Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi persuaded Goku and the others to let him gather the Dragon Balls so they could train before a coming crisis. They sent Bulma to accompany him, and her growing infatuation became clear as Yoru Machi carried her off at high speed to find the nearest Dragon Ball.

• Yoru Machi asked Bulma for the Dragon Radar, prompting the others to suspect his motives until Goku vouched for him.
• Yoru Machi explained that he wanted to find a place where they could grow stronger and said his debt to Goku's mother meant he would not betray Goku.
• The group agreed to let Yoru Machi gather the Dragon Balls but sent Bulma along to keep watch, while the others focused on training.
• Bulma eagerly joined Yoru Machi, captivated by his looks and strength, and imagined a future with him as they set off.
• Yoru Machi swept Bulma into a princess carry and flew away from Kame House at astonishing speed, stunning Goku and the others.

Yoru Machi brought the gathered Dragon Balls to the Lookout and wished for Earth’s martial artists and King Piccolo to be sent to King Kai for training. They arrived on King Kai’s Planet, struggled under its tenfold gravity, and Yoru Machi asked King Kai to train them against the powerful enemies expected on Earth.

• Yoru Machi and Bulma arrived at the Lookout with all seven Dragon Balls, and Bulma praised Yoru Machi’s strength during their three-day search.
• Yoru Machi summoned the Divine Dragon and wished for the martial artists present and King Piccolo to be sent to King Kai.
• Son Goku, Yoru Machi, Piccolo, Krillin, and the others appeared above King Kai’s Planet and fell under its tenfold gravity.
• King Kai came out of his house, recognized the newcomers’ backgrounds, and asked why they had arrived.
• Yoru Machi explained that they had come for special training because powerful enemies would soon reach Earth.

Yoru Machi persuaded King Kai to train the group by warning him of Frieza’s coming invasion and making him laugh at a joke. After quickly completing the preliminary exercises, Yoru Machi asked to learn King Kai’s secret techniques, hoping to secure the Kaio-ken and Spirit Bomb for himself and his counterparts in other worlds.

• Yoru Machi warned King Kai that Frieza would threaten the North Galaxy and that two powerful Saiyans would arrive on Earth in two years, then asked him to train the group.
• King Kai agreed to help on the condition that they make him laugh, and Yoru Machi’s joke sent him rolling on the ground.
• The group began training on King Kai’s Planet, where Kakarot and Piccolo struggled with its gravity and catching Bubbles and Gregory, while the others could not yet begin.
• Yoru Machi adapted to the gravity and completed the preliminary exercises in under half an hour.
• Yoru Machi asked King Kai to teach him his secret techniques, especially the Kaio-ken and Spirit Bomb, so his counterparts in other worlds could benefit too.

Yoru Machi persuaded King Kai to teach him the Spirit Bomb, then mastered it and the Kaio-ken alongside Son Goku in remarkably little time. After King Kai declared he had nothing left to teach Yoru Machi, Yoru Machi began brutal physical training to handle higher Kaio-ken multipliers.

• Yoru Machi addressed King Kai’s concerns about teaching a Saiyan the Spirit Bomb and Kaio-ken, and King Kai chose to test him with the Spirit Bomb first.
• Yoru Machi mastered the Spirit Bomb in less than three months, while Son Goku rapidly outpaced Piccolo in training.
• Yoru Machi and Son Goku learned the Kaio-ken in half a year, with Yoru Machi able to use the threefold multiplier while Son Goku could manage only the twofold version.
• King Kai called Yoru Machi a freak and said he had nothing left to teach him.
• Yoru Machi had King Kai attach one ton of weight to each of his limbs and trained alongside Kakarot and the others.

After nearly two years of training on King Kai's Planet, Yoru Machi and the Dragon Ball fighters returned to Earth and showed Bulma how much stronger they had become. When Vegeta and the other Saiyans arrived, Yoru Machi brought Bulma to join the others as four spaceships landed nearby.

• Bulma questioned the fighters' progress, and Yoru Machi lent her a Frieza Force Power Level detector.
• Krillin powered up to 2,600, while Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Son Goku, and Yoru Machi revealed readings of 1,800, 1,200, 8,000, and 15,000 respectively.
• Bulma felt reassured by Yoru Machi and Son Goku's strength as the group rested and prepared for the Saiyans.
• Yoru Machi sensed Vegeta and the others entering Earth's atmosphere and told Bulma he was leaving to meet them.
• Yoru Machi brought Bulma to the barren battlefield where Kakarot, Krillin, and the others were waiting, and four spherical spaceships crashed nearby.

Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa arrived with Liliana, the Narian woman who had raised Yoru Machi, prompting him to confront Vegeta over her capture. Liliana explained their past, revealing that Yoru Machi had grown up on Naria and had helped end its internal war rather than seeking revenge.

• Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa landed with Liliana, whom Vegeta had brought along despite her being unrelated to the Saiyans.
• Yoru Machi cursed Vegeta, and Liliana reassured him that she was glad he had stayed safe and refused to join the Saiyans.
• Liliana revealed that she had found Yoru Machi as an infant after foreseeing that he would destroy Naria, but chose to raise him instead of killing him.
• Liliana defied the Narians who wanted Yoru Machi handed over because he was a Saiyan, and she fled with him into the mountains.
• Yoru Machi grew powerful but did not seek revenge on the Narians, instead helping end their internal war and earning the people's praise.

Yoru Machi rescued Liliana after revealing that Vegeta had destroyed Planet Naria, then stunned Vegeta by knocking him back before leaving to seek Senzu Beans. Vegeta and Nappa turned their attention to Goku and the others, while Bulma discovered Raditz's Power Level was 3,000.

• Raditz blamed Yoru Machi for Planet Naria's destruction and grabbed Liliana, but Yoru Machi kicked him through the ground and rescued her.
• Vegeta attacked Yoru Machi, but their clash sent Vegeta sliding backward and left him shocked by Yoru Machi's strength.
• Yoru Machi carried the badly injured Liliana away to find Master Korin and Senzu Beans, leaving Goku and the others to face the Saiyans.
• Nappa urged Vegeta to fight Goku and the others before pursuing Yoru Machi, and Vegeta agreed.
• Raditz rose from the rubble, and Bulma used her Power Level detector to reveal that his strength was 3,000, not 1,500.

Vegeta watched as Raditz, newly strengthened to a Power Level of 3,000, challenged Kakarot while Nappa sent Vegetable Men against the others. Kakarot and Piccolo quickly revealed their hidden strength, leaving Vegeta to realize that their displayed Power Levels were misleading.

• Vegeta scanned Bulma and dismissed her Power Level of 2, while Raditz boasted that his Power Level had risen to 3,000.
• Raditz challenged Kakarot and demanded that he kneel, as Nappa planted five seeds that produced Vegetable Men to fight the others.
• Raditz attacked Kakarot, but Kakarot dodged his punch and sent him flying with a knee to the nose.
• Piccolo killed a Vegetable Man with his Makankosappo, and Vegeta warned the others that Kakarot and the Namekians could adjust their Power Levels and were stronger than their readings suggested.

Goku and the others revealed their Power Levels, shocking Raditz and Nappa when Goku measured 8,000. Vegeta ordered Raditz and Nappa to attack the others, offered Goku a chance to join him, and began fighting Goku after he refused.

• Krillin and the others powered up, and the Saiyans' detectors showed Goku had a Power Level of 8,000.
• Nappa and Raditz refused to believe Goku had surpassed them, while Goku warned Raditz to leave Earth or face him without mercy.
• Vegeta ordered Raditz and Nappa to attack the Namekians and Earthlings, reserving Goku for himself.
• Vegeta offered to spare the Earthlings if Goku submitted and joined him, but Goku refused and charged at Vegeta.
• Vegeta effortlessly dodged Goku's attacks and mocked his fighting skills.

Son Goku used the Kaio-ken to fight Vegeta, who initially overwhelmed him before Goku raised his power beyond Vegeta's and landed a devastating punch. Vegeta recovered, but his scouter showed Goku's strength rising rapidly.

• Vegeta mocked Goku's strength, but Goku activated the twofold Kaio-ken and punched him in the face, sending him flying.
• Vegeta caught Goku by the ankle, slammed him into a crater, and fired a combined Kikōhō at him.
• Bulma worried as Goku appeared to be losing while Piccolo and Nappa fought evenly and Krillin's group faced Raditz.
• Goku activated the threefold Kaio-ken, knocked Vegeta's Kikōhō aside, and struck him hard enough to send him through a small mountain.
• Vegeta steadied himself and saw Goku's rising Power Level on his scouter, his expression twisting in disbelief.

Son Goku pushed Vegeta back with the threefold Kaio-ken, but the technique strained Goku while Vegeta learned to sense ki and began turning the fight around. After Vegeta taunted him about destroying Earth, Goku raised his strength with the fourfold Kaio-ken, and Vegeta hurled a sphere of light into the sky to transform.

• Vegeta's rage raised his Power Level, but Son Goku continued to overpower him with the threefold Kaio-ken.
• As the battle dragged on, Vegeta learned to sense ki while the Kaio-ken's strain weakened Goku, allowing Vegeta to knock him away with a Kikōhō.
• King Kai explained that Vegeta was growing stronger while Goku's body approached its limit, and Vegeta taunted Goku by threatening Earth.
• Goku activated the fourfold Kaio-ken, raising his Power Level to 32,000 and beating Vegeta down again.
• Vegeta gathered a sphere of light in his hand and hurled it into the sky to transform.

Vegeta created an artificial moonlight and transformed himself, Raditz, and Nappa into Great Apes, overwhelming the Earth warriors and nearly crushing Kakarot. Yoru Machi returned, reverted Raditz and Nappa by blasting off their tails, and prepared to face Vegeta after revealing a Power Level of 25,000.

• Vegeta used an artificial moonlight ball to transform himself, Raditz, and Nappa into Great Apes, sending their Power Levels soaring.
• The Great Apes battered Krillin, Yamcha, and the others while Vegeta crushed Kakarot in his hands.
• Yoru Machi returned and struck the Great Apes with three Kikōhō, hitting Raditz and Nappa in the tails and forcing them to revert.
• Yoru Machi gave Liliana Senzu Beans for the injured, covered his eyes, and faced Great Ape Vegeta.
• Yoru Machi unleashed his ki and reached a Power Level of 25,000, shocking Vegeta, who realized two low-class warriors had surpassed him.

Yoru Machi used the Kaio-ken to overpower Great Ape Vegeta with a rapid attack, but Vegeta countered and struck him into a crater. Yoru Machi then revealed his Yoru God Style First Form: Waterfall Sever, cutting Vegeta’s incoming Kikōhō in half.

• Yoru Machi stacked the Kaio-ken to four times, raising his Power Level to one hundred thousand and destroying Bulma’s detector.
• Yoru Machi struck Great Ape Vegeta with an elbow, chased him through the air, and finished a flurry of attacks with a point-blank Kikōhō.
• Bulma believed Vegeta had been defeated, but Son Goku sensed that Vegeta’s energy remained.
• Vegeta fired a Kikōhō at Yoru Machi and hammered him into a crater with a blow from behind.
• Yoru Machi formed a Ki Sword and used Yoru God Style First Form: Waterfall Sever to slice Vegeta’s Kikōhō in half.

Yoru Machi used fivefold Kaio-ken to overwhelm Great Ape Vegeta and prepared to finish him with a Kikōhō. Liliana unexpectedly intervened, leaving Vegeta’s fate uncertain.

• Yoru Machi explained why he avoided transforming into a Great Ape and taunted Vegeta about his reliance on the form.
• Vegeta claimed Yoru Machi’s Kaio-ken would exhaust him, but Yoru Machi activated fivefold Kaio-ken.
• Yoru Machi struck Vegeta with a series of rapid attacks, sending his enormous body crashing into the ground and reshaping the terrain.
• Yoru Machi prepared to kill the badly battered Vegeta with his strongest Kikōhō, but Liliana rushed in and stopped him.

Yoru Machi tried to kill Vegeta for destroying Planet Naria, but Liliana stopped him after foreseeing that Vegeta would later help and save him. Son Goku also intervened, reminding Yoru Machi that the Dragon Balls could restore Planet Naria, and Yoru Machi reconsidered.

• Yoru Machi confronted Liliana about stopping him from killing Vegeta, and Liliana explained that her vision showed Vegeta helping and saving him in the future.
• Liliana said she hated Vegeta for destroying her homeland but valued Yoru Machi's safety more, so Yoru Machi became even more determined to kill Vegeta.
• Yoru Machi moved past Liliana and prepared to attack Vegeta, but Son Goku grabbed his wrist and stopped him.
• Son Goku argued that Vegeta might help them fight Frieza and that the Dragon Balls could restore Planet Naria.
• Yoru Machi remembered the Dragon Balls and reconsidered killing Vegeta.

Yoru Machi spared Vegeta after Liliana and Son Goku persuaded him, then announced he would travel to Planet Namek to restore Planet Naria and revive its people. Vegeta escaped Earth, while Son Goku hoped Yoru Machi would stay and train with him.

• Liliana learned that the Dragon Balls might restore Planet Naria and revive its dead, and she urged Yoru Machi not to kill Vegeta.
• Yoru Machi cut off Vegeta's tail, while Piccolo killed Raditz with a Special Beam Cannon and the others defeated Nappa.
• Son Goku persuaded Yoru Machi to spare Vegeta, and Yoru Machi reluctantly agreed.
• Vegeta regained consciousness, threatened Yoru Machi, then fled Earth in his spaceship after Yoru Machi raised a Kikōhō.
• Son Goku invited Yoru Machi to Mount Paozu, but Yoru Machi said he planned to go to Planet Namek to gather its Dragon Balls and restore Planet Naria.

Yoru Machi and Liliana prepared to travel to Planet Namek to gather its Dragon Balls, while Son Goku eagerly joined them to seek powerful opponents. Piccolo was left behind, and the others would have to wait for Bulma's family to finish building spaceships.

• Yoru Machi explained that Earth's Dragon Balls were unavailable and that Frieza and several Frieza Force officers awaited them on Planet Namek.
• Yoru Machi boarded a spherical spaceship with Liliana and thanked everyone for taking care of them.
• Son Goku persuaded Yoru Machi to take him to Planet Namek, citing his promise to help revive Planet Naria's victims and his desire to fight strong opponents.
• Piccolo argued that he should go as a Namekian, but Son Goku shut the hatch and launched before Piccolo could board.
• Yoru Machi and Liliana took off, leaving Piccolo and the others behind until Bulma's family finished building spaceships.

Piccolo forced Bulma to finish the spaceship quickly and took Gohan as a hostage, while Vegeta learned that Frieza was seeking the Dragon Balls and set out for Planet Namek. Yoru Machi and Son Goku had already arrived there with their group and began searching for the Dragon Balls before Frieza could collect them.

• Piccolo threatened Bulma with a half-month deadline to build the spaceship and took Gohan away as a hostage for his special training.
• Vegeta recovered at a Frieza Force base, learned Frieza had gone to Planet Namek for the Dragon Balls, and stole a spaceship to pursue them.
• Yoru Machi, Son Goku, and their group arrived on Planet Namek, where Son Goku remarked on its peaceful landscape and Yoru Machi explained the Namekians’ nature.
• Yoru Machi used Bulma’s Dragon Radar to locate Dragon Balls and told the group to suppress their ki to avoid detection by Frieza’s forces.
• Son Goku spotted four Dragon Balls gathered together, and Yoru Machi deduced that the Frieza Force had likely attacked Namekian villages to seize them.

Yoru Machi and the others arrived at a Namekian village under attack, where Dodoria and Zarbon confronted Neil and the Battle Type Namekians. Dodoria survived their desperate assault, leaving Neil and the remaining defenders facing him again.

• Yoru Machi and the others followed the Dragon Radar to a village where the Frieza Force was attacking the Namekians.
• Dodoria checked Neil and the other Battle Type Namekians’ Power Levels while Zarbon declined to fight them.
• Neil and the other Namekians attacked Dodoria, but their blows failed to hurt him.
• Dodoria killed two Namekians, and another restrained him so Neil could fire a Kikōhō and the Namekian could self-destruct.
• Dodoria’s voice emerged from the blast unharmed, terrifying Neil and the surviving Namekians.

Yoru Machi and Son Goku arrived in time to save the Namekians from Dodoria and Zarbon. Goku fought Dodoria while Yoru Machi attacked Zarbon, leaving both battles underway.

• Dodoria defeated Neil and threatened the Namekian children, but Yoru Machi deflected his attack and Son Goku freed Neil from his grasp.
• Dodoria scanned Goku's Power Level and underestimated him, while Zarbon recognized Yoru Machi as a Saiyan and accused him of betraying the Frieza Force.
• Goku fought Dodoria evenly despite being strong enough to overpower him, and their battle devastated the surrounding landscape.
• Yoru Machi suddenly struck Zarbon in the abdomen while he was boasting, then mocked him for talking too much.