Chapter Summaries

Blonde Launch defeated Son Goku, and Bulma and Goku left with the Five-Star Dragon Ball to continue their search. They obtained another Dragon Ball and captured Oolong before heading toward Mount Fry-Pan.

• Blonde Launch overwhelmed Son Goku in their fight, and he readily admitted defeat.
• Myers gave Bulma the Five-Star Dragon Ball, but Bulma declined Chaya's invitation to lunch and hurried away with Son Goku.
• Chaya reassured Selyne that Son Goku could still become a Super Saiyan and reflected on his own ambitions to surpass Majin Buu and Beerus.
• Bulma and Son Goku continued their journey, and Bulma said she wanted to wish for a handsome boyfriend while Goku planned to keep training under Master Roshi.
• Son Goku and Bulma obtained the fifth Dragon Ball, captured Oolong, and continued in his motorhome after Bulma lost her Hoi-Poi Capsules.
• The group headed toward the scorching Mount Fry-Pan, where volcanic activity made the surrounding area blisteringly hot.

Son Goku extinguished Mount Fry-Pan’s flames with a powerful Kamehameha, then continued collecting Dragon Balls with Bulma. After defeating the Rabbit Gang and Emperor Pilaf, they gathered all seven Dragon Balls, leaving Bulma ready to summon Shenron.

• Son Goku defeated Yamcha, then met the Ox-King at Mount Fry-Pan and learned that Master Roshi’s Banana Fan could put out the fire.
• Son Goku used the Kamehameha to extinguish the flames, destroying Mount Fry-Pan in the process, while Bulma and Yamcha watched in amazement.
• Bulma and Son Goku found the Seven-Star Dragon Ball in the castle ruins, and Yamcha gave up following them to train for a future rematch.
• Because Chi-Chi missed Son Goku at Mount Fry-Pan, the narrator reflected that their original promise to marry might no longer happen.
• Son Goku and Bulma defeated the Rabbit Gang and Emperor Pilaf, gathered all seven Dragon Balls, and prepared to summon Shenron.

Bulma summoned Shenron and wished for her family’s health before she and Son Goku parted ways. Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu continued their intense training beneath a waterfall.

• Bulma summoned Shenron, changed her wish from finding a handsome boyfriend to keeping her family healthy, and watched the Dragon Balls scatter after it was granted.
• Son Goku reassured Bulma about losing the Four-Star Dragon Ball, and she invited him to visit her in West City after he trained under Master Roshi.
• Bulma and Son Goku shared a large meal, then parted ways with a communicator and the Dragon Radar for Son Goku.
• Tien Shinhan finished training beneath a waterfall while Chiaotzu practiced controlling rocks nearby.

Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu planned to seek out Master Roshi, while Chi-Chi decided to ask him to teach her martial arts. At Kame House, Krillin pursued Master Roshi’s disciple test with Son Goku and encountered a gun-wielding blonde girl who resembled Launch.

• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, unable to find the fighters they had met eight years earlier, decided to visit Master Roshi.
• Chi-Chi learned that Son Goku had destroyed Mount Fry-Pan with the Kamehameha and asked the Ox-King to teach her martial arts.
• Chi-Chi decided to seek training from Master Roshi and traveled with the Ox-King toward Kame House the next day.
• Master Roshi began training Son Goku with a heavy turtle shell, while Krillin arrived and asked to become his disciple.
• Master Roshi challenged Krillin to bring him a pretty girl, so Krillin and Son Goku searched the world and found a blonde girl exchanging gunfire with police near a desert.

Son Goku and Krillin brought the master thief Hao Siqi to Kame House, where Master Roshi began training them and welcomed Chi-Chi as a new disciple. Their training moved to Peninsula City, while Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu headed there as well.

• Son Goku caught the police’s bullets barehanded, and Krillin persuaded Hao Siqi to come with them to Kame House.
• Hao Siqi introduced herself as the world’s greatest thief, burned the bikini Master Roshi offered her as a uniform, and stayed at Kame House.
• Master Roshi accepted Krillin as a disciple and assessed Son Goku and Krillin before setting their training plans.
• The Ox-King brought Chi-Chi to Kame House, where Master Roshi agreed to teach her and she greeted Son Goku as her senior brother.
• Master Roshi moved the disciples’ training to Peninsula City, assigning Son Goku and Krillin labor-intensive tasks and Chi-Chi a rope-net exercise.
• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu of the Crane School headed toward Peninsula City.

Chaya learned that Big Gete Star wanted blood from Saiyans with the potential to become Super Saiyans and ordered Red Mountain Star to monitor the civilization and retaliate if it threatened them. Son Goku arrived at Chaya’s villa with Master Roshi, Krillin, Chi-Chi, and Hao Siqi, where they met Chaya and Launch.

• Selyne told Chaya that Big Gete Star had contacted Red Mountain Star seeking Saiyan blood, including blood from Chaya, Selyne, Myers, and Bardock.
• Chaya ordered warnings sent to Saiyans abroad and told the guard warriors to destroy Big Gete Star if it provoked them.
• Selyne reported that Zangya was living on Red Mountain Star while her former companions searched the Milky Way for Bojack’s seal.
• Selyne sensed Son Goku nearby and told Chaya that Master Roshi was guiding his training.
• Son Goku brought Master Roshi, Krillin, Chi-Chi, and Hao Siqi to Chaya’s villa to meet the powerful Launch.
• Chaya greeted Son Goku as Kakarot, puzzling Krillin and Son Goku.

Master Roshi met blonde Launch and discussed her training at Korin Tower while Chaya and the others watched. Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu arrived, and Tien Shinhan confronted Launch, intent on avenging his defeat eight years earlier.

• Myers made Launch sneeze, revealing blonde Launch, who met her lookalike Hao Siqi.
• Master Roshi questioned blonde Launch about her martial arts training, and she said she had trained at Korin Tower under Karin.
• Chaya sensed two approaching fighters, and Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu flew to the villa estate.
• Master Roshi recognized them as Crane School disciples and identified their flight as a Crane School technique.
• Tien Shinhan recognized blonde Launch, descended before her, and unleashed his powerful Ki, leaving Master Roshi, Krillin, and Chi-Chi under pressure.

Tien Shinhan challenged blonde Launch over his defeat eight years earlier, but she decisively beat him despite his Four Witches Technique and other attacks. A month later, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu returned.

• Chaya and Selyne discussed Tien Shinhan's battle power before Tien challenged blonde Launch over their fight eight years earlier.
• Blonde Launch overwhelmed Tien Shinhan in their opening exchange, and he used the Four Witches Technique to grow two extra arms.
• Tien Shinhan attacked with the Dodon Ray and Solar Flare, but blonde Launch blocked his strikes and knocked him through a granite wall.
• Chiaotzu helped the defeated Tien Shinhan leave, while Master Roshi encouraged Son Goku, Krillin, and Chi-Chi to train harder.
• Chaya's days passed peacefully as he contacted Red Mountain Star and pondered breaking through the Super Saiyan realm.
• A month later, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu returned.

Chaya agreed to consider Tien Shinhan as a disciple if he climbed Korin Tower and won the next World Martial Arts Tournament, so Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu set off for Korin's Holy Land. Meanwhile, Big Gete Star prepared thousands of Metal Saibamen powered by energy from a powerful corpse, dismissing the Saiyans as insignificant.

• Blonde Launch confronted Tien Shinhan and the others, but Tien Shinhan asked Chaya to take him as a disciple instead.
• Chaya set Tien Shinhan two tests: earn Karin's approval at the top of Korin Tower and win the World Martial Arts Tournament in six months.
• Tien Shinhan accepted the tests and left with Chiaotzu for Korin's Holy Land.
• At Big Gete Star, Manuel dismissed the Saiyans as too weak to be useful for experiments.
• Monde reported that Big Gete Star had produced 10,081 preliminary Metal Saibamen, each with energy levels of 1.2 million and rising.

Gekuya and his companions redirected their search for Bojack’s seal toward the center of the Milky Way while the martial artists on Earth prepared for the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. Son Goku, Krillin, Chi-Chi, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu set off for the event as Chaya’s group traveled there to watch and test Tien Shinhan.

• Gekuya reasoned that Bojack’s seal was likely near the center of the Milky Way, and he, Buchin, and Peter headed there to search.
• Son Goku, Krillin, and Chi-Chi completed Master Roshi’s training tests, with their battle powers reaching 185, 110, and 120 respectively.
• Chaya, Selyne, Myers, and Launch flew to the tournament venue, where Chaya planned to evaluate Tien Shinhan as a potential disciple.
• Korin told Tien Shinhan that Launch was still far stronger than him and encouraged him to seek training under Chaya.
• Korin gave Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu Black Nimbus clouds, and they flew toward the tournament arena.

As the World Martial Arts Tournament began, Son Goku, Krillin, Chi-Chi, Tien Shinhan, and several others qualified for the top eight. The matchups were set for the afternoon, leaving the competitors to gather for lunch before the official fights.

• Son Goku, Krillin, and Chi-Chi registered for the tournament, and Master Roshi secretly entered as Jackie Chun.
• Son Goku reunited with Bulma, while Chaya greeted her and learned she doubted his strength.
• The 137 contestants drew lots, and Son Goku encountered Tien Shinhan, who declared he would win the championship.
• Son Goku, Krillin, Chi-Chi, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Jackie Chun, Yamcha, and Nam qualified for the top eight.
• Chiaotzu arranged the matchups: Son Goku versus Nam, Yamcha versus Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan versus Chi-Chi, and Krillin versus Jackie Chun.
• Before the afternoon matches, Chaya joined several contestants for lunch, while Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha stayed apart.

Son Goku defeated Nam in the first quarterfinal, and Master Roshi gave Nam a Hoi-Poi Capsule to help his drought-stricken village. Yamcha then faced Chiaotzu, who gained the upper hand by floating above the ring, and Yamcha launched his Wolf Fang Fist as the battle continued.

• The tournament began, and Myers helped a little girl reach the front of the crowd after she fell against Chaya's Ki barrier.
• Son Goku quickly overwhelmed Nam and knocked him out of bounds to win the first match.
• Master Roshi, disguised as Jackie Chun, gave Nam a Hoi-Poi Capsule to transport water back to his village.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu exchanged fierce attacks, but Chiaotzu began floating above the ring with the Crane School's Flight.
• Yamcha announced his Wolf Fang Fist, leapt up to Chiaotzu's height, and attacked him with clawed fingers.

The 21st World Martial Arts Tournament reached its final, where Goku and Tien Shinhan fought an explosive battle. Tien Shinhan won the championship after Goku collapsed from exhaustion.

• Chiaotzu defeated Yamcha by immobilizing him and throwing him out of the ring, then Tien Shinhan defeated Chi-Chi and Jackie Chun beat Krillin.
• Goku and Tien Shinhan advanced to the final after defeating Chiaotzu and Jackie Chun in the semifinals.
• Goku and Tien Shinhan battled at tremendous speed, impressing the other fighters and stirring Yamcha's desire to train under Master Roshi.
• Goku and Tien Shinhan unleashed the Kamehameha and Tri-Beam, and their attacks collided in a powerful explosion.
• Goku fell from exhaustion, and the announcer declared Tien Shinhan the champion of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament.

After the World Martial Arts Tournament, Chaya rescued a little girl from a runaway van and gave her a necklace before returning to train Tien Shinhan. The others continued their own training, while Son Goku set out to search for his grandfather’s keepsake.

• Chaya advised Tien Shinhan after accepting him as his student, then began training him when they returned to the villa.
• Chaya saved the blonde little girl from a runaway van, comforted her, and gave her a crescent-moon necklace while she waited for her mother.
• Chaya put Tien Shinhan through a punishing training session, correcting his movements and teaching him to rely on instinct and seize the initiative.
• Yamcha joined Krillin and Chi-Chi in training under Master Roshi at Kame House.
• Son Goku began traveling alone with Bulma’s Dragon Radar to search for the keepsake his grandfather had left him.

Buchin, Gekuya, and Peter attacked the Galactic Patrol Headquarters while seeking the planet where Bojack had been sealed. After the Patrol fell and Chaya dismissed the news, the three warriors broke the seal on a dark-red planet, leaving Bojack’s release imminent.

• Buchin, Gekuya, and Peter stormed the Galactic Patrol Headquarters and slaughtered its defenders and reinforcements.
• The Galactic King explained that the Galactic Warriors sought Bojack, a criminal sealed by the four King Kais two hundred thousand years earlier, and Jaco evacuated him from headquarters.
• The Galactic Patrol’s destruction threw the Milky Way into chaos, while Chaya decided Red Mountain Star would not intervene.
• Buchin, Gekuya, and Peter found the dark-red planet and joined forces to shatter the King Kais’ seal.
• The planet erupted in blood-colored light as a sinister wind swept through space.

Bojack escaped his seal and planned revenge on the Kais and Super Saiyans, while Big Gete Star finished creating an army of Metal Saibamen and prepared to attack the East Galaxy and Red Mountain Star. On Earth, Son Goku visited Bulma to get help repairing his Dragon Radar and saw her new shrinking watch.

• Bojack broke free, destroyed the planet that had sealed him, and reunited with Buchin and his other underlings.
• Bojack learned about the changes in the universe and vowed to defeat the Kais and Super Saiyans and rule the Milky Way.
• The four Kais realized Bojack had escaped and contacted Grand Kai, while North Kai noticed that many forces in the North Galaxy had disappeared.
• Monde reported that Big Gete Star's 10,081 Metal Saibamen could reach an energy level of one billion, and Manuel ordered their energy input increased.
• One month later, Manuel ordered Metal Saibamen to attack planets in the East Galaxy and sent a thousand to destroy the Saiyans on Red Mountain Star.
• Son Goku went to West City after his Dragon Radar broke, and Bulma demonstrated her shrinking watch to him.

Son Goku and Bulma resumed their Dragon Ball search, while Chaya returned to Red Mountain Star to train toward Super Saiyan 2. The planet came under attack by mysterious Frieza-like metal invaders, and Chaya recognized their appearance as the battle began.

• Son Goku and Bulma traveled together to search for the Dragon Balls, defeated Tao Pai Pai, and later parted ways after Son Goku trained at Korin Tower and wiped out the Red Ribbon Army.
• Chaya returned to Red Mountain Star and reasoned through the limits of Super Saiyan transformations as he trained in high gravity.
• Shalin brought Chaya a report showing that Red Mountain Star had grown to 30,240 Saiyans, including four Super Saiyans.
• Chaya warned Shalin to be cautious after learning that visitors from Big Gete Star had come to the planet and been sent away.
• Unknown attackers landed on Red Mountain Star and overwhelmed its defenders, so Chaya ordered the warriors to prepare for a full-scale battle.
• Chaya and the other Saiyan leaders reached the front lines, where Chaya saw emerald-green metal beings resembling Frieza.

Chaya identified the invaders as Metal Saibamen created by Big Gete Star, each with a battle power of one billion, and ordered the Saiyans to retreat. Chaya, Zangya, and Mei Ling destroyed the invading army, leaving Red Mountain Star covered in metal wreckage.

• Chaya recognized the Metal Coolers as chip-controlled killing machines and discovered that each had a battle power of one billion.
• Chaya ordered Bardock and the other Saiyans to withdraw while he, Zangya, Selyne, and Myers prepared to fight.
• Chaya and the fused Mei Ling transformed into Super Saiyans as the Metal Coolers attacked with crystalline energy spheres.
• Chaya tore apart Metal Coolers with ease, and Zangya and Mei Ling joined the battle.
• The Metal Coolers swarmed the fighters in overwhelming numbers, but Chaya, Zangya, and Mei Ling wiped out the army and left its remains scattered across the ground.

After the Metal Saibamen invasion of Red Mountain Star ended, Chaya ordered the Fidayans to study Metal Cooler’s remains and prepared the Saiyans to retaliate against Big Gete Star. Metal Coolers destroyed Bakuf Planet, and East Kai faced the growing threat while waiting for help from Other World Heaven.

• Chaya told Dokla to study Metal Cooler’s wreckage for anything useful.
• Over a thousand Metal Coolers invaded the Bakuf Star System and destroyed Bakuf Planet.
• Chaya ordered Adri and Bardock to recall the Saiyans and prepare them to grow stronger before striking Big Gete Star.
• A Saiyan reported Bakuf Planet’s destruction, prompting concern that Big Gete Star would attack more planets.
• East Kai lamented that she could not stop the Metal Coolers and waited for Grand Kai to send warriors from Other World Heaven.

Grand Kai sent Pikkon and six other warriors to stop Bojack and Big Gete Star before their one-day stay in the Living World expired. Chaya and Mei Ling attacked Big Gete Star, whose leaders realized its defenses might fail as the chapter ended.

• Grand Kai told Pikkon and the other six warriors that Bojack had escaped his seal and ordered them to save the Living World.
• East Kai arranged for the warriors to enter the Living World and assigned Pikkon to destroy Big Gete Star and its Metal Saibamen.
• East Kai discovered that Bojack and his group were near Big Gete Star and prepared to send the warriors there.
• Chaya and Mei Ling found Big Gete Star hidden inside a nebula and launched powerful attacks through its outer defenses.
• Big Gete Star's alarms sounded, and Monde warned Manuel that the planet's defenses might be breached, though the core could offer shelter.