Volume 16 of the Dragon Ball Super manga, The Universe’s Greatest Warrior, collects Chapters 69 to 72 and is the true beginning of the Granolah the Survivor arc. On Planet Cereal, the last Cerealian trades most of his lifespan for the power to avenge his people, while the Heeter Force — the brokers who now run his world — quietly arrange for their new weapon and the Saiyans to destroy each other. It is a volume about setups: every faction leaves it believing it is in control.
What this volume collects
Four chapters introduce Planet Cereal, its people and the wish at the centre of the arc. Each chapter has its own guide in the complete chapter index:
- Chapter 69: The Evolution of Planet Cereal
- Chapter 70: The Universe’s Greatest Warrior
- Chapter 71: The Heeters’ Plan
- Chapter 72: Saiyans and Cerealian
The story inside
Forty years after the Frieza Force wiped out the Cerealians and sold their world, Planet Cereal is a peaceful place again, rebuilt by the Sugarians under Heeter management. Granolah lives above it all in self-imposed exile, raised by the elderly Namekian Monaito and haunted by the night his people died. When he learns Frieza has returned to life, his patience ends. Monaito’s secret makes his revenge possible: Cereal has its own Dragon Balls, and their dragon, Toronbo, can grant the wish Granolah has dreamed of — to become the greatest warrior in the universe. Toronbo grants it honestly, and names the price just as honestly: Granolah’s long Cerealian lifespan is condensed into a few remaining years of life at his peak.
The Heeters, meanwhile, are playing a longer game. Elec, the family’s head, fears Frieza’s return as much as Granolah does — and sees an opportunity. His siblings Macki and Oil are sent to Earth to hire Goku and Vegeta for a job, framing Granolah as a villain menacing the universe, while Granolah is told the Saiyans are coming to finish what they started decades ago. Chapter 72 lands the two manipulated parties on the same battlefield: the Saiyans arrive on Cereal expecting a monster, and Granolah opens fire on the people he believes destroyed his world. The volume is careful to make Cereal feel lived-in, too — its rebuilt cities, its Sugarian neighbours and Monaito’s quiet grief give Granolah’s revenge a home worth mourning, not just a battlefield to fight over.
Where it sits in the series
Volume 16 is the first full volume of the Granolah the Survivor arc, following Granolah’s introduction at the end of Volume 15. It leads into Volume 17, where the engineered fight erupts in earnest and Vegeta unveils a form of his own. The complete run of collected editions is in the volume index.
Editions and reading options
The Japanese edition was released on 4 August 2021, the English edition on 2 August 2022, and Japan’s full-colour digital edition on 4 November 2021; both ISBNs and the rest of the bibliographic record are in this page’s info panel. Our coloured edition guide covers the colour releases. These chapters can be read officially in English on MANGA Plus, Shueisha’s official service.