Dragon Ball Super: Every Arc in Order 2023 Guide

Dragon Ball Super: Every Arc in Order (2022 Update)

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Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball series is one of the pivotal anime titles in the history of the medium. And while manga is also popular, anime has helped expand the cultural influence of Japanese animation when the West did not know much about anime. Now, the overall structure of the series isn’t overly complex, but there are a lot of different iterations of the series and fans are not always sure about the Dragon Ball canon. In order to help you a bit with the canon, we have decided to focus on Dragon Ball Super in this article, as we are going to bring you a complete list of arcs that form part of the Dragon Ball Super.

Dragon Ball Super arcs in order (at a glance)

Before we detailly explain them, here is a quick summary of all Dragon Ball Super arcs in order:

  1. Gods of the Universe Saga
    1. God of Destruction Beerus
    2. Golden Frieza*
  2. Zeno Saga
    1. Universe 6 Saga
    2. Copy-Vegeta Saga*
    3. “Future” Trunks Saga
    4. Universe Survival Saga
  3. Universe 7 Saga
    1. Broly Saga*
    2. Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga
    3. Granolah the Survivor Saga
    4. Super Hero*

Now that you have a quick overview of the arcs in order, let’s take a more detailed look at them.

Dragon Ball Super arcs in order (fully explained)

This section is going to list all the major Dragon Ball Super manga and anime arcs and give you some basic info about their plots. The Dragon Ball Super arcs are going to be divided based on which source material they are taken from. The arcs are listed by the release date.

Now, since the Drago Ball Super manga itself wasn’t officially divided into arcs, but rather into sagas (which actually consist of arcs and mini-arcs), we are going to use a combined division from both the manga and the anime series to give you a proper overview of the series.

NOTE: Those arcs denoted with an asterisk (*) are anime-only arcs and are not considered canon.

Gods of the Universe Saga

1. God of Destruction Beerus Saga

Chapters: 1-4
Episodes: 1-15

In the Year 778, after Little Boo’s defeat, peace has returned to Earth. Chi-Chi persuaded Goku to become a vegetable grower even though what he really wants is to continue training. In the meantime, other events occur, Gohan and Videl are already married and live in a mansion given by none other than Mr. Satan, and Goten, who has already started school, wants to give a wedding present to his new sister-in-law.

After a little adventure with Trunks, they bring her spring water for her to apply to her face. On the other hand, Mr. Satan was given the prize for peace. In a press conference, he declares himself to be the strongest in the universe, offering his entire protection to Earth. However, Majin Buu interrupts because he is hungry and Mr. Satan persuades him to be quiet and tells the press that he is a space soldier who came to be his disciple.

While this is happening, on a distant planet, Beerus, the God of Destruction, is having a dinner hosted by the residents of Planet Marakoro. However, he finds himself unhappy with the food and destroys half the planet…

2. Golden Frieza Saga*

Chapters: N/A (mentioned only)
Episodes: 16-27

Pilaf’s gang manages to gather the seven Dragon Balls. However, Sorbet, the heir to Frieza’s army, decides to revive Frieza by stealing the spheres. Sorbet forces Pilaf to summon Shenron, who revives Frieza but with his body shattered, having been torn to pieces by Trunks. While there were still two wishes left, Pilaf’s gang asks Shenron for a million zeni and the best ice cream in the world, preventing Sorbet from asking Shenron to regenerate Frieza. Once in space, they manage to regenerate Frieza.

On the other hand, Goku and Vegeta continue their training with Whis. Frieza decides to go to Earth to take revenge on the Saiyans. After four months, Goku and Vegeta continue their training, and both begin to feel the power of god with a blue aura, due to the training. Beerus wakes up and with a sneeze destroys a planet.

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On Earth, a galactic warrior named Jaco appears, who warns Bulma that Frieza is approaching Earth with a thousand soldiers and that he will arrive in just one hour. Bulma calls Krillin who warns the others, but Frieza has already arrived on Earth. Frieza’s army arrives on Earth and prepares to execute his revenge against Son Goku.

Upon arrival, the Z Fighters begin fighting until he and Vegeta can return to Earth to fight. Frieza reminds Krillin of the time he killed him on Planet Namek and encourages his soldiers to exterminate him in exchange for a planet he does so for. But Krillin’s level has increased and he easily defeats the soldiers. Meanwhile, Son Goku and Vegeta are transferred to a special dimension by Whis to continue their training.

Said dimension is similar to the Room of Time, only this time it does not depend on gravity or temperature, but on their ability to control Ki (which allows them to begin to understand divine Ki). Seeing the adverse situation, an elite member, Shisami, fights against Gohan and manages to hold him, but is cruelly killed by Tagoma, also seriously injuring the Saiyan mestizo. Tagoma explains to Sorbet that he will only challenge the Z Fighters since training with Frieza has made him more powerful…

Zeno Saga

3. Universe 6 Saga

Chapters: 5-13
Episodes: 28-41

After a while, Goku and Vegeta return to Beerus’ planet to continue their training, and suddenly Champa and his assistant Vados from Universe 6 appear. Vados reveals that Whis is his younger brother and that Champa is Beerus’s twin brother, Whis. it also explains that there are 12 Universes and that each one has its opposite.

Champa tastes the food of the planet Earth, which is much better than that of both universes. Champa wishes to have the planet Earth since the Earth of Universe 6 is completely destroyed and offers him a change with six of the original Super Dragon Balls since Namek’s are the imitation of the ones he has. Beerus accepts and they decide to hold a tournament between the best warriors of both Universes.

Goku and Vegeta recommend holding a tournament using the A.M. Tournament rules. of the earth which is accepted, and the place will be on an uninhabited planet that is between Universe 6 and 7. With only five days left for the tournament, Champa and Vados fix the planet and position the six super spheres of the Dragon around the planet.

To find the last super sphere, they gather the spheres of the earth but they are limited, Bulma decides to make a radar that covers the range of a galaxy, so she calls Jaco to go to the center of the Universe. Beerus reveals the first of five fighters, Monaca, who is stronger than Goku, being second, and Vegeta, being third…

4. Copy-Vegeta Saga*

Chapters: N/A
Episodes: 42-46

Monaka again appears at Capsule Corporation, to deliver more space candy Bulma asked for. As he delivers the candy, Goten and Trunks see Monaka’s ship and get inside it, but accidentally get stuck when the trunk closes, and decide not to break the ship. Monaka then returns and quickly takes off into space, and only finds the boys when he arrives on another planet to deliver her weekly magazine to the planet’s only inhabitant, Potage.

A band of aliens, led by Gryll, are on the planet after Potaufeu so they can steal the “Superhuman Water”, which according to legend increases the powers of those who drink it. Goten and Trunks easily defeat them, but when they take the key to release the water and also take Monaka hostage, they have no choice but to surrender.

When opening the fridge where the water is, Gryll and the others are suddenly sucked in. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Bulma realizes that Goten and Trunks have gone into space with Monaka, so she calls Jaco so he and Vegeta can go rescue the boys on the planet Potaufeu. When Jaco and Vegeta arrive on the planet, purple copies of Gryll and his henchmen are attacking Goten, Trunks, Potage, and Monaka, but Vegeta arrives just in time and saves them.

Defeated enemies become a purple liquid, which also drains Vegeta. Vegeta then loses all of his powers, and the liquid takes the form of Vegeta, who says he has all of Vegeta’s power. Potage then explains that the “Superhuman Water” is actually Comesson, a defense weapon created by the people of the planet Pot-au-feu.

By absorbing too much evil power from the villains invading the planet, Comesson has gained an evil personality, and now he just wants to absorb more power, and Potage says that Comesson must be defeated in 5 minutes or Vegeta will disappear. Goten and Trunks become Gotenks, but they still cannot defeat Vegeta’s copy…

5. “Future” Trunks Saga

Chapters: 14-26
Episodes: 47-76

In the present, Future Trunks would appear in the yard of the present Bulma’s house, being seen by Little Trunks and Pilaf’s gang. Trunks call Bulma who contacts Whis, to warn Vegeta and Goku about the arrival of Future Trunks. Goku teleports to earth alongside Vegeta, Beerus, and Whis and then heads to Karin Tower to ask for Senzu Seeds.

When Future Trunks recovers after eating a Senzu Seed that Goku brought him from Karin Tower, he attempts to attack Goku, who parries his blow almost effortlessly, immediately, shocking everyone around him. After the misunderstanding and confusion, Goku Black appears out of nowhere between storms and in a very threatening way to fight the Z Warriors.

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After Black arrived in the past, he already knew Goku, Vegeta, and Beerus. Future Trunks immediately wants to go fight Black, but Vegeta tells him no. Goku challenges Black to a fight, while Whis and the others watch the battle with Whis’s scepter. Goku doesn’t last long fighting in his base state since after Black crashed him into a mountain Goku transforms into Super Saiyan 2 and he immediately raises his Ki.

Black had the advantage until the dark energy of Time begins to take Black and he weakens and that is when Goku kicks him in the chest and he raises his Ki again, because Goku’s kick makes it more strong; he throws Goku to the ground strongly causing a wave of wind that makes the time machine fall…

6. Universe Survival Saga

Chapters: 27-42
Episodes: 77-131

Now that he has earned some money, Goku waits for Chi-Chi to calm down so he can focus on training him. As he drives his truck home, he spots someone on the side of the road whose car appears to be broken down. When he goes out to help, this man turns out to be part of a gang of thieves, who hold Goku at gunpoint and demand to hand over the truck keys to him.

Goku refuses. Although he easily outruns the thieves, he is grazed by one of his bullets. Thinking that he is getting rusty due to lack of training, he tries to call Krillin for more training, but he is in the middle of police work for him. Goku approaches Whis and asks if he can come to Beerus’s planet to train.

Goku first offers to bring some daifuku for Whis and Beerus, but they’ve already tried that, so he decides to bring mame-daifuku instead. Whis agrees to pick up Goku at Bulma’s house in an hour. At home, Goku changes out of his martial arts uniform, and Goten asks him to go train with him. Chi-Chi refuses to let him go, insisting that he study instead of him. As she talks about the importance of studying, Goku and Goten run away.

They both get some mame-daifuku at the store. At Capsule Corporation, Goku and Goten are greeted by Bulma; It turns out that Chi-Chi has already contacted her and asked her to let Goten not date her father. Bulma wonders if Goku came by to check on him, but Goku isn’t quite sure what he means, and is surprised to see how big his stomach is. Bulma angrily tells Goku that she is soon going to give birth to her second child…

Universe 7 Saga

7. Broly Saga*

Chapters: N/A (mentioned only)
Episodes: 1 movie

The beginning of the film traces the past of Goku, Vegeta, and Broly on the planet Vegeta. King Cold visits the Saiyans, accompanied by his son Freeza and his army, announces that he is retiring, and leaves his empire to his son. King Vegeta discovers that Broly, the son of a warrior named Paragus, is more powerful than him.

Viewing his great power as an affront, he dispatched Broly to an inhospitable asteroid named Vampa. Paragus, accompanied by a Saiyan, flees, goes in search of his son on this planet, and ends up finding him. To allow him and his son to survive, he has no choice but to kill his companion.

8. Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga

Chapters: 42-67
Episodes: N/A

More than 10 million years in the past, comets fell from space onto a celestial body in which the Great Kaioshin of Universe 7 and the Kaioshin of the South were located. The two tried to dodge as much as they could the blast of rocky asteroids until the South Kaio-shin realized that one of them was going to hit the Great Kaio-shin, who managed to withstand the blow of the meteorite and lift it with the strength of his own hands.

This sighed in relief for a moment while the other was stunned. They were both fighting Moro, the Eater of Worlds, a powerful evil sorcerer and genocidal wizard who absorbs the life energy of planets to make himself stronger. Moro now set his target on a planet close to the one he was on, quickly draining all life from it and gathering it into a sphere of energy that he later consumed as food, becoming even more powerful than before.

Having broken his limits and increased his strength to the maximum, the sorcerer released a series of electric shocks around him. The South Kaio-shin barely realized what was happening, while the Great Kaio-shin admitted that they didn’t stand a chance against him. Just at that precise moment, two members of the Galactic Police, the former predecessor of the Galactic Patrol, went to the battlefield and recognized Moro, the planet eater, for the total extermination of the Iragi star system and the eradication of 320 planets in the universe.

The one and the other admitted that it is a terrifying villain and that they cannot do anything about it, so they left everything in the hands of the Kaioshin, being spectators from afar…

9. Granolah the Survivor Saga

Chapters: 67-present
Episodes: N/A

After the defeat of Moro everything returns to normal. In the crater left by the enemy’s explosion, however, the head of the android Seven-Three remained. It is taken and taken away by two aliens. They work for Goichi and, after some time, in a remote corner of the Seven-Three universe, he is about to return to normal and restore half of his body. It, along with other androids similar to him, are in Goichi’s ship.

The spacecraft, however, is chased by a certain Granolah, who breaks in and, after paralyzing the guards and attacking several androids, heads towards Seven-Three, the android who had been absorbed by Molo. Granolah manages to steal Seven-Three from Goichi and escape. During the trip, he has a dream that takes him back to the past with memories. In fact, his home planet was exterminated by the Saiyans who transformed into Oozaru and devastated everything.

Granolah wakes up and doesn’t understand why he keeps having this dream all the time even though both Freeza and Saiyans are gone now. Meanwhile, on Beerus’ Planet, Goku holds the Oracle Fish still to allow Whis to sleep with an injection. Whis explains that if the Oracle Fish is suffering from insomnia it can mean a bad omen for the future.

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Goku and Whis train and Whis explains that he can improve his form even further in Ultra Instinct Complete because now it’s just the beginning. Beerus and Vegeta look at them and Vegeta explains to the God of Destruction that he doesn’t intend to get Ultra Instinct as well but wants to overcome Goku in another way. Beerus informs him that in fact Ultra Instinct is only the specialty of angels and invites him to watch what he does to discover the techniques of the Gods of Destruction…

10. Super Hero*

Chapters: N/A
Episodes: 1 movie

While on Beerus’ planet, Goku and Vegeta continue training and improving their skills under Whis, now assisted by Broly to help control his anger. Meanwhile, on Earth, the resurrected Red Ribbon Army, led by Magenta and Carmine, recruits Dr. Hedo, Dr. Gero’s grandson, to exact revenge on Piccolo and Gohan.

Under Hedo’s tutelage, the Red Ribbon Army creates two new androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, to appear in public as superheroes. The Red Ribbon Army uses Gamma 2 to attack Piccolo, who loses the fight and is seemingly killed, but he tracks Gamma 2 to the Red Ribbon Army’s base. There, Piccolo discovers that Magenta and Hedo are working on a new android called Cell Max, a new model of their old enemy Cell.

To get Gohan to fight her, Magenta decides to kidnap his daughter Pan. After learning that she has been kidnapped, Gohan drops out of college and confronts the base with Piccolo, who used the Dragon Balls to achieve a new form called “Orange Piccolo.” Gohan unleashes his potentially raging form, battling and overpowering Gamma 1, while Piccolo battles Gamma 2 with his orange form.

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After their second fight, Piccolo overpowers Gamma 2, who then stops the fight between Gohan and Gamma 1. After a turnaround, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 help Gohan and Piccolo save Pan. Hedo attempts to assassinate Magenta, but before he dies, Magenta activates Cell Max and releases him as a giant Kaiju-type monster.

Gohan, Piccolo, Gamma 1 & 2 now with Goten (who managed to crack Cell Max’s skull), Trunks, Android 18, and Krillin battle Cell Max. Gamma 2 sacrifices himself to injure Cell Max and destroys his left forearm. Piccolo battles Cell Max until he is seemingly killed in his giant form, causing Gohan to transform into a new, angry form, further increasing his power.

With his new form, Gohan destroys Cell’s brain with the special beam cannon while Piccolo restrains him. After the fight, Gamma 1 and Dr. Hedo join Capsule Corp. In a post-credits scene, Vegeta wins against Goku on Beerus’ planet.

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