All eyes are now on Dragon Ball Super after Akira Toriyama’s unexpected passing earlier this month. Like the original Dragon Ball manga, Toriyama wrote Dragon Ball Super with illustrations by Toyotarou. Despite the grief, the illustrator pushes for the release of Chapter 103 as scheduled, marking the manga’s continuation since the mangaka’s demise. However, news emerged that Dragon Ball Super will enter a hiatus after its latest installment goes live on March 20, leaving the series’ fate in limbo.
A reliable Dragon Ball source, @DbsHype, shares on X that Dragon Ball Super will go on a break starting in April. His post comes with the V Jump cover, featuring the manga’s art celebrating the end of the Super Hero arc and confirming the hiatus news.
Hype also claims that no reason has been given for the hiatus, and it remains to be seen how long the manga will be on a break. So far, it’s not yet known if the series only follows its previous pattern of taking a quick rest after an arc is completed.
However, it has already been revealed that Dragon Ball Super will not be part of V Jump’s next feature in April. But though there are assumptions that it will return in May, there are no words about when the manga will continue after its break ends.
Dragon Ball Super Chapter 103 Pays Tribute to Akira Toriyama
Meanwhile, marking the first Dragon Ball Super release since Toriyama’s passing, Chapter 103 pays tribute to the legendary manga creator. The series is on its way to opening a new story with the upcoming end of the Super Hero arc. As Toriyama still managed to work on the finale, it’s now given the title of An Inheritance to the Future, deeming the continuation of his legacy.
Though the manga has wrapped up its adaptation of the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie, it has featured a new epilogue that has never been seen before. It explores how Gohan’s latest form can match Goku’s Ultra Instinct. Hence, in the new chapter, fans are about to see the battle between the two continue after Goku challenges Gohan to a fight to see how strong his new Beast Mode transformation has made him. By the looks of it, fans are about to see an incredible father-and-son face-off as the current arc ends.
What is Dragon Ball Super about?
Written by Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou, Dragon Ball Super is set during the timeframe of the original Dragon Ball manga. It follows the adventures of Son Goku and his friends 10 years after Majin Boo’s defeat. It started its serialization on V Jump in June 2015 and is simultaneously published in English by Viz Media and Shueisha on its Manga Plus platform.
It was then adapted into an anime by Toei Animation, airing from July 2015 to March 2018 in Japan. A sequel film, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, was released in December 2018 and became the highest-grossing anime movie of the franchise. A second movie, Super Hero, followed and hit the big screen in June 2022.
You can read its synopsis below:
Having defeated Boo, Goku is starting to get bored with his life on Earth. His wife, Chi-chi, wants him to get a job, but all he wants to do is train and fight stronger enemies. Elsewhere in the universe, the God of Destruction, Beerus, and his attendant Whis are traveling from planet to planet in search of food and entertainment. After blowing up some hapless victims, Beerus is reminded of a man from his dreams with the moniker ‘Super Saiyan God,’ or something like that... The God of Destruction sets his sights on Earth to track down this mysterious man! Maybe this will give Goku something to do?
So far, what will happen next to Dragon Ball Super remains to be seen after Toriyama’s passing. Toyotarou earlier revealed that the manga still had a lot of stories to tell. Now that its creator is gone, fans have to wait and see what the franchise’s future will be as Toyotarou and everyone behind the manga is still probably reeling from Toriyama’s death.
