Now that someone else was doing a poll, I'll be the one in charge to complain why some choice option were removed/not included in the poll. 😈
You asked what special would we like to see next, not what specials are likely to get released in near future. So, why not letting in fact all universes in, so we can really decide on ours heart's content.
According to the possiblities, each universe could get another special. If Salagir/DBM team members just could stop declaring after a concluded chapter whether that universe is overall concluded and won't get any specials anymore or not. (If I read such comments like, there won't be another special chapter about universe X, it's imo the equivalent to Toriyama saying Freeza is the strongest entity in the universe and there is nobody stronger than him, just to prolong the series/story afterwards even more with stronger characters than Freeza appearing miraculously out of thin air. Denying yourself the potential for future projects/special chapter is not desirable.)
So let me go far afield.
About U1
The killing potential threats montage was a clever way to reduce the number of specials in this universe without wasting space and time. But I could suggest an indepth analysis how the Kaioshins defeated the previous legendary Saiyan before Broly, could be interesting. And it wouldn't be such out of context for DBM because the Supreme Kais themselves stated
this. Some people are surely sick of another version of Broly right after this U3 version. But looking at other potential specials, I guess, there is no way to ignore Broly in DBM specials. Then at least explain the "legend" behind it and confirm Romanesco's existence visually in comic/manga form. Nonetheless, this could improve the Supreme Kais reputation as not just complying with the 5 point plan to turn into Zamasu but actually more grayish and more justified actions outside than just being the guardians of the universe. And we could finally have Prehistoric Hanasia in the DBM comic other than the one single panel on page
554. I'm clearly referring that
Hanasia fanfic chapter 17 should be turned into an independent special itself and of course include some more things. For example, finally confirming that the word of god tropes information stated by Toriyama (long before DBS came out) that Saiyans arrived on planet Plant with a spaceship from another place, is not part of DBM continuity, or finally establishing how Tuffles actually look like in DBM, because the cover page of
chapter 40 is not convincing enough, imo. And maybe, tease a little bit the relationship between Tuffle race and Saiyan race 1000 years before King Vegeta's Saiyan reign.
About U2
Uff, I cannot think how they could get any special other than being some meta-level thing to credit those Toriyamesque creations and link some information about them to some wiki page. Rather something for the Mini-Comic section.
About U3
Dr. Raichi exterminating the Saiyans need another double special, imo. Just imagine, future chapters starts with Hanasia entering a room full of recognizable Saiyans, and all be like "Say what? You are dead. How is this possible?" And then Ghost Hanasia goes straight to Raditz and kills him and sates "This is just the beginning". Vegeta kills her then realising that her body vanish afterwards. Puzzled about this, they go outside and see a full army of Saiyans floating in the air, but those are all Saiyans who died already. And out of the crowd we see a golden aura emerge, ... it's SSJ Broly, OMG. The all out brawl between Saiyans and Raichi's ghosts begin. Dam, dam, dam.
The news section of DBM already implied Bardock was the one attacking earth (the page explaining the DBM multiverse). Either Salagir just wanted to lay a false trail or Bardock indeed is acting as an important Saiyan figure after this current U3 special. Maybe he stays an advisor like before. Maybe he is one of a group of Saiyans attacking earth in a squad and we get to see a fight between DKP and a non-SSJ-Bardock, which leads that he receives a vision about Dr. Raichi attacking the Saiyans while on earth and decides to leave immediately, and and and ..... (U3 is one of DBM's carthorse to improve the status of the specials. Would be a waste to let this one down).
And we still need explanations for the earth and Demon King Piccolo in U3. How was it possible that DKP is a thing in U3 but not in U9? Must be probably because DKP either winning or losing depends which alien force (either Coola's empire or Saiyan empire) is attacking earth? But in regard how the deviations in DBM works, because in U3 & U9 Kakarot was never sent on earth, means the plot around earth in U3 and U9 have to be identical until alien forces arrive on earth, I suppose.
About U4
The fact that U4 is the last universe in DBM that seperated from the original DBZ means that there aren't many alternative stories to be told, but rather completely new stories not bounded to the (remaining) Z-warriors or earth at all. That makes me rather exited, tbh. While I'm really impressed by DBM's accuracy to retell an alternate story with all details in characterizations, continuity, etc. U4 brings us the opportunity the tell new things and in this regard proving that characterization and development is in fact one of DBM's strong points. Zen Buu is too op. So, while most Dragonball fans would complain about the lack of fighting, I think a special solely focusing on Buu mental state could be indeed interesting if done correctly, of course. Zen Buu does have a s**t tone of screentime in DBM after all. He has his own kind of god complex I want it to be explored more somehow.
About U5
Somehow I don't want to see any special about XXI. I think it would be best to explain everything about him in the main story, whether it's a flashback or some kind of montage, etc. Wouldn't be the same feeling to uncover XXI's mystery (or some bits about it) within a special.
About U6
I want to know how exactly the confrontation between Bojack's gang and Snower's empire went down. How did Cold survive while Snower and Polar apparently died by Bojack. The gang had 27 members at the beginning, they must mostly died against the Frostdemon, I guess. Why has Cold always this confident and bored attitude that Frostdemons are the strongest race in the universe (before encountering Future Trunks of course) when his father and brother died by an alien from another race. Did he never learned the facts about Snower's and Polar's death? (Is this maybe a not forseen plothole made by DBM?) Oh, yeah, and perfect opportunity to confirm Snower's and Polar's existence visually in the comic as well. And how could the Kais be capable to seal Bojack's gang when King Kai already pissed his pants when hearing about Goku wanting to fight Freeza on Namek. Could have Grand Kai be involved at first but realising his powers isn't sufficient enough anymore to defeat Snower or Bojack? But I doubt DBM will put any great effort into U6. I'm still disappointed about the wasted potential with the Captain America archetype Commander Seggui.
And how about another take on a special. Rather than just telling a story happening before the DBM tournament, how about telling a story what happened after Bojack's gang and the Magical Girls returned to their universe? Or maybe this could still be somehow relevant enough to be told for the main story? Who knows.
About U7
Ah, yes. Gast is surely one of the most memorable OC inclusions for DBM. Much potential, with known characters like Gohan, Krillin, Bulma, heart virus infected Goku, the Androids, Cell, Vegeta, Majins. The inclusion of Icaron and Thorn as Gast's own sidekick was very nice. U7 somehow managed to deal the conjunction between old things to retell in an alternate version and new things to include to the DBM lore. I can already imagine the stories that could happen, like Gast fighting along with lone SSJ Gohan to defeat the Androids, or maybe Vegeta letting Babidi to turn him into Majin just to have the opportunity to defeat Gast, or Gast confronting Broly not with power but with magic, or meeting the Heloïte, or preventing Imperfect Cell to use a different take how Bulma build a timemachine, or getting rescued by Shin and Kibito from Majin Buu and develop together a plan to defeat Babidi. etc. This universe have the potential for so many stories to be told.
About U8
I already stated how U8 could be prolonged in another thread, not gonna copy-paste it. Here a
link to what I think could still be told in an U8 universe.
But somehow I'm a little disappointed how Freeza was not "good" utilised in his own universe. I hope, we gonna see more.
About U9
I'll be honest. I don't want to see a special about the humans in near future. The hype around them makes it very easy to develop high expectations for this universe. U9 can fall short of expectation very fast when the very first special about them isn't a real zinger, after so many patience. The longer we wait, the worse it gets. A fanfic about U9 could prepare us what we can expect from a possible U9 chapter. But I guess releasing a fanfic first before releasing a special manga chapter could be seen as an equivalent to DBS releasing the anime before the manga. But if done correctly a fanfic could inform us overall about the most important events without focusing so much on the fighting, while after reading the fanfic we could finally indulge in the fighting in the manga chapters leaving out abundant information for the fanfic.
About U10
What could be told in this universe anymore? I would refer to my suggestion for U6. What about a special about events taking place during the DBM tournament? The fanfic chapter
53-55 are suitable or chapter
76. Including the danger of bringing back vicious tournament members back to their universe and having Raichi executing his plan to eradicate Saiyans from other universes.
About U11
The specials started surprisingly about the Androids and how a missing Cell from the future was the cornerstone for U11 Z-Warrior's demise in the end. While alot people don't see U11 to be as interesting as other universes, I at least appreciate the concept how for the greater good in the end there has to be setbacks in form of struggle against a strong foe just to be strong enough to deal with a later threat. And the alternative Android arc in U11 portrayed very well how the missing struggle against Cell caused the Z-Warriors to be too powerless in the final fight against the Majins. That's what I suppose and what I hope will be continued in a special about Broly in U11.
About U12
The Majin Attack was really something many people wanna forget and maybe change to the better. But there is a possible story in the future timeline that was never really portrayed in manga form, sadly. How did the Z-Warriors defeat Mecha Freeza & King Cold without the help of Future Trunks? The Fan Manga "A Dream From The World" already showed us some potential in this. Unfortunately, it only mentions it at the beginning skimming through most of it, how Post Yadra Goku oneshots Mecha Freeza. The fanfic "One Way" chapter
17-32 portray the fight. And I like it. It's long as well. In a special chapter, you could focus on the most crucial parts (and change the reason why Goku arrived so late to the battlefield. The fanfic reason was really dumb.) But we could finally have this epic fight in manga format.
About U14
I would again refer to the fanfic. But this time using "Twin Pain". Portraying the desperate fight against the Androids without Goku was terrifying and depressing and good to read. In a special chapter, you could focus on the the training between Gohan and Vegeta. Showing how Vegeta's methods in teaching aren't as good as with Goku. Confirming that Goku's traing in HTC was better than Vegeta's, in very similar circumstances. And maybe portraying how Piccolo died. Twin Pain's attempt was sneaky, letting the Androids kill Kami first.
About U15
I assume I'K'L is not to be taken serious, U15 is only here to explain the time travels in DBM and we can ignore this universe mostly, after it was already explained at the end of the last U11 special that the Future Trunks who was in U11 got killed by U15 Imperfect Cell.
About U16
And again the fanfic. Enough plot to put into manga format. The family drama between the Briefs and Sons, the Senzu Bean arc, etc. Alot of stuff possible to put into a special chapter. Similar to U4, we can go further and don't have to stay in the category of retelling already known stories in alternative takes.
About U17
Beside the fact to show how Cell killed Bojack & Co., the Heloïte, Supreme Kais, etc., we can have some special take on Cell. What if Cell killed King Yemma? It was always told how Emna Daio only allows the dead to return to the living in very, very rare occasions (Goku always being the special one is an exception) like saving the universe from destruction or something similar. So, what if the Z-Warriors returned from the dead to fight Cell once again, but because Cell with his Saiyan genes was training all the time is again capable to defeat the Z-Warriors? I would assume Cell figuring out what actually is going on, IT to King Yemma to kill him and eventually causing billions of people unable to travel to the other world. It could give Cell another layer of evilness in this regard and he could be a villain achieving something others didn't, messing with the concept of the other world.
About U18
Like other already stated, a DBM adaptation of the movie with Hildegarn and Tapion is desirable. SSJ3 Goku really plotarmored his way to beat Hildegarn in the movie. And DBM already showed how a retelling of a movie can actually work, if done correctly.
But I really love to see a special chapter about fanfic chapter
3. The way how Mystic Gohan and Vegeta are portrayed in this is just epic and align perfectly to their character development at the end of DBZ. It also informs us that Vegeta's new goal in life is not to surpass Goku but the Mystic power Gohan achieved, because he despise the fact that a Saiyan would accept this ritual and unlock all potential, and especially Gohan of all people who doesn't deserve this power at all because since the Cell arc he never did anything to be proven to deserve something like this and with the lack of any work ethics. It all simply drops into Gohan's lap, and this is what Vegeta despise. (Trunks and Goten at least get what they deserve for not training, they are weak and can't even achieve SSJ2). The fanfic chapter also portrays how Vegeta already plans to avoid the SSJ3 transformation, knowing about its weakpoints, and that he first wants to fight against Goku ever again when he knows for sure that he finally surpassed the Mystic powers by himself. Nice reference to the first DBM manga chapter, where Vegeta stated that he is ready to face Goku in a fight, the DBM tournament preferable, insinuating that he finally surpassed Mystic Gohan.
About U20
There is not much to be looking for. DBM Broly is not interesting and he most probably simply killed all z-warriors.
Wow, turned out as a long comment. But like Ashanark described it very well in another thread, there are pure filler, cool filler and informative but not essential specials in DBM. And I guess, many of mine sugestions could be put into those categories. All those suggestions I actually want to see sometime in DBM. I think I am one of the few that actually wants to see more specials and not less. I have patience I can wait another decade. But don't cut the stories short if they have potential, just to save some pages.
My actual votes went to U13 and U19.
It's because of Raditz. He's my favorite character in DBM, simple as that. I already put much effort to explain it in another thread. To figure out more about the relationship between the two brothers is very interesting to me. Vegeta achieving SSJ first is just of secondary importance.
I wasn't a fan of them at first, but I started to like Nedwook alot and his "no-shit" attitude more and more. I want to know more about Heloïte other than just through the U19 fanfic, some snippets through the main story, how the counterparts miserably die, or the mini-comic. It's finally time the Heloïte, mainly represented as heroes/protagonists from U19 and not fodder.