisher and service sources rank first: Shueisha, VIZ, MANGA Plus, V Jump and the official Dragon Ball website.
When is a claim called a rumour?
If it comes from leaks, social posts or unnamed sources without official confirmation, it is labelled a rumour or report and is not used as a release date.
How are mistakes corrected?
Send the page URL and the source for the correction through the Contact page. Material corrections are recorded with an updated date.
Does the site use manga panels?
The default policy is no copied panels, scans or cover artwork. Guides use original text and abstract title cards.
Are chapter summaries spoiler-free?
No. Chapter guides are marked with a spoiler notice because explaining a chapter requires discussing its events.