Dragon Ball: Awakened Darkness, (ドラゴン ボール: アウェイクンド・ダークネス Doragon Bōru: Aweikundo Dakunesu) is the third installment of an upcoming Dragon Ball doujinshi (amateur manga). The series takes place after Dragon Ball: Age of Exile & Dragon Ball: New Genesis. Along with it's predecessors, DBAE & DBNG, it takes place in an alternate timeline of Dragon Ball that is separate to the current "Battle of Gods" universe. This series is represented by it's name, and it possesses much darker elements than either series before it. It focuses on the past complications of each of the main characters, and brings them forth, crippling the heroes as they attempt to save their world from everlasting evil.