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A wild mountain boy with a monkey tail collides with a city girl hunting magical wish-granting orbs. Goku meets Bulma, loses a car, gains a traveling companion, and fights off a pterodactyl, launching the adventure that defines the entire series.

Bulma pops out a pocket-sized house and tries to civilize her wild new traveling partner. Goku meets his first bathtub, his first bed, and his first girl without a tail, all in one very awkward overnight stop in the forest.

A lost sea turtle wanders into Goku's camp and begs for help getting home. The detour to the ocean introduces the Jan-Ken Fist, a monstrous bear bandit, and a mysterious old man in a shell who turns out to be much more than he looks.

The strange old man reveals himself as Master Roshi and hands out two unlikely rewards: a magical flying cloud for Goku and a third Dragon Ball for Bulma. Three days later, the trail leads the pair to a suspiciously quiet village.

The empty streets of Aru Village hide a shapeshifting menace. To earn another Dragon Ball, Goku dresses in a wedding gown as bait, and the creature terrorizing the town finally shows its true face.

Oolong's shapeshifting tricks run out of time as Goku chases the panicked pig through Aru Village, exposing the so-called demon as nothing more than a lazy swindler whose stolen girls were living in pampered luxury all along.

The journey toward Fry-Pan Mountain drags the trio into the scorching Diablo Desert, where Bulma loses her capsules in the river, Oolong learns the hard way not to eat strange candy, and a teenage bandit named Yamcha spots them through a telescope.

Yamcha ambushes the travelers in the desert and gets his first real fight against Goku, whose grandfather's name earns him the bandit's full attention, while Puar and Oolong settle an old grudge from their shapeshifting school days.

Oolong's capsule house gives the group a night of comfort, but eavesdropping bandits, drugged juice, and Bulma asleep in nothing but a towel turn the evening into a chaos of schemes and mistaken identities.

A new day brings a new assault on the House-Wagon, and after Yamcha's rocket attack fails against Goku's raw power, the humiliated bandit changes tactics and decides to befriend the travelers long enough to track them to the final Dragon Ball.

Two days after setting out in Yamcha's borrowed car, Goku, Bulma and Oolong finally reach the burning slopes of Fire Mountain. A helmeted warrior girl reveals herself to Yamcha in brutal fashion, and the fearsome Ox-King turns out to be far more connected to Goku than anyone realizes.

A strange bargain sends Goku and the Ox-King's daughter soaring across the Diablo Desert toward the distant Kame House. Along the way, Chi-Chi develops a secret crush, Yamcha learns a dangerous weakness, and the turtle hermit steps into the story for the first time in the manga.

Goku delivers Chi-Chi to Master Roshi only to discover that the legendary Bansho Fan has been lost to a kitchen accident. Unwilling to leave Fire Mountain burning, the old hermit agrees to handle the blaze himself, though his price is the kind of lecherous bargain that will define him for years to come.

Master Roshi scolds the Ox-King for his greed, closes the deal with a reluctant Bulma, and then unveils the attack that will become the most iconic technique in the series. The Kamehameha arrives for the first time, and its debut is every bit as destructive as its reputation will claim.

Goku copies the Kamehameha on his first try, accepts Master Roshi's offer to become his student, and watches Bulma scramble to honor her end of the bargain with help from a very unwilling Oolong. Chi-Chi also makes a marriage promise Goku completely fails to understand.

Still hunting the final Dragon Ball, Goku, Bulma, and Oolong roll into a village where every citizen flinches at the sight of Bulma. A disguise fixes the misunderstanding, but two rabbit-eared thugs soon appear and demand attention, so Goku obliges with his fists.

The Rabbit Mob's boss, Monster Carrot, arrives with a dangerous trick up his sleeve: a single touch transforms anyone into a carrot. When Bulma is turned into produce, Goku, Yamcha, and Puar have to combine their efforts to reverse the curse and punt the mob into orbit.

A mysterious enemy ambushes the group in the Mushroom Forest and makes off with five of their Dragon Balls. Trailing the thieves leads the gang straight into a trap inside a looming castle owned by a self-styled emperor with galactic ambitions.

Trapped inside Pilaf's castle, the gang is gassed into sleep so Mai and Shu can pilfer the final Dragon Ball. Goku punches a hole in the cell wall in time to watch the emperor call upon Shenron, the mystical dragon who grants a single wish.

Just as Pilaf is about to ask Shenron for world domination, Oolong blurts out a wish of his own and ruins the emperor's moment. A vengeful Pilaf locks the gang inside a glass-roofed oven and leaves them to bake under the desert sun.

Trapped inside Pilaf's sealed observation chamber with no way out before sunrise, Goku casually shares the story of the monster that killed his Grandpa Gohan on nights of the full moon. When the boy glances upward, the chilling truth of that old tragedy suddenly takes a very physical form above the castle.

With Goku transformed into a rampaging Great Ape, Pilaf's castle comes apart around its owner while the gang scrambles to escape. Yamcha must find the one weakness in the towering monster before it crushes everyone, including the boy underneath all that fur.

Morning arrives with Pilaf defeated, the Dragon Balls scattered and a whole year to wait before they will wake again. The group recognizes that their adventure together is over, and each of them chooses a different road to follow until the wish stones call them back.

Goku rides to Kame House hoping Master Roshi will take him on as a student, but the old hermit has a very specific tuition fee in mind. Goku goes hunting for a cute girl to bring back, and the result is not exactly what Roshi had pictured for his big date.

Master Roshi gets more specific about the woman he wants Goku to bring him, and the boy returns with a genuinely pretty companion who turns out to have an unexpected twist. Meanwhile, a short monk named Krillin shows up at Kame House with his own request to be trained.

Goku and Krillin go girl hunting from the back of the Flying Nimbus, while a blonde fugitive armed with grenades leads the local police on a wild chase. When one sneeze changes absolutely everything about the woman they are about to meet, the two hopefuls decide Roshi will love her either way.

Launch arrives at Kame House and accepts Roshi's invitation to stay and train, with no clue what she is walking into. When a fly brushes her nose mid-lesson, her other personality returns to Kame House with a machine gun and no memory of the three strangers standing in front of her.

Master Roshi relocates the whole household to a larger training island and gives his two new students their first real test, a straightforward hundred-meter sprint to measure how solid their legs actually are. What Roshi shows them when his own turn comes makes it clear how far they have to go.

As dusk settles over the training island, Master Roshi hurls a marked stone into the jungle and gives Goku and Krillin thirty minutes to retrieve it. The loser goes hungry. What begins as a stamina drill turns into a scheming contest as Krillin tries to outwit his simpler rival.

Morning on the training island begins with a blonde Launch squeezing a trigger and Goku kicking back. From there Master Roshi marches his new pupils through a delivery route, teaching that real martial arts starts with sweat, errands, and a talk about a certain world tournament.

Master Roshi drags his pupils through an unrelenting day of field work, reading lessons, construction, swimming, and a booby trapped beehive. By nightfall the old master straps twenty pound turtle shells to their backs and quietly warns them that this punishing routine is now their life.

Eight months of Turtle Hermit conditioning race by in a montage of milk runs, heavier shells, and impossible leaps. With the World Martial Arts Tournament one month away, Master Roshi finally reveals why he has been pushing the boys so hard and takes them off the island.

The first round of the tournament preliminaries sorts 137 fighters into four brackets at Papaya Island. Goku and Krillin step into the ring wearing fresh Turtle School uniforms and immediately prove that eight months under Master Roshi was more than enough.

The elimination rounds continue and both Turtle School students keep rolling through their brackets. An old friend with a scar on his cheek slides back into the picture just as Goku and Krillin punch their tickets into the final eight of the World Martial Arts Tournament.

With the top eight locked in, Goku and Krillin reunite with the old travel crew before the main bracket is revealed. Among the names drawn is one Jackie Chun, a mysterious elder nobody has seen before, whose timing on the card is no accident at all.

The main bracket finally opens with a grotesque first match. Krillin squares off against Bacterian, a towering slob whose entire fighting style leans on smells, fluids, and every other foul weapon a human body can produce, and Goku shouts the punchline that turns it around.

The second preliminary match of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament puts Yamcha against the mysterious Jackie Chun. The desert bandit brings his full arsenal, including the Wolf Fang Fist, but the old stranger ends the bout with a single dismissive gesture that stuns the entire arena.

The desert fighter Nam faces the flirtatious Ranfan in a match that exposes the quiet stranger's deeper purpose. Fighting not for glory but for the water his drought-stricken village desperately needs, Nam must see past Ranfan's theatrics and find a way to end the bout without letting his honor betray him.

Goku finally takes the tournament stage against the hulking reptilian Giran. The opening exchanges favor the small fighter, but Giran answers with a weapon nobody was prepared for, a sticky substance called Merry-Go-Round Gum that leaves Goku completely immobilized.

Trapped in Giran's gum and hurled from the ring, Goku is saved at the last instant by the Flying Nimbus. When his missing tail suddenly grows back during the match, everything changes, and the terrified monster realizes he has stumbled into something far beyond a normal tournament bout.

Fresh off his victory over Giran, Goku fields the announcer's silly questions before Krillin walks out to face the mysterious Jackie Chun. The old master puts on a show for the crowd, but when the match actually starts, Krillin learns he cannot even see the punches coming.

Krillin and Jackie Chun trade blows too fast for the crowd, or the announcer, to follow. Pushed to his limits, the young monk resorts to a desperate and deeply silly trick that exploits the one weakness he is certain his opponent shares with Master Roshi.

Launched from the ring by Krillin's dirty trick, Jackie Chun unleashes a signature Turtle School technique to save himself, sparking fresh suspicion about his true identity. After the dust settles, Yamcha keeps searching for the proof that would confirm what everyone is thinking.

Goku and Nam collide in the third semifinal of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. The desert warrior counters the boy's speed with a high-flying finisher, leaving Goku dizzy and grounded as Nam's Cross Arm Dive hurtles downward.

Pinned under Nam's Cross Arm Dive and staring down the final count, Goku has to invent a way out of a bout he should have already lost. What follows turns a tense quarterfinal into one of the most talked about finishes in the entire tournament bracket.

Between the semifinals and the championship bout, Jackie Chun quietly reveals the secret behind his mask to the one opponent who might appreciate it most. Then the final match begins, and the disguised master steps forward to meet his own young student.

The championship match opens with Jackie Chun intent on ending things quickly, but Goku refuses to stay in the air or out of the ring. The exchange builds toward a Kamehameha duel that leaves the entire stadium frozen in open disbelief at what a child just pulled off.

Jackie Chun tries to wear Goku down with blinding footwork and a loose drunken stagger, but the small fighter turns out to have a wild answer of his own ready to go. By the end of the chapter, both combatants have eaten the side of the arena gate at least once.

Unable to land a clean hit, Jackie Chun resorts to a trick that sends Goku straight to sleep in the middle of the ring. A desperate shout from the stands saves the boy, and an impromptu game of Rock Paper Scissors forces the disguised master to reach for his hidden trump card.

Jackie Chun reveals a technique he once used on Grandpa Gohan, unleashing twenty thousand volts of electricity into the ring. Goku is seconds from surrender when his eyes drift upward and the full moon over Papaya Island takes complete control of his mind.

A fully transformed Goku rips free of the Thunder Shock Surprise and starts tearing the tournament stadium apart stone by stone. Jackie Chun responds by pulling off his shirt, powering up to his absolute limit, and charging a Kamehameha unlike any the world has ever seen before.

Jackie Chun reveals that his final Kamehameha was aimed at the moon rather than the boy, and the championship match resumes with both fighters running on fumes. A failed ring out call then forces the exhausted pair into one last hand to hand exchange to settle the title.

The climactic finale of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament arrives as Jackie Chun unleashes a move so drastic it erases the moon from the night sky. With energy reserves spent and the arena in ruins, the master and student are forced into a last, desperate exchange of fists and feet that will decide the champion.

With the tournament finished and the prize money already demolished by Goku's appetite, the group of friends huddles together on Papaya Island to decide what happens next. Paths diverge as Goku points his Kinto-Un toward the search for his grandfather's Dragon Ball and a new journey begins.

Weeks after the tournament, Goku is deep in the wilderness chasing Dragon Ball readings when his hunt crosses paths with a sinister outfit he has never heard of. A sharply dressed officer with a missile launcher is about to teach him that the Red Ribbon Army does not let strangers wander off with what they want.

Goku dispatches Colonel Silver without breaking a sweat, borrows the enemy's own capsule tech for a new ride, and flies straight into a frozen wasteland. At the top of a grim fortress called Muscle Tower, General White is already licking his lips at the thought of crushing the boy who stole from his army.

Thawed out by a kind stranger in Jingle Village, Goku learns that the Red Ribbon Army has already bared its teeth on the peaceful residents of the snowy hamlet. With his own Dragon Ball search suddenly overlapping a hostage crisis, the boy heads out into the cold to storm the enormous tower looming over the valley.

Goku walks into Muscle Tower uninvited and chews through its lower-level defenders as though they are paper. Waiting for him above is something a little tougher, a massive armored warrior named Metallitron whose first counterattack finally gives the boy a reason to worry.

Major Metallitron turns out to be far more than a lumbering oaf. Mouth-fired missiles, launching fists, and punches strong enough to bounce Goku across the walls push the young fighter into summoning his most potent attack yet for this unexpected nightmare.

Goku climbs one more flight and finds a full forest crammed inside the tower, along with a boastful ninja determined to prove his invisibility techniques are unbeatable. Ninja Murasaki quickly learns that a simple country boy is impossible to impress and even harder to hide from.

Goku and Ninja Murasaki take their duel to its absurd conclusion inside Muscle Tower. The frustrated ninja cycles through katana swordplay, a returning boomerang blade, and a specialized tatami-mat defense, only for the entire gag to hinge on one missing half mat of flooring in an otherwise complete room.

Ninja Murasaki keeps digging deeper into his bag of tricks, hopping across piranha-filled water and splitting into five identical attackers at once. When every trick fails against Goku, the desperate ninja finally wakes the towering Artificial Human No. 8 to finish the job for him.

The Red Ribbon Army's towering artificial human refuses to hurt anyone, and an unlikely friendship sparks between Goku and the gentle giant he nicknames Hatchan. Together they push deeper into Muscle Tower, only for General White to drop them through a trap door into a secret floor.

Goku and Hatchan land safely in Muscle Tower's sealed fifth floor, where General White unleashes the pink, rubbery Buyon. Punches sink harmlessly into the creature, kicks bounce off, and even a point-blank Kamehameha fails to dent the hulking Jiggler.

Stuck in Muscle Tower's hidden basement with a monster that shrugs off every attack, Goku recalls a lesson about freezing pipes and wells from Jingle Village and finds the one thing Buyon cannot rebound: the bitter arctic cold waiting just outside the chamber wall.

General White makes his last stand in the Muscle Tower command room. The Red Ribbon commander trades fists with Goku, turns to dirty tricks, and finally pushes Hatchan far enough that the gentle artificial human abandons his pacifism to defend his new friend with one devastating punch.

The villagers of Jingle Village throw a warm meal for their rescuers and welcome Hatchan as one of their own. A broken Dragon Radar forces Goku back toward West City to find Bulma, and a quiet reunion with a very old friend gets him moving again the next morning.

Goku arrives in West City for the first time and quickly learns that the big city runs on money, directions, and rules he does not understand. Between a prizefighting challenge, a pair of back-alley muggers, and a helpful police officer, he finally tracks down Bulma at Capsule Corporation.

Goku tracks Bulma to Capsule Corporation for radar repairs, meets her eccentric parents, and gains a new traveling companion. Meanwhile, Commander Red distributes the boys photograph to every remaining Red Ribbon unit, marking Goku as a top-priority target.

The flamboyant and ruthless General Blue enters the hunt as Goku and Bulma close in on an undersea Dragon Ball. When Bulma grabs the wrong capsule case, a simple beach stop turns into a close call that forces Goku to redirect their search toward Kame House.

Goku and Bulma arrive at Kame House seeking a submarine, but a perverted old master, a missing capsule, and a Red Ribbon scout plane all complicate the visit. By the time Krillin and Lunch return, the enemy has already pinpointed their location.

The flashy and ruthless General Blue finally enters the hunt in earnest, splitting his company in two. One squad dives after Goku and friends under the sea while Captain Dark leads a second strike straight at Kame House, and torpedoes drive the Dragon Ball hunters into a hidden pirate cave.

Captain Dark and B Company storm Kame House expecting an easy raid, but they never counted on the real power of the old turtle hermit. Meanwhile deep beneath the ocean Goku decides he is done running and wants to turn the pirate cave into a battlefield, much to Bulma and Krillins alarm.

Goku, Bulma, and Krillin venture deeper into the undersea pirate cave and stumble into a lethal spear trap that turns a narrow corridor into a slaughterhouse for General Blues pursuing soldiers. Meanwhile the long rumored pirate treasure finally begins to come into view up ahead.

A sword swinging, cannon armed pirate robot ambushes Goku and Krillin at the ancient underground harbor. After a brutal and electrifying duel Goku tears the machine apart, but General Blue uses the chaos to quietly sabotage the trail markers Krillin is leaving behind for his friend.

Bulma and Krillin finally uncover the pirates legendary hoard inside a hidden chamber, only to have General Blue corner them in the treasure room. Goku meanwhile falls through a trap door into the clutches of a hungry giant octopus and has to fight his way back before his friends are killed.

Krillin refuses to stay down against the vain Red Ribbon commander, Bulma makes a doomed attempt at seduction, and a dripping wet Goku finally bursts from the underground pool only to discover that General Blue has a paralyzing trick hidden behind his pretty face.

Pinned by Blue's psychic grip and staring down the barrel of a capsule shotgun, Goku is saved by the most unlikely of heroes: a tiny cave mouse whose appearance breaks the general's concentration just long enough for a knockout counterattack and a race for the Three-Star Ball.

With the Pirate Cave collapsing around them, a dead submarine and a roof full of rocks force Goku to turn his Kamehameha into an improvised booster rocket. Back on the surface, the Z warriors think they have escaped, but a soaked and seething General Blue is already climbing into a plane of his own.

Kame House should have been a safe haven, but a sneezing Launch and a resurgent General Blue turn it into a disaster. By the time Goku wrestles free of the Two Shot Chonoryoku, three Dragon Balls are gone and a ticking bomb is counting down inside the beach house.

The chase after General Blue crashes right into the most chaotic neighborhood in all of Toriyama's worlds. Senbei Norimaki welcomes the reader with a peace sign, Arale greets Goku with a cheerful "N'cha!", and Penguin Village officially enters the Dragon Ball story.

Goku discovers the Dragon Radar has snapped again, leaving him stranded in Penguin Village with no way home. Meanwhile General Blue carjacks the dried-plum-powered Suppaman and cruises toward the very inventor who might be able to help.

Just as Senbei finishes repairing the Dragon Radar, General Blue bursts into the Norimaki home and takes Arale hostage. The psychic grip that has tormented Goku all arc long finally meets the one fighter in the universe who can treat a Red Ribbon general like a rag doll.

The General Blue arc gives way to a sacred grove watched over by a spear-wielding guardian named Bora and his young son Upa. Captain Yellow of the Red Ribbon Army has been struggling to take their Dragon Ball, and now Commander Red is on the verge of calling in the infamous assassin Tao Pai-pai.

At the Sacred Land of Korin, Goku receives a grateful gift from Bora that turns out to be the Four-Star Dragon Ball. Meanwhile, a humiliated General Blue returns to Red Ribbon Headquarters, where Commander Red has just hired the world's most feared assassin, Mercenary Tao, to finish the job Blue failed.

Mercenary Tao arrives at the Sacred Land of Korin aboard his flying pillar and announces he has come to kill Goku. Bora steps forward to defend the boy, but the assassin moves so quickly even Goku cannot follow him. The brutal introduction ends with a shocking Dodon Ray that changes everything.

Tao Pai-pai leaves Korin believing Goku is dead, but the Four-Star Ball has secretly shielded the boy from the Dodon Ray. Determined to bring Bora back to life, Goku sets out on the grueling climb up Korin Tower in search of the mythical power that awaits at its summit.

At the top of Korin Tower, Goku finally meets the legendary hermit, but the sage is no wise old man. He is an eight hundred year old talking cat named Karin, guardian of the Sacred Water, and the only way to drink the mysterious liquid is to take it from him by force.

Refusing to wait three years like Master Roshi before him, Goku pushes Karin harder than any student ever has. Through afterimages, chases and a surprise tickling, he finally seizes the sacred jar, only to learn that the real power was hidden in the chase itself.

Three days after the Sacred Land massacre, Tao Pai-pai returns in a freshly stitched suit to finish his contract and collect the Four-Star Ball. A battered Upa stands alone against him, but a transformed Goku dives out of the sky at the last second to even the score.

Goku and Mercenary Tao trade furious blows across the Sacred Land as the full power of Korin Tower training finally reveals itself. When Tao's Dodon Ray fails to break the boy, the assassin pulls a hidden blade from a capsule, forcing Upa to toss Goku his old Power Pole.

With the sword broken, the duel becomes a bare knuckle brawl at the base of Korin Tower. Tao Pai-pai seems to gain the upper hand before Goku unleashes a decisive counterattack, prompting the assassin to try one last dirty trick that backfires in explosive fashion.

With the Dragon Radar showing the last two spheres sitting on top of each other, Goku realizes he is heading straight for Red Ribbon Army Headquarters. He launches his one-boy invasion on Kinto-Un while Bulma, watching from a satellite rig at Kame House, scrambles Yamcha and the others to back him up.

Goku storms Red Ribbon Headquarters on Kinto-Un, tearing through soldiers, rooftops, and hover-tanks as he closes in on Building Eight where the Dragon Balls are stashed. Commander Red fumes while Black urges him to retreat, and Yamcha rallies the Kame House crew to fly to Goku's aid.

Goku shreds what is left of the Red Ribbon garrison while Commander Red finally confesses the embarrassing truth behind his Dragon Ball hunt. Staff Officer Black, disgusted by the reveal, guns his own commander down and climbs into a Battle Jacket to make Goku his first conquest.

Staff Officer Black pushes his Battle Jacket to its limit, raining blasts, missiles, and mechanical punches on Goku across the rooftops of Red Ribbon Headquarters. Goku turns the fight into a mocking game, punches straight through the cockpit, then collects the last two Dragon Balls hidden inside the base.

Fresh off wiping out the Red Ribbon Army, Goku discovers the Dragon Radar no longer shows the seventh ball. Reunited with the Kame House crew, he learns from Muten-Rōshi that a mysterious all-seeing fortuneteller may be his only chance of finding the lost sphere.

On the road to Fortuneteller Baba, the group outfits Goku in a brand new gi and picks up Upa along the way. When they finally reach the crone's palace, she quotes an impossible fee, then offers a cheaper path: survive a gauntlet against her five fighters and she will reveal whatever they seek.

Baba's gauntlet begins on a ring suspended over a lake, where fall or surrender both count as losses. Her first fighter is Dracula Man, a shapeshifting vampire who chews through Kuririn's attempt, only to be outwitted by the unlikely duo of Upa and Puar.

Yamcha takes the ring next, only to discover his opponent is completely invisible. Getting pummeled by a fighter he cannot see, he is saved by a creative piece of strategy from Kuririn that turns Muten-Rōshi's worst habit into the winning weapon.

Yamcha enters Fortuneteller Baba's second arena, a grotesque chamber nicknamed the Devil's Toilet, to face Bandages the Mummy. The match begins on a sliver of stone between two demon statues, with a boiling swamp waiting below for anyone who loses their footing or their nerve.

Yamcha gives everything he has left against Bandages the Mummy, but the creature's linen limbs and acrobatics prove too much. With the bandit out of the running, Goku takes his place on the stone tongue and squares off against the grinning Mummy in the Devil's Toilet.

Goku shrugs off Bandages the Mummy's heaviest blows and flattens the wrapped fighter with a single punch, leaving the gallery speechless. Baba skips straight to her fourth champion, the winged devil Akkuman, who wastes no time taking the fight into the air above the Devil's Toilet.

Akkuman cannot touch Goku with claws or wings, so he unleashes his Devilmite Beam, a light that destroys anyone with wickedness in their heart. The attack washes over Goku and fizzles out entirely, leaving the furious devil scrambling for one last desperate trick.

Baba's final fighter steps out of the shadows wearing a mask and requests a wider arena for the duel. The match moves outdoors, where the silent stranger matches Goku blow for blow in a dizzying opening exchange that leaves the gallery speechless.

The duel between Goku and the masked fighter erupts into the most punishing exchange of the tournament. The stranger hurls Goku through the air and even fires a full Kamehameha at the boy, only to watch his target vanish into an afterimage that leaves him stunned.

The masked fighter seizes Goku by his tail to drain his strength, and Master Roshi finally recognizes the stranger. Meanwhile, Emperor Pilaf watches the bout on a screen and learns a secret that sends him racing after Goku's Dragon Balls.

Goku's tail is ripped off mid-battle, and the masked warrior reveals himself as Grandpa Gohan, returned from the afterlife for one day by Fortuneteller Baba. Tearful reunions, final farewells, and a crystal ball vision of Emperor Pilaf set the stage for the next confrontation.

With one Dragon Ball still missing from the radar, Goku sets off alone on the Flying Nimbus to track down the car carrying it. What he finds is an old enemy, Emperor Pilaf, hiding the orb inside a radar-proof box and scheming to reclaim every ball by exploiting the weakness of Goku tail.

Emperor Pilaf springs his tail-grabbing trap on Goku, only to discover Grandpa Gohan long ago tore the boy furry weakness clean off. Forced to fight fair, the trio combines their three Pilaf Machines into one fused war mech, but Goku Kamehameha and quick reflexes reduce the merged monstrosity to scrap.

The final Dragon Ball in hand, Goku whisks Upa back to the Sacred Land of Korin to fulfill the promise made at his father grave. With Fortuneteller Baba quietly sensing a grand destiny in the boy, the seven orbs are finally united and the mighty Shenron rises to grant a long-awaited wish.

As Upa tearfully embraces his revived father, Goku snatches the petrified Four-Star Ball out of the air before it can scatter. He then parts ways with his friends to travel the world alone, while Master Roshi sends Krillin and Yamcha into training for the next tournament, now only three years away.

Three years later, Master Roshi and his students fly to Papaya Island for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament. Roshi sneaks in a secret Jackie Chun registration, a rival sage named Shen arrives with his own deadly disciples, and a taller Goku finally turns up after swimming across the planet.

The preliminary rounds split the hopefuls into four blocks, and the Turtle School trio breezes through their opening bouts. A smug three-eyed stranger from the Crane School ends a sumo wrestler in six lightning strikes, and Goku is then called to face the legendary King Chappa in his first official match.

Goku faces the towering King Chappa, a former tournament champion famed for winning his title without ever being touched. Chappa eight-armed technique stuns onlookers, but Goku turns the fight on its head with an aerial maneuver and a well-timed breath that leaves the turbaned master flat on the platform.

Backstage, the three-eyed fighter reveals his partner as the tiny Chiaotzu, a psychic who uses telekinesis to rig the entire lottery bracket. Every finalist draws the number Chiaotzu wants them to draw, setting up a revenge-laden first match between Yamcha and the smug Tien Shinhan.

The opening bout of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament pits Yamcha against the intimidating three-eyed newcomer Tien Shinhan. After trading blocked strikes and blistering aerial exchanges, Yamcha refuses to back down and prepares to unleash his most devastating attack: the Kamehameha taught to him by Master Roshi.

Tien Shinhan swats Yamcha's Kamehameha out of the sky with chilling ease, then ends the match with a brutal finisher that leaves the desert bandit with a broken leg. The crowd is stunned, Goku is furious, and the cold newcomer all but declares the Turtle School beneath him as the second match is called.

Jackie Chun faces a vengeful Man-Wolf who blames the old master for destroying the moon at the previous tournament and trapping him in animal form. After toying with the wolfman, Jackie uses a binding technique and hypnosis to turn the beast back into a human using Krillin's bald head as a stand-in for the full moon.

Krillin faces Chiaotzu, the tiny Crane School fighter who floats in the air and fires Dodon Rays from a single finger. When Goku reveals he killed Mercenary Tao, Master Shen orders Chiaotzu to finish Krillin immediately, and the bald monk counters by charging up a Kamehameha of his own.

Krillin dodges Chiaotzu's finishing Dodon Ray and tags him with a direct Kamehameha. When Chiaotzu freezes him with telekinesis, Krillin realizes the trick behind the psychic power and uses simple arithmetic to break free and win the match in one of the cleverest upsets of the tournament.

The celebrity fighter Pamput shows off his speed and power to intimidate Goku, only to get knocked out by a single counter strike. Tien notices the move was actually three lightning-fast hits disguised as one, and the tournament brackets advance to the long-awaited clash between Tien Shinhan and Jackie Chun.

The first semifinal of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament begins with Jackie Chun and Tien Shinhan exchanging blocked strikes, aerial combos, and signature techniques. Jackie deploys the Multiple Afterimage, but Tien's third eye sees straight through the illusion, and the two warriors leave the crowd breathless before the real battle even begins.

Jackie Chun faces a suddenly serious Tien Shinhan in the World Martial Arts Tournament quarterfinals. After surviving the blinding Solar Flare and a stolen Kamehameha, Jackie stuns the crowd by voluntarily stepping out of the ring, quietly passing the torch to the next generation of fighters.

The sixth match of the Twenty-Second Tenka'ichi Budokai pits Kame-Sen'nin's two remaining pupils against each other, as Goku and Kuririn finally square off for the right to challenge Tenshinhan in the finals. Backstage, Tenshinhan boasts about inheriting Tao Pai-pai's mantle as the world's top hitman.

The semifinal between the two Turtle School pupils escalates as Kuririn pulls out his Balloon Technique to dodge a finishing kick, Goku weaponizes his Kamehameha as a propulsion trick, and the little monk finally lands a hold on his friend's one glaring weakness while Kame-Sen'nin looks on in approval.

Goku reveals that hard training has erased his old tail weakness, then knocks Kuririn out of the ring with a speed the audience cannot even track. With the Turtle School's little monk eliminated, the stage is finally set for the long-awaited final against Tenshinhan.

Only Goku and Tenshinhan remain from a field of one hundred eighty-two entrants. The three-eyed warrior answers Goku's opening assault with a devastating Dodonpa and a punishing Machine Gun Punch, leaving the Turtle School's champion pinned against the arena wall and asked to choose between Heaven and Hell.

Tenshinhan tosses Goku up and turns him into a volleyball with the absurd Haikyu-Ken. When Goku stands back up unshaken and declares he has been fighting at "match use power" only, the true final begins and the three-eyed warrior admits he has never felt so alive in combat.

Goku overwhelms Tenshinhan with an Afterimage sequence, then counters the blinding Taiyo-Ken by borrowing Kame-Sen'nin's sunglasses. But when he moves in for a finishing blow, an invisible force locks his body in place, and Tsuru-Sen'nin laughs knowingly from the stands.

Chiaotzu's secret interference is exposed during the tournament finals as the Crane Hermit orders his students to cheat and kill Goku. Tien Shinhan rebels against his master, choosing to win on his own merit, and Roshi blasts the Crane Hermit out of the arena to free both students from his grip.

The World Tournament finals between Goku and Tien Shinhan escalates into an arms race of special techniques. Tien unveils the Four Witches Technique to sprout extra limbs, Goku counters with his own improvised response, and the match spirals toward a climactic conclusion as Tien takes to the sky and prepares the deadly Tri-Beam.

Tien Shinhan commits everything he has left to a single finishing technique, aiming his Tri-Beam directly at the tournament ring and obliterating it entirely. Goku survives by leaping free at the last possible instant, then weaponizes his own depleted reserves to launch a reverse Kamehameha that turns him into a projectile.

A mid-air headbutt sends Tien Shinhan and Goku plunging off the Tournament grounds, and a passing truck ultimately decides the championship. After Tien accepts victory, the friends regroup backstage only to stumble onto a horrifying scene: Krillin lies dead, killed by an intruder who stole the Four-Star Dragon Ball and the fighter registration list.

Consumed by rage over Krillin's murder, Goku races off on the Flying Nimbus to hunt the killer. Master Roshi identifies a symbol left at the crime scene as the mark of King Piccolo, a long-sealed demon recently freed by Pilaf. The villain schemes to collect the Dragon Balls for eternal youth and systematically exterminate every tournament finalist.

Weakened from his tournament bout, Goku confronts Tambourine and is badly outmatched. The demon destroys the Flying Nimbus with a mouth blast and knocks Goku deep into the jungle. Aboard Pilaf's airship, King Piccolo posts the tournament roster on the wall and begins planning the systematic execution of every finalist.

King Piccolo births a second dragon henchman called Cymbal and dispatches him to gather the remaining Dragon Balls while Tambourine continues hunting fighters. At Kame House the team hatches a plan to revive Krillin, only to learn via news bulletin that Namu has already been murdered. Meanwhile, Goku finally stirs awake in the jungle.

A restored Goku devours a roasting fish and finds himself in a scuffle with the hungry stranger who caught it, a chubby sword-wielding wanderer wearing a Dragon Ball around his neck. Their tussle is interrupted when another winged demon drops from the sky demanding the very same Dragon Ball.

Goku encounters a brash, pudgy swordsman named Yajirobe while a dragon-like spawn of King Piccolo named Cymbal arrives to seize a Dragon Ball. After settling who gets to fight the monster with a game of rock-paper-scissors, Yajirobe draws his katana, slices Cymbal in half, and proceeds to roast the creature for dinner.

King Piccolo dispatches Tambourine to hunt down Cymbal's killer while the demon continues his own gruesome mission, slaughtering tournament veterans one by one. After brutally finishing off Giran and crossing his name off the list, Tambourine changes course toward Goku and Yajirobe, setting up an inevitable rematch with the boy who has a personal score to settle.

With a full stomach and a heart full of vengeance for Krillin, Goku finally unleashes his real power on Tambourine. The demon who mocked him before is about to learn that hunger was the only thing holding the monkey-tailed warrior back. This rematch is nothing like their first encounter.

Furious over the deaths of Cymbal and Tambourine, King Piccolo decides to punish their killer in person. Master Roshi and Tien chase a Dragon Ball of their own, plotting to steal Piccolo's stash, while Goku unknowingly stands in the path of the ancient demon about to drop from the sky.

Goku finally trades blows with the ancient demon who murdered his best friend. His speed catches King Piccolo off guard for a split second, but the Great Namekian warns that he is still holding half his power in reserve. Even a full Kamehameha cannot scratch the monster.

For the first time in his young life, Son Goku is beaten so badly that even his enemy thinks he is dead. King Piccolo claims the Four-Star Ball and flies off to finish his wish, while a reluctant Yajirobe discovers a faint heartbeat and rushes the broken boy toward the only place that can save him.

With Goku broken and only one move left that might stop King Piccolo, Master Roshi makes a quiet decision no one around him fully understands. He knocks his own student unconscious to keep him safe, hides the Dragon Balls with Chiaotzu, and calls the Demon King down for a final lesson from the past.

Master Roshi reveals a secret he has carried since his youth and unleashes the legendary sealing technique that once bested this very demon. The Evil Containment Wave locks King Piccolo in its grip, but the old master's aim falters at the worst possible moment, and the cost of the attempt is his life.

With all seven Dragon Balls gathered, King Piccolo summons Shenron and demands the one thing he craves most: the restoration of his youth. Tien devises a desperate counter-plan, sending Chiaotzu to blurt out a wish before the demon can speak, but Piccolo silences the little warrior with a lethal blast and claims his prize without opposition.

King Piccolo, drunk on his newly restored power, kills the Eternal Dragon Shenron to ensure no one can undo his wish. As the dragon's signals vanish from the radar, Goku and Yajirobe arrive at the base of Korin Tower, where old friends Upa and Bora await. Meanwhile, the Pilaf Gang discovers just how expendable they truly are.

King Piccolo storms King Castle in Central City, cutting through waves of guards with terrifying ease as he seeks to claim the throne. Meanwhile, Goku clings to Yajirobe's back as the swordsman grudgingly scales Korin Tower, complaining every step of the way while Goku dozes off above the clouds.

King Piccolo seizes control of Earth's government by threatening King Furry with total annihilation, leveling a section of Central City to prove his sincerity. At Korin Tower, Goku heals with a Senzu Bean and begs for more training, but Korin reveals he has nothing left to teach. Just as hope seems lost, the old cat mentions one last option: the Ultra Divine Water.

Korin reveals the terrifying truth behind the Ultra Divine Water: it is a deadly poison that has killed every warrior who ever attempted to drink it. Goku, driven by the need to avenge his fallen friends, swallows the entire cup without hesitation and endures six agonizing hours before his body conquers the toxin and unlocks a surge of hidden power.

Tien breaks the news of Roshi and Chiaotzu's deaths to the group at Kame House, then reveals he has mastered the Evil Containment Wave. King Piccolo hijacks a global broadcast to declare himself ruler of the world and promises to abolish all law and order. On Korin Tower, a transformed Goku receives a new Flying Nimbus from the great cloud itself and sets off to face the Demon King.

King Piccolo unveils a sadistic annual lottery on live television: each year he will draw a numbered card and obliterate the corresponding district. The first card targets West City, sending Bulma into a panic. Tien arrives at King Castle ready to use the Evil Containment Wave, only to find his rice cooker has cracked. Piccolo then spawns a new monster named Drum.

Tien throws everything he has at the monstrous Drum but cannot overcome the creature's speed and durability. Beaten to the ground and moments from execution, Tien is saved by the sudden arrival of Goku, who knocks Drum aside with a single blow. Goku's devastating knee strike signals that the real battle is about to begin.

Goku arrives at King Castle and obliterates Drum with a single devastating knee strike, stunning both King Piccolo and Tien Shinhan with his newfound power. As the young warrior squares off against the Demon King himself, their clash shakes the castle grounds, with Goku matching Piccolo blow for blow in a fierce opening exchange.

Goku and King Piccolo trade blows at full intensity as the decisive battle at King Castle escalates. After battering the Demon King with blinding speed, Goku senses that Piccolo has been holding back. When Piccolo finally begins unleashing his true power, even a casual swing of his arm generates a wind blast strong enough to push Goku backward.

The battle between Goku and King Piccolo reaches a boiling point as both fighters commit to full power. After Piccolo lands a devastating punch that buries Goku in a crater, the young warrior rebounds with a cunning Bending Kamehameha that curves around Piccolo and strikes him from behind. The two warriors continue to trade punishing blows with neither gaining a clear edge.

King Piccolo cripples Goku's leg with his Eye Lasers, but Goku improvises by using his Power Pole as a launching pad to deliver a crushing knee to the Demon King's face. As Bulma and Yamcha fly toward the battlefield, Piccolo escalates the conflict by destroying the Power Pole and unleashing his Explosive Demon Wave, leveling an entire section of Central City.

King Piccolo's Explosive Demon Wave reduces King Castle and its surroundings to a barren wasteland, but Goku survives thanks to Tien Shinhan's last-ditch rescue. With Goku's leg shattered and Tien completely drained, Piccolo takes a hostage, seizing Tien by the head and threatening to crush his skull if Goku dares to move.

Piccolo systematically dismantles Goku by destroying both his left arm and left leg while holding Tien hostage. Reduced to a single functioning arm and leg, Goku faces the Demon King's final dive attack and channels every last ounce of energy into a Kamehameha-propelled punch, launching himself skyward for one desperate collision.

Goku's Kamehameha-propelled fist punches clean through King Piccolo's chest, ending the Demon King's reign of terror once and for all. In his dying moments, Piccolo spits out a final egg containing his offspring, Piccolo Jr., who hatches almost immediately and swears vengeance. Yajirobe catches the falling Goku and carries him to safety as the world celebrates its liberation.

After recovering atop Korin Tower, Goku learns that the Power Pole once served as the physical link between Korin Tower and God's Palace high above. With Shenron destroyed and no Dragon Balls to revive the fallen, Korin reveals that only God, the creator of the Dragon Balls, can restore the dragon. Goku embarks on a frantic search to retrieve his Power Pole before ascending to meet God.

Goku ascends above Korin Tower on his Power Pole, arriving at the Lookout for the first time. There he encounters Mr. Popo, Kami's enigmatic servant, who challenges Goku to a fight before he can meet God. Despite his confidence, Goku finds himself completely outclassed by Popo's speed and technique, unable to land a single blow.

After being thoroughly outmatched by Mr. Popo, Goku refuses to leave the Lookout, determined to meet God and revive the fallen. Popo teaches Goku about emptiness of mind and perceiving without sight. When God finally emerges from the temple, Goku is horrified to discover that he looks exactly like Piccolo Daimao, leading to a revelation about their shared origin.

God restores Shenlong to life, making an immediate wish possible. Krillin, Master Roshi, Chiaotzu, and all others killed by Piccolo Daimao are revived. Goku commits to three years of intensive training at the Lookout in preparation for the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, where Piccolo's offspring is certain to appear seeking revenge.

Three years of training have passed, and the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai is about to begin. Goku descends from the Lookout and reunites with his old friends at Papaya Island, stunning everyone with how much he has grown. Among the competitors, a tall mysterious young man watches from the shadows, and Goku senses something deeply unsettling about him.

The 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai preliminaries begin with only 72 entrants. Chiaotzu uses his powers to scatter the group across different blocks. Goku dispatches King Chapa with a single strike, demonstrating the fruits of his divine training. The preliminaries end on a shocking note when Chiaotzu is brutally defeated by a cyborg opponent who reveals himself to be Tao Pai-pai.

Tao Pai-pai reveals he was revived as a cyborg and intends to kill both Goku and Tenshinhan. As the preliminaries conclude, eight finalists emerge: Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Piccolo Jr., Tao Pai-pai, a mysterious young woman, and a clumsy competitor whose accidental wins conceal hidden ability. The bracket is drawn for the finals.

The 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai finals begin with Tenshinhan facing his former master's brother, the cyborg Tao Pai-pai. Goku confidently predicts that Tenshinhan is far too strong for the assassin. Master Shen talks trash while Master Roshi stays composed. The first match gets underway and Tenshinhan immediately proves Goku right.

Tenshinhan completely dominates Tao Pai-pai, dodging every attack and pleading with his former superior to surrender. Tao resorts to hidden weapons, pulling a blade from his mechanical arm and slashing Tenshinhan across the chest. Disqualified for using weapons, Tao abandons the rules and fires a Super Dodon Wave, but Tenshinhan nullifies it with a kiai and finishes the fight with one punch.

The 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament takes a surprising turn when Goku's mysterious female opponent reveals herself as Chi-Chi, the Ox-King's daughter. She has returned to hold Goku to a childhood promise he barely remembers: to make her his bride. After a brief exchange in the ring, Goku ends the match with a single shockwave punch, only to learn the truth and honor his word.

Krillin squares off against Piccolo in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, refusing to back down despite the enormous gap in power. Using clever tactics like the Double Tsuibikidan and the Flight technique, Krillin manages to land a solid hit on his demonic opponent. However, Piccolo quickly takes control with superior speed and force, warning that he has yet to reveal his true strength.

Piccolo unleashes his serious side against Krillin, stretching his arm to grab and pummel the smaller fighter. Krillin gambles everything on a full-power Kamehameha, but Piccolo outsmarts him with the Afterimage Technique and delivers a crushing counterattack. Outclassed and battered, Krillin makes the difficult decision to forfeit the match rather than risk further punishment.

The fourth match of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament pits Yamcha against a plain-looking old man named Shen. Yamcha underestimates his opponent from the start, only to be humiliated by a series of clumsy but devastating counterattacks. What begins as comedy turns serious as Shen reveals fighting skill far beyond his appearance, leaving everyone wondering who he truly is.

Yamcha throws everything he has at the mysterious Shen, including his brand new Spirit Ball technique, but nothing is enough. Even after landing a direct hit, Shen ends the fight with a single devastating elbow that sends Yamcha stumbling out of bounds. Defeated and bewildered, Yamcha demands to know his opponent's identity, but Shen only winks at Goku and promises the truth will come soon.

Goku and Tien Shinhan clash in the semifinals of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. Tien initially holds the advantage with superior speed, but the tide turns when Goku removes his weighted training gear, over a hundred kilograms carried throughout the entire tournament. Freed from that burden, Goku demonstrates blinding speed and steals Tien's belt as proof.

After the humiliating obi incident, Tien Shinhan unveils the Multi-Form technique, splitting his body into four independent copies. The four Tiens surround Goku from all corners of the ring and unleash a coordinated energy barrage. Though struck by the assault, Goku remains standing and calmly announces he has already identified two critical weaknesses in the technique.

Goku exposes the fatal flaws in Tien Shinhan's Multi-Form and wins their semifinal decisively. First, the four copies rely entirely on their eyes, which Goku neutralizes with a Solar Flare. Second, splitting into four divides all power by four, leaving each copy too weak to resist. Goku knocks all four out of the ring in rapid succession and advances to the finals.

With the semifinals concluded, the sixth match of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament pits the mysterious Shen against Piccolo Jr. to determine who will face Goku in the finals. Behind the scenes, Kami reveals that he has borrowed Shen's body for the sole purpose of confronting the reincarnation of Piccolo Daimao before it is too late.

Kami's plan to seal Piccolo Jr. away with the Evil Containment Wave backfires spectacularly when Piccolo reverses the technique and traps Kami inside a small bottle instead. With God now imprisoned and helpless, the fate of the world rests entirely on Goku's shoulders as the tournament finals approach.

Piccolo Jr. advances to the finals after sealing Kami inside a bottle, and the true stakes of the tournament become clear to Goku's allies. When Goku demands the bottle back, Piccolo swallows it whole, ensuring that killing him is the only way to free God. The grand finals of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai are set: Goku versus the reincarnation of King Piccolo.

The finals of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament begin as Goku and Piccolo Jr. collide for the first time. Their opening exchange reveals the staggering gap between these two fighters and everyone else. After absorbing a punishing barrage of ki blasts, Goku emerges barely scratched, and both warriors agree to stop holding back.

With their warm-up behind them, Goku and Piccolo Jr. escalate the battle to terrifying new heights. Piccolo resorts to a devastating Makosen that obliterates distant mountains, and Goku narrowly avoids a ring-out by propelling himself back with a Reverse Kamehameha. Landing safely, Goku announces he is ready to counter with a Super Kamehameha.

Goku prepares to fire a Super Kamehameha, but Master Roshi reminds him that killing Piccolo means killing Kami as well. Just as Goku hesitates, Krillin shouts that the Dragon Balls can revive God afterward. With this lifeline in mind, Goku unleashes the Super Kamehameha and overpowers Piccolo's counterattack, scoring a direct hit on the Demon King's reincarnation.

Piccolo Jr. survives the Super Kamehameha and returns to the ring, where the audience finally recognizes his resemblance to King Piccolo. Piccolo confirms their fears, declaring himself the Demon King's reincarnation. The crowd flees in terror, and Piccolo unveils a shocking transformation, growing to the size of a Great Ape to crush Goku with brute force.

Goku exploits the weaknesses of Piccolo's enormous form, flipping the giant over by a single finger. When Piccolo grows even larger, Goku turns the size advantage against him by launching himself into Piccolo's mouth with a Kamehameha. Once inside, Goku retrieves the bottle containing Kami and escapes, tossing the bottle to Tenshinhan, who frees God at last.

Piccolo reverts from his giant form and the two warriors clash at impossible speed, trading blows so fast that even Kami cannot track them. Goku improvises a Kamehameha rocket boost from his feet and lands a devastating double-fist strike, but Piccolo answers with a punishing Antenna Beam that leaves Goku reeling on the tiles.

Goku shrugs off Piccolo's hardest punch and declares that he has grown slightly stronger than the demon heir. Piccolo unleashes a Chasing Bullet that homes in relentlessly, but Goku turns the tracking blast against its owner. Cornered and one-armed, Piccolo rips off his destroyed limb, regenerates a new one, and begins channeling power for something catastrophic.

Piccolo channels the most terrifying ki Goku has ever sensed and unleashes a Hyper Explosive Demon Wave that obliterates the entire tournament island. Tien blasts a shelter into the earth with his Tri-Beam, saving the spectators from incineration. When the dust settles over a barren wasteland, Goku is still standing, virtually unscathed.

Goku seizes the momentum and unleashes a brutal Meteor Combination capped by a Super Kamehameha that buries Piccolo in a crater. The announcer begins the ten count, and victory seems certain. Then, at the count of nine, Piccolo fires an Explosive Breath Cannon that pierces clean through Goku's shoulder.

Piccolo systematically destroys Goku's body, breaking both of his legs and crippling his left arm until no limb remains functional. With Goku pinned and bleeding out, Kami begs Tien to kill the Guardian so that Piccolo will die alongside him. Tien agrees, but Goku forbids it and declares that he will still win this fight.

Piccolo's Explosive Demon Wave tears into the ground and appears to vaporize Goku entirely. The demon celebrates what he believes is Son Goku's death. Then Tien spots a figure rocketing through the sky: Goku has learned to fly. A headbutt to Piccolo's gut from behind sends the demon crashing outside the ring, and Goku wins the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament.

Yajirobe emerges with Senzu Beans and restores Goku to full health. Goku stops Kami from executing the fallen Piccolo, revealing that the Dragon Balls would vanish if their creator died. He then feeds a Senzu to his defeated enemy, letting Piccolo fly away to fight another day. Kami offers Goku the position of Earth's Guardian, but Goku declines and rides off on Flying Nimbus with Chi-Chi.

Five years after the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, a space pod crashes in a remote field and a long-haired warrior in battle armor emerges. He kills a farmer with a flicked bullet, detects a high power level on his scouter, and flies off searching for someone called Kakarot. A brief encounter with Piccolo leaves the Namekian frozen with fear, and a final panel reveals Kakarot is Goku.

Five years after the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, Goku reunites with old friends at Kame House and introduces his young son, Gohan. The peaceful gathering turns deadly when a mysterious alien warrior lands on the island, calls Goku by the name Kakarrot, and sends Krillin crashing through the house with a single swipe of his tail.

The alien warrior reveals himself as Raditz, Goku's older brother, and drops a bombshell: Goku is a Saiyan sent to Earth as an infant to exterminate all life on the planet. When Goku refuses to join the remaining Saiyans, Raditz kidnaps young Gohan and issues a horrifying ultimatum.

With Gohan abducted and Raditz far too powerful for any one fighter to handle, Goku faces an impossible choice. Help arrives from the last person anyone expected: Piccolo steps out of hiding and proposes a temporary alliance, arguing that only the two strongest warriors on Earth fighting together stand any chance of survival.

Goku and Piccolo arrive at the Spinach Wastes to confront Raditz, who has locked the crying Gohan inside his space pod. The Saiyan's scouter reveals alarming readings from the child, but Raditz dismisses them as a malfunction. When the two warriors shed their weighted training gear and power up, Raditz laughs them off and delivers a devastating opening strike.

Goku and Piccolo launch a coordinated assault against Raditz, but the Saiyan warrior effortlessly outclasses them at every turn. After deflecting their best combination attacks, Raditz fires twin blasts that catch Piccolo's left arm, reducing it to a bloody stump. As the situation grows dire, Piccolo reveals he has been developing a devastating new technique.

Piccolo unveils his secret weapon, the Special Beam Cannon, a concentrated drilling beam powerful enough to kill Raditz in a single hit. The catch is that it requires precious time to charge, so Goku must hold Raditz's attention alone. In a desperate gambit, Goku fires a Bending Kamehameha to buy time, but Raditz catches it and retaliates with a devastating counterattack.

Raditz narrowly dodges the Special Beam Cannon, proving its lethal potential but leaving the fighters with no easy second chance. Goku manages to grab Raditz's tail to immobilize him, but falls for his brother's desperate begging and releases his grip. Pinned under Raditz's boot with all hope fading, the chapter ends with Gohan exploding out of the space pod in a burst of rage.

Gohan's hidden power explodes as the four-year-old headbutts Raditz hard enough to crack his armor. Though the burst fades quickly, it creates just enough of an opening for Goku to lock Raditz in a full nelson and hold him in place. Piccolo fires the Special Beam Cannon a final time, and the spiraling beam pierces straight through both brothers, ending the battle at the cost of Goku's life.

Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon tears through both Raditz and Goku, killing them instantly. As Raditz lies dying, he reveals that two far more powerful Saiyans have been listening to the entire battle and will arrive on Earth within a year. In the depths of space, Vegeta and Nappa learn of the Dragon Balls and set course for Earth with ambitions of their own.

With Goku dead, his friends scramble to collect the Dragon Balls while Piccolo claims Gohan for combat training. Meanwhile, in the afterlife, Kami escorts Goku to Enma-Daio's Check-In Station and arranges for him to travel the million-kilometer Serpent Road to train under the mysterious King Kai. The clock begins ticking toward the Saiyans' arrival.

Piccolo wastes no time breaking the news to Gohan: his father is dead, and two Saiyans far stronger than Raditz are heading for Earth. Convinced that Gohan's hidden power is essential for the planet's survival, Piccolo begins pushing the terrified boy to his limits. A single throw toward a mountain triggers an explosive burst of energy that proves his potential is very real.

Piccolo abandons Gohan in the wilderness for six months of solo survival training, forcing the sheltered boy to fend off dinosaurs and find food on his own. High above on the Lookout, Kami and Mr. Popo observe that this Piccolo seems fundamentally different from his demonic predecessor, suggesting he may be trying to leave something meaningful behind before the Saiyans arrive.

Gohan sees a full moon for the first time and transforms into a Great Ape, rampaging through the wilderness and threatening to destroy the area before the Saiyans even arrive. Piccolo solves the problem by blowing up the moon itself, then removes Gohan's tail permanently. He outfits the sleeping boy with a sword and a training uniform bearing his own demon kanji.

Bulma cracks Raditz's scouter and uses it to measure everyone's battle power, revealing the scattered strength of Earth's fighters. Yajirobe arrives with orders from Korin: Kuririn, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, and Chiaotzu must all report to Kami's Lookout for divine training. Six months fly by as both groups grow stronger, and Gohan transforms from a frightened child into a resourceful survivor.

Piccolo drills Gohan in combat while Goku finally reaches the end of Serpent Road and discovers King Kai's tiny planet. The extreme gravity, ten times Earth's, turns every movement into a struggle. Goku mistakes King Kai's pet monkey Bubbles for the legendary god himself, leading to an embarrassing misunderstanding before the real King Kai appears and agrees to train him, on one condition.

Goku begins training under King Kai by chasing his pet monkey Bubbles across a planet with ten times Earth's gravity. After forty grueling days he finally catches Bubbles, prompting King Kai to consider teaching him the Kaio-ken. On Earth, Gohan warms up to Piccolo, and Kami declares the Z Fighters have surpassed him and sends them home to prepare for the Saiyans.

Goku completes his Spirit Bomb training under King Kai, but a critical miscalculation about travel time forces an urgent plan into action. Through telepathy, Goku contacts Master Roshi and arranges for Shenron to restore his life immediately. With his halo vanishing, Goku races down Snake Way at full speed, while the Saiyans touch down on Earth the very next morning.

The Saiyans finally land on Earth, obliterating East City as a casual greeting. Vegeta and Nappa use their scouters to locate the planet's strongest fighter, setting a direct course for Piccolo and Gohan. Warriors across the globe sense the terrifying new power levels and scramble to converge on the battlefield before it is too late.

Vegeta reveals that Piccolo is a Namekian, shattering assumptions about his origins and the Dragon Balls' creation. Rather than fight the Earthlings directly, the Saiyans plant six Saibamen to test them. The Z Fighters accept the challenge to buy time for Goku, and Tien steps up first, defeating his Saibaman with clinical efficiency.

The Saibamen battles continue with deadly consequences. Vegeta executes his own defeated Saibaman for its weakness, and Yamcha volunteers to fight next so that Krillin, who has already been revived by the Dragon Balls once, can be spared. Yamcha appears to win easily, but his victory is ripped away in a horrifying instant.

Krillin unleashes a devastating attack that wipes out most of the Saibamen, and Piccolo dispatches the sole survivor before it can reach Gohan. With the warm-up over, Vegeta and Nappa emerge completely unscathed. Nappa powers up to face all five remaining defenders on his own, and the Earth itself trembles under his energy.

Nappa begins his assault on the Z Fighters with horrifying efficiency. He targets Tien first, ripping his arm clean off in a single blow. Krillin's counterattack is brushed aside, and Chiaotzu makes a desperate, selfless decision. Latching onto Nappa's back, he channels every ounce of his energy into a final self-destructing explosion, sacrificing himself to protect his friends.

With Chiaotzu's sacrifice proven futile, Piccolo devises a coordinated assault on Nappa. The plan hinges on Gohan delivering the finishing blow, but the boy freezes in terror at the decisive moment. Tien pours his remaining life force into a Spirit Tri-Beam that shatters Nappa's armor but fails to wound him. Tien collapses and dies, leaving Krillin screaming for Goku.

With Tien dead and the survivors outmatched, the situation grows more desperate by the second. Piccolo suggests fighting on the ground to neutralize Nappa's aerial advantage. Then Vegeta makes a surprising decision: upon learning that the mysterious Goku is actually Kakarot, he grants a three-hour ceasefire to see if this so-called secret weapon is worth the wait.

With the three-hour grace period expired and Goku still absent, Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin face Nappa once more with dwindling hope. Piccolo devises a desperate plan to exploit the Saiyan tail weakness, but the elite warriors have overcome that vulnerability. Meanwhile, Goku finishes Snake Way and races toward the battlefield, fueled by a Senzu Bean from Korin.

Nappa turns his fury on Gohan and Krillin, battering the young half-Saiyan with savage force. Krillin retaliates with the Destructo Disc, a razor-sharp energy blade that narrowly misses cleaving Nappa in two. Just as all seems lost, Piccolo recovers and senses an enormous ki approaching: Son Goku has nearly arrived.

Vegeta orders Nappa to kill the remaining fighters before Goku arrives. In a moment of self-sacrifice, Gohan steps forward to protect Piccolo, knowing that if the Namekian dies, Kami and the Dragon Balls vanish forever. But it is Nappa who strikes first, launching an explosive blast at Gohan. Piccolo throws himself in front of the boy, taking the full force of the attack.

Piccolo collapses after shielding Gohan from Nappa's blast, and with his final words reveals the bond the two have formed over months of training together. Kami fades away alongside him, erasing the Dragon Balls from existence. A grief-stricken Gohan unleashes the Masenko in retaliation, but it is not enough. Just as Nappa moves in for the kill, Goku arrives on the battlefield at last.

Goku surveys the devastation left by the Saiyan attack, finding the bodies of Piccolo, Yamcha, and Tien and learning of Chiaotzu's death. Consumed by a cold fury, he shares his last Senzu Bean with Gohan and Krillin, then tells them to leave the fight to him alone. As his power level soars past 8,000, he demonstrates just how outclassed Nappa truly is.

Goku systematically dismantles Nappa, dedicating each devastating blow to a fallen comrade. The elite Saiyan warrior cannot land a single hit, and every counter-attack Goku delivers carries the names of Chiaotzu, Yamcha, Tien, and Piccolo. Vegeta watches with growing interest, recognizing that Nappa is completely outmatched and that his own turn to fight is approaching.

Nappa throws everything he has at Goku, including his most powerful mouth blast, but Goku neutralizes it with a Kamehameha. Vegeta pulls Nappa from the fight to step in himself. Defying the order, Nappa dives toward Krillin and Gohan in a vengeful last attack. Goku activates the Kaio-ken for the first time in combat, intercepting Nappa in a flash and leaving the Saiyan completely paralyzed.

Goku explains the Kaio-ken to Krillin and Gohan, revealing both its power-multiplying potential and its dangerous toll on the body. Vegeta disposes of his own partner in cold blood, killing Nappa for being useless. Goku sends his friends away to safety, shares a quiet farewell with Krillin and Gohan, then follows Vegeta to a remote rocky wasteland where the true battle between Saiyans will begin.

Goku and Vegeta finally clash one on one, trading blows at blinding speed across the barren wasteland. Vegeta mocks Goku as a low-class warrior unworthy of challenging a super elite, but Goku refuses to back down and unleashes the Kaio-ken technique to close the overwhelming gap between them.

Vegeta unleashes his full elite power, shaking the entire planet as he dominates the fight against Goku. Even with the Kaio-ken doubled, Goku cannot keep up. Outmatched and running out of options, Goku makes the dangerous decision to push his body to the limit with Kaio-ken times three.

Goku activates Kaio-ken times three and turns the entire battle on its head. His power soars beyond anything the scouter at Kame House can measure, and Vegeta finds himself on the receiving end of a relentless barrage. King Kai watches in horror, knowing Goku's body may not withstand the strain.

Humiliated and enraged, Vegeta decides to destroy the entire planet rather than accept defeat at the hands of a low-class Saiyan. He launches his devastating Galick Gun at the Earth itself, and Goku is forced to counter with a Kaio-ken powered Kamehameha to save everything he loves.

Goku's body is wrecked from overusing the Kaio-ken, and Vegeta survives the Kamehameha blast. With the moon already destroyed by Piccolo, Vegeta reveals that a Saiyan elite can create an artificial moon using a Power Ball, and he begins his terrifying transformation into a Great Ape.

Great Ape Vegeta towers over the battlefield with ten times his normal power, and Goku is helpless against the onslaught. After a desperate Solar Flare buys him precious seconds, Goku begins gathering energy from the Earth and its living creatures for the Spirit Bomb, his only remaining hope.

Goku finishes gathering energy for the Spirit Bomb, but before he can release it, Great Ape Vegeta spots him and fires a devastating mouth blast that destroys the rock formation beneath him. With his left shoulder shattered and the Spirit Bomb lost, Goku is left completely at Vegeta's mercy.

Great Ape Vegeta slowly crushes the life out of Goku as Krillin and Gohan arrive to mount a desperate rescue. Krillin's Destructo Disc nearly severs Vegeta's tail but misses when the giant leaps over it. Just when all seems lost, Yajirobe emerges from hiding and slices off the tail with his katana, forcing Vegeta back to normal.

With Vegeta's tail severed and his Great Ape form lost, the battle at Gizard Wasteland enters a desperate new phase. Krillin and Gohan struggle to mount any offense against the enraged Saiyan prince, who brutalizes them one by one. But when Vegeta turns his cruelty on the helpless Goku, something snaps inside Gohan, and the young half-Saiyan declares he will be the one to defeat Vegeta.

Goku transfers the remaining Spirit Bomb energy to Krillin, placing the Earth's fate in his best friend's hands. As Gohan struggles to survive Vegeta's relentless assault, Krillin perches atop a rocky outcropping and tries to find the right moment to strike. King Kai reaches out telepathically to guide him, but Yajirobe's panicked shouting alerts Vegeta at the worst possible moment.

The Spirit Bomb sails toward Vegeta, but the Saiyan prince dodges it at the last second and all hope appears lost. Goku reaches out to Gohan telepathically, knowing that a pure heart can redirect the attack. Gohan bounces the Spirit Bomb squarely into Vegeta, and the explosion seems to end the battle. Yet Vegeta survives, rising battered but alive and swearing to destroy the Earth.

Vegeta seethes with rage, less from his wounds than from the shame of struggling against warriors he considers beneath him. He unleashes a burst of remaining power, but the defenders cling to life. When Vegeta notices that Gohan's Saiyan tail has regrown, the tide shifts once more as the young half-Saiyan begins a terrifying transformation under the artificial moonlight.

Gohan completes his Great Ape transformation and unleashes primal fury on Vegeta. Unlike his father, Gohan retains a sliver of awareness thanks to his half-human nature, and Krillin directs the rampaging giant toward the Saiyan prince. Vegeta forms a Destructo Disc to sever Gohan's tail, but the reverting Ape's massive body crushes him on the way down, leaving both fighters unconscious.

Vegeta crawls toward his arriving space pod as Krillin picks up Yajirobe's katana and moves in for the kill. King Kai watches approvingly, but Goku telepathically begs Krillin to stop. He asks his friend to let Vegeta go, driven by a Saiyan warrior's desire to surpass and defeat the prince on his own terms. Krillin reluctantly drops the sword, and Vegeta escapes into space with a final warning.

The survivors gather at Gizard Wasteland to collect the fallen. Chi-Chi ignores her broken husband entirely and rushes to embrace the unconscious Gohan. When Bulma suggests using the Dragon Balls to revive their dead friends, Goku delivers crushing news: Piccolo's death means the Dragon Balls no longer exist. Hope returns when Krillin recalls the Saiyans mentioning Dragon Balls on Planet Namek.

King Kai provides the coordinates of Planet Namek and reveals that Namekians still survive there. Bulma calculates that conventional spacecraft would take over four thousand years to arrive, so the group pins its hopes on a Saiyan pod. When Bulma accidentally triggers its self-destruct, all seems lost until Mr. Popo appears at the hospital window with news about another ship.

Mr. Popo takes Bulma to the desolate Yunzabit Heights to investigate a strange structure that may be connected to Kami's forgotten past. When they discover the object responds to the Namekian language, Bulma realizes it is a fully functional spaceship, and a successful test flight to Jupiter confirms their ticket to Planet Namek.

With Kami's spaceship repaired by Capsule Corporation, Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan prepare for the voyage to Planet Namek. Gohan defies his mother's protests, and after ten days of preparation the crew launches from Kame House, with Gohan revealing a custom outfit modeled after Piccolo's gi once they are in space.

Seven days into the voyage, Krillin and Gohan train through image sparring while Bulma battles boredom. Meanwhile, Vegeta arrives at Planet Frieza 79 in critical condition, heals in a medical tank, and learns that Frieza has already departed for Planet Namek to claim the Dragon Balls. Enraged, Vegeta races to his pod and launches in pursuit.

Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan land on Planet Namek and confirm the Dragon Radar detects the Namekian Dragon Balls. Their excitement is short-lived when a Saiyan-style space pod crashes nearby, signaling Vegeta's arrival. Meanwhile, Frieza and his lieutenants Zarbon and Dodoria are already collecting Dragon Balls by force, leaving a trail of dead Namekians.

Cui tracks Vegeta down and threatens to kill him on Frieza's orders, while Krillin and Gohan face two of Frieza's scouts who destroy their spaceship. Forced to fight, the pair unleash their suppressed power and dispatch the scouts with ease. Vegeta then reveals to Cui that he has learned to control his battle power, a skill that will change the game entirely.

Vegeta demonstrates his newfound ability to control and raise his battle power at will, causing both Cui's and Zarbon's scouters to explode from the spike. Outmatched and desperate, Cui tries every trick he can think of, but Vegeta obliterates him with a single devastating attack. Frieza's forces press onward toward the remaining Dragon Balls.

Krillin and Gohan track Frieza's forces on the Dragon Radar and realize they are heading for another Dragon Ball. On Earth, Master Roshi delivers the grim news to Goku at the hospital, but Yajirobe arrives with Senzu Beans at the perfect moment. Goku eats one, makes a full recovery, and leaps out the window, heading for Capsule Corporation to claim his own spaceship.

Goku arrives at Capsule Corporation to find Dr. Brief finishing a spaceship built from his old Saiyan pod. Equipped with artificial gravity up to 100G, the ship is ready for travel and training. Goku blasts off without waiting for the stereo, beginning his six-day journey as Krillin and Gohan close in on a Namekian village under Frieza's siege.

Frieza descends on a Namekian village to seize its Dragon Ball, but Elder Moori refuses to cooperate. Revealing he has already claimed four Dragon Balls through intimidation and murder, Frieza orders Zarbon to slaughter the adult villagers. When even this fails to break Moori, Frieza threatens the children, pushing Gohan toward fury as he watches from a clifftop.

Three Namekian warriors arrive at the besieged village and immediately engage Frieza's soldiers in combat. Despite Dodoria's scouter reading their power at only 1,000, the warriors are suppressing their true strength and quickly overwhelm the henchmen. Elder Moori, realizing the scouters are how Frieza tracks villages, launches a calculated strike to destroy every scouter on the battlefield.

Dodoria steps forward to handle the three Namekian warriors personally, boasting he will finish them in ten seconds. He delivers on the threat with terrifying efficiency, killing all three in rapid succession. With Moori's resistance broken, Frieza forces him to hand over the village's Dragon Ball and then demands the locations of the remaining two, threatening the children when the elder refuses.

Frieza executes Cargo with a precise Death Beam, and Dodoria snaps Moori's neck moments later. Unable to contain his rage, Gohan launches himself into the fray and kicks Dodoria through a building. Krillin follows with an attack of his own, grabs Dende, and flees with Gohan. Frieza orders Dodoria to pursue the mysterious intruders before they can escape.

Dodoria closes in on the fleeing trio, and Krillin deploys the Solar Flare to blind him. They hide at the base of a mountain, but Dodoria retaliates by obliterating the surrounding islands with a massive energy blast. Krillin, Gohan, and Dende survive by hovering behind Dodoria in midair. Once Dodoria leaves, the group heads back toward Bulma, only for Vegeta to ambush Dodoria from below.

Vegeta confronts the isolated Dodoria in a one-on-one fight, revealing he no longer needs a scouter to sense ki. Dodoria attempts to bargain for his life by revealing that Frieza personally destroyed Planet Vegeta out of fear of the Saiyans' growing power. Vegeta acknowledges the truth, but his rage is entirely selfish, and he executes Dodoria with a single devastating blast.

Vegeta sets out to find the mysterious Earthlings Dodoria mentioned, forcing Gohan, Krillin, and Dende to suppress their ki and hide on a small island. A lucky break saves them when a giant fish distracts Vegeta. The trio reaches Bulma's cave, where they learn Goku is only six days away from arriving on Namek with incredible new training under his belt.

Vegeta attacks another Namekian village and massacres its inhabitants to claim their Dragon Ball. Back at Bulma's cave, Dende explains the Ajissa trees and Namekian culture to the group. When Krillin and Gohan sense the distant ki signatures vanishing, they realize Vegeta is slaughtering villagers. Dende begs the Earthlings to save his people and asks them to visit the Grand Elder.

With Vegeta's stolen Dragon Ball safely hidden, the Saiyan prince grows suspicious as he senses an unfamiliar energy on the move. Meanwhile, Krillin and the young Namekian Dende race across Planet Namek toward the Grand Elder Guru, whose fading life force holds the key to unlocking power beyond imagination.

Goku connects with King Kai's planet through telepathy and learns that Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo have all arrived in the afterlife to train. King Kai identifies the fearsome power on Namek as Frieza and desperately warns Goku to stay away, while Krillin and Dende begin their long flight toward the Grand Elder's home.

Vegeta confronts Zarbon in midair and reveals that he killed Dodoria. The two warriors clash above the Namekian landscape, with Vegeta's dramatically increased power allowing him to dominate the exchange. However, Zarbon warns that he has been holding back a terrible secret: a monstrous transformation that amplifies his strength far beyond his elegant exterior.

Zarbon reveals his grotesque transformed state and turns the fight against Vegeta decisively. After pummeling the Saiyan prince and driving him headfirst into the ground, Zarbon leaves him for dead. But Vegeta barely survives, dragging himself from the water with a vow to grow even stronger from the brink of death.

Frieza learns of Vegeta's village raids and summons the elite Ginyu Special Squad to Namek, sensing that a powerful Saiyan threat is growing. Meanwhile, Zarbon retrieves the barely alive Vegeta for interrogation, and Krillin and Dende finally reach the Grand Elder's towering home atop a rocky spire, where the ancient Namekian patriarch and his guardian Nail await them.

The Grand Elder reads Krillin's mind, entrusts him with the One-Star Dragon Ball, and unlocks his dormant potential. Meanwhile, Vegeta heals inside Frieza's medical tank and seizes the chance to break free, killing Appule and racing through the ship to steal all five of Frieza's Dragon Balls while Zarbon and Frieza scramble to figure out what happened.

Gohan recovers the Dragon Ball that Vegeta hid underwater at the destroyed village, while Vegeta executes a daring heist aboard Frieza's ship, blasting all five of the tyrant's Dragon Balls out a window before escaping. As a furious Frieza threatens Zarbon with death, Vegeta surfaces with his stolen treasure and spots Krillin flying overhead with the One-Star Ball.

Vegeta chases Krillin to Bulma's hiding spot to claim the One-Star Dragon Ball, but Zarbon arrives moments later, having spotted them both by pure chance. The rematch between Vegeta and Zarbon's monstrous form begins in earnest, and the Saiyan prince demonstrates that his near-death recovery has closed the gap, blinding Zarbon with a handful of sand before delivering a crushing blow.

Vegeta unleashes his newly amplified strength against Zarbon in their rematch on Namek. After exploiting the Saiyan Power boost he gained from their first encounter, Vegeta overwhelms the transformed warrior, eliminates him without mercy, and secures the Dragon Ball from a terrified Krillin.

Gohan flies back with the Four-Star Dragon Ball only to cross paths with Vegeta. Through quick thinking and a convincing lie about the Dragon Radar, Gohan manages to keep the ball hidden. Meanwhile, Vegeta discovers that his own hidden Dragon Ball has been stolen and races back to the cave, only to find it empty.

Three separate storylines converge as war on Namek draws closer. Gohan and Krillin fly toward Grand Elder Guru's house to unlock Gohan's hidden power, Goku pushes through brutal 100x gravity training aboard his spaceship, and Frieza makes the fateful decision to summon the Ginyu Force after losing contact with Zarbon.

An unlikely alliance forms as Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan join forces against a far greater threat. After Guru unlocks Gohan's dormant power, everyone on Namek senses the approach of five enormous ki signatures. Vegeta identifies them as the Ginyu Force and proposes a desperate deal: give him the Dragon Balls so he can wish for immortality before they arrive.

The Ginyu Force finally touches down on Namek, and Frieza wastes no time deploying them to recover the Dragon Balls and capture Vegeta alive. In a frantic race against the clock, Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan scramble to collect the remaining balls before the elite squad can reach them, but the Ginyu Force arrives at the Dragon Ball site a split second ahead of them.

Outnumbered and outmatched, Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan face off against the Ginyu Force with all seven Dragon Balls at stake. Every attempt to keep even one ball away from the elite squad fails spectacularly, as Burter's blinding speed and Guldo's time-freezing ability shut down each desperate ploy. The Ginyu Force divides up opponents through a game of rock-paper-scissors.

Gohan and Krillin push Guldo to the edge with their speed and teamwork, but the small alien's psychic abilities prove more dangerous than expected. After exhausting his time-freeze technique, Guldo resorts to telekinetic paralysis, leaving the pair completely helpless. Vegeta intervenes with one decisive strike, decapitating Guldo and ending the fight before his allies are skewered.

Vegeta takes on Recoome in a vicious one-on-one battle, throwing everything he has at the towering Ginyu Force member. A devastating power-up, a barrage of crushing blows, and a point-blank Final Crash all connect cleanly, yet when the smoke clears, Recoome stands virtually unscathed. The gap in power becomes horrifyingly clear as Recoome counterattacks with a single kick that sends Vegeta flying.

Vegeta throws everything he has at Recoome in a desperate aerial brawl across Namek's skies. Despite landing a point-blank energy blast to the face, Vegeta cannot inflict real damage on the towering Ginyu Force member. Recoome treats the fight as entertainment, and Krillin realizes they must intervene. Unknown to anyone, Goku's spaceship is only two minutes from landing.

Krillin and Gohan leap into the fray to save a battered Vegeta from Recoome's finishing blast. Their intervention buys a moment of relief, but Recoome shrugs off every attack and begins dismantling them as well. Meanwhile, Captain Ginyu delivers all seven Dragon Balls to Frieza, who celebrates his impending wish for eternal life as Gohan desperately calls for his father.

Frieza discovers that simply gathering the Dragon Balls is not enough to make a wish. Realizing a secret phrase must exist, he sets off to find the remaining Namekians and force one to reveal it. On the battlefield, Gohan refuses to stay down despite brutal punishment from Recoome. His courageous stand ends with a broken neck, but hope arrives as Goku's spaceship touches down on Namek.

Goku arrives on Namek and immediately senses the dire state of his friends. He rushes to the battlefield, heals Gohan, Krillin, and even Vegeta with Senzu Beans, then declares he will face the entire Ginyu Force alone. His scouter reading of only 5,000 leaves Recoome dismissive, but Vegeta suspects something far more extraordinary about the calm, confident Saiyan standing before them.

Goku faces Recoome with startling composure, prompting Vegeta to wrestle with the possibility that a low-class warrior could be the legendary Super Saiyan. After dodging Recoome's fastest techniques and appearing behind Jeice and Burter undetected, Goku ends the fight with a single devastating elbow strike. The Ginyu Force is left stunned, and Vegeta's suspicions deepen.

With Recoome defeated, Goku turns his attention to Jeice and Burter. The pair convince themselves that Recoome's loss was a fluke and attack together, but Goku blocks and counters everything they throw at him with casual precision. When Jeice launches his Crusher Ball, Goku deflects it instead of dodging, completely dismantling their coordinated strategy and leaving Jeice horrified.

Goku demonstrates total superiority over Jeice and Burter, dismantling the self-proclaimed fastest fighter in the universe with a combination of speed and power. When Goku offers to spare Jeice, the terrified warrior flees. Vegeta seizes the lull to execute both Burter and Recoome, horrifying Goku. Vegeta dismisses Goku's mercy as weakness and warns that such softness will never defeat Frieza.

The heroes realize Frieza likely failed to activate the Dragon Balls, giving them a narrow window. Captain Ginyu receives shocking news of his team's defeat and flies out with Jeice to confront Goku personally. Ginyu deduces that Goku has been hiding his true power, estimating it at 60,000. As Goku sends his friends to retrieve the Dragon Balls, Ginyu launches the first attack.

Goku and Captain Ginyu clash on Namek, but the fight takes a dramatic turn when Ginyu demands to see Goku's true strength. After Jeice interferes and earns a furious rebuke from his own captain, Goku finally begins powering up with the Kaio-ken, sending his battle power soaring well beyond anything Ginyu anticipated.

Goku's Kaio-ken pushes his power level to 180,000, prompting both Ginyu and Jeice to wonder whether they are facing the legendary Super Saiyan. Meanwhile, Frieza races toward Grand Elder Guru's home, where Nail prepares to stand as Namek's last line of defense and Dende is sent away with a critical mission.

Nail challenges Frieza far from Guru's home, only to discover the staggering gap between their power levels. On the other battlefield, Captain Ginyu stuns Goku by stabbing himself through the chest and activating his Body Change technique, stealing Goku's body in a single terrifying instant.

Trapped in Ginyu's wounded body, Goku struggles to keep up as Ginyu and Jeice fly toward Frieza's ship. Meanwhile, Krillin and Gohan retrieve the Dragon Radar, dig up all seven Dragon Balls, and attempt to summon the dragon, but nothing happens. The chapter ends with Ginyu and Jeice arriving to confront the stunned group.

Captain Ginyu arrives at Frieza's ship wearing Goku's body and nearly fools Krillin before Gohan sees through the disguise. With Ginyu unable to master his stolen body's full power and the real Goku arriving in Ginyu's damaged form, the stage is set for a chaotic multi-sided battle as Vegeta steps out of the shadows.

Vegeta reveals his dramatically increased power and obliterates Jeice with a single devastating blast. After turning his fury on Captain Ginyu in Goku's stolen body, Vegeta pummels him into the ground. Cornered and desperate, Ginyu attempts the Body Change technique one more time, targeting Vegeta's powerful Saiyan form.

Goku reclaims his original body by throwing himself into the path of Ginyu's Body Change beam, then neutralizes the captain for good by tossing a frog into the next attempt. With Ginyu trapped as an amphibian, Vegeta leads the group inside Frieza's spaceship, places Goku in a Medical Machine, and outfits Gohan and Krillin with Battle Armor.

Vegeta outfits Gohan and Krillin in Battle Armor while Goku heals in the Medical Machine. Nail continues his doomed fight against Frieza, buying time until Dende can reach the Earthlings with the Dragon Ball password. When Frieza realizes the deception, he abandons Nail and rockets back toward his ship in a rage.

After sneaking the Dragon Balls away from a sleeping Vegeta, Gohan, Krillin, and Dende race to summon the Namekian dragon before Frieza arrives. Dende chants the incantation in Namekian, calling forth Porunga, the God of Dreams, who offers three wishes. Their excitement fades when Porunga reveals he can only revive one person at a time.

Piccolo contacts Gohan telepathically through King Kai and demands to be revived first, knowing his resurrection will also restore Kami and Earth's Dragon Balls. As the wishes unfold, Vegeta wakes up and discovers what has happened. He arrives furious, insisting the final wish be used for his immortality while Frieza closes in fast.

With Namek on the verge of exploding, King Kai and Grand Elder Guru devise a plan to use Porunga's final wish to transport everyone off the planet except Frieza. Goku insists on staying behind to finish the fight. Frieza attempts to wish for immortality but fails because he does not speak Namekian, and Dende completes the wish just in time.

Piccolo discovers a dying Nail on his way to the battlefield and agrees to fuse with him, gaining an enormous surge of power. Meanwhile, Vegeta confronts Frieza in his first form and manages to block the tyrant's attacks, shocking Frieza into revealing that he can transform into something far more dangerous.

Frieza sheds his Battle Armor and undergoes his second transformation, growing larger and more menacing. He boasts that his power level now exceeds one million. After a brief display of force that sends everyone reeling, Frieza singles out Krillin and impales him on his horn, leaving Gohan furious and Vegeta stunned at the tyrant's impossible speed.

Enraged by Frieza's brutal impalement of Krillin, Gohan unleashes a ferocious assault on the tyrant's second form. A barrage of kicks, punches, and energy blasts actually manages to hurt Frieza, but the tyrant recovers with ease. Meanwhile, Goku continues healing inside the medical machine, and Piccolo senses Frieza's growing power as he races to help.

Second Form Frieza reveals the full extent of his dominance. Vegeta's Galick Gun barely scratches him, and Gohan's attacks miss entirely. Through a relentless sequence of strikes, tail whips, and elbows, Frieza batters the young Saiyan into the ground repeatedly. By the chapter's end, Frieza plants his foot on Gohan's head, ready to crush him.

With Gohan pinned beneath Frieza's foot, Krillin makes a dramatic return, slicing the tip of Frieza's tail with a Destructo Disc and buying critical time. After blinding Frieza with a Solar Flare, Dende heals Gohan, boosting his power even further. Just as Frieza recovers, Piccolo arrives on the battlefield at last, ready to join the fight.

Piccolo arrives on the battlefield and immediately challenges Frieza, stunning the onlookers with his vastly improved power. After trading blows in a fierce exchange, the Namekian warrior deflects one of Frieza's energy attacks and lands a devastating counter blast, leaving the tyrant furious and the spectators in total disbelief.

Piccolo's battle against second-form Frieza intensifies as both fighters reveal hidden reserves of power. After Frieza proves he has been holding back, Piccolo sheds his weighted training gear to fight at full capacity. The confrontation reaches a turning point when Frieza announces that he still possesses two additional transformations, sending a wave of dread through the Z Fighters.

Frieza completes his transformation into his grotesque third form, regenerating all previous damage in the process. His vastly increased speed overwhelms Piccolo, who is battered by a relentless volley of invisible shockwaves. Gohan rushes to save his mentor while Vegeta hatches a desperate scheme, asking Krillin to inflict a near-fatal wound so that the Saiyan recovery boost might push him to become a Super Saiyan.

Gohan steps up against third-form Frieza and unleashes a powerful blast that momentarily stalls the tyrant, impressing even Piccolo. Frieza identifies the boy as a Saiyan and announces his intent to transform one final time into his true form. With no options left, Krillin agrees to Vegeta's plan and blasts a hole clean through the Saiyan prince's chest, setting up a desperate gambit to unlock the Super Saiyan transformation.

Frieza completes his terrifying final transformation while Dende reluctantly heals the Z Fighters. The tyrant emerges in a sleek, compact body that belies his overwhelming power. He immediately demonstrates his ruthlessness by executing Dende with a single Death Beam, eliminating the group's only source of healing and plunging the Z Fighters into despair.

Frieza's final form proves overwhelmingly fast and powerful as Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan attack together and fail to land a single blow. Vegeta saves Gohan from a pair of lethal Death Bullets, then proclaims himself the legendary Super Saiyan and charges Frieza alone. The tyrant dodges effortlessly and mocks the Saiyan prince's speed, leaving Vegeta visibly shaken.

Vegeta's desperate bid to fight Frieza as a Super Saiyan crumbles as the tyrant dismantles him with casual brutality. For the first time in his life, the Saiyan prince experiences true despair and sheds tears of frustration. Meanwhile, the Medical Machine finishes its work on Goku, who bursts through the roof of Frieza's spaceship and marvels at the surge of power flowing through his restored body.

Goku arrives on the battlefield just as Frieza is about to finish Vegeta. He immediately proves he is in a different league by kicking Frieza in the face and deflecting five simultaneous Death Beams with one hand. A dying Vegeta proclaims that Goku is the true Super Saiyan, prompting Frieza to silence him with a Death Beam through the heart.

Vegeta succumbs to the mortal wound dealt by Frieza, using his final breaths to recount the destruction of Planet Vegeta and plead with Goku to avenge the Saiyan race. After burying his fallen rival, Goku confronts the tyrant head-on, and the two exchange their opening blows in a furious battle above the Namekian landscape.

On King Kai's planet, the dead warriors learn that Goku is fighting Frieza on even footing. On Namek, the battle intensifies as Frieza knocks Goku into the ocean. Submerged and out of sight, Goku exploits Frieza's reliance on visual tracking, launching a clever underwater counterattack that lands a clean hit on the tyrant.

Frieza shrugs off Goku's previous assault and escalates with telekinetic attacks and his devastating Imprisonment Ball. Goku barely escapes and rejoins the fight in midair. Both fighters declare they have been holding back, promising to get serious. Meanwhile on Earth, Chi-Chi remains blissfully unaware of the life-or-death struggle unfolding on Namek.

Frieza and Goku agree to relocate their battle to solid ground, where Frieza boasts he will fight without using his hands. The two engage in a fierce close-quarters brawl filled with tail grabs, biting, and witty banter. Despite Frieza's arrogance, Goku holds his own and lands several clean shots, warning the tyrant that overconfidence creates openings.

Frieza grows bored with the stalemate and reveals he has been fighting at far less than full strength. He declares that fifty percent of his maximum power will be more than enough to finish Goku. The gap becomes painfully clear as Frieza batters Goku with a relentless assault. On King Kai's planet, the devastating truth emerges: Goku is already using Kaio-ken times ten.

Outmatched at Kaio-ken times ten, Goku faces the terrifying reality that Frieza is using only half his strength. In desperation he pushes Kaio-ken to twenty times its base level, delivers a thunderous punch, and follows up with a Kaio-ken Kamehameha at point-blank range. To his horror, Frieza blocks the entire blast with a single hand.

With the Kaio-ken Kamehameha proven useless, Goku is left battered and nearly out of energy. Frieza pummels him without mercy, driving him to the brink of defeat. Just as Gohan is about to charge in, Piccolo notices Goku raising both hands to the sky. It is the Spirit Bomb, and Goku is drawing energy from the living things on neighboring planets to build it on a scale never before attempted.

Goku struggles to hold his ground while charging the massive Spirit Bomb, but Frieza continues to beat him down. Piccolo devises a plan, absorbing ki from Gohan and Krillin before stepping into the fight himself. When Frieza finally spots the Spirit Bomb reflected in the water, Piccolo intervenes with a surprise kick that buys Goku the final seconds he needs.

With Goku still gathering energy for the Spirit Bomb, Piccolo buys time against Frieza on the dying battleground of Namek. When Gohan and Krillin land a surprise blast on the tyrant, Goku completes the massive technique. The enormous Spirit Bomb collides with Frieza, creating a devastating explosion that reshapes the planet's surface and leaves everyone wondering if the battle is truly over.

The aftermath of the Spirit Bomb brings brief relief as Goku and Piccolo surface alive. But celebration is cut short when Frieza reappears, wounded yet furious. He strikes down Piccolo with a Death Beam and murders Krillin by detonating him from within. The loss of his closest friend pushes Goku past a breaking point, triggering his transformation into a Super Saiyan.

Goku stands transformed, his golden hair blazing with a power unlike anything seen before. Frieza, shaken by the sudden change, launches an aggressive assault only to find that none of his attacks can touch this new warrior. The legendary Super Saiyan has awakened at last, and the emperor of the universe faces a power that surpasses even his own.

Super Saiyan Goku thoroughly dominates Frieza in combat, shrugging off Death Beams and mocking the tyrant's inability to land a meaningful hit. Frieza learns that the legend of the Super Saiyan is real and that Vegeta failed to achieve the form because he lacked a pure heart. Cornered and humiliated, Frieza decides to destroy Planet Namek itself rather than accept defeat.

Frieza's desperate attack strikes Namek and triggers a chain reaction that will tear the planet apart. King Kai relays the dire news to the fallen Z Fighters while Kami contacts him with word that Earth's Dragon Balls are being gathered. On the crumbling surface of Namek, Frieza reveals that the planet will explode in five minutes and announces his intention to fight at 100% of his full power.

Frieza begins powering up to his absolute maximum while Goku, against King Kai's protests, chooses to wait and face the tyrant at full strength. Meanwhile, Gohan searches the crumbling planet for Bulma. On Earth, Kami and Mr. Popo gather the Dragon Balls, and King Kai devises a plan to wish back everyone killed by Frieza, hoping to revive Guru and reactivate the Namekian Dragon Balls.

With Namek's clock ticking down to mere minutes, Goku and Frieza clash at full power in a fight that will decide the fate of both warriors. Frieza taunts Goku about targeting Earth next, but Goku answers with devastating attacks and a Super Kamehameha. On Earth, Mr. Popo summons Shenron and asks the dragon to revive those killed by Frieza across the vast distance of space.

Goku's Super Kamehameha collides with Frieza's Nova Strike in a spectacular clash of power. Meanwhile, Shenron's wish revives everyone killed by Frieza, bringing the Namekians and Guru back to life and reactivating Porunga. King Kai seizes the opportunity and instructs Guru to wish everyone on Namek to Earth, but Goku telepathically demands to be left behind so he can finish the fight himself.

Porunga grants Dende's wish to transport everyone except Goku and Frieza to Earth, leaving the two rivals alone on a dying planet. With no escape and no audience, they agree to settle their fight with pure hand-to-hand combat as Namek crumbles around them.

Goku dominates the final exchange with Frieza on Namek and declares the fight over, sensing that the tyrant's power is fading fast. He reverts to his base form and walks away, but Frieza refuses to accept defeat and launches a deadly energy disc in a last act of defiance.

Frieza's own Death Saucers become his undoing as Goku outmaneuvers them and one of the discs bisects the tyrant at the waist. Lying in two pieces on the dying planet, Frieza begs for mercy. Against King Kai's urgent warnings, Goku chooses compassion and shares enough energy for Frieza to survive.

On Earth, Grand Elder Guru passes leadership to Moori and dies peacefully as the Namekian Dragon Balls materialize on their new world. Meanwhile on Namek, Frieza betrays Goku's mercy by attacking with his remaining energy. Goku retaliates with an Angry Kamehameha that overwhelms the tyrant, then races to find an escape before the planet detonates.

Goku finds Frieza's spaceship on Namek but cannot get it to launch. The planet explodes with him still on it. King Kai announces Goku's death to the others, and Yamcha contacts Bulma telepathically to deliver the grim news, only to learn that the Namekian Dragon Balls could revive him, if not for the problem of where his body would reappear.

The Z Fighters use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive Krillin and the others, but Porunga reveals that Goku is alive and refuses to return to Earth. Over a year passes with no sign of him. Then Gohan senses a terrifying power approaching the planet: Frieza, rebuilt as a cyborg, has arrived with his father King Cold to take revenge.

The Z Fighters converge on Frieza's projected landing site, suppressing their power levels to avoid detection by scouters. Vegeta and Piccolo acknowledge the hopelessness of the situation but resolve to fight anyway. Just as Frieza orders his soldiers to begin the slaughter, a mysterious stranger drops from the sky and lands directly in front of the two tyrants.

A mysterious young warrior confronts Frieza and King Cold head-on, effortlessly dispatching their soldiers. He reveals himself as a Super Saiyan, shocking Frieza to the core, and unleashes a Burning Attack before drawing his sword and slicing the cyborg tyrant clean in half.

Future Trunks finishes his brutal dismantling of Mecha Frieza and turns his attention to King Cold. The galactic emperor offers the mysterious youth a place in his army, but Trunks refuses without hesitation. Cold, convinced the sword is the source of Trunks' power, seizes it and attacks, only to be completely outmatched.

The mysterious Super Saiyan leads the Z Fighters to a spot where he claims Goku will land in three hours. As the group waits, they try to learn more about the enigmatic stranger, but he reveals almost nothing. When the time finally arrives, an Attack Ball crashes down and Goku emerges, completely unaware of who saved the Earth.

Goku and the mysterious warrior speak privately for the first time. After testing Goku's power in a brief sparring exchange, the youth reveals that he has traveled from twenty years in the future, shares his real name, and drops a bombshell about his parentage that leaves Goku speechless.

Future Trunks delivers his dire warning: in three years, two killer cyborgs created by Dr. Gero will appear and annihilate the Z Fighters. He reveals that Goku will die of a heart virus before the battle even begins, but hands over medicine from the future that can save him. With Trunks gone, Piccolo relays the message to the group.

The Z Fighters choose to train for three years rather than take the easy route of using the Dragon Balls to locate Dr. Gero. Goku demonstrates Instant Transmission, the group splits into training pairs, and Vegeta demands a gravity chamber of his own. A three-year time skip brings them to the day of the predicted android attack.

Three years of grueling training have passed, and the Z Fighters converge on Amenbo Island on the morning of May 12. Bulma arrives with a baby, Goku accidentally reveals that Vegeta is the father, and the group anxiously waits for the androids to show themselves. When Yajirobe's hovercar explodes overhead, the threat becomes terrifyingly real.

Unable to sense the androids' energy, the Z Fighters split up and comb through the city on foot. Meanwhile, Androids 19 and 20 begin terrorizing civilians in brutal fashion. Yamcha tracks the commotion to the scene of the murders, unaware that the machines have already identified him and are lurking directly above.

The Z Fighters converge on Yamcha's location to find Android 20 holding his lifeless body. After Krillin rushes Yamcha to safety and administers a Senzu Bean, Goku demands the androids relocate to a deserted area. Android 20 obliges in the most horrifying way possible, leveling a portion of the city with a single blast. An enraged Goku strikes first and leads the machines away.

Goku leads Androids 19 and 20 to a remote area far from the city, and the Z Fighters follow close behind. With civilians out of harm's way, Goku wastes no time and transforms into a Super Saiyan, stunning Android 20 with his overwhelming power. The battle with Android 19 begins in earnest as Goku launches a ferocious assault.

Super Saiyan Goku dominates Android 19 in combat, pummeling the machine with a relentless barrage. But as the fight drags on, something is clearly wrong. Goku's power begins fading rapidly, and when he fires a Super Kamehameha, Android 19 absorbs it completely. The tide of battle shifts as Goku's mysterious weakness becomes critical.

Vegeta arrives on the battlefield and reveals a shocking secret: he has achieved the Super Saiyan transformation. After sending the ailing Goku home with Yamcha, Vegeta takes on Android 19 himself, demonstrating ferocity that stuns both the Z Fighters and the androids. His first blows land with devastating force, and the prince shows no sign of slowing down.

Vegeta dismantles Android 19 with brutal efficiency. When the android latches onto his wrists to drain energy, Vegeta tears 19's hands clean off by brute force. The panicked machine tries to flee, but Vegeta obliterates it with a devastating Big Bang Attack, leaving nothing but its severed head. Android 20 admits their calculations may have been wrong.

With Android 19 destroyed, Vegeta turns his attention to Android 20. The surviving android flees into the mountains, using the rocky terrain to hide since the Z Fighters cannot sense his energy. Vegeta bluffs about his remaining power, secures a Senzu Bean, and gives chase. Android 20 absorbs one of Vegeta's blasts and plots to steal energy from the other fighters.

Android 20 ambushes Piccolo and begins draining his energy, but Gohan senses the attack and intervenes. Healed by a Senzu Bean, Piccolo removes his weighted clothing and begins thrashing Android 20 with shocking speed and power. Meanwhile, Future Trunks returns from his timeline and races toward the battlefield after finding Amenbo Island abandoned.

Future Trunks arrives at the battle and reveals that neither Android 19 nor Android 20 are the androids he warned them about. The Z Fighters realize the timeline has changed in unexpected ways. Android 20 escapes during the confusion, blasting Bulma's airplane before fleeing toward his laboratory, where the real threats, Androids 17 and 18, await.

Bulma reveals that Dr. Gero's secret laboratory is hidden in the mountains near North City, and the Z Fighters race to destroy Androids 17 and 18 before Gero can activate them. Vegeta refuses to take the cautious approach and charges ahead, with Future Trunks pursuing him as a Super Saiyan. Dr. Gero, realizing they know his location, rushes to reach the lab first.

Krillin, Piccolo, and Tien race through the frozen northern mountains in a desperate search for Dr. Gero's hidden laboratory. They split up and divide the last Senzu Beans, but the old scientist reaches his lair first and activates the two most dangerous weapons in his arsenal: Android 17 and Android 18.

The Z Fighters break into Dr. Gero's lab and come face to face with Androids 17 and 18. The twins immediately defy their creator, and when Android 18 discovers a mysterious chamber labeled "16," events spiral beyond anyone's control. Gero's creations turn on him with lethal finality.

Android 16 steps out of his chamber for the first time, and the trio of androids simply flies away, ignoring the Z Fighters entirely. Vegeta, furious at being dismissed, transforms into a Super Saiyan and chases them down on a remote mountain road, where Android 18 volunteers to fight him one on one.

Super Saiyan Vegeta squares off against Android 18 on a mountain road in a fierce opening round. Vegeta lands several clean hits and fires a devastating Big Bang Attack, but 18 proves she is holding back just as much as he is. After absorbing his best shots, she begins hitting harder, and the tide of battle shifts.

The battle between Super Saiyan Vegeta and Android 18 resumes with Android 17 warning the other Z Fighters not to interfere. Vegeta fights ferociously and lands another Big Bang Attack, but Piccolo sees what the others miss: Vegeta is burning through his stamina while 18 is not tiring at all. The gap becomes painfully clear when 18 snaps Vegeta's arm.

Future Trunks, Piccolo, and Tien rush in to save Vegeta, but Android 17 and Android 18 systematically dismantle every fighter who enters the fray. After breaking both of Vegeta's arms, the androids spare all of them and leave Krillin with instructions to hand out Senzu Beans. Android 16 watches the birds instead of the battle.

Krillin confronts the departing androids and learns their mission is simply a game. Android 18 surprises him with a kiss on the cheek before the trio flies off. With the Z Fighters battered and Vegeta gone, Piccolo sets out alone for the Lookout, and the others rush to move Goku before the androids arrive at his house.

Piccolo demands that Kami fuse with him, but the Guardian of Earth insists on waiting to see whether the androids actually threaten the planet. Meanwhile, the android trio hijacks a Lucky Foods van and hits the road, and Krillin's group relocates Goku to Kame House while wrestling with unsettling questions about how much the timeline has changed.

The Z Fighters retreat with the ailing Goku while Vegeta rages over his humiliation at Android 18's hands. As the androids cruise toward Goku's house for sport, Bulma contacts Future Trunks with shocking news: a wrecked, moss-covered version of his Time Machine has been found in the wilderness, even though he still has his own capsule.

Future Trunks and Gohan race to investigate the mysterious second Time Machine, joined by Bulma. The cockpit has been melted open from the inside, and a large eggshell sits within the cabin. On the Lookout, Kami senses a creature far more dangerous than the androids and declares that he must fuse with Piccolo to confront the looming threat.

Future Trunks capsulizes both Time Machines, and the group discovers a giant insect husk near the landing site, still gooey from a recent molt. The androids pause for a clothing stop where Android 18 causes trouble with local police. On the Lookout, Kami detects something terrifying, and a news broadcast reveals that every resident of Gingertown has vanished without a trace.

A live television broadcast from Gingertown captures terrifying footage as police are slaughtered by an unseen creature. On the Lookout, Kami finally agrees to fuse with Piccolo, surrendering his identity so the Namekian warrior can face the growing menace. Piccolo flies straight to Gingertown and comes face to face with the monster responsible for the massacre.

Piccolo faces the insectoid monster responsible for the Gingertown massacre, and the creature is revealed in full for the first time. Their opening exchange makes clear this is no ordinary enemy: it possesses familiar ki signatures and seems to know about the Z Fighters. Piccolo, empowered by his fusion with Kami, launches the first strike in what promises to be a ferocious battle.

Piccolo dominates the creature in Gingertown, battering it with overwhelming speed and strength granted by his fusion with Kami. The androids detect the fight from the road but dismiss it. After taking a beating, the creature reveals it traveled through time by reverting to egg form and stuns Piccolo by charging a Kamehameha, proving it carries Goku's techniques within its body.

Cell fires a Kamehameha, then ambushes Piccolo mid-dodge and drains his left arm with its tail stinger. Believing he has won, Cell reveals his origins as an artificial life form created by Dr. Gero's supercomputer from the cells of Earth's greatest fighters. Piccolo, however, has been stalling. He rips off his withered arm and regenerates a fresh one, turning the tables completely.

With his arm restored, Piccolo prepares to finish Cell, but the bio-android deduces that the Dragon Balls are now inert due to the Kami fusion. Krillin and Future Trunks arrive, horrified by the creature. Outmatched, Cell blinds everyone with a Solar Flare and escapes to absorb more humans, while Piccolo gathers Vegeta, Tien, and the others to explain the full scope of the threat.

With Cell on the loose and growing stronger, the Z Fighters split up to tackle multiple threats at once. Krillin and Future Trunks destroy Dr. Gero's underground laboratory, Bulma discovers a potential weakness in the androids' design, and Goku finally wakes from his illness, declaring his intent to surpass the Super Saiyan form.

Goku reveals the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, a place where one year of training can be completed in a single day. After convincing Vegeta and Future Trunks to go in first, Goku and Gohan wait on the Lookout while the androids close in on Kame House. Piccolo confronts Android 17 on a nearby island.

Piccolo, now fused with Kami, squares off against Android 17 on a remote island. His vastly increased power catches the overconfident android off guard, but 17's unlimited energy and Android Barrier allow him to survive even Piccolo's most devastating technique. Meanwhile, Cell senses the battle and begins racing toward the island.

Piccolo and Android 17 continue their fierce battle on a second island, trading blows at blinding speed. While the two fighters prove evenly matched, Bulma contacts Kame House with a breakthrough: a Shut Down Remote capable of deactivating the androids. On the Lookout, Goku senses Cell racing toward the battlefield as Piccolo begins to tire.

Cell arrives on the island and announces his intention to absorb Androids 17 and 18 to reach his perfect form. Android 17, who has never encountered Cell before, is caught off guard by the creature's overwhelming power. Krillin races to retrieve the Shut Down Remote from Bulma while Tien flies to assist Piccolo directly.

Cell proves decisively stronger than both Piccolo and Android 17 combined. After shrugging off Piccolo's most powerful energy sphere, Cell snaps his neck, blasts a hole through his torso, and tosses him into the ocean. With Piccolo's energy vanishing from the Lookout, Gohan screams in anguish while Android 16 steps forward, declaring he will destroy Cell himself.

Android 16 enters the battle against Cell, revealing he is roughly equal to Cell in raw strength. Because 16 is entirely mechanical, Cell's absorption tail is useless against him. After 16 rips off the lower half of Cell's tail, victory seems within reach, but Cell regenerates instantly using Piccolo's cells, forcing 16 into a brutal slugfest he cannot easily win.

Android 16 unleashes his devastating Hell's Flash attack, blasting Cell into a deep crater. Despite the enormous damage, Cell survives and regenerates. While 16 urges Androids 17 and 18 to flee, the stubborn 17 refuses and taunts Cell to come out. Cell emerges behind him and absorbs Android 17, transforming into his terrifying Semi-Perfect form.

Semi-Perfect Cell, freshly empowered after absorbing Android 17, turns his sights on Android 18. When brute force and psychological manipulation both fail to draw her into submission, Tien Shinhan intervenes with a desperate barrage of Neo Tri-Beam blasts, buying the androids precious time to escape.

Tien Shinhan collapses after exhausting his life force against Cell, and Goku uses Instant Transmission to rescue both Tien and a gravely wounded Piccolo. Meanwhile, Krillin intercepts Bulma to collect the Shut Down Remote, and Vegeta and Future Trunks finally emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber ready for battle.

Vegeta and Future Trunks exit the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with dramatically increased power. After suiting up in Bulma's new Battle Armor, Vegeta flies off to face Cell alone while Goku and Gohan prepare for their own year of training. On the islands below, Cell threatens to destroy every island until Android 18 reveals herself.

Cell begins systematically destroying the Tropical Islands to flush Android 18 out of hiding. Vegeta arrives in Super Saiyan form just before 18's island is targeted, landing face to face with Cell and declaring he will not merely defeat him but pulverize him. Future Trunks touches down behind them as a spectator to the inevitable clash.

Vegeta begins powering up to reveal a form that surpasses the ordinary Super Saiyan, while inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goku introduces Gohan to the extreme conditions and vows to turn him into a Super Saiyan. The chapter culminates with Vegeta transforming into Super Saiyan Second Grade and driving a devastating punch into Cell's stomach.

Vegeta reveals his Super Saiyan Second Grade transformation and proceeds to pummel Semi-Perfect Cell with overwhelming force. Android 18, who defeated Vegeta only days earlier, watches in disbelief as the Saiyan prince demonstrates power far beyond what he showed in their fight. Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goku begins training Gohan toward Super Saiyan.

Vegeta continues to dominate Semi-Perfect Cell, effortlessly dodging his attacks and punishing him with devastating blows. Krillin arrives on the scene carrying the Shut Down Remote and spots Android 18 hiding nearby, realizing he has a chance to deactivate her. A desperate Cell, battered and barely standing, screams that if only he could achieve his Perfect Form, Vegeta would be nothing.

Cell appeals to Vegeta's Saiyan pride, insisting that his Perfect Form would provide a truly worthy opponent. Vegeta, intrigued by the challenge, agrees to let Cell absorb Android 18. Krillin, meanwhile, reaches the androids with the Shut Down Remote but cannot bring himself to press the button, ultimately destroying the device and leaving 18's fate in the open.

Future Trunks desperately tries to prevent Cell from absorbing Android 18, but his own father blocks the way. Vegeta and Trunks collide as Cell closes in on perfection, and a perfectly timed Solar Flare seals the worst possible outcome for Earth's defenders.

Cell completes his transformation and emerges in a sleek, terrifying Perfect Form. Meanwhile, inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan achieves Super Saiyan for the first time. Back on the battlefield, Krillin's rage-fueled assault on the newly perfected Cell ends in a single devastating kick.

Vegeta squares off against Perfect Cell for the second round, but the gap in power becomes painfully clear. Meanwhile, Krillin reveals that both Cell and Future Trunks are hiding enormous reserves of energy, and Trunks confesses that he has surpassed his father without telling him.

Outmatched by Perfect Cell, Vegeta gambles everything on a new technique. Charging an enormous amount of energy while goading Cell into standing still, Vegeta fires the Final Flash, a beam powerful enough to obliterate the Earth. The prince narrows the blast at the last instant, and it tears away the right side of Cell's torso.

Cell regenerates the devastating damage from Vegeta's Final Flash and proceeds to dismantle the Saiyan prince with ruthless efficiency. After beating Vegeta unconscious and out of his powered-up state, Cell prepares to finish him off. Krillin shouts for Trunks to act, and the young Saiyan finally unleashes his hidden power, ascending to Super Saiyan Third Grade.

Future Trunks continues his transformation into Super Saiyan Third Grade, radiating power that astonishes both Cell and Krillin. After handing off his last Senzu Bean and luring Cell away from the fallen Vegeta, Trunks stands ready to fight at full strength. Cell, intrigued by the young Saiyan's hidden reserves, welcomes the challenge.

Trunks' raw power surpasses Cell's own, yet he cannot land a single blow. Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goku discovers the same fatal flaw in Super Saiyan Third Grade: it sacrifices speed for strength. Goku devises a new plan for himself and Gohan to master the base Super Saiyan form instead, while Cell humiliates Trunks by replicating the bulky transformation himself.

Trunks accepts defeat and reverts to his base form, offering his life to Cell. But instead of killing him, Cell proposes something unexpected: a martial arts tournament in ten days, modeled after the World Martial Arts Tournament. Cell wants the strongest fighters on Earth to challenge him one by one, and he intends to terrorize the entire world in the process.

Cell constructs a grand fighting arena for his upcoming tournament, then storms a television station to deliver a terrifying ultimatum to the entire world. With nine days until the Cell Games, Earth's defenders begin preparing in their own ways, while the planet's forgotten hero trains quietly with his son.

Goku and Gohan emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as fully mastered Super Saiyans, radiating an eerie calm that stuns everyone on the Lookout. After learning about Cell's tournament, Goku teleports directly to the arena for a face-to-face meeting with his opponent, only to return with a sobering admission: he does not believe he can win as things stand.

Goku shocks everyone by refusing to re-enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, then visits Korin Tower to gauge his own power against Cell's. The result confirms what Goku already suspects: Cell is stronger. Yet Goku remains strangely calm, baffling Korin and frustrating Vegeta, who cannot accept that his rival has once again left him behind.

While Goku and his family enjoy a peaceful outing, the Royal Army launches a disastrous assault on Cell that ends in total annihilation. The tragedy drives Goku to the Lookout, where he proposes a radical plan: find the Namekians who relocated after Namek's destruction and convince one of them to become Earth's new Guardian so the Dragon Balls can be restored.

Goku uses Instant Transmission to leap from King Kai's planet all the way to New Namek, where he recruits young Dende to become Earth's new Guardian. Back home, the world pins its hopes on the boastful Mr. Satan while the real fighters quietly prepare. Dende reunites with Gohan and Krillin on the Lookout, but Goku stuns Trunks by admitting he does not believe Cell has any exploitable weakness.

Dende restores the Earth's Dragon Balls with enhanced wish-granting power, then Goku collects all seven in the days before the tournament. When the day of the Cell Games finally arrives, the Z Fighters head to the arena only to discover that one critical limitation remains: the new Dragon Balls still cannot revive anyone who has died before.

The fighters gather at the Cell Games Arena one by one. Vegeta lands first, followed by a repaired Android 16. When Goku and the rest of the Z Fighters arrive as a group, the announcer and Mr. Satan struggle to explain how so many people can fly. After some bickering over the battle order, Goku agrees to let Mr. Satan go first, and Cell announces it is time to begin.

Mr. Satan insists on fighting Cell first despite Goku's warning. He performs a tile-breaking demonstration that impresses the television audience but draws only silence from the real fighters. His attack on Cell proves entirely futile; a single backhand sends the champion crashing into a mountainside. Somehow still alive, Mr. Satan insists he merely tripped as Goku steps up to take his turn.

After Mr. Satan is swiftly knocked from the ring, Goku steps forward to face Cell at the Cell Games Arena. The two warriors size each other up and launch into an explosive exchange of blows, giving the watching Z Fighters their first glimpse of Goku's true power. The opening round ends with both fighters grinning, having treated the entire clash as nothing more than a warm-up.

The warm-up concluded, Goku and Cell unleash the full extent of their power. Their auras explode outward as both fighters push to their absolute limits, stunning the onlookers. The clash between Super Saiyan Full Power Goku and Perfect Cell escalates into a breathtaking contest of speed and raw energy that shakes the battlefield.

Cell charges a devastating Super Kamehameha aimed directly at Goku, threatening to annihilate the entire planet. Goku counters by using Instant Transmission to vanish at the last possible moment and reappear behind Cell, landing a fierce kick to the back of his head. The two fighters push their techniques to the absolute limit in a high-stakes contest of wit and power.

Cell eliminates the possibility of a ring-out victory by obliterating the entire arena with a massive blast. With the ring destroyed, the whole Earth becomes their battlefield. As Goku begins charging a full-power Kamehameha from high in the sky, Cell is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that Goku might actually fire it.

Goku pulls off a brilliant feint by combining Instant Transmission with a point-blank Kamehameha, obliterating Cell's upper body. The victory is short-lived, however, as Cell regenerates completely using the cells of Piccolo within him. Both fighters find their energy reserves significantly drained, and the battle resumes on more even footing.

In a move that stuns everyone, Goku forfeits his match against Cell. With his energy depleted and no path to victory, Goku drops out of Super Saiyan and declares his surrender. Cell warns that if no new challenger steps forward, the entire planet will be destroyed. Goku calmly announces that there is still one fighter left who can win.

Goku shocks everyone by choosing his young son Gohan as the next challenger against Cell. He reveals that Gohan possesses power exceeding his own. In a controversial move, Goku tosses Cell a Senzu Bean to restore the bio-android to full strength, insisting the fight be fair. Gohan powers up, and the sheer magnitude of his energy stuns both Cell and the Z Fighters.

Young Gohan enters the ring against Perfect Cell, and the bio-android quickly discovers that the boy is far tougher than he appears. After battering Gohan through a mountain, Cell is shocked to see him walk out of the rubble virtually unscathed. Gohan pleads with Cell to stop fighting, revealing that he despises violence, but warns that his rage makes him dangerous beyond measure.

Cell batters the young Super Saiyan with a relentless combination of strikes, but Gohan manages to counter with a solid kick that draws blood. Determined to awaken the boy's hidden fury, Cell traps Gohan in a crushing bear hug and taunts him mercilessly. Piccolo, disgusted by the plan to let a child suffer, confronts Goku and vows to intervene even at the cost of his own life.

Cell steals the Senzu Beans from the Z Fighters and declares that Gohan's comrades will suffer until his true power emerges. Android 16 seizes a desperate opportunity, locking Cell in a bear hug and threatening to self-destruct, only to discover that Dr. Brief already removed his internal bomb. Cell obliterates the android and spawns seven deadly Cell Juniors to attack the helpless warriors.

The Cell Juniors overwhelm the Z Fighters one by one, breaking bones and leaving even Vegeta struggling. Mr. Satan musters unexpected courage to carry Android 16's severed head within throwing distance. With his final words, 16 urges Gohan to stop holding back. Cell crushes the android's head, and the destruction pushes Gohan past his breaking point at last.

Gohan completes his transformation into Super Saiyan 2 and immediately demonstrates the gulf between himself and Cell's offspring. He snatches back the stolen Senzu Beans before Cell can react, then annihilates every Cell Junior with single blows. Even the last one, fleeing at full speed, cannot escape. The other fighters can only watch in stunned silence as the boy rewrites the balance of power.

With the Cell Juniors destroyed, Gohan faces Cell directly. The bio-android powers up to his absolute maximum, shaking the planet, yet Gohan remains unfazed. Cell lands a clean punch to Gohan's face, but the boy does not budge. Gohan catches Cell's fist, drives a punch into his stomach, and sends him reeling with an uppercut that leaves Cell bleeding and visibly shaken.

Reeling from Gohan's uppercut, Cell privately acknowledges the boy's power surpasses his own. In desperation, he ascends and channels a full-power Kamehameha capable of destroying the Earth. Gohan answers with his own blast, and when the dust settles, Cell is missing multiple limbs while the planet remains untouched. The Super Saiyan 2 surveys the carnage with a cold smile.

Gohan's Kamehameha has left Cell in ruins, yet the boy refuses to end the fight, insisting Cell deserves more suffering. Cell regenerates and bulks up for a power strike, but Trunks recognizes the fatal mistake: speed sacrificed for muscle. Gohan punishes the sluggish android with a kick that forces him to expel Android 18, reverting Cell to his Semi-Perfect form.

Cell inflates his body and threatens to self-destruct in sixty seconds, taking the entire Earth with him. Attacking would only trigger the blast sooner, leaving Gohan paralyzed with guilt. With no other option, Goku says goodbye to his son, teleports himself and Cell to King Kai's planet using Instant Transmission, and sacrifices his life in the explosion.

Goku's sacrifice appears to have been in vain when Cell regenerates and returns stronger than ever. Grief consumes Gohan, while on Snake Way, King Kai discovers that Cell's soul never reached the Check-In Station. Back on Earth, a devastating Death Beam strikes Future Trunks, and Cell reveals terrifying new abilities gained from his near-death experience.

Cell charges a Solar Kamehameha powerful enough to obliterate the entire solar system, while a battered Gohan considers giving up. From Other World, Goku reaches out through King Kai's telepathy to rally his son for one final stand. With only one usable arm, Gohan launches a Kamehameha of his own, and father and son pour everything into one desperate clash against Cell's ultimate attack.

The Father-Son Kamehameha and Cell's Solar Kamehameha collide in a titanic beam struggle that shakes the entire planet. Gohan is slowly pushed back until Vegeta fires a surprise blast at Cell from behind, creating the split-second opening Goku has been waiting for. Gohan unleashes his full power and obliterates Cell completely, ending the nightmare once and for all.

With Cell destroyed, the world begins to heal. Mr. Satan seizes credit for the victory, Vegeta vows to abandon fighting forever, and the Z Fighters gather the Dragon Balls to undo the devastation. Shenron revives everyone killed by Cell, including Future Trunks, but Goku chooses to remain in Other World, believing his presence on Earth attracts dangerous enemies.

With Shenron still waiting for a second wish, Krillin asks to remove the explosive devices from Androids 17 and 18. The wish is granted, and the Dragon Balls scatter. The Z Fighters part ways, Tien bids a permanent farewell, and Future Trunks prepares to return to his own timeline. Gohan delivers the painful news of Goku's death to Chi-Chi before seeing Trunks off at Capsule Corporation.

Future Trunks returns to his own ravaged timeline and wastes no time confronting the androids terrorizing his world. Armed with the power gained from training in the past, he effortlessly destroys both Future Android 18 and Future Android 17 in Parsley City. Three years later, however, one final threat emerges when Future Cell arrives seeking the Time Machine.

The final obstacle to peace in Future Trunks' timeline appears: Future Cell, still in his Imperfect form, arrives to steal the Time Machine and travel to the past. Armed with the strength he gained during the Cell Games, Trunks confronts the bio-android head-on, overpowers him in combat, and obliterates him with a devastating Heat Dome Attack, securing lasting peace for his world.

Seven years after the Cell Games, a teenage Gohan starts his first day at Orange Star High School in Satan City. He stops a bank robbery as a Super Saiyan, earning the nickname "Golden Warrior." Videl, Mr. Satan's daughter, begins investigating the mysterious new student at her school.

Gohan's first day at Orange Star High School takes a tricky turn when classmate Videl, daughter of Mr. Satan, connects the dots between him and a golden-haired vigilante fighting crime around Satan City. After accidentally revealing his power during a baseball game, Gohan decides to visit Bulma for advice on keeping his identity secret.

Gohan visits Capsule Corporation seeking Bulma's help in creating a disguise for his crime-fighting activities. She builds him a watch-like device that generates a full costume at the press of a button. The very next morning, Gohan tests out his new persona by confronting reckless drivers on the highway, debuting the flamboyant alter ego he calls the Great Saiyaman.

Gohan settles into his double life, leaving the Flying Nimbus to his younger brother Goten and using the Great Saiyaman costume to fly to school undetected. When Videl receives a police emergency call about armed robbers fleeing on Route 81, Gohan slips out of class to intervene as the Great Saiyaman, arriving just in time to stop a gunman from shooting Videl in the back.

The Great Saiyaman's elaborate introduction leaves Videl and the robber dumbfounded, but a careless slip of the tongue quickly unravels his secret. After Videl tricks Gohan into confirming his real name, she leverages the information to blackmail him into entering the upcoming World Martial Arts Tournament and teaching her how to fly.

News of the World Martial Arts Tournament spreads like wildfire after Goku contacts the living world from the Other World, announcing he will use his one-day visit to compete. Vegeta, Krillin, Android 18, and Piccolo all agree to enter, while Chi-Chi gives Gohan her blessing the moment she hears about the prize money. The stage is set for the Z Fighters to reunite at the tournament.

Gohan begins teaching Videl and Goten the fundamentals of flight by explaining ki control. Videl, unfamiliar with ki entirely, proves to be a remarkably fast learner. Meanwhile in the Other World, Goku trains with massive weights under King Kai's supervision and terrifies the South Kai's champion with a casual Super Saiyan demonstration.

Vegeta pushes Trunks through grueling gravity training and is shocked when his young son lands a punch on him as a Super Saiyan. Meanwhile, Videl continues her daily ki training with Gohan, and an innocent conversation about fathers takes an awkward turn when Goten blurts out that their dead father is coming back for the tournament.

The day of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament arrives at last. The Z Fighters travel to Papaya Island together, where they navigate the chaos of Mr. Satan's adoring fans and a massive crowd. Just as the group begins to worry he will not show, Goku touches down alongside Fortuneteller Baba, reuniting with his friends and family for the first time since his death.

The Z Fighters arrive at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament for the preliminaries. After a comical reunion, an interview mishap, and a warm greeting from the announcer, the fighters face a new qualifying format: a Punch Machine. Mr. Satan sets the bar at 137, but the heroes blow past his score, culminating in Vegeta destroying the machine entirely.

Videl grows suspicious of Gohan's powerful friends as the Junior Division kicks off at the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament. Mr. Satan makes a flashy entrance, the prize money is announced, and young Trunks steamrolls his first opponent in seconds, leaving the audience stunned and the older fighters thoroughly bored.

Goten and Trunks tear through every opponent on their way to the Junior Division finals. The championship bout between the two young Saiyans begins, and their speed, power, and technique leave the entire audience in disbelief. Even Mr. Satan recognizes the resemblance between Goten and the man who fought Cell years ago.

The Junior Division final between Trunks and Goten escalates as both boys unleash ki blasts in front of the bewildered crowd. After agreeing that energy attacks are too dangerous in a packed arena, they return to close combat. Trunks locks Goten in a Full-Nelson, but Goten transforms into a Super Saiyan to break free, shocking nearly everyone watching.

Trunks boasts he can win using only his right hand, but Goten proves that claim premature with several clean hits. The Junior Division final reaches its climax when both boys resort to Super Saiyan transformations, and Trunks edges out the victory by blasting Goten out of the ring. The prize is settled, but the real spectacle is about to begin: the winner must now face Mr. Satan.

Mr. Satan must face the Junior Division champion Trunks in the exhibition match. Terrified after witnessing the boy's power, Satan scrambles for a way out that preserves his reputation. He concocts a scheme involving a fake pre-fight greeting, but Trunks's lightest tap sends the world champion flying out of the ring and into the wall.

During the intermission before the Adult Division, Trunks and Goten hatch a plan to sneak into the adult bracket by disguising themselves as the masked fighter Mighty Mask. Meanwhile, the Z Fighters encounter a strange pair of newcomers: a tall, solemn warrior and a small floating man who knows Goku by reputation and senses that he possesses a good soul.

The sixteen finalists draw lots for the Adult Division bracket of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament. Trunks and Goten successfully pass themselves off as Mighty Mask and secure a slot. The matchups deliver exactly what Vegeta has been craving: a first-round bout against Goku. With a thirty-minute time limit per match, the tournament is set to begin.

The World Martial Arts Tournament kicks off with two quick matches that expose the gulf between ordinary fighters and the Z Warriors. Krillin dispatches hulking Pintar without effort, while Piccolo forfeits against Shin after sensing a power beyond comprehension. As the third match approaches, Shin casts a worried glance toward Spopovich.

Shin's true identity is revealed when Piccolo presses him backstage, and the answer leaves every warrior speechless. In Other World, even King Kai reacts with shock. Meanwhile, Videl dominates her opening exchange with Spopovich, battering him with combination after combination, but the brute refuses to stay down, and both Gohan and Goku sense that something is deeply wrong.

Videl's battle with Spopovich turns into a nightmare. After landing a kick that twists his head completely around, she watches in horror as he grabs his own skull and wrenches it back into place. Spopovich then takes to the air, a feat he was never capable of before, and begins a relentless assault while Gohan begs Videl to surrender.

Videl's stubborn refusal to surrender pushes Gohan past his breaking point. When Spopovich moves to crush Videl's head underfoot, Gohan erupts into Super Saiyan, blowing off his disguise in a burst of golden light. Yamu intervenes to end the spectacle, and Goku races to Korin Tower for Senzu Beans as the bruised Videl is finally carried from the ring.

Gohan heals Videl with a Senzu Bean, and his classmates finally unmask him as the Great Saiyaman. The fourth match begins, but instead of fighting, Kibito asks Gohan to transform into a Super Saiyan. Backstage, the Supreme Kai reveals his identity to the full group and instructs everyone not to interfere, no matter what happens next.

Gohan pushes beyond Super Saiyan and ascends to a stage that shocks everyone present, including Kibito. Spopovich and Yamu seize the moment, storming the ring with a device marked with the letter "M." The Supreme Kai freezes Gohan in place while the two agents drain his energy into their container, then flee into the sky. With no time to waste, the Supreme Kai asks the Z Fighters to follow him.

The Supreme Kai reveals the full history of Majin Buu to the Z Fighters as they pursue Yamu and Spopovich across the sky. An ancient monster of pure destruction, Buu was sealed away after his creator Bibidi was killed, and the seal has held for millions of years. Now Bibidi's equally wicked son, the warlock Babidi, threatens to undo everything and resurrect the terror.

The pursuit of Spopovich and Yamu continues as the Supreme Kai and Kibito explain Babidi's plan to resurrect Majin Buu. Videl falls behind and turns back, but not before Gohan confirms every secret she has suspected about him and the Cell Games. The group locates Babidi's underground ship and takes position on a nearby hill, suppressing their ki to avoid detection.

Supreme Kai reveals that Babidi has enslaved the fearsome Dabura, king of the Demon Realm, using dark magic that exploits the evil within a person's heart. As the heroes weigh their odds, Babidi callously disposes of Spopovich and Yamu before setting a trap to lure three powerful warriors inside his spaceship, where their energy will fuel Majin Buu's revival.

Dabura strikes without warning, killing Kibito and turning both Krillin and Piccolo to stone with his cursed saliva. Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Supreme Kai descend into Babidi's underground spaceship to confront whatever awaits below, knowing the only way out is through victory.

Vegeta wins a game of rock-paper-scissors to claim the first fight inside Babidi's ship and faces Pui Pui on Stage One. When Babidi warps them to Planet Zoon with ten times Earth's gravity, Vegeta is completely unaffected and obliterates Pui Pui with a devastating Double Galick Cannon, stunning both the wizard and Supreme Kai alike.

Babidi deploys the fearsome beast Yakon for Stage Two, refusing to underestimate the Saiyans any further. Goku steps up as his opponent, and when Babidi warps them to the pitch-dark Planet Ankoku, Goku reveals that darkness is no obstacle. He transforms into a Super Saiyan, flooding the void with golden light and shocking both Babidi and Dabura.

Yakon reveals his unique ability to devour light energy, sucking Goku's Super Saiyan aura right off his body. Goku deliberately transforms a second time and feeds the beast more energy than it can handle, causing Yakon to swell and explode. As they advance to Stage Three, Vegeta silently realizes that Goku has broken through the Super Saiyan barrier.

Gohan claims the right to fight Dabura on Stage Three of Babidi's ship, while back at the World Tournament, the remaining five competitors agree to a battle royale format proposed by Mr. Satan. Android 18 boots Jewel from the ring with a single kick, and Mighty Mask, secretly Trunks and Goten in disguise, knocks out Killa just as quickly.

Trunks and Goten, disguised as Mighty Mask, battle Android 18 in the tournament's battle royale. When the boys transform into Super Saiyans and fire a massive combined blast, 18 retaliates with a well-aimed Destructo Disc that slices through their costume and exposes the deception, disqualifying them on the spot.

Android 18 and Mr. Satan are the last two standing. Rather than humiliate him, 18 offers a deal: she will throw the match if Satan pays her 20,000,000 zeni. Satan accepts, 18 takes a dramatic dive, and the champion retains his title. Meanwhile, Trunks and Goten encounter Videl midair and race off toward the growing battle as Super Saiyans.

Gohan continues his Super Saiyan battle against Dabura inside Babidi's ship, trading ferocious blows with the Demon King. Though Gohan snaps Dabura's conjured sword in half, the fight takes a sudden turn when Dabura withdraws voluntarily, having sensed a powerful evil lurking within one of the spectators.

Babidi casts Manipulation Sorcery on Vegeta, exploiting the Saiyan prince's deep resentment toward Goku. Vegeta transforms into Majin Vegeta and gains a tremendous power surge at the cost of Babidi's influence. Bearing the Majin mark on his forehead, Vegeta unleashes destruction at the World Tournament, demanding Goku fight him.

Majin Vegeta confronts Goku with a raw confession about his wounded pride as the Saiyan prince. Supreme Kai tries to stop their clash, but Goku threatens even the deity to clear the way. After exchanging apologies with Supreme Kai, Goku and Majin Vegeta are transported to a remote canyon, where both warriors power up to Super Saiyan 2.

Two separate battles unfold simultaneously as Goku and Majin Vegeta clash in their Super Saiyan 2 rematch while Gohan and Supreme Kai descend through Babidi's ship to confront the wizard directly. Vegeta refuses Babidi's commands with defiant pride, and Goku hands Gohan a Senzu Bean with one final piece of advice before the young Saiyan drops into the chamber holding Majin Buu's sealed ball.

The Buu revival meter fills to capacity as Goku and Vegeta's Super Saiyan 2 duel generates massive damage energy. Babidi transports everyone to the surface before the ship is destroyed. Vegeta confesses the real reason he surrendered to Babidi: he wanted to reclaim his ruthless nature, free from the softness that family life brought.

Majin Buu's cocoon begins cracking, releasing enormous clouds of steam. Supreme Kai orders Gohan to flee, but the young Saiyan fires a full-power Electric Kamehameha at the sealed ball instead. The blast launches the cocoon, and for a moment it seems Buu may have perished. Then a massive cloud forms overhead and reshapes itself into the legendary Majin Buu.

The newly freed Majin Buu bewilders everyone with childlike behavior, stretching, smiling, and ignoring Babidi's commands. Even Dabura dismisses the creature as a brainless fool. Goku and Vegeta pause their fight when Goku senses something abnormal about Buu's energy. The calm shatters when Buu gouges Dabura's eyes and kicks him into a mountain.

Majin Buu's power skyrockets in an instant, leaving Gohan stunned at the explosive growth. Vegeta knocks Goku unconscious with a blow to the neck, takes the last Senzu Bean, and resolves to face Buu alone as penance for awakening the monster. Meanwhile, Buu proves unstoppable, swatting Gohan into a mountain and crushing Supreme Kai with a casual clap before either can mount a defense.

Majin Buu shrugs off attacks from Supreme Kai, Gohan, and even a spear through the gut from Dabura. Meanwhile, Trunks and Goten stumble upon the petrified Piccolo and accidentally shatter him. Buu proves unstoppable, and Dabura begins to question whether the creature can truly be controlled.

Buu turns Dabura into a cookie and eats him, which breaks the petrification spell on Krillin and Piccolo. The boys learn Piccolo can regenerate even from being shattered. Vegeta destroys Babidi's ship and arrives on the battlefield, furious over Gohan's apparent death, and launches a devastating opening assault on Majin Buu.

Vegeta unleashes everything he has against Majin Buu, landing devastating combinations and even blasting a hole clean through his torso. But Buu regenerates from every wound, and when his fury boils over, he releases a catastrophic explosion that levels the entire area. Vegeta and Supreme Kai absorb the worst of the blast.

Buu brutalizes the injured Vegeta, wrapping him in a piece of his own stomach and pounding him relentlessly. Trunks and Goten transform and rush in to rescue Vegeta, kicking Buu away. Piccolo confronts Babidi directly, cutting the wizard in half despite warnings that killing him means no one can seal Buu. Vegeta, barely alive, tells Trunks to take care of his mother.

Vegeta embraces Trunks for the first time, then knocks both boys unconscious so they cannot interfere with his plan. He asks Piccolo whether he will see Goku in the afterlife and learns the answer is no. Accepting his fate, Vegeta channels every ounce of his remaining energy into a self-destruction so massive it dwarfs even Buu's earlier explosion.

Vegeta's sacrifice proves futile. His ash remains crumble away, but tiny fragments of Buu crawl back together and reform completely. Babidi survives thanks to his barrier and reasserts control over the restored monster. Piccolo entrusts the unconscious Trunks and Goten to Krillin, calling them Earth's last fragile hope, and heads to the Lookout.

Goku awakens, realizes Vegeta tricked him, and teleports to the Lookout where he learns Gohan and Vegeta are dead. He admits he cannot defeat Buu alone but reveals a technique called Fusion. Mr. Popo suggests Goten and Trunks as candidates. The Dragon Balls are summoned at Capsule Corporation, and Goku races to stop them from wasting all three wishes.

Kibito finds the wounded Supreme Kai and heals him. The two rush to recover Gohan, whom Supreme Kai believes holds the potential to surpass Buu, and teleport him to the Sacred World of the Kai. At the Lookout, Goku delivers the devastating news of Gohan and Vegeta's deaths. Babidi broadcasts a telepathic ultimatum and has Buu devour an entire crowd as a demonstration.

Babidi threatens the people of Earth with total annihilation unless they surrender Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten within five days. When a tournament attendant provides their names but not their addresses, Babidi kills him instantly. Meanwhile, on the Sacred World of the Kai, Supreme Kai reveals his plan to have Gohan wield the legendary Z Sword against Majin Buu.

Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan and wrenches the legendary Z Sword from the ground, achieving what no being before him could. On Earth, Goku begins teaching Trunks and Goten the Fusion technique, but Babidi broadcasts another city's destruction, turning its citizens into chocolate and devouring them while the boys watch in helpless fury.

Goku evaluates the boys' Super Saiyan power levels and discovers Trunks slightly outpaces Goten, requiring adjustment before Fusion can work. When Babidi threatens to destroy West City and the Dragon Radar with it, Goku teleports to confront Buu directly, buying Trunks time to retrieve the Radar before powering up to Super Saiyan 2 in front of the entire world.

Goku reveals Super Saiyan 3 to the world in a drawn-out, earth-shaking transformation that stuns allies and enemies alike. With longer hair, crackling lightning, and no eyebrows, he engages Majin Buu in an explosive exchange. However, King Kai warns that sustaining this form in the living world will rapidly drain Goku's remaining time on Earth.

The battle between Super Saiyan 3 Goku and Majin Buu escalates into a Kamehameha duel that carves through the landscape. Despite matching Buu blow for blow, Goku recognizes the fight is pointless and drops his transformation. He negotiates a two-day ceasefire, but Buu, tired of taking orders, turns on Babidi and kills his master with a single devastating punch.

With Babidi dead, Buu is free to terrorize Earth on his own terms, gleefully destroying cities and turning people into sweets. Goku reveals that Super Saiyan 3 drains time far too quickly in the living world, and Fortuneteller Baba confirms he has only thirty minutes remaining. As the clock runs out, Goku races to teach the boys as much about Fusion as possible.

Goku teaches Trunks and Goten the Fusion Dance poses, enlisting an embarrassed Piccolo as his mirror partner for the demonstration. Meanwhile, Buu constructs a bizarre house out of a village he has converted into clay and takes a nap before resuming his rampage. With his time on Earth expired, Goku shares a tender farewell with his family and friends before departing with Fortuneteller Baba.

Goku returns to the Other World and confirms through King Yemma that Gohan is not dead. He teleports to the Sacred World of the Kai, where he finds his son training with the Z Sword. Back on Earth, Buu has already destroyed two-thirds of the population, yet pauses to heal a blind boy's sight in a rare moment of innocent kindness before leveling another town.

Goten and Trunks attempt the Fusion Dance for the first time, but repeated technical mistakes produce two failed fusions before they finally nail the technique. The successful Gotenks immediately disobeys Piccolo and flies off to challenge Majin Buu, only to return moments later badly beaten. Meanwhile, the Old Kai continues his power-unlocking ritual on Gohan.

Majin Buu has obliterated eighty percent of humanity, and Earth pins its last hopes on Mr. Satan. The champion arrives at Buu's house armed with poisoned chocolates, an explosive handheld game console, and sheer bravado, but every scheme backfires spectacularly. By chapter's end, the would-be hero finds himself serving dinner and scrubbing Buu's back in the bathtub.

On the Sacred World of the Kai, Goku grows skeptical of the Old Kai's method as the elder keeps dozing off mid-ritual. Back on Earth, Piccolo has the boys attempt the Fusion Dance as Super Saiyans for the first time. The resulting Super Saiyan Gotenks is overwhelmingly powerful, but his cocky sprint around the globe burns through nearly all his fusion time before he can even reach Buu.

Mr. Satan's assassination plan stalls when Buu brings home an injured puppy, and an unexpected bond forms between the creature and its owner. Two violent opportunists roam the countryside executing civilians. Satan convinces Buu that killing and destroying are wrong, and the monster agrees to stop. But the peace shatters when the snipers gun down the puppy in front of Buu.

After the snipers shoot Buu's puppy, Mr. Satan channels his rage to knock out one gunman and beat the other senseless. Buu heals the dog, and the crisis seems to pass. Then the surviving sniper pulls a hidden pistol, shoots Satan, and flees. Pushed past his limit, Buu heals Satan, orders him to run, and begins expelling a massive cloud of steam that takes on a terrifying shape.

The steam cloud from Majin Buu solidifies into a skeletal second version born from pure evil. The two Buus clash, but the original is hopelessly outmatched because most of his power departed with the evil half. When the good Buu fires a Chocolate Beam, the evil one deflects it back, turning his counterpart into candy. After devouring it, Evil Buu transforms into a muscular new terror: Super Buu.

The newly formed Super Buu revels in his transformation, and even Goku on the Sacred World of the Kai feels the shift in energy. After gruesomely killing the surviving gunman, Super Buu pauses in front of Mr. Satan before flying away. Sensing the Lookout's cluster of ki signatures, Buu rockets skyward and appears before Piccolo and the others without warning.

Super Buu arrives at the Lookout demanding the fighter he was promised. Piccolo stalls, but Buu grows impatient and wipes out nearly every remaining human with a single omnidirectional blast. Given one hour, Piccolo plans to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to squeeze fifteen days of training into that window. On the surface, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Mr. Satan survive.

On the Sacred World of the Kai, Gohan's hidden power surfaces during Old Kai's ritual, startling everyone. At the Lookout, Super Buu grows restless while waiting. Chi-Chi confronts the monster and pays the ultimate price, forcing Piccolo to push the boys into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for emergency training.

Piccolo stalls for time by leading Buu on a winding path through the Lookout while the boys prepare inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Trunks and Goten devise a plan to toy with Buu before finishing him with their strongest form. When the door opens, the boys fuse into Gotenks, but their cocky debut falls flat as Buu shrugs off every blow.

Gotenks refuses to take Buu seriously, unleashing a string of absurdly named attacks that do nothing. After Buu backhands him across the chamber, Gotenks finally transforms into a Super Saiyan and unveils the Galactic Donut technique. When even that fails, the two warriors collide in a brutal mid-air headbutt, and Gotenks introduces his strangest weapon yet: the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack.

Gotenks deploys his Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack in full force. The first ghost detonates on contact and mangles Buu's body, proving the technique works. Gotenks then produces ten more ghosts, and after some comedic misfires and a surprisingly clever ambush, the ghostly squad blows Buu apart. Gotenks strikes a victory pose, convinced the battle is over.

Gotenks and Piccolo believe they have destroyed Super Buu, but the monster regenerates from nothing. When Gotenks bluffs about being out of power, Piccolo destroys the chamber entrance, sealing all three inside permanently. Buu responds to the news with a scream so powerful it tears a hole between dimensions.

Buu squeezes through his own dimensional rift and escapes to the Lookout, where he transforms everyone into chocolate and devours them. Trapped inside the chamber, Gotenks pushes beyond his limits and ascends to Super Saiyan 3, generating enough power to rip open a portal of his own. He and Piccolo emerge to find the Lookout in ruins and Buu rubbing his stomach.

Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks unleashes his full power against Buu on the Lookout. A headbutt sends Buu crashing through the main structure, and Buu retaliates by curling into a ball and demolishing the entire platform piece by piece. With almost nothing left to stand on, Gotenks traps Buu with his Super Donut Chain and spikes him toward the Earth in a volleyball-style finishing move.

Gotenks and Buu trade devastating blows across a desolate landscape as their battle reaches its peak. Piccolo warns that Buu is weakening in spirit, even if his body refuses to break. The two warriors exchange mouth blasts and Gotenks pounds Buu into submission, but just as he prepares to finish the fight for good, Super Saiyan 3 runs out and the Fusion reverts to normal.

With Gotenks defused and Buu recovering, all hope seems lost until Old Kai reveals that Gohan's power-up ritual finished five minutes ago. After an emotional farewell with Goku, Gohan teleports to Earth with Kibito, dons his father's iconic orange gi, and races toward the battlefield as Buu inexplicably decides to take a nap.

Gohan arrives at the battlefield radiating a completely different kind of energy. After learning that Buu killed everyone, including his mother and Dende, Gohan walks up to the monster with calm fury and delivers a declaration that leaves everyone stunned: he does not intend to fight Buu, he intends to kill him.

Gohan dominates Buu so thoroughly that the monster resorts to self-destructing just to buy time. While Buu hides and schemes, Gohan regroups with Piccolo and the boys, rescues Mr. Satan from the desert, and reunites with Dende, whose survival means the Dragon Balls can be restored.

Buu returns with a cunning plan: he goads Trunks and Goten into fusing, then secretly detaches blobs of his own body to absorb both Gotenks and Piccolo. The resulting transformation gives Buu the raw power of a Super Saiyan 3 fused warrior combined with Piccolo's tactical intelligence, creating the strongest version of Majin Buu yet.

Buu, now powered by Gotenks and Piccolo, overwhelms Gohan in a brutal one-sided fight. As Gohan struggles, Old Kai sacrifices his own life so that Goku can return to the living world. Meanwhile, in a separate twist, King Yemma reveals he kept Vegeta's soul intact for exactly this kind of emergency.

Gohan takes a severe beating while Mr. Satan brandishes a pistol and Dende heals Gohan at a critical moment. Old Kai introduces the Potara earrings as a superior alternative to the Fusion Dance, and Kibito and Supreme Kai accidentally demonstrate the technique by fusing into Kibito Kai permanently. Tien Shinhan arrives just in time to deflect a killing blow aimed at Dende.

Goku teleports to Earth armed with the Potara earrings and slices Buu in half with a Destructo Disc. He tosses one earring to Gohan, but Gohan fumbles the catch and it falls between the rocks. Before Gohan can retrieve it, the Gotenks fusion inside Buu expires, weakening him enough that Goku hesitates. Buu seizes the opening and absorbs Gohan with a severed piece of his own forelock.

With Gohan absorbed and no strong fighters left, Goku nearly fuses with Mr. Satan until he senses a familiar ki. Vegeta has returned, sent to Earth by King Yemma. After a tense argument about pride, losses, and the permanent cost of the Potara, Vegeta puts on the earring. The two Saiyans fly toward each other, and a blinding flash heralds the birth of a new warrior.

Super Vegito overwhelms Super Buu with effortless power, deflecting his Ultimate Cannon and battering the Majin with a relentless series of strikes. Taunting his opponent at every turn, Vegito impales Buu with a ki blade and tears off his forelock, threatening to erase him from existence piece by piece. The Supreme Kais watch in frustration as Vegito toys with the universe's most dangerous being.

Vegito demolishes every technique Buu throws at him, from the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack to hand-to-hand combat. After Buu transforms Vegito into a candy ball, the fused warrior retains his full power and pummels Buu as a tiny projectile. Once restored to normal, Vegito counts down from ten, deliberately goading Buu into attempting absorption, and the Majin takes the bait.

Vegito lets himself be swallowed by Buu, but a hidden barrier prevents actual absorption. Inside the Majin's body, the fusion unexpectedly splits back into Goku and Vegeta. Vegeta crushes his Potara earring to ensure they can never fuse again, and the two Saiyans discover the absorbed fighters trapped in pods within Buu's innards. As they free their allies, Buu reverts and loses his stolen power.

Goku and Vegeta confront an inner manifestation of Buu that has formed to stop them. Vegeta discovers that freeing the good Buu's pod could force a catastrophic regression. Despite Buu's desperate pleas, Vegeta tears the pod loose, and the two Saiyans grab their unconscious allies and escape through the steam vents in Buu's head as his outer body begins a violent transformation.

Buu completes his regression into his original form: a small, child-like creature of pure malice with no restraint and no conscience. Kibito Kai reveals the ancient history of the Supreme Kais and how absorptions once tempered Buu's nature. Now free of all influence, Kid Buu hurls a planet-destroying sphere at the Earth, obliterating it along with Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten.

On the Sacred World of the Kai, the survivors grapple with Earth's destruction. Dende proposes using the Namekian Dragon Balls to restore everything. Before they can act, Kid Buu mimics Kibito Kai's teleportation and appears on the sacred planet. Goku transforms into Super Saiyan 3 and prepares to face the Majin in a battle for the entire universe.

Goku and Kid Buu clash in a ferocious battle as Vegeta narrates a deeply personal inner monologue. For the first time, the prince openly acknowledges that Goku surpasses him, reflecting on why: Goku fights not to win, but to never lose, constantly shattering his own limits. The chapter culminates with Goku blasting Buu apart, only to find the Majin's stamina inexhaustible.

Vegeta steps in to buy Goku time, transforming into Super Saiyan 2 and launching a ferocious assault on Kid Buu. The Majin quickly overwhelms the prince with blinding speed and brutal power. Just as Buu is about to finish Vegeta, Mr. Satan charges in with a delusional challenge. Buu swings and misses, then suddenly freezes, clutching his head in agony.

Kid Buu expels Good Buu from his body, freeing himself to attack Mr. Satan without hesitation. Good Buu rises to defend his friend, and the two Majins clash in a brutal exchange of blows. Meanwhile, Goku struggles to maintain his Super Saiyan 3 form as his energy rapidly drains, leaving the heroes in an increasingly desperate situation.

Goku loses his Super Saiyan 3 transformation entirely, admitting the form consumes too much energy in a living body. As Good Buu and Kid Buu continue their savage fight, Vegeta devises a bold plan involving the Namekian Dragon Balls. The group races to New Namek to summon Porunga and restore both the Earth and everyone killed since the World Martial Arts Tournament.

With the Earth restored and its people revived, Vegeta broadcasts a plea to all of humanity through King Kai's telepathy, urging everyone to raise their hands and contribute energy for a Spirit Bomb. Goku's allies eagerly comply, but the ordinary citizens of Earth remain skeptical, leaving the Spirit Bomb dangerously incomplete.

The Spirit Bomb stalls as ordinary citizens refuse to believe the mysterious voice asking for their energy. Vegeta's threats only make things worse, and Goku's heartfelt pleas barely move the needle. Only when Mr. Satan steps in and claims responsibility does the entire population of Earth finally contribute, causing the Spirit Bomb to swell to an enormous size.

Goku launches the completed Super Spirit Bomb at Kid Buu, but the monster manages to hold it back with a Majin Kamehameha. With Goku's physical strength nearly spent, Dende uses the final Namekian Dragon Ball wish to restore his power. Reinvigorated, Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan and drives the Spirit Bomb through Kid Buu, obliterating him completely.

With Kid Buu destroyed for good, the heroes celebrate their hard-won victory. After a tense debate, Vegeta reluctantly allows Mr. Satan to take responsibility for Good Buu. Kibito Kai transports the group back to the Lookout for a joyful reunion. Six months later, Shenron erases Buu from public memory, and ten years of peace follow before a teenage Trunks arrives at the Son household.

A decade after Kid Buu's defeat, Goku and his friends prepare for the World Martial Arts Tournament. Goku reveals that a powerful young fighter named Oob will be competing, and he has been training specifically for this encounter. Vegeta agrees to enter after learning about the mystery contestant, and Goku uses Buu's magic to rig the tournament bracket so he faces Oob in the very first round.

The final chapter of Dragon Ball. Pan demolishes her adult opponent in seconds, and Goku faces Uub in the match he has been waiting ten years to fight. After provoking the timid boy into unleashing his hidden power, Goku is stunned by Uub's raw strength. Goku forfeits the tournament on the spot, choosing instead to fly off with Uub to train him as his successor.

Following Majin Buu's defeat, peace has returned to Earth. Goku farms under Chi-Chi's orders while dreaming of past battles. Meanwhile, Beerus the God of Destruction annihilates a distant planet after its inhabitants fail to appease him with food. One dish triggers a memory of the Super Saiyan God from a prophetic dream, prompting Beerus and Whis to investigate further.

Beerus confirms through the Oracle Fish that a Super Saiyan God will appear before him. Learning that surviving Saiyans reside on Earth and one trains on King Kai's planet, the God of Destruction travels there to test Goku's strength. Despite escalating through Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, and Super Saiyan 3, Goku proves no match and falls to a single pressure point strike.

Beerus arrives at Bulma's birthday party, where his search for the Super Saiyan God turns violent. Gohan, Buu, and Gotenks each fall. When Beerus slaps Bulma, Vegeta erupts in furious rage that briefly pushes the god back. Goku arrives via Instant Transmission just as Beerus prepares to destroy Earth.

Goku proposes using the Dragon Balls to learn how to become a Super Saiyan God. Shenron reveals the ritual requires six righteous Saiyans, and Videl's unborn child fills the sixth spot. Goku ascends to godhood and battles Beerus across space. Though the form fades, Beerus spares Earth, leaving Goku with a revelation about the twelve universes.

Goku and Vegeta train under Whis on Beerus' planet and accidentally debut Super Saiyan Blue during a sparring match. Champa and Vados arrive, revealing themselves as the Universe 6 counterparts to Beerus and Whis. After sampling Earth cuisine, Champa discovers his universe lacks an equivalent planet and challenges Beerus to a five-on-five tournament.

Beerus and Champa finalize the terms of their inter-universe tournament, with six planet-sized Super Dragon Balls as the stakes. Team Universe 7 assembles its roster while Bulma builds a radar to track the final orb. A flashback reveals how the twin gods once nearly destroyed galaxies in a fight over cake.

Team Universe 7 recruits Majin Buu while Bulma and Jaco visit Zuno to learn about the Super Dragon Balls. Goku and Vegeta train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for three years in Super Saiyan Blue. On tournament day, the group arrives at the Nameless Planet and gets a first look at Champa's fighters.

Frost is revealed as Universe 6's Frieza counterpart, though Piccolo senses he hides something beneath a calm exterior. Cabba introduces himself to Vegeta as a Saiyan from Planet Sadala. After a written exam eliminates Buu from the roster, the tournament opens with Goku facing Botamo in a bout that holds more surprises than expected.

The Universe 6 vs. Universe 7 tournament kicks off with Goku taking on Botamo, a fighter whose body absorbs every attack without harm. After cleverly tossing Botamo out of the ring, Goku faces Frost, the Universe 6 counterpart of Frieza, in a battle that escalates through multiple transformations.

Frost unleashes his true final form against Super Saiyan Goku, but a hidden poison needle turns the tide. After cheating his way past both Goku and Piccolo, Frost is exposed by Jaco and disqualified, prompting Vegeta to demand the chance to personally punish the fraud.

Vegeta storms the ring and demolishes Frost in seconds as a Super Saiyan, then faces the 1,000-ton Metalman Auta Magetta, whose invulnerable body shrugs off every energy attack. When brute force fails, Vegeta discovers that a well-placed insult can shatter Magetta's fragile spirit entirely.

Vegeta forces the young Universe 6 Saiyan Cabba to awaken his Super Saiyan form through calculated cruelty, then knocks him out with a single Super Saiyan Blue strike. When the legendary assassin Hit enters the ring, he dismantles Vegeta with an invisible technique that even Jaco cannot follow.

Goku cracks the secret of Hit's Time-Skip by predicting where the assassin will appear, then ascends through Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan God, and Super Saiyan Blue to overpower him completely. After forfeiting to fight Hit again without rules, Goku leaves everything to Monaka, and the arrival of Zeno reshapes the future of all twelve universes.

Future Trunks flees through the ruins of West City with a mysterious enemy called Black in pursuit. After narrowly escaping an explosion, he tells Future Mai of his plan to travel seventeen years into the past for help. In the present, a conversation about the dangers of time travel takes an ominous turn when Beerus senses Bulma is hiding something.

Future Trunks battles Goku Black in a desperate bid to reach the Time Machine, escaping to the past just seconds before a Black Kamehameha engulfs his position. In the present timeline, a recovered Future Trunks spars with Goku and reveals that the enemy who destroyed his world is far beyond anything Super Saiyan 3 can handle.

Future Trunks recounts his battle alongside Future Shin against Future Babidi and Future Dabura, a fight that ended with the deaths of both Kais and left his timeline without a God of Destruction. Meanwhile in Universe 10, a prodigious apprentice Supreme Kai named Zamasu begins to reveal a disturbing contempt for mortals that troubles his master Gowasu.

Zamasu accompanies Gowasu to observe Planet Babari and learns about the Time Rings, but his contempt for mortals leads him to kill a Babarian in cold blood. Back on Earth, the group plans their move against Goku Black, while Zamasu discovers Goku through GodTube and begins harboring resentment toward the mortal Saiyan.

Goku meets Zeno, who simply wants a friend to play with, and receives a special button that can summon the Omni-King at any time. Meanwhile, Zamasu threatens Zuno for information about the Super Dragon Balls. When Kibito reports Zamasu's sinister inquiries, the group pieces together Goku Black's true identity and the trio of Saiyans departs for the alternate timeline.

Vegeta dominates Goku Black in battle, climbing from Super Saiyan 2 to Blue while the impostor struggles to keep up. In Universe 10, Shin confirms Zamasu's treachery, giving Beerus justification to destroy the rogue apprentice. Just as Vegeta prepares to finish Black, a mysterious savior appears: Future Zamasu, revealing the Zero Mortals Project.

Black exploits the Saiyan ability to grow stronger after healing, using Future Zamasu's restoration to unlock Super Saiyan Rose. The heroes learn that Future Zamasu is immortal and has destroyed the Dragon Balls, leaving them without options. After a desperate retreat using Solar Flare, Goku proposes learning the Evil Containment Wave as their last hope against an unkillable god.

With the Time Machine connection weakening and only one trip to the future remaining, the heroes split up to prepare. Vegeta enters the Hyperbolic Time Chamber while Goku travels to Kame House to master the Evil Containment Wave. In the alternate timeline, Gowasu and Shin rescue Future Trunks and Mai, but Gowasu's attempt to reason with Black ends with a blade through his chest.

Vegeta reveals a devastating strategy, switching between Super Saiyan God and Blue in rapid bursts to dominate Goku Black. Goku seals Future Zamasu with the Evil Containment Wave, only to discover he brought a cabaret club coupon instead of the talisman. With the seal broken, Black and Future Zamasu resort to their final trump card: Potara fusion.

Fused Zamasu proves overwhelmingly powerful, shrugging off even a God Kamehameha through immortality. A revelation from Gowasu changes everything: the Potara fusion is temporary for non-Supreme Kais. Vegeta grudgingly accepts the earring, and Vegito is reborn as Super Saiyan Blue, tearing into Fused Zamasu until the fusion abruptly ends at the worst moment.

After premature defusion, Goku and Vegeta are battered by Fused Zamasu's portal attacks. Future Trunks discovers latent healing powers from his apprenticeship under Future Shin, and Vegeta sacrifices his own recovery to ensure Goku receives the heal. Goku unveils Perfected Super Saiyan Blue, sealing the form's power inside his body, though the strain threatens to destroy him.

Goku pushes Perfected Super Saiyan Blue to its absolute limit against Fused Zamasu, even attempting the Hakai technique to destroy the immortal fusion. When Zamasu uses Future Mai as a shield to survive, the battle spirals into chaos as the Potara fusion expires, only for both halves to individually transform back into Fused Zamasu and begin multiplying into an unstoppable army.

Cornered by an endless army of Infinite Zamasu, Goku discovers the button Zeno gave him and summons Future Zeno to the ruined timeline. The tiny omnipotent ruler erases not just the army but the entire alternate timeline, forcing the heroes into a desperate escape. After returning safely to the present, Future Trunks and Future Mai bid farewell and depart for a new future.

With the Zamasu crisis behind them, Goku tangles with roadside bandits while Vegeta trains under Whis and unlocks Perfected Super Saiyan Blue during a sparring match against Beerus himself. The calm shatters when Goku presses Zeno's button to remind the Omni-King about a promised universal tournament.

Goku arrives at Zeno's Palace to find both Zenos already contemplating the erasure of underperforming universes. His reminder about the promised tournament convinces them to hold the Tournament of Power on short notice. The Grand Minister summons every God of Destruction, and a chaotic battle royale among all twelve destroyers erupts on a hastily conjured stage.

The exhibition match between the Gods of Destruction reaches its climax as Belmod, Rumsshi, and others unleash devastating techniques. The Grand Minister cancels the bout when the Zenos grow bored, then arranges a mortal demonstration: Goku versus Top, Universe 11's God of Destruction candidate, under strict combat rules.

The Grand Minister reveals the full Tournament of Power rules: ten warriors per universe, forty-eight minutes of simultaneous combat, and every losing universe gets erased. As Universe 7 scrambles to build a team, Belmod recruits the mighty Jiren by dangling the wish of the Super Dragon Balls as bait.

Goku recruits Krillin and Android 18, then tracks down Android 17 on a monster-infested island with Dende's help. Along the way, Dende reveals a boy named Uub, the reincarnation of Kid Buu. When Mr. Satan reports that Majin Buu has entered hibernation, the team pivots toward Gohan and Piccolo.

In Universe 6, Cabba recruits the rogue Saiyan Caulifla by demonstrating Super Saiyan, while the quiet Kale reveals surprising power. Back in Universe 7, Krillin exposes Goku's prize money lie, Bulma agrees to pay fighters herself, and Goku recruits Frieza from Hell as the controversial tenth warrior. The full team departs for the arena.

The Tournament of Power begins in the Null Realm as all eight competing universes assemble on the arena. Goku seeks out Jiren but is coldly dismissed, while Frieza forges an alliance with Frost. Once the Grand Minister signals the start, fighters scatter across the platform and the first eliminations come swiftly, with Android 17, Android 18, and Vegeta tearing through the early opposition.

Frost proves deadly to Universe 7's weaker fighters, swiftly eliminating Krillin and Tien Shinhan. His rampage across the arena turns out to be Frieza's calculated trap. After Frost exhausts himself wiping out most of Universe 9, Frieza betrays him and hurls him off the platform. With Bergamo as the sole survivor, Universe 9 becomes the first universe erased.

With Universe 9 erased and 43 minutes remaining, Goku and Hit find themselves individually outclassed by Jiren. After Goku's Perfected Super Saiyan Blue proves useless and Hit's Time-Skip fails entirely, the two join forces. Hit unveils a new technique called the Time Lag to slow Jiren down, but the Pride Trooper has been holding back all along, and he eliminates Hit at the very edge of the arena.

After Hit's elimination, the tournament descends into chaos. Vegeta powers up to Perfected Super Saiyan Blue against Top and Dyspo. Android 17 and his Universe 7 allies dismantle Universe 10's remaining fighters. Android 18 battles the Kamikaze Fireballs until invisible fighters from Universe 4 start eliminating combatants at random, forcing Piccolo and Android 17 to hunt threats they cannot see.

Frieza targets the Universe 6 Saiyans and transforms into Golden Frieza to overpower Caulifla. Kale intervenes with stealthy assists, but Frieza catches on. When Cabba joins and is quickly overwhelmed alongside Caulifla, the emotional pressure triggers Kale's transformation into a Legendary Super Saiyan whose power proves difficult for even Perfected Super Saiyan Blue Goku to contain.

Kale's uncontrollable Legendary Super Saiyan rampage tears through the tournament, single-handedly causing the erasure of Universes 4, 3, 2, and 10. She eliminates her own teammates as well, leaving Caulifla desperate for a solution. With stolen Potara earrings, Caulifla and the rampaging Kale fuse into Kefla, who decimates the remaining Pride Troopers before Gohan steps forward to challenge her.

With 15 minutes left and 12 fighters remaining, Gohan battles Kefla in a grueling exchange that ends in a double elimination, erasing Universe 6. Goku pushes his body past its limits against Jiren but cannot close the gap. Master Roshi teaches Goku one final lesson about martial arts mastery before being eliminated. Inspired by Roshi's words, Goku taps into Ultra Instinct Sign for the first time.

Vegeta evolves his own way, breaking past his limits without following Goku's Ultra Instinct path. He batters Jiren with newfound power but is ultimately overwhelmed. Frieza and Android 17 stall Jiren while Top and Dyspo are stranded and eliminated. Android 17 sacrifices himself in a self-destruction gambit that fails to remove Jiren, prompting Goku to re-enter Ultra Instinct Sign.

Goku reawakens Ultra Instinct Sign and pushes Jiren harder than before, eventually ascending to Perfected Ultra Instinct. Though he dominates the fight initially, the strain of an untrained transformation catches up. After losing the form, Vegeta catches him, and the two Saiyans learn the truth behind Jiren's solitary drive: the wish to resurrect his fallen master, Gicchin.

The Tournament of Power reaches its explosive conclusion as Goku and Vegeta throw everything at Jiren, only for Vegeta to be eliminated. Frieza emerges from hiding to execute a last-ditch gambit that topples Jiren, Goku, and himself from the arena. Android 17, the sole survivor, uses his wish to restore all erased universes, and life gradually returns to normal before a new threat surfaces.

Merus recounts how the Grand Supreme Kai sacrificed his divine power ten million years ago to seal the magic of a planet-devouring sorcerer named Moro. Now that Moro has escaped the Galactic Prison, the Patrol needs the Grand Supreme Kai extracted from Good Buu. Goku and Vegeta volunteer to help and are deputized before joining Merus on a trial mission against the Macareni Siblings.

Goku and Vegeta learn that Moro absorbs the life force of planets and is heading for New Namek to claim the Dragon Balls. The Saiyans teleport ahead and confront Moro on the planet's surface. Vegeta takes the first fight, escalating through Super Saiyan and into Super Saiyan God, but Moro sheds his cloak and prepares to unleash his true magic.

Moro reveals the scope of his sorcery by channeling New Namek's own energy against Vegeta, summoning eruptions of planetary force that cannot be dodged or blocked. After a calculated bluff, Vegeta tricks Moro into revealing his wish, then ascends to Super Saiyan God SS Evolved. The advantage is brief as Moro drains the planet and both Saiyans, devouring the stolen energy for a massive power boost.

Moro's power surges as he drains Goku and Vegeta to the brink of death, leaving them stranded on New Namek without enough energy to teleport. While the Saiyans recover under Namekian care, Moro raids villages for Dragon Balls. A combined Namekian warrior born from dozens of fused fighters rises to stop him, only to be killed in a single blow.

Moro closes in on the final Dragon Ball as Goku and Vegeta prepare for a rematch they may not survive. Merus intercepts Moro's ship and temporarily restrains him while Good Buu arrives on the surface. When the Grand Supreme Kai's memories stir within him, Buu attacks Moro with startling ferocity, and his unique body proves immune to the sorcerer's energy absorption.

Good Buu dominates Moro, his regenerating body shrugging off every attack. Victory seems certain until Cranberry summons Porunga and wishes for Moro's full magical power to be restored. Moro murders Cranberry, takes the last wish for himself, and begins draining New Namek of all life. The Grand Supreme Kai emerges from Buu, and the three warriors teleport to stop Moro before the planet dies.

Moro flees into the vacuum of space, forcing Grand Supreme Kai to pursue him alone. The ancient wizard absorbs the Kai's own attack and overpowers him on a distant asteroid, confirming the sealing technique can no longer be performed. Merus devises a daring rescue plan, but Moro's unseen third wish looms.

Moro's third wish is revealed: a bolt of energy from New Namek tears through the Galactic Prison, freeing every inmate. Led by Saganbo, the convicts rally under Moro's banner. With their energy drained by Moro's magic, Goku teleports the group to safety while Vegeta sets course for Planet Yardrat alone.

With the heroes scattered, Moro and Saganbo's crew begin devouring planets across the galaxy. Goku discovers Merus's hidden abilities and convinces him to train him toward Ultra Instinct. Vegeta reaches Planet Yardrat seeking techniques to counter Moro's magic. The Macareni Gang quietly plots a trip to Earth for its Sky Gold.

Vegeta arrives on Planet Yardrat and meets Elder Pybara, who reveals that all Yardrat techniques stem from Spirit Control. On Earth, Piccolo defeats the Macareni Gang but not before they alert Moro's forces. Goku and Merus begin training inside a hidden Hyperbolic Time Chamber where Merus prepares to reveal his true power.

Moro's scouting party arrives on Earth far sooner than expected after Seven-Three steals a warp portal ability. The android copies Piccolo's powers and turns them against him while Krillin struggles against Yunba. Gohan arrives in time to save his mentor, now Earth's strongest available fighter.

Gohan dominates Seven-Three in his Ultimate form despite the android wielding Piccolo's stolen abilities. When the thirty-minute window expires, Seven-Three switches to a stored copy of Moro's energy absorption. Moro watches from space and, intrigued by Earth's fighters, orders a withdrawal to return in two months.

The Grand Minister reveals Merus is an Angel trainee who violated the code of impartiality. Whis convinces his father to let him handle it. On Yardrat, Vegeta's Spirit Control advances rapidly and he dispatches Moro's scouts with ease. When he learns Earth is next, he asks Pybara for a technique to defeat Moro.

Moro's army arrives on Earth, forcing the defenders to split across multiple fronts. Gohan and Piccolo coordinate against Seven-Three while Yamcha, Krillin, and Tien each face their own opponents. When Seven-Three activates Moro's absorption, Android 17 and 18 arrive to turn the tide with their drain-proof energy.

Earth becomes the front line as Moro's escaped convicts scatter across the planet. Krillin outsmarts Yunba, Tien and Chiaotzu exploit a Metalman's weakness, and Roshi blindfolds himself to survive a deadly trio of women. But when Moro lands and empowers Saganbo, the defenders are hopelessly outmatched until Goku arrives via Instant Transmission.

Goku tears through the remaining convicts, but the real test begins when Saganbo refuses to surrender. Moro keeps force-feeding energy into his loyal soldier, driving him past his breaking point. Saganbo's body gives out and he dies, prompting Goku to unleash Ultra Instinct Sign and vow to end Moro.

Goku and Moro collide in a clash that tests Ultra Instinct Sign to its limit. Goku lands blow after blow, sees through Moro's illusion sorcery, and avoids energy absorption. But when Moro unleashes reserves gained from devouring countless worlds, Goku's stamina buckles and the form shatters, forcing him to acknowledge its weakness before powering up for a desperate second round.

Goku throws everything at Moro but the strain of Ultra Instinct Sign proves too great. He collapses, drained and defeated. Androids 17 and 18 buy seconds thanks to their artificial energy, but Moro is far beyond them. On Yardrat, Vegeta crams Instant Transmission into a single frantic session, then teleports himself to Earth, revealing he has mastered something far superior.

Vegeta unveils Forced Spirit Fission, a technique that rips stolen energy from a fused or absorbing fighter and returns it to its rightful owners. With each blow Moro grows weaker while planets across the universe recover. Victory seems certain until Moro, desperate and cornered, flees to his ship, devours Seven-Three whole, and emerges as a terrifying hybrid wielding every copied ability.

Moro, fused with Seven-Three, proves untouchable. Vegeta cannot land a hit, making Forced Spirit Fission useless. The Z Fighters fall one by one. Fusion is off the table since Moro wields the same technique. Goku's Instant Kamehameha removes an arm but copied Regeneration restores it. With every fighter down and a barrier sealing the field, only the surprise arrival of Merus prevents total defeat.

Merus enters the fray not to defeat Moro but to finish Goku's training. Using his staff and angelic agility, he buys time while Dende heals the fallen fighters. When Goku arrives and fails in Ultra Instinct Sign, Merus makes his choice: he shatters the orbs powering Moro's absorption and accepts the divine consequence, fading away with a final plea to protect the galaxy.

Fueled by grief, Goku ascends to Perfected Ultra Instinct at will. The silver-haired warrior dominates Moro so completely that every counter fails. Goku uses God Bind to freeze him midair, then delivers a planet-shaking punch that leaves the sorcerer broken and begging. Goku tears off his Galactic Patrol insignia and declares he will finish this as an Earthling.

Goku offers Moro mercy in exchange for returning to prison, but the villain betrays the deal and absorbs the fallen angel Merus's power. As Moro's untrained body buckles under angelic energy, the battle spirals toward catastrophe. In desperation, Moro fuses with the Earth itself, turning the planet into both a hostage and a ticking bomb.

Moro, fused with the Earth, drains energy from every living creature while threatening a galaxy-ending explosion. The Z Fighters channel their power through Vegeta, but it falls short. Salvation arrives from an unexpected source: a boy named Uub, whose godly energy lets Goku manifest a colossal Ultra Instinct avatar and shatter Moro's crystal.

The universe celebrates Moro's defeat as the Namekian Dragon Balls undo his destruction. Merus, believed erased forever, returns as a mortal after the Grand Minister shows unexpected mercy. But a new threat takes shape when Seven-Three's remnants fall into the hands of a figure named Goichi, and a bounty hunter called Granolah sets his sights on the android.

The sole surviving Cerealian takes center stage as Granolah's traumatic past and hatred for the Saiyans come into focus. He delivers Seven-Three to the Heeters and demands help finding Frieza. Meanwhile, Goku trains with Whis on Beerus's planet, and Vegeta receives a cryptic hint that the Gods of Destruction wield a power entirely distinct from Ultra Instinct.

Granolah returns to Planet Cereal, a world rebuilt by the Heeters and sold to the Sugarians after the Saiyan invasion forty years earlier. On Beerus's planet, Vegeta learns a staggering truth: Beerus ordered Frieza to destroy Planet Vegeta. The Heeters uncover the Dragon Balls, and Granolah steals his planet's pair to summon the dragon Toronbo.

Toronbo grants Granolah's wish at a devastating cost: nearly his entire remaining lifespan, leaving him just three years to live. The Heeters refuse to let Granolah topple Frieza and devise a scheme to pit him against Goku and Vegeta instead. On Beerus's planet, both Saiyans continue training, unaware of the collision course ahead.

Whis teaches Goku that transforming to access Ultra Instinct is a limitation, not a strength. The Heeters set their scheme in motion, visiting Zuno for intelligence and traveling to Earth to lure Goku and Vegeta to Planet Cereal. As the Saiyans depart, Macki contacts Granolah and frames the two as assassins sent by Frieza.

Goku and Vegeta arrive on Planet Cereal and immediately come under devastating sniper fire from Granolah. His enhanced right eye targets pressure points with lethal precision, knocking Goku unconscious with a single shot. As the battle escalates through Super Saiyan God and beyond, Vegeta begins to suspect their supposed villain is not what the Heeters claimed.

Goku escalates through multiple transformations against the Cerealian warrior Granolah on Planet Cereal. After combining Ultra Instinct with Super Saiyan Blue fails to overcome Granolah's pressure point targeting, Goku unveils Perfected Ultra Instinct as his final trump card, only to fall victim to a devastating clone strategy.

Vegeta takes over the fight against Granolah while a battered Goku lies unconscious. Despite being outmatched in raw power, Vegeta relishes the pure thrill of combat and pushes himself beyond his limits. After Granolah shatters his armor with a pressure point attack, Vegeta's fighting spirit ignites a brand new transformation rooted in the power of destruction itself.

Vegeta dominates Granolah with the fearsome power of Ultra Ego, shrugging off attacks and growing stronger with every blow he absorbs. He reveals the existence of the Gods of Destruction and names his new state. However, Granolah evolves his left eye to match, turning the tide and forcing the Heeters to accelerate their own plans with the Cerealian Dragon Balls.

Goku and Vegeta stubbornly trade turns against a fully powered Granolah, refusing to cooperate. Vegeta drags the fight into the Sugarian city, forcing Granolah to confront painful memories of his own people's destruction. As both warriors reach the breaking point, the elder Namekian Monaito arrives with a revelation: Bardock, Goku's father, was the Saiyan who saved Granolah's life.

A flashback to forty years ago reveals the full story of the Saiyan invasion of Planet Cereal. Bardock defies his orders and spares the young Granolah and his mother Muezli, escorting them to the last surviving Namekian. When the Heeters discover the survivors, Elec murders Muezli, and Bardock fights to protect the others. In the present, Goku learns the identity of his father for the first time.

The Heeters spring their master plan. Learning that the fighting has stopped, Elec summons the Cerealian dragon and makes his wish off-screen. Gas arrives on the battlefield as the newly crowned strongest being in the universe, easily overpowering both Granolah and Goku. Vegeta retrieves a Senzu Bean and gives it to Granolah so the Cerealian can take revenge with his own hands.

Restored by the Senzu Bean, Granolah rejoins the battle against a wish-empowered Gas. The Cerealian reunites with his companion Oatmeel, apologizes for casting him aside, and challenges Gas to a rematch. Vegeta and Goku observe from the sidelines, noting that Gas has only just acquired his new strength and cannot yet wield it effectively.

Granolah pushes Gas to his breaking point, forcing the Heeter to confront a berserker transformation suppressed for forty years. Elec removes the seal on Gas's power, unleashing a monstrous form that overwhelms everyone on the battlefield. After Goku's resemblance to Bardock triggers painful memories, Gas seizes control and undergoes a true awakening.

With Gas fully awakened and the Saiyans paralyzed by his spell, the battle on Planet Cereal takes a desperate turn. Vegeta surrenders his remaining energy to Goku, who breaks free and transforms into Super Saiyan Blue for a direct confrontation. Outmatched on the ground, Goku exploits his superior Instant Transmission to strand Gas on a distant planet, buying his allies precious time to regroup.

Goku exploits his superior Instant Transmission to humiliate Gas across the galaxy, then strands him on a volcanic planet with Whis before chaining rapid teleportations back to Cereal. There, the group discovers Bardock's scouter, and a recording of his voice triggers a buried memory in Goku of his parents' final farewell as they launched him from Planet Vegeta.

The full flashback of Bardock's battle with Gas plays out on Planet Cereal. Despite being outclassed, Bardock refuses every chance to flee, even turning down a wish from the Cerealian Dragon. Instead, he asks for his sons to thrive. Pushed past his limits, Bardock taps into the Saiyan ability to evolve through near-death and overwhelms Gas with a decisive blast.

Bardock's scouter recording reshapes both Saiyans. Goku recovers buried memories and finally grasps the pride of his people, while Vegeta rediscovers the conviction he once carried as the last prince. United by that resolve, they transform into Perfected Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego to face Gas together in a coordinated assault that pushes the awakened Heeter to his limits.

Gas pummels Vegeta relentlessly, but every hit fuels Ultra Ego until the Saiyan prince finally burns out. With Vegeta down, Goku completes his meditation and unveils True Ultra Instinct, channeling his emotions instead of suppressing them. Powered by the memory of Bardock, Goku overwhelms Gas, only for Elec to force his brother into a devastating new form that rapidly ages his body.

Gas sacrifices nearly all his remaining lifespan for overwhelming power, battering Goku with telekinesis and giant spectral fists. A restored Granolah rejoins the fight, and with Vegeta's help, the three mount a desperate last stand. Goku manifests his giant Ultra Instinct form to hurl Gas into the upper atmosphere, where Granolah lands a planet-shaking finishing blast.

Just as the battle on Cereal seems settled, Gas re-emerges and fatally wounds Monaito. Goku and Vegeta transform once more but are outmatched by Gas's decaying yet overwhelming power. Frieza then arrives, effortlessly kills Gas and Elec, and unveils Black Frieza, defeating both Saiyans in a single strike before departing with Oil and Macki as his newest subordinates.

With Goku and Vegeta training on Beerus's planet after Black Frieza's debut, the story shifts to Earth where teenage Trunks and Goten fight crime as Saiyaman X-1 and X-2. Malfunctioning Helper Bots plague West City, and Trunks traces the problem to a mansion where Dr. Gero's Alpha Series androids are reprogramming robots. He recovers a data disc, drawing the attention of Dr. Hedo.

Trunks struggles to decode a stolen data disc while Mai enrolls at his high school to investigate Dr. Hedo. A handsome transfer student named Baytah turns out to be Beta 1, an android hunting whoever destroyed the Alpha Series. After Goten accidentally reveals his strength, both he and Trunks suit up as Saiyaman X-1 and X-2 for a schoolyard showdown.

Krillin's zombie investigation and Goten's clash with Beta 7 set the stage for a school dance doubling as a trap. Dr. Hedo sneaks in hoping to meet his idol Cleangod, while Mai plans to ambush the scientist. When chaos erupts, Krillin, Goten, and Trunks pursue Hedo to a hidden lab and face a fearsome Dinodroid.

Piccolo begins training young Pan after picking her up from kindergarten, while Krillin and the police build a case against the Red Ribbon Army. Dr. Hedo leaves prison and accepts Magenta's billion-zeni offer to build androids. Krillin tries to tail the meeting but is knocked out by Hachimaru. Months later, Gohan lets his training slide, forcing Piccolo to deliver a wake-up punch.

Piccolo clashes with Gamma 2, the sleek new android bearing the Red Ribbon Army logo. After narrowly surviving a devastating Gamma Blaster, he tracks the android back to the Army's hidden base and infiltrates in a stolen uniform. Inside, he overhears plans for an incomplete weapon called Cell Max and scrambles to contact Bulma for backup, but Goku and Vegeta are unreachable on Beerus' Planet.

On Beerus' Planet, Vegeta shifts from physical training to mental discipline, recognizing their raw power already rivals the universe's best. On Earth, Piccolo uses the Dragon Balls to have Shenron unlock his dormant power, along with a mysterious bonus. He then volunteers for the Red Ribbon Army's plan to kidnap Pan, staging the abduction himself to force Gohan back into fighting shape.

Piccolo and Soldier 15 arrive at Pan's kindergarten for the staged kidnapping, but the three-year-old knocks the real soldier out cold. Pan plays along, feigning terror in a recorded message used to bait Gohan. His fury erupts in a Super Saiyan transformation that collapses his house. At the base, Piccolo's bluff of threatening Pan pushes Gohan back into his Ultimate form.

Gohan and Piccolo wage parallel battles against the Gamma androids at the Red Ribbon base. Krillin senses the fighting and heads out with Android 18. Ultimate Gohan gains the upper hand against Gamma 1, while Piccolo's unlocked power surprises Gamma 2. When Piccolo is beaten down, Shenron's bonus activates: his skin turns orange, his antenna snaps upright, and he surges with power.

Orange Piccolo demolishes Gamma 2 with a single punch, and Pan tears through Red Ribbon soldiers. When Carmine fires on the three-year-old, the Gammas realize they have been fighting for the wrong side. Magenta slips away to activate Cell Max, but Hachimaru's poison kills him after he frees the monster. As Cell Max erupts, Trunks and Goten charge in as the Saiyaman X duo.

With Cell Max unleashed and raging out of control, the Z Fighters mount a desperate counterattack against the towering android. Trunks and Goten open the assault, followed by the Gamma androids, but Cell Max shrugs off every combined technique. A botched fusion produces Fat Gotenks, forcing Gohan, Piccolo, and Android 18 to enter the fray as Gamma 2 hatches a plan that could change everything.

Gamma 2 prepares to sacrifice himself to destroy Cell Max, pouring all his energy into one decisive strike. When the attack falls short, Piccolo transforms into Orange Piccolo and grows to giant size. The last Senzu Bean becomes a desperate relay as Pan learns to fly just in time, and Gohan returns to battle with Cell Max more furious than ever.

Piccolo fights alone to buy Gohan time to surpass Cell Max. When the android appears to destroy both Piccolo and Gamma 1 in a colossal explosion, Gohan's rage triggers a new transformation: red irises, white hair, and strength that stops Cell Max cold. The team rallies to ground the android for Gohan's finishing strike.

Gohan unleashes his Special Beam Cannon at point-blank range, colliding with Cell Max's desperate counter in a titanic beam struggle. Goten and Trunks tip the balance, and the beam pierces the android's skull, ending the battle. In the aftermath, Hedo finds redemption at Capsule Corp, and Vegeta claims a sparring win over Goku on Beerus' Planet.

After Magenta's funeral, Carmine shelves the Red Ribbon Army while Gohan and Piccolo remain active. He tricks Saiyaman X-1 and X-2 into targeting Gohan by disguising him as a villain. On Beerus' Planet, Vegeta spars with Broly and learns Gohan surpassed them all. The deception unravels when Gohan transforms into Beast, and Goku senses it from across the universe.

Goku brings Gohan, Goten, and Trunks to Beerus' Planet for a family sparring session. Gohan warms up against the boys, then Goku steps in with Perfected Ultra Instinct to face Gohan's Beast form. Carmine and Soldier 15, trapped in the car, are along for the ride as father and son begin a clash that threatens to wreck the planet.

The father-son duel reaches its climax as Goku and Gohan push their signature forms to the limit. Gohan reveals a daring strategy of riding the edge of losing control to surpass Ultra Instinct, while Goku counters with decades of refined technique. Broly and Vegeta each take turns sparring Gohan, the session erupts into a free-for-all, and Carmine quietly abandons the Red Ribbon Army for good.

In this prequel chapter, Trunks witnesses the TV hero Clean God in action at a museum field trip and learns why real heroes wear masks. The experience inspires him and Goten to design costumes and adopt the names Saiyaman X-1 and X-2. Gohan is revealed to have secretly played Clean God for a movie shoot, channeling his Great Saiyaman instincts one more time.

The Galactic Patrol, a peacekeeping force operating under the Galactic King with just 38 members, is introduced along with its history of encounters across the cosmos. Jaco, a self-proclaimed super elite, receives orders to intercept a Saiyan child heading for Earth, setting the stage for the events that will unknowingly shape the planet's future forever.

Retired scientist Tokunoshin Omori witnesses a spaceship crash near his isolated island and meets Jaco, a Galactic Patrolman whose ship was damaged after hitting the Moon. The two form an uneasy alliance as Jaco reveals a fearsome alien is heading for Earth and casually offers to wipe out humanity with an Extinction Bomb if things get complicated.

A government agent named Katayude arrives at Omori's island with orders to evict the old scientist so politicians can turn the land into a resort. Jaco and Omori bond over their mutual dislike of the bureaucrat, and Omori reveals his unfinished time machine, a device he originally built in hopes of preventing the accident that killed his wife and colleagues.

Omori works on repairing Jaco's spaceship and discovers that a rare blue metal called Sky Gold is needed to restore it to working condition. With a price tag of nineteen million yen for the minimum amount required, the pair face a daunting financial obstacle. They decide to head to East City for supplies, with Jaco donning a disguise to pass among humans for the first time.

Jaco and Omori arrive in East City, where Jaco's rigid sense of justice immediately clashes with the seedy urban environment. After witnessing litter, crime, and petty theft, Jaco stops a purse snatcher with his Ray Gun and earns a small cash reward, though Omori grows increasingly anxious about keeping the alien out of trouble and the city's attention.

While Omori shops for milk and cheese, Jaco cannot resist intervening when he spots a group of bandits harassing a young woman on the streets of East City. After dispatching the thugs with ease, Jaco mistakes arriving police officers for accomplices and knocks them out too, turning himself and Omori into fugitives. The mysterious girl they rescued leads them to a hiding spot on a rooftop.

The young woman who rescued Jaco and Omori introduces herself as Tights, an aspiring science fiction novelist. After deducing that Jaco is an alien, she bargains her silence for passage to Omori's island. The trio returns together, only to see Jaco's exploits broadcast on the evening news under the unflattering alias "Mask Man."

Tights heads to East City for groceries and returns with both supplies and a small piece of Sky Gold she purchased with three million yen. Omori successfully installs the metal and restores power to Jaco's spaceship, but a careless collision with the wooden canopy during a test flight destroys the ship's communication antenna, leaving Jaco still unable to contact the Galactic Patrol.

Omori declares the antenna beyond repair, and the group settles into an evening marked by a hilariously bad police sketch of Jaco on television. Tights reveals a shocking secret: she has been hired as a body double for idol An Azuki on the dangerous Twinkle 8 rocket launch. Government agent Katayude recognizes the sketch and mobilizes an armed team.

Katayude's special police squad arrives to arrest the "Mask Man," but Jaco reveals himself on his own terms, refusing any name other than "Super Elite." When the Twinkle 8 malfunctions mid-flight, Jaco fights through the officers and activates Omori's time machine, freezing time long enough to launch a desperate rescue mission for Tights.

With time frozen, Jaco and Omori race toward the falling Twinkle 8 in Jaco's spaceship. Jaco boards the plummeting vessel, rescues Tights and Captain Okawari, then kicks the fuel-laden rocket into the sea and destroys it with his Ray Gun, saving East City. Cleared of all charges, the "Mask Man" is officially rechristened "Mr. Super Elite."

Jaco waits atop a cliff for the alien threat that never seems to arrive, while Tights learns the horrifying details of the Saiyan race. A disgusting encounter causes Tights to push Jaco off the cliff, and neither notices a streak of light landing in the distance: the Saiyan child has arrived. Tights then introduces her family, including five-year-old genius Bulma, who fixes everything.

Set before the main story, this bonus chapter reveals the circumstances behind Goku's departure from Planet Vegeta. Bardock, suspicious of Frieza's order recalling all Saiyans, steals an Attack Ball and sends his three-year-old son Kakarot to Earth. One month later, Frieza destroys the planet while the Galactic Patrol dispatches Jaco to intercept the child.