These are the first places checked when a Dragon Ball Super manga chapter, volume or status fact matters. Secondary sources can help locate a claim, but the pages below are the starting point for verification.
Official reading and catalogue sources
- VIZ — Dragon Ball Super chapter index: official English chapter list and current free/membership labels.
- MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA: Shueisha’s international reading service; catalogue varies by territory.
Read officially
Availability depends on your country and the chapter. Use the official services below instead of scan or PDF sites.
Publisher and franchise sources
- Shueisha and V Jump announcements for serialization, hiatus and collected-volume information.
- The official Dragon Ball website for franchise announcements and interviews.
- VIZ volume pages for English edition dates and ISBN cross-checks.
Direct article URLs are cited on the individual guide or news page when a claim depends on a specific announcement. This sources page avoids inventing deep links that have not been captured and checked.
Reference cross-checks
Detailed fan-maintained references such as Kanzenshuu’s manga guide are valuable for original serialization history and chapter-by-chapter cross-checking. They do not outrank the publisher for a return announcement, and the status tracker treats them as reference sources rather than official confirmation.
What is not a source
- An unsourced screenshot.
- A scan site’s chapter counter.
- A social post that says “confirmed” without linking to the publisher.
- A retailer placeholder date with no publisher announcement.
- Another guide repeating the same claim without evidence.
Checking dates
Bibliographic pages are checked when the dataset is built and when a new volume is announced. The status tracker carries its own last-checked date because return information can change independently of the chapter archive.