The Dragon Ball Super manga continues Goku’s story after Majin Buu, but it is not simply the anime printed on paper. The manga moves faster through some familiar events, changes the staging and emphasis of major fights, and eventually becomes the lead version of the story with arcs that the television anime never adapted.
How many chapters does Dragon Ball Super have, and where does the story stand?
The manga began serialization in Shueisha’s V Jump on 20 June 2015. Akira Toriyama supplied the original story direction and Toyotarou provides the art and much of the chapter-to-chapter execution. In the verified baseline used by this site, VIZ lists 104 numbered chapters collected across 24 volumes.
The current endpoint is Chapter 104, “The Birth of Saiyaman X.” That chapter is a special prequel one-shot connected to the Super Hero period, not the opening chapter of a newly announced monthly arc.
Creators and publication history
Toriyama’s role gives the manga its central story ideas, character direction and distinctive humour. Toyotarou’s panel work carries the long Moro and Granolah arcs, where the manga had to build large original stories rather than follow a completed television version.
The first collected volume, Warriors from Universe 6!, appeared in Japan on 4 April 2016 and in English on 2 May 2017. The 24th volume, A Legacy Toward the Future, appeared in Japan on 4 April 2025; its English edition is listed for 3 March 2026.
All seven arcs in order
Our archive assigns each transition chapter to the arc whose main story it begins. That produces a clean, non-overlapping path through the manga:
God of Destruction Beerus
Beerus wakes in search of the Super Saiyan God and pushes Goku into the divine scale of the series.
Explore the arcUniverse 6
Beerus and Champa turn their rivalry into a Universe 6 versus Universe 7 tournament with the Super Dragon Balls at stake.
Explore the arcFuture Trunks
Future Trunks returns with a warning about Goku Black, opening a mystery about Zamasu, time travel and divine justice.
Explore the arcUniverse Survival
Eight universes enter the Tournament of Power, where defeat means erasure and teamwork becomes as important as raw strength.
Explore the arcGalactic Patrol Prisoner
The escaped prisoner Moro drains worlds and forces Goku and Vegeta to grow in opposite directions under the Galactic Patrol.
Explore the arcGranolah the Survivor
Granolah trades his lifespan for power and revenge, while the Heeters turn Saiyan history into a weapon and Black Frieza changes the balance.
Explore the arcSuper Hero
Goten and Trunks, Dr. Hedo, the revived Red Ribbon Army and Gohan Beast lead into the current endpoint and the Saiyaman X prequel one-shot.
Explore the arcRecommended reading order
- Chapters 1–4: Beerus introduces the divine scale.
- Chapters 5–13: Universe 6 turns rival gods into a tournament.
- Chapters 14–26: Future Trunks brings the Goku Black mystery.
- Chapters 27–42: The Tournament of Power decides which universes survive.
- Chapters 43–67: Moro escapes and the Galactic Patrol story expands the manga’s world.
- Chapters 68–87: Granolah’s revenge exposes the Heeters’ manipulation and ends with Black Frieza.
- Chapters 88–104: Goten and Trunks lead into Super Hero, Gohan Beast and the Saiyaman X prequel.
Readers arriving from the anime can begin at Chapter 43 to reach the first major manga-led arc, but the complete manga order is still the better recommendation. Early chapters establish Toyotarou’s versions of events and make later callbacks clearer.
How the manga differs from the anime
The broad destinations often match while the route changes. Tournament fights are rearranged, some transformations are presented differently, and the manga’s pacing can remove or compress scenes that the anime expanded. The Golden Frieza material is the clearest structural difference: it is not developed as a long standalone manga arc in the same way as the film and television versions.
After the Universe Survival story, the difference becomes larger. Galactic Patrol Prisoner and Granolah the Survivor are full manga arcs with no television-anime adaptation in the baseline covered here. Super Hero then adapts and expands a film story before Chapter 104 looks back at Goten and Trunks’ inspiration.
Volumes and chapter counts
Do not assume every book contains four chapters. Volume 1 contains Chapters 1–9, Volume 2 contains Chapters 10–15 and Volume 3 contains Chapters 16–20. From Volume 4 onward, the standard pattern in this dataset is four chapters per volume, ending with Chapters 101–104 in Volume 24.
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Current status
On hiatus — no return date announced
Latest verified numbered chapter: Chapter 104 — The Birth of Saiyaman X (Special prequel one-shot, February 2025).
Last checked: November 13, 2026. Chapter 105 has no announced date in this baseline.
The regular Super Hero adaptation ended with Chapter 103 in March 2024. Chapter 104 followed in February 2025 as a one-shot. Calling that a complete return would go beyond the evidence, so our status tracker records the hiatus and the absence of an announced Chapter 105 date separately.
Where to read it
Use VIZ’s Shonen Jump service or MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA for authorised digital reading where they operate. Print readers can follow the 24-volume English edition. The detailed guide explains free labels, membership vaults and regional differences.
Read officially
Availability depends on your country and the chapter. Use the official services below instead of scan or PDF sites.
Sources and checking
The series facts on this page are checked against VIZ’s official chapter index, publisher volume data and established manga reference sources. Status claims are rechecked separately because they change more often than bibliographic facts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who created Dragon Ball Super?
The manga is based on story work by Akira Toriyama and is drawn by Toyotarou. It began serialization in Shueisha’s V Jump in June 2015.
How many volumes collect the manga?
There are 24 collected volumes in the verified baseline. Volume 24 collects Chapters 101–104.
Does the manga follow the anime exactly?
No. The manga and anime share major story foundations but differ in pacing, scenes, fights and some arc coverage. The manga also continues beyond the television anime with the Moro and Granolah stories.
Why is there no full Golden Frieza arc in the chapter list?
The manga treats the Resurrection F material very briefly compared with the film and anime, then moves into the Universe 6 tournament. Our reading-order guide explains the difference.
Is Chapter 105 available?
No official Chapter 105 was listed in the sources checked on 13 November 2026. The status page tracks that question without inventing a release date.