Dragon Ball Super: Beerus arrived promising something bigger than new animation: a reconstructed narrative, more faithful to Akira Toriyama’s original work, cleaning up a decade of canon contradictions. But look closely at the trailers and a different picture emerges. The remake is following the anime’s version of events — not the manga’s. So what is the “canon cleanup” actually cleaning? Here is the honest answer.
Quick Answer
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus marketed itself as a faithful canon cleanup, but trailer evidence shows it follows the 2015 anime’s version of events: the Universe 6 arc includes Piccolo vs. Frost and Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken against Hit — neither of which happens in the manga — and the manga skipped Vegeta’s rage boost and all of Resurrection ‘F’, so the remake defaults to the anime by necessity. Real canon fixes exist, but they are surgical: the Yamoshi premonition now shows Goku, and the filler is gone. Expect a tightened version of the anime’s story, not a manga adaptation.
The Trailer Evidence
The proof is in the footage. Beerus’ trailers show scenes that exist only in the anime: Piccolo’s battle with Frost in the Universe 6 tournament, and Goku going Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken against Hit. The manga never had either moment — no Kaioken against Hit, and a different Frost fight. Meanwhile, the manga skipped Vegeta’s rage boost in Battle of Gods entirely and never adapted Resurrection ‘F’ at all. For those arcs, there is no manga version to follow. The remake has to follow the anime — and it does.
What “Faithful to the Original Work” Actually Means
Toei’s marketing says the remake is a “more faithful reproduction of the original work by Akira Toriyama.” That phrase points at Toriyama’s original story outlines and character designs — which both the anime and manga were built from — not at the manga specifically. The result reads like a tightened version of the anime’s story: the anime’s story, tightened, with the filler cut and select scenes reworked. That is still a meaningful upgrade over the 2015 run’s pacing disasters. It just is not the manga adaptation some fans hoped for.
The Real Fixes
This does not mean nothing changed. Episode 1 replaced the mysterious Yamoshi figure in Beerus’ premonition with Goku in Super Saiyan God form — a genuine lore adjustment. Cutting the filler removes the single biggest source of contradictions in these arcs. The darker tone and reframed Beerus come from a reconstructed narrative, not just prettier drawings. These are real, if surgical, repairs.
What It Cannot Fix
The messiest canon problems live outside these 19 episodes: the Future Trunks arc’s contradictions, the Tournament of Power’s chaos, and the manga-only Moro and Granolah sagas the anime never touched. Beerus covers Battle of Gods, Resurrection ‘F’, and the Universe 6 tournament — the mess it leaves behind is someone else’s problem, most likely the Galactic Patrol anime’s.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Beerus following the manga or the anime?
The anime. Trailer scenes like SSB Kaioken vs. Hit and Frost vs. Piccolo exist only in the anime’s version, and the manga skipped Resurrection ‘F’ entirely.
What is the Yamoshi change?
Episode 1 replaced the mysterious spiked-haired Saiyan in Beerus’ premonition — long assumed to be Yamoshi — with Goku in Super Saiyan God form.
Does Beerus fix Dragon Ball’s canon?
Partially. It tightens the anime’s version of three arcs and removes filler, but it does not merge the anime and manga into one canon.
Will Beerus cover the Moro arc?
No — that belongs to the separate Galactic Patrol anime.
Why not just adapt the manga?
The manga skipped entire arcs (Resurrection ‘F’) and beats (Vegeta’s rage boost) that the remake keeps, so a manga adaptation was never on the table.
Is the remake still worth watching?
Yes — if you want the anime’s version of these arcs at their best: tighter pacing, no filler, and the occasional genuine lore fix.
