ARC From Netgalley.

SPOILERS!

Passing the anime!!! This Volume finishes the Tournament of Power and continues on into new territory. Will they make more episodes to continue?
Highlights:
- Goku finally reaches Ultra Instinct Perfected, hair going gray. Goku vs Jiren
- When Goku loses as Jiren keeps getting stronger and stronger, Goku and Vegeta work perfectly in tandem and get his end set up...
- Jiren takes out Vegeta, then falls for the trap. Freeza and Goku work together, sacrificing themselves to take out Jiren... and it is then revealed that Android 17 didn't self-destruct and he wins the Tournament as last standing.
- 17's wish is for all the universes to come back, and Whis makes Freeza back to life.
- The manga acknowledges the Broly movie, but chooses not put it in manga form.
NEW STUFF
- The gang gets word that someone is taking Buu from Mr Satan's mansion. They fly off to rescue.
- Upon arrival, they find out its Space Patrol who wants him. Inside Buu is a powerful entity known as the "Great Lord of Lords" and they need him to help stop an escaped criminal. They knock out Goku and Vegeta and take them as well.
- Goku and Vegeta get inducted into the Space Patrol (having to take the logo on their uniforms) and they go with Jaco to help arrest a gang of space pirates,
- Once the gang is captured, we finally get to hear more about the escaped criminal: Moro
- Moro (looking like a kind of goat-man (huge horns) has been imprisoned for 10 Million Years. He destroyed hundreds of planets, absorbing their life force energy to keep himself going.
- The gang reveals that Moro is heading for New Namek, to get his hands on the Namekian Dragon Balls. Goku and Vegeta instant transmission to the planet and warn them.
- Goku and Vegeta vs Moro.... just the beginning of what will be a crazy long battle, I think.

Glad to be in new territory! Looking forward to Vol 10.
Recommend.

Goku and Jiren’s battle continues! Goku continues unlocking the power of Ultra Instinct while the timer counts down In the tournament of power. The art by Akira Toriyama is as detailed as always, and it makes me excited for the continuation of Super.

I believe that this may have been the first Manga book I've read. Starting in a series is difficult as one does not know all of the backstory. That all being out of the way, this was an interesting volume.. There is a battle and the universes are destroyed or sent away as there top warriors did not make it. The winner asks for them to come back as he does not wish to have no formidable opponents, Then after everyone is brought back we go to a prison where the prisoners escape to grab dragonballs They are caught and this will continue into the next volume.

As this is written in a comic book style with black and white illustrations they are a lot of sounds in bubbles that would not be in a straight text book. There is a lot of drawn violence and many explosions. This is good if you like that content in your stories, The drawings are very detailed. As there are a lot of volumes in this story someone will be kept busy for a while studying this world.

I’m an old Dragonball fan but I haven’t been keeping up with Super. I even watched GT! I quite liked this volume. It took me a minute to figure out what was going with Jiren. The new story is interesting. It brings back classic stories that I remember watching and reading back in my 20s like the Frieda and Buu sagas. It felt nostalgic. I’m interested in getting back into DB now.

Are you a dub watcher of the Dragon Ball Super anime? Sad that the Tournament of Power is over? Are you desperately checking forums to see when more information about season two will be announced? Well, Dragon Ball Super Volume 9 is here to the save day like a new Sayian form when all seems lost. Mangaka legend himself, Akira Toriyama brings readers to the tale end of the anime’s run and into new adventures for the Z Fighters. Toriyama is joined by illustrator Toyotarou as publisher Viz Media brings the arc to English publication.

Dragon Ball Super Volume 9 consists of chapters 41-44 that will take readers to the end of the Universal Survival Saga and into the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga. The events of Dragon Ball Super: Broly are not in the manga but they are mentioned in a couple of pages during the transition between the two sagas. Chapter 41 picks up right as the battle between Goku and Jiren comes to its climax. The two continue their fight as time runs out in the Tournament of Power which will decide which universe will be wiped from existence.

To this point in the Universal Survival Saga, Jiren has looked essentially unbeatable. His calm determiner essentially gone as the Z Fighters from the seventh universe attempt to defeat the last remaining opponent from the eleventh universe. However, Goku shatters his limits once again and begins to taking steps to go deeper into his new form, Ultra Instinct. The other participants are amazed as Goku separates his consciousness from his body and begins to truly fight like a god. Finally, Jiren looks to be mortal after all as panels are filled with fights and counters that only animation could improve on.

As is the case with many new forms in the Dragon Ball universe, Goku cannot maintain his form and is overtaken by Jiren’s power. While Goku is almost tossed from the arena, Vegeta comes in with a clutch save. The two finally band together and team up to take on Jiren. Their combined onslaught also is enough to overcome Jiren. However, when more of Jiren’s backstory is revealed, he takes it up a notch and overwhelms the two sayians.

To this point, much of what occurs is scene in the anime. However, the exploration of Jiren’s backstory and what he will use his wish from Super Shenron if he emerges victorious differs slightly. It is never explicitly stated in the anime what Jiren will use his wish on. All we really gather is that his wish is selfish compared to the wishes from other universes. In the manga, we do get a deeper dive into what his wish would be and why it is important to him. It is certainly something I wish we would have gotten in the anime to make Jiren just a little more sympathetic than they try to make him out to be.

By the end of chapter 42, we have our victor as well as many of the scenes we are given in the anime. Android 17 and Frieza are able to pull off their master plan in which Frieza pushes Jiren, Vegeta, and Goku all out of the ring all making 17 the last member standing. 17 wishes the universes back in an unselfish act which ultimately turns out to be outcome the Grand Zenos hoped for. All seems to be right again as normalcy resumes. That is until Buu is captured unexpectedly.

Buu’s capture takes readers into the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga that has not appeared in the anime. I hadn’t delved into any of this saga myself without the anime or an English translation. After the two introductory chapters given with 43 and 44, I very intrigued. We learn that Buu is captured by the Galactic Patrol. The believe that a powerful warrior he absorbed as Majin Buu is the only way to stop a new threat to the universe, an ancient magic user named Moro.

As they tend to, Goku and Vegeta tag along for the adventure when it is made aware there is some powerful to defeat. To this point in the manga, we haven’t truly seen what kind of power Moro has. All we really know is that he millions of years old, can eat planets, and has a really kick ass character design. I won’t go into too many more of the specifics given we are moving past the anime but as a life-long Dragon Ball fan, I am not quite sure how the Goku and Vegeta are going to beat this new foe. He is ancient. He is ruthless. He is something our sayian duo hasn’t faced before.

Dragon Ball Super Volume 9 truly serves as the perfect volume for any fan who wants to get into the Dragon Ball Super manga and has just been anime watcher to this point. It is perfectly split between what fans know from the anime and what looks to be a fascinating arc with element of magic and lore that we haven’t seen in some time in the Dragon Ball universe. Further, the art is exactly what longtime fans can expect as the anime has always been very true the manga art style. Scenes are tense without the long pauses for exposition which are common in the anime. I could really hear the voices of my favorite characters and every the pew of every ki blast jump off the panels. I spent way more time that I can care to admit going back and looking at the panels from the volume and the corresponding episodes to see how well Toyotarou’s art was brought to life.

Dragon Ball Super Volume 9 is the first Dragon Ball manga I have picked up in awhile. Despite that, I am so glad I did. Dragon Ball Super Vol 9 injected a new sense of anticipation that I haven’t felt for the franchise since the anime ended. Moro is scary and I can’t wait to know more. Given we have no idea when season two of the anime is coming, this is the perfect time for anime fans and English manga fans a like to keep up with this fandom that growing longer than Snake Way.

My children (9 and 12) love this book, and as a middle aged reader from Dragonball in the 1990s I enjoyed this as well (though there are more characters!) The story is fun and the characters are very well developed. I would say any public library should get this entire series, Dragon Ball Super. It is very popular and would be read heavily. I would almost prefer a digital copy so it would not get worn out.

My 9 year old son Henry loved this book. He doesn't have the other 8 in the volume, but that didn't seem to be a problem. It has the action to be expected from a Dragon Ball series book, and it made him laugh a few times. The images are bright and captivating.