Arc Guides

  • Future Trunks Arc

    The Future Trunks arc is the Dragon Ball Super manga’s darkest story: chapters 14 to 26, collected across Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4 and Volume 5. Future Trunks escapes to the past one step ahead of a killer who wears Goku’s face, and the search for that killer’s identity pulls the heroes into a…

  • Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc

    The Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc is the Dragon Ball Super manga’s longest original story: chapters 43 to 67, collected from Volume 9 through Volume 15. When the ancient planet-eater Moro escapes from the Galactic Patrol’s prison, Goku and Vegeta are drafted as temporary patrolmen — and the chase that follows forces each of them to…

  • God of Destruction Beerus Arc

    The God of Destruction Beerus arc is where the Dragon Ball Super manga begins: chapters 1 to 4, collected in Volume 1. In just four chapters it reopens Goku’s story after Majin Buu, introduces Beerus and Whis, and raises the series’ ceiling from the strongest fighters on Earth to the gods who can erase planets…

  • Granolah the Survivor Arc

    The Granolah the Survivor arc runs from chapter 68 to chapter 87 of the Dragon Ball Super manga, collected from Volume 15 through Volume 20. Granolah, the last survivor of a race the Saiyans destroyed, wishes himself into the strongest warrior in the universe at the cost of almost his entire life — and the…

  • Super Hero Arc

    The Super Hero arc is the Dragon Ball Super manga’s current final arc, running from chapter 88 to chapter 104 across Volume 20 to Volume 24. It steps away from Goku and Vegeta to put Gohan and Piccolo back at the centre of the story, as the Red Ribbon Army rises again under new management…

  • Universe 6 Arc

    The Universe 6 arc is the Dragon Ball Super manga’s first tournament story, running from chapter 5 to chapter 13 across Volume 1 and Volume 2. Beerus’s twin brother Champa, God of Destruction of Universe 6, challenges him to a five-on-five tournament between their universes — and in the process the manga reveals the multiverse,…

  • Universe Survival Arc

    The Universe Survival arc is the Dragon Ball Super manga’s biggest set piece: chapters 27 to 42, spanning Volume 5 through Volume 9. The Omni-King Zeno makes good on his promise from the Universe 6 tournament and stages the Tournament of Power — eighty fighters, eight universes, one arena, and erasure for every universe that…