The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Dragon Ball DAIMA, available onNetflixandCrunchyroll.
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By now, the entire world knows about the major development inDragon Ball DAIMAepisode 18, one that reconnected a huge portion of the fanbase to their childhoods as the series no longer fights the “Dragon Ball GT2” allegations. On Friday, just two mere hours after the airing of the 19th episode ofDragon Ball DAIMAin Japan, the series' official Instagram account revealed a huge spoiler that most fans across the world would not have had the chance to encounter organically.
It is a diabolical spoiler, but something that many fans would have been pining forever since the series revealed Medi-Bugs. It is official:Dragon Ball DAIMAsees the return of Super Saiyan 4 adult Goku.
The Most Diabolical Spoiler of 2025
DAIMA Official Account Lets Slip Images of Goku in Adult Form
We all hate getting spoiled when it comes to our favorite shows, but there are certain works that being spoiled for is an even more egregious offense than normal. When it comes toDragon Ball DAIMA, the last work that series creator Akira Toriyama offered us, spoilers are an almost inevitable fact of life, given how popular such a series would be. If you’re behind, it’s on you, usually, but when the official social media accounts of the series' you enjoy drops stills from the episode that dropped only a few hours ago, it definitely stings. That’s what happened with the official Instagram account ofDragon Ball DAIMA, who shared images of what could only be identified asSuper Saiyan 4Goku’s Super Saiyan 4 adult form not very long after the episode aired.
Fans shared their opinions on the thoughtless post via the comments, where many of them echoed the same complaint: the episodewasn’t even out on Crunchyrollat the time of the post. The incident dredges up an important conversation about the race to post, with social media having an irreparable effect on the experience of popular culture in the moment.Dragon Ball DAIMArevealing Goku’s adult form should be the kind of thing fans find out on their own, not because they were passionate enough to follow the official accounts of their favorite shows on social media. An event of this magnitude deserves to get attention organically, rather than because it was teased on the feed.
