Chapter Summaries

Zarbon transformed to defeat Yoru Machi, but Yoru Machi effortlessly overpowered him and crushed his leg. The chapter left Zarbon helpless in the air as Yoru Machi gathered a Kikōhō to attack him.

• Zarbon transformed, revealing his ugly form and vowing to kill Yoru Machi and every witness.
• Zarbon charged Yoru Machi, but Yoru Machi dodged and hammered him into the ground.
• Zarbon fired a Kikōhō as a feint and struck Yoru Machi's neck with a full-power kick, but Yoru Machi barely moved.
• Yoru Machi grabbed Zarbon's leg, crushed its bone, and swung him into the air.
• Yoru Machi gathered a Kikōhō while Zarbon hung helplessly above him.

Yoru Machi and Son Goku defeated Zarbon, Dodoria, and the remaining Frieza Force soldiers, then secured a village’s Dragon Ball. Neil invited them to meet Planet Namek’s Great Elder, and Yoru Machi agreed.

• Yoru Machi killed Zarbon with a Kikōhō, and Dodoria fled after seeing Yoru Machi’s Power Level exceed forty thousand.
• Son Goku pursued and killed Dodoria with a twofold Kaio-ken, while Yoru Machi killed the fleeing Frieza Force soldiers.
• Yoru Machi told the wary Namekians that his group wanted the Dragon Balls to restore their destroyed planet, and the village elder gave them the village’s Dragon Ball.
• Neil asked Yoru Machi and the others to meet the Great Elder, explaining that he had been told to find people prophesied to aid Planet Namek.
• Yoru Machi agreed to go meet the Great Elder.

Yoru Machi and Son Goku began a three-day potential unlock from the Great Elder while Vegeta stole the Frieza Force’s Dragon Balls. Frieza arrived on Planet Namek with his father, King Cold, who challenged Frieza’s claim that their Dragon Ball plan was foolproof.

• The Great Elder prophesied that two evil forces would threaten Planet Namek and a golden warrior would offer the Namekians hope.
• The Great Elder unlocked Liliana’s potential, raising her Power Level from nearly one hundred to one thousand.
• The Great Elder began unlocking Yoru Machi and Son Goku’s potential and said the process would take three days.
• Yoru Machi persuaded Son Goku to stay for the potential unlock, arguing they needed to become stronger to face Frieza.
• Vegeta arrived on Planet Namek, seized the Frieza Force’s five Dragon Balls, and slaughtered its remaining fodder.
• Frieza landed on Planet Namek with King Cold, who questioned Frieza’s claim that his forces had nearly gathered all the Dragon Balls.

Frieza and King Cold arrived on Planet Namek and learned that Vegeta had stolen the Dragon Balls after defeating Dodoria and Zarbon. Frieza summoned the Ginyu Force to recover them, ordering the group to find every missing Dragon Ball by the next day.

• Frieza questioned a dying soldier, who identified Vegeta as the one who had attacked the Frieza Force and stolen the Dragon Balls.
• King Cold rebuked Frieza for sparing the Saiyans, and Frieza nearly destroyed Planet Namek before King Cold stopped him.
• Frieza ordered a soldier to summon the Ginyu Force while privately resenting King Cold's continued presence and power.
• The Ginyu Force arrived, and King Cold questioned whether the five fighters were capable of retrieving the Dragon Balls.
• Frieza refused King Cold's offer to bring in his own troops, and Ginyu promised to recover the Dragon Balls.
• Frieza ordered Ginyu to search the planet and bring him every missing Dragon Ball before the next day.

Vegeta tried to collect the remaining Dragon Balls before Frieza arrived, but Piccolo’s power surged after Namekian villagers assimilated with him. The Ginyu Force then seized a Dragon Ball and overwhelmed the group, leaving Vegeta and the others in danger.

• Vegeta searched for the last two Dragon Balls, planning to become a Super Saiyan before Frieza reached Namek.
• Piccolo and the Namekian villagers under attack assimilated, raising Piccolo’s power above Vegeta’s and letting him suppress Vegeta in battle.
• Ginyu, Recoome, and another Ginyu Force member arrived after detecting the fighters’ power levels.
• Ginyu snatched Krillin’s Dragon Ball and struck Piccolo away, while Recoome stopped Vegeta from escaping.
• Ginyu threatened Piccolo, Krillin, and the others, demanding to know where the final Dragon Ball was, as Bulma watched in fear.

After completing their potential unlocks, Yoru Machi and Son Goku emerged from the Great Elder’s residence and defeated Jeice and Burter. Their Power Levels had surged to 250,000 and 180,000, while the Great Elder passed away after transferring his power and position to another elder.

• Burter and Jeice found the Great Elder’s residence and attacked Neil and the other Namekians, severely injuring them.
• Yoru Machi and Son Goku emerged, and Jeice’s scanner briefly registered Yoru Machi’s Power Level at 80,000.
• Burter dismissed the reading as a malfunction and showed off his speed, but Son Goku appeared and knocked him out with one punch.
• Yoru Machi killed Jeice with a punch through his head.
• Yoru Machi and Son Goku’s potential unlocks raised their Power Levels to 250,000 and 180,000, and the Great Elder died after passing his power and position to another elder.

Yoru Machi and Son Goku arrived to help Piccolo, Gohan, and the others as Frieza and King Cold threatened them. Frieza sent Captain Ginyu to fight the two Saiyans, while Yoru Machi brought Tenten to heal the wounded and prepare to summon Porunga.

• Yoru Machi and Son Goku left the Great Elder's body and rushed toward Piccolo and Gohan after sensing their weakening ki.
• Frieza arrived with King Cold, overpowered Vegeta, and demanded to know where Vegeta had hidden the Dragon Balls.
• Frieza fired a Death Beam at Gohan, but Son Goku deflected it as Yoru Machi kicked Recoome away from Piccolo.
• Yoru Machi set down Liliana and Tenten, then asked Tenten to heal the injured and help prepare to summon Porunga.
• Frieza recognized Yoru Machi and Son Goku as the Saiyans who had killed Dodoria and Zarbon, and Captain Ginyu volunteered to fight them.
• Frieza accepted Ginyu's offer and ordered him to kill the two Saiyans.

Son Goku instantly defeated Captain Ginyu after revealing a Power Level of 180,000 and using the Kaio-ken. Frieza, shocked by Goku’s strength, asked for his Power Level as the confrontation with Frieza and King Cold continued.

• Ginyu raised his Power Level to 120,000 and challenged Son Goku and Yoru Machi.
• Yoru Machi warned Son Goku and the others that Frieza’s father, King Cold, was present and nearly as powerful as Frieza.
• Son Goku raised his Power Level to 180,000, shocking Ginyu and the Frieza Force soldiers.
• Ginyu charged at Son Goku, who knocked him back, caught him with the Kaio-ken, and smashed him into the ground, rendering him unconscious.
• Frieza reacted in shock and asked a soldier to report Son Goku’s Power Level.

Son Goku powered up with the Kaio-ken and began fighting Frieza, while King Cold tried to recruit Yoru Machi. Yoru Machi insulted King Cold and offered to take his place, prompting King Cold to attack him.

• Frieza offered Son Goku a place in his army and more planets if he killed the others and handed over the Dragon Balls, but Son Goku refused.
• Son Goku used three times Kaio-ken to raise his Power Level beyond 500,000, destroying the scouters and shocking Frieza.
• Frieza flew at Son Goku, and the two began a high-speed battle that forced Piccolo and the others to retreat as nearby soldiers were caught in the fighting.
• King Cold offered Yoru Machi a position in his service, but Yoru Machi refused and said he would rather take King Cold's position as a subordinate.
• King Cold called Yoru Machi an arrogant Saiyan and fired a Kikōhō at him.

Yoru Machi unleashed his fifteenfold Kaio-ken and fought King Cold, revealing a Power Level of three million. As the battle escalated, Frieza and Son Goku prepared to reveal their own full strength.

• Yoru Machi deflected King Cold's Kikōhō and raised his Power Level to three million with fifteenfold Kaio-ken.
• Yoru Machi and King Cold fought at high speed, smashing the surrounding landscape as Krillin, Vegeta, and the others watched.
• Frieza recognized Yoru Machi as the strongest Saiyan and suggested that he and Son Goku stop holding back.
• Son Goku activated fifteenfold Kaio-ken, while Frieza transformed directly into his Final Form.

Frieza revealed his Final Form and challenged Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others, while Yoru Machi continued fighting King Cold. Yoru Machi’s repeated cycle of injury and healing pushed his Power Level close to five million, though King Cold did not realize how much it had risen.

• Frieza transformed into his Final Form and explained that he had skipped his other transformations.
• King Cold threw Yoru Machi into the ground and bombarded him with purple Kikōhō.
• Yoru Machi unleashed a Ki Sword shockwave that grazed King Cold’s throat after King Cold dodged at the last moment.
• Yoru Machi healed his injuries with Medical Ninjutsu and Kaidō while continuing to fight King Cold.
• Yoru Machi’s Power Level climbed from three million to nearly five million as King Cold assumed he was only revealing his strength gradually.

Yoru Machi was gravely wounded by King Cold, while Liliana and Tenten summoned Porunga and began making their wishes. King Cold interrupted them and killed Liliana, provoking a terrifying aura from behind him.

• King Cold overwhelmed Yoru Machi, whose Power Level had risen to 5 million, and prepared to kill him.
• Porunga appeared after Liliana and Tenten summoned him, and King Cold abandoned Yoru Machi to rush toward the Dragon Balls.
• Tenten used the first wish to restore Planet Naria, then began asking Porunga to transport everyone except Yoru Machi and Son Goku to Earth.
• King Cold demanded immortality, threatened the Namekians, and killed Liliana to force Tenten to obey.
• Tenten cried out over Liliana, and a terrifying aura began spreading behind King Cold.

After Liliana died protecting him, Yoru Machi recovered with a Senzu Bean and unleashed a surge of power against King Cold. As he blocked King Cold’s attack, his hair began turning gold, leaving Vegeta to realize Yoru Machi might be becoming a Super Saiyan.

• Liliana died after seeing a vision of Yoru Machi as the prophesied golden warrior.
• Yoru Machi recovered from his near-fatal injuries with a Senzu Bean and punched King Cold away, his normal Power Level rising to five million.
• Yoru Machi discovered Liliana had died and, overwhelmed by grief and anger, blamed himself for being unable to protect her.
• Yoru Machi asked Tenten to revive Liliana and transport everyone except Kakarot and himself to Earth before the battle escalated.
• King Cold attacked Yoru Machi with a massive energy sphere, and Yoru Machi blocked it as his aura surged and his hair began turning gold.
• Vegeta recognized the transformation’s signs and protested that he, not Yoru Machi, should be the Super Saiyan.

Yoru Machi became a Super Saiyan and overwhelmed King Cold, while Frieza attacked the group as they used Porunga’s wishes. The chapter ended with Krillin struck down and Frieza choosing his target cautiously as Yoru Machi continued fighting King Cold.

• Yoru Machi transformed into a Super Saiyan and effortlessly kicked King Cold’s energy sphere back at him.
• Yoru Machi pursued King Cold, slammed him through mountains, dragged him across the ground, and battered him with repeated Kikōhō blasts.
• Tenten prepared to make Porunga’s final wish after Liliana was resurrected with the second wish.
• Frieza attacked and pierced Krillin’s heart with a Death Beam, then accused the group of wasting his Dragon Balls.
• Frieza considered attacking Liliana but chose not to, wary that Yoru Machi might turn on him while King Cold was being beaten.

After Frieza killed Krillin, Goku reappeared and protected the others as Tenten completed the final wish and escaped with them from Namek. Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and faced Frieza, who vowed to destroy Earth.

• Frieza killed Krillin, and Gohan urged Tenten to finish her wish before Piccolo died.
• Goku appeared in front of Piccolo and the others, knocked away Frieza’s Death Beams, and told them to escape with Yoru Machi.
• Goku caught Frieza’s tail and kick, then hurled him away while Tenten completed the final wish and the others vanished from Namek.
• Frieza raged as Porunga and the Namekians departed for Earth, then attacked Goku with repeated energy blasts.
• Goku emerged nearly unharmed, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and told Frieza he would defeat him before he could attack Earth.

Son Goku attacked Frieza with a Turtle Wave Cannon, but his exhausted state left Frieza alive. Yoru Machi revealed that he had killed King Cold and promised not to interfere in Frieza and Son Goku’s one-on-one fight, leaving Frieza confident he could defeat the weakened Son Goku and escape afterward.

• Son Goku struck Frieza with a knee and fired a Turtle Wave Cannon, but the attack did not kill him.
• Yoru Machi offered to take over, but Son Goku refused and chose to keep fighting Frieza.
• Frieza returned and learned from Yoru Machi that he had killed King Cold.
• Yoru Machi promised to stay out of the fight until Frieza defeated or killed Son Goku, and Frieza welcomed the chance to fight them one at a time.

Son Goku’s near-death power surge let him overwhelm Frieza, who tried to destroy Planet Namek when he could not win. Yoru Machi stopped the attack and urged Goku to kill Frieza, while Frieza began looking for a way to escape.

• Frieza invited Son Goku to attack, but Goku’s sudden burst of speed let him beat Frieza with a barrage of blows.
• Frieza grew enraged as Goku kept recovering from severe wounds and becoming stronger.
• Frieza tried to destroy Planet Namek with an energy sphere, but Yoru Machi cut it apart with a Ki Sword.
• Frieza confronted Yoru Machi for interfering, and Yoru Machi accused him of planning to take everyone down with him.
• Frieza considered retreating, but Yoru Machi told Goku to kill him and offered to do it himself.

Yoru Machi trained Rukia on Carp Mountain after she lost a mock battle to Abarai Renji, helping her recognize that she should use Kidō to counter his strengths. Afterward, Rukia returned to the Kuchiki residence with Yoru Machi, where Hisana fussed over her and scolded him for her torn uniform.

• Rukia used Sode no Shirayuki against Yoru Machi, but he defeated her without releasing his Zanpakuto.
• Yoru Machi praised Rukia's strength and advised her to incorporate Kidō against Abarai Renji, whose Kidō was a weakness.
• Yoru Machi accompanied Rukia to the Kuchiki residence, where Hisana had been waiting for her.
• Hisana tidied Rukia's clothes and angrily reprimanded Yoru Machi for injuring her during training.
• Rukia defended Yoru Machi and told Hisana to stop treating her like a child, then blushed and ran into the residence.

Yoru Machi discussed Rukia’s Human World mission with Kuchiki Hisana, who worried about her younger sister’s safety. Hisana decided to seek Captain Fujitora’s approval for Yoru Machi to accompany Rukia and prepared gifts for a visit.

• Yoru Machi visited Kuchiki Hisana after treating her and joked with her over tea and pastries.
• Kuchiki Hisana asked whether someone else could take Rukia’s Human World mission because she feared Rukia might face danger.
• Yoru Machi explained that Rukia had volunteered to prove herself and that overprotecting her could hinder her growth.
• Kuchiki Hisana asked Yoru Machi to accompany Rukia, then challenged him when he said he lacked authority to go.
• Yoru Machi explained that Rangiku’s previous trip had Captain-Commander approval, but Hisana proposed seeking approval and offering the Thirteen Court Guard Squads additional sponsorship.
• Kuchiki Hisana ordered gifts prepared so she could visit Captain Fujitora of the Thirteenth Division.

Yoru Machi persuaded Hisana not to interfere with Rukia’s mission to the Human World, offering reliable contacts there instead. Afterward, Yoru Machi returned to the Thirteenth Division, where Shiba Miyako had resumed her life under the identity Yagami Yato, her publicly declared older sister.

• Yoru Machi warned Hisana that bribing Rukia’s superiors or arranging guards could make Rukia feel her success came from aristocratic connections.
• Yoru Machi reassured Hisana that Rukia’s life would not be in danger in the Human World and offered to give her contacts there who were at least captain-class.
• Yoru Machi returned to the Thirteenth Division and found Shiba Kaien spending his days with his wife, Shiba Miyako, who had recently awakened again.
• Yoru Machi had altered Shiba Miyako’s appearance, and Miyako adopted the name Yagami Yato to conceal her identity and rejoin the Thirteenth Division.
• Yagami Yato had been posing as Yoru Machi’s long-lost older sister, and she and Kaien embraced their new family relationship.