The latest details and spoilers for "Dragon Ball Super" will feature the return of Ultimate Son Gohan and Android 17 in an upcoming story arc, along with a possible plot and release date.
It seems that a new story arc for "Dragon Ball Super" will be revealed on Feb. 5, 2017 as a leaked image for February 2017 issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine revealed a line-up of characters that will be appearing in the next arc.
These characters include returning characters like Son Goku,Vegeta, Master Roshi, Majin Buu, Krilin, Android 18, Tien Shinhan and Piccolo. What makes the line-up interesting is that the photo also featured Son Gohan possibly in his base or Ultimate form and the return of "Dragon Ball Z" villain Android 17, who is now on the Z Warriors side, Saiyan Island reported.
Past episodes of "Dragon Ball Super" revealed that Gohan has been training with Piccolo in order to better prepare for battles incase the Earth is in danger against the likes of Frieza, Zamasu or other evil beings who want to harm his home, friends and love ones.
Android 17's return will likely be a mystery since he has been absorbed by Cell during "Dragon Ball Z". 17 along with his twin sister, Android 18 were the antagonist of the Android saga and played a huge role in Future Trunks' storyline as alternate future versions of Android 17 and Android 18 were wreck havoc in the in Trunks' timeline and killed Future Gohan.
As for the title of the new arc, it is called the "Universe Survival" but no further details were revealed during the announcement with the exception of the character line-ups, AnimeNewsNetwork reported.
However, the title of the new arc and the character line-up might teased that the "Universe Survival" arc could be the upcoming "Omniverse" tournament that Omini King Zen-Oh has been opting to plan after the "Universe 6 vs Universe 7" tournament.
The Omniverse tournament will likely pit Son Goku and his friends against every strong fighters in the 12 Universes.
Zen-Oh will likely host the so called Omniverse Tournament as numerous fan speculations revealed that the Gods of Destruction from all 12 universes will also partake in the contest.
For now, there is no confirmation yet as to when will the anime producers reveal the plot of the "Universe Survive" arc.
The next episode of "Dragon Ball Super" will be called “Goku dies! Assassination order that must be performed.” and it features the return of Universe 6 fighter and assassin Hit as he clashes with Son Goku once again in order to collect a bounty on him in exchange for his death.
"Dragon Ball Super" returns next week on Fuji TV.