Chapter Summaries

Rhode awakened his reincarnated memories on Planet Rhyner and transformed into a Great Ape without losing consciousness. He slaughtered the Lainar attacking him and intervened to save a fellow Saiyan, leaving the battle still underway.

• Rhode regained consciousness, recovered his memories, and realized Planet Rhyner's Lainar had killed his captain and attacked his squad.
• Rhode transformed into a Great Ape but remained conscious, discovering that his power had risen above 20,000.
• The Lainar surrounded Rhode and attacked, but he dodged their blasts and killed nearly all of them with a barrage of energy attacks.
• Rhode decided to save the fellow Saiyan Great Ape and bombarded the Lainar surrounding him.
• Rhode blocked several powerful Lainar from escaping the blast zone and destroyed them with further attacks.

After defeating the Great Ape, Rhode spared the surviving Lainar and practiced sensing and controlling Aura while Aila recovered. They returned to their squad’s spaceship, where a message relayed King Frieza’s order for all squads to return to Planet Vegeta immediately after completing their missions.

• The Great Ape reverted into the unconscious Saiyan girl Aila, and Rhode carried her to a cave before roasting and eating two enormous beasts to regain his strength.
• Rhode sensed Aila and the other life Auras on Planet Rhyner, then practiced lowering his displayed Power Level and precisely manipulating his Aura.
• Aila woke and demanded to know whether Rhode had killed all the natives; he said he had not, and she insisted they return to the spaceship and finish the mission later.
• Rhode followed Aila to the spaceship, answered its ringing communicator, and heard that King Frieza had ordered all squads to return to Planet Vegeta after completing their missions.

After receiving Frieza’s order to return to Planet Vegeta, Rhode warned Aila that Frieza planned to destroy the Saiyans and convinced her that their only hope was to flee and pursue the Legendary Super Saiyan. Aila accepted his choice to leave but challenged his authority, and Rhode set out to find the Lainar.

• Aila celebrated Frieza’s order to return to Planet Vegeta, but Rhode said Frieza intended to wipe out the Saiyans and refused to go back.
• Rhode told Aila that Frieza had a Power Level of 530,000, far beyond the Saiyans’ strength, and said Frieza would eventually die at the hands of a Saiyan.
• Rhode offered Aila a choice between returning to Planet Vegeta to die or following him to witness or become a Super Saiyan, and Aila chose to follow him.
• Aila refused to accept Rhode as her leader, so Rhode quickly defeated her in a fight and asserted temporary authority.
• Rhode left Aila to recover and flew toward the Lainar’s gathering place.

Aila discovered Rhode’s concealed Power Level and challenged him, but he defeated her by adapting and exploiting her weaker technique. After Tabor removed the spaceship’s tracking devices, Rhode and Aila set off for a technological planet before continuing toward an unnamed destination.

• Aila used a Scouter, saw no strong lifeforms nearby, and then found Rhode approaching with Tabor despite Rhode’s displayed Power Level being only 300.
• Aila attacked Rhode, but he adapted during their close combat and ultimately beat her after dodging her Energy Blasts and striking her from behind.
• Aila asked about Rhode’s Power Level and defeat, and Rhode explained that he had concealed his energy and that her fighting techniques and control were crude.
• Rhode had Tabor confirm that he had removed the tracking and surveillance devices from the spaceship and Scouters, then let him leave.
• Rhode told Aila they were heading to an unknown planet for something they needed, and the two boarded the spaceship and set course for the nearest technological planet.

Rhode and Aila arrived on Earth, where Rhode began putting his plans to become stronger into motion. After finding Dr. Brief in West City, Rhode introduced himself and proposed a deal.

• Rhode and Aila landed on Earth, and Aila used her Scouter to discover that most of its natives had low Power Levels, though Mr. Popo had a reading of 1,030.
• Rhode realized Kakarot had not yet arrived on Earth and revealed that his own training had raised his true Power Level above 3,000 while he suppressed his displayed reading to five.
• Rhode told Aila they would find someone who could help them grow stronger and flew with her toward West City.
• Rhode found Capsule Corp, asked an employee for Dr. Brief's residence, and went there with Aila.
• Rhode introduced himself to Dr. Brief and said he wanted to make a deal.

Rhode and Aila met Dr. Brief and offered him a Power Level Scouter in exchange for building a Gravity Chamber. After Aila revealed her strength, Dr. Brief’s wife arrived to check on him.

• Dr. Brief mistook Rhode and Aila for ordinary children, and Rhode explained that their parents were dead and stopped Aila from attacking him.
• Rhode asked Dr. Brief to build a device that could adjust gravity and gave him a Power Level Scouter as a gift.
• Dr. Brief measured Rhode’s Power Level, and Aila angrily clarified that they were Saiyans.
• Aila unleashed her Aura and showed a Power Level of 2,648, impressing Dr. Brief.
• Dr. Brief’s short-haired blonde wife arrived with a little girl and asked if he was all right.

Rhode visited Dr. Brief and gave him advanced technology and plans for a Gravity Chamber, then flew with Aila to seek Master Roshi’s Ki cultivation method. The chapter ended with Master Roshi questioning whether the children were mocking him after seeing Aila’s immense power.

• Dr. Brief introduced Rhode and Aila to Mrs. Brief and young Bulma, and Rhode gave Bulma a puzzle toy.
• Rhode handed Dr. Brief technological materials and Gravity Chamber plans as payment, prompting Dr. Brief to rush off to study them and build the chamber.
• Rhode told Aila that high-gravity training could make her powerful enough to defeat Frieza, and explained that he had come to Earth for its unique resources and techniques.
• Rhode and Aila found Master Roshi on a Lonely Island, and Rhode asked him to teach them how to cultivate Ki.
• Master Roshi sensed Aila’s terrifying power and asked whether Rhode was toying with an old man.

Rhode and Aila asked Master Roshi to teach them how to train, and he agreed after Rhode promised Aila would not destroy Earth. As Master Roshi began instructing them, he was astonished by how quickly both children learned.

• Rhode showed Master Roshi his Aura and explained that he and Aila had come to learn how to train.
• Master Roshi privately warned Rhode that Aila's Aura seemed evil and asked whether she might cause destruction on Earth.
• Rhode assured Master Roshi that Aila would not get the chance to destroy Earth, so Master Roshi agreed to teach them both.
• Aila challenged Master Roshi's ability to teach, but he insisted that martial arts involved cultivating the mind as well as strength.
• Master Roshi taught the pair Aura training, and both learned his lessons remarkably quickly, leaving him astonished.

Rhode and Aila finished learning Master Roshi’s martial arts and decided to live on Earth, easing his fears about the planet’s safety. During their farewell meal, Rhode took an interest in Master Roshi’s Three-Star Ball and heard the legend of the seven Dragon Balls before Roshi passed out drunk.

• Master Roshi finished teaching Rhode and Aila, who had quickly learned his techniques and improved their ki control.
• Rhode and Aila left to buy food, while Master Roshi worried about the danger powerful aliens might pose to Earth.
• Rhode told Master Roshi that he and Aila planned to live on Earth, and Roshi’s worry disappeared.
• Rhode examined Master Roshi’s Three-Star Ball as Roshi described the legend that gathering all seven Dragon Balls would summon Shenron and grant a wish.
• Master Roshi collapsed drunk before he could finish explaining the Three-Star Ball.

Rhode left Master Roshi’s home with Aila to search for Dragon Balls, then brought her to Dr. Brief’s house to help build a Gravity Chamber. He supplied the special materials Dr. Brief needed, leaving the project ready to proceed.

• Rhode carried the sleeping Master Roshi to bed, thanked him, and left with Aila and the Three-Star Ball.
• Rhode asked Aila what she would wish for, then talked her out of wishing for immortality by warning her about its dangers and possible limits on her strength.
• Rhode flew the spaceship with Aila to West City and met Dr. Brief, who explained that special materials were delaying the Gravity Chamber.
• Rhode brought Dr. Brief the metals needed to build the Gravity Chamber.

Rhode arranged for Dr. Brief to build a Gravity Chamber and make a Dragon Radar, then flew with Aila to the Lookout to study more martial arts. There, Aila challenged Mr. Popo, but her powerful punch missed him, leaving Rhode and Aila surprised.

• Rhode gave Dr. Brief the Three-Star Ball to study and agreed to let him examine the spaceship while the doctor promised to build the Gravity Chamber in two days.
• After moving the construction materials, Rhode and Aila left Dr. Brief's home and headed for the Lookout to learn from other martial artists.
• Kami and Mr. Popo noticed Rhode and Aila approaching, and Kami reassured Mr. Popo that the aliens seemed peaceful.
• Rhode and Aila landed on the Lookout, where Aila mocked Kami and challenged Mr. Popo to fight.
• Aila attacked Mr. Popo with a punch backed by her Power Level of more than 2,500, but she missed him.

Rhode watched Popo evade Aila through precise qi sensing and concise movements, then stopped Aila when she threatened to blast the Lookout. After Kami agreed to let Popo teach Rhode and Aila, Rhode told Kami he was a Namekian, leaving Kami eager to learn about his homeland.

• Popo effortlessly dodged Aila's attacks, and Rhode realized Popo used qi perception and refined combat technique to anticipate her moves.
• Popo struck Aila lightly, but she grew furious and prepared an energy blast to destroy the Lookout.
• Rhode appeared beside Aila, knocked away her blast, and introduced himself and Aila to Kami as visitors seeking instruction.
• Kami asked Popo to teach them, and Popo agreed.
• Rhode told Kami that he was a Namekian, prompting Kami to ask about the Namekians.

Rhode told Kami that he was likely a Namekian, then watched Mr. Popo begin training Aila while concluding that he had little left to learn from him. Rhode left the Lookout for Korin Tower to obtain what he needed, where Karin sensed the immense power hidden beneath Rhode’s suppressed Power Level.

• Rhode explained Namekian history to Kami and identified him as the creator of Earth’s Dragon Balls.
• Aila questioned why Kami’s Power Level was far below that of most Namekians, and Kami accepted that he would still have chosen to separate himself from his evil half.
• Mr. Popo assessed Rhode’s Aura control as highly developed and told Aila that her poor control and restless mind held back her progress.
• Rhode encouraged Aila to learn from Mr. Popo, and Popo began training her while Rhode observed.
• After a day at the Lookout, Rhode flew to Korin Tower, where Karin sensed his immense hidden energy and trembled.

Rhode traded household appliances and fish for Karin’s stock of Senzu Beans and asked him to increase their annual yield. After returning to the Lookout, Rhode began a harsh training regimen by blasting himself, ending the chapter badly injured but recovering with a Senzu Bean.

• Rhode took Karin’s jars of Senzu Beans and gave him a solar refrigerator and a glass fish tank in exchange.
• Karin told Rhode that only a few Senzu Beans grew each year, and Rhode promised him ten fish a month if he worked to increase the yield.
• Rhode discussed martial arts with Karin, then returned to the Lookout and saw Aila training with Popo.
• Rhode went to an uninhabited wasteland and repeatedly attacked himself with energy blasts, leaving himself severely injured.
• Rhode chewed the Senzu Bean in his mouth as he lay unable to rise.

After testing the power gained from recovering near death, Rhode deliberately wounded Aila and restored her with a Senzu bean to trigger her Saiyan growth. The two began a fierce battle, ending with their Turtle School Ki Waves colliding.

• Rhode's first recovery from near death nearly doubled his Power Level, but a second recovery produced only a small increase.
• Aila arrived after sensing Rhode's aura and asked how his strength had grown so much.
• Rhode warned Aila, then shot through her chest and battered her until she was near death.
• Kami and Popo watched from the Lookout as Rhode attacked Aila, and Kami was shocked by what he saw.
• Rhode fed Aila a Senzu bean, and her recovered strength surged as she attacked him in anger.
• Rhode and Aila fought hand to hand before firing Turtle School Ki Waves at each other.

Rhode defeated Aila in a beam clash, and both Saiyans reflected on the dramatic boost Aila gained after recovering from near-death. After Aila flew to West City to heal, Rhode trained to control his increased power and then headed there to test the Gravity Chamber.

• Rhode overwhelmed Aila's Turtle School Ki Wave, but she detonated it before impact and survived with minor injuries.
• Rhode realized Aila's combat power had risen to around five thousand after her near-death recovery, likely boosted by intense emotions and a sense of mortal danger.
• Rhode criticized Aila for letting herself be ambushed, and she threatened to avenge the attack and defeat him someday.
• Rhode refused to give Aila a Senzu Bean for her minor injuries but gave her two to save for emergencies.
• Aila flew to West City to recover in the spaceship's Healing Tank while Rhode meditated for several days and suppressed his combat power to four.
• Rhode left the Wasteland and headed to West City to try out the Gravity Chamber.

Rhode returned to Dr. Brief’s residence and found Aila training recklessly in the Gravity Chamber to surpass him. After stopping her and warning her about the risks of excessive training, he discovered that her Power Level had nearly caught up to his, and Aila again challenged him to fight.

• Rhode returned to Dr. Brief’s residence, where Dr. Brief told him Aila was training in the Gravity Chamber at thirty times gravity.
• Rhode saw Aila struggling to move inside and lowered the gravity to normal before giving her a Senzu bean.
• Aila recovered and challenged Rhode, but Rhode warned her that pushing herself too hard could damage her body and stunt her growth.
• Rhode reassured Aila that she had not overtrained for long, and she eagerly challenged him again.
• Rhode sensed that Aila’s Power Level was nearly equal to his, while Aila taunted him for hesitating.

Rhode defeated Aila in one second after she challenged him, then learned Dr. Brief had forgotten to work on the Dragon Radar. With the Dragon Balls out of reach for now, Rhode began training in the completed Gravity Chamber.

• Aila challenged Rhode to a fight, and Rhode declared he could defeat her in one second.
• Rhode knocked Aila unconscious with a single strike and reflected that her Aura control was too crude despite her increased strength.
• Rhode carried Aila to the lounge, then asked Dr. Brief about the Dragon Radar and learned Dr. Brief had not started building it.
• Dr. Brief promised to focus on the Dragon Radar, and Rhode left to train while it remained unfinished.
• Rhode entered the Gravity Chamber, adapted to ten times gravity, and began increasing the multiplier.

Rhode trained Aila to control her ki while they adapted to the Gravity Chamber and steadily grew stronger. Half a month later, Aila had reached nearly eight thousand in Power Level when a wild Aura suddenly burst into the chamber.

• Rhode trained under twenty times gravity and invited Aila to join him when she arrived, angry that he had trained without her.
• Rhode explained that Aila's poor control kept her from using most of her strength and advised her to practice releasing and suppressing her ki.
• Aila considered Rhode's advice, then began training her ki control while Rhode followed his own physical training and meditation routine.
• Over the next half month, Rhode and Aila trained together by day, and Aila added several hours of extra training each night.
• Aila adapted to thirty times gravity, raised her Power Level to nearly eight thousand, and reflected that following Rhode to Earth had opened a path to much greater strength.
• A wild Aura burst into the Gravity Chamber, and Aila shut it down and rushed outside.

Aila rushed to the Wasteland after sensing Rhode’s Great Ape Aura, only to find that he could remain conscious in the form and was studying its power. She transformed under the full moon but lost control, and Rhode repeatedly knocked her down as she charged at him.

• Aila sensed Rhode’s violent Aura, flew to the Wasteland, and found him quietly floating as a conscious Great Ape.
• Rhode told Aila he had learned to stay conscious in Great Ape form on Planet Rhyner and explained that he was studying the transformation.
• Aila chose to transform under the full moon and asked Rhode to stop her if she lost control.
• Giant Ape Aila began charging an energy blast, but Rhode pressed it down before it could form.
• Giant Ape Aila attacked Rhode, who blocked her punch, slapped her into the ground, and kicked her down again when she charged back at him.