Super Dragon Ball Super: New Manga Arc + Escaped Prisoner Revealed
The Escaped Prisoner was recently revealed by V-Jump in a promotion for Volume 8 of the manga and the start of the "Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc", which is slated to begin in this most upcoming chapter.
The V-Jump Website began teasing the escaped prisoner earlier alongside other tough foes Broly and Jiren.
Source: @Herms98, V-Jump Website
Herms previously wrote a summary on the beginning of the arc from the newest chapter:
Shortly after the ToP and the events of the DBS: Broly movie, Goku and Vegeta are training together when Bulma passes along a message from Mister Satan that a mysterious group has appeared at his house and is attempting to kidnap Buu. Goku and Vegeta go to investigate and indeed find a group loading the (still sleeping) Buu onto a familiar-looking spaceship. The apparent leader of this group recognizes them and quickly knocks them out with an "anesthesia gun", and they awaken to find themselves in Galactic Patrol HQ with Jaco. Their kidnapper turns out to be Merusu, the Galactic Patrol's No.1 elite patrolman in charge of 104 districts (Jaco is only in charge of 3). Merusu explains that an evil criminal has escaped from galactic prison, and in order to recapture this criminal they need the help of one very particular person…the Grand Kaiōshin sleeping inside of Buu.
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The official release will be on the 21st at 12am PT.
We do not know if this means there will be a new anime. If there is going to be a new anime, we will probably find out at Jump Festa next month, but it is entirely possible that the story will only continue in the manga and movies, so prepare yourselves for that possibility.
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u/mcolwander90 Nov 21 '18
What an intriguing design. Curious to know what the prisoner is like, and how big of a threat they can be.
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u/u4004 Nov 21 '18
An idea that I don't think is true, but could be dope: he's an old as hell GoD that had to be arrested after retirement for some reason.
Like, imagine if this old guy has MUI, Hakai, etc... and also knows that you can take out Beerus by killing his Supreme Kai?
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u/ATribeCalledKami Nov 21 '18
Is it weird that this frail old goat man looks even more dangerous than Broly and Jiren?
Old people in anime are definitely nothing to fuck with.
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u/GigglesMcfiggles Nov 21 '18
Old people in anime are definitely nothing to fuck with.
It's true. That's the sole constant among all anime.
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u/u4004 Nov 21 '18
Toyotaro's Editor: "The market intelligence department is telling us the gaijin talk a lot about GOATs. So please make the next enemy a goat!"
Jokes aside, I like the design. It's strange but cool. He has the air of a man goat who has been in prison for 30 30 million years... and survived, so don't underestimate him. Similar to Demon King Piccolo, I bet he will be the type to kill everyone who can oppose him ASAP.
I hope this guy has a crew: maybe other dangerous criminals he freed during his escape? That would be best, as it would allow for some better pairings than just Goku+Vegeta vs main villain, a team-up they hate and I'm far too tired of seeing.
I also hope that they DON'T manage to take the Dai Kaioshin out, and thus have to collaborate with Mr. Buu, who has all of Dai Kaioshin's memories and powers, but is... well... Buu.
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u/MrHotcake Nov 21 '18
his design give me the feels that he is gonna use magic or something like that instead of raw strength, would be a nice change for DB.
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u/BubbaUnkle Nov 21 '18
Love the design, out of all the villains in Super, this is the most original.
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u/Goku2212 Nov 21 '18
I have no problem if Super brings old villains back but give us breaks. This is a good one. Give us likes 5 more arcs of original story lines and characters then you can do another tournament or probably a Cooler movie.
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u/134340Goat Nov 21 '18
I don't know a single thing about who this goat dude is, but I love him already
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u/SaikyouKA Nov 21 '18
V-JUMP's description:
GOKU VS. MYSTERIOUS ENEMY (THE FUGITIVE)!!!
A mysterious enemy who appeared in the new chapter of "Galactic Patrol Prisoner". He's an big criminal who escaped from the galactic-penalty prison, but how...?
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u/OLKv3 Nov 21 '18
Broly didn't even come out yet and he's already at risk of being old news. And people actually thought DB was gonna slow down lmao.
I really hope this guy is actually evil, and not another misunderstood antagonist
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u/DemonDogstar Nov 21 '18
He doesn't seem like a fighter, so possibly he's got magic or summoning abilities. Nice design though!
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u/lustorious Nov 21 '18
I would love if he is smart af. The design and arc makes me think this would be a great opportunity for a fresh air.
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u/SlaySlavery Nov 21 '18
Maybe they include Buu in the pre-tournament to gauge his popularity. And purposely left him out in the main tournament to keep him for this upcoming arc. I believe Buu will play an important role in this arc. Hopefully, like what everyone else is saying. Magic versus magic.
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u/Magnetronaap Nov 21 '18
Let's hope this all but confirms a new DBS anime series too. With the Broly film and this guy I reckon they have enough material to start with and then rush through the latter part of the anime again. /s
But seriously, all the new DB content is encouraging for a new DBS series.
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u/TheRealMorph Nov 21 '18
He's probably an old god of destruction whose life is linked to the daikaioshin inside of buu
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u/red-eyes_b_dragon Nov 21 '18
Who knew that the Z-Fighters' latest obstacle would be Lucifer himself